Chemistry or Russian at A Level?

Admittedly I havent done the whole of A level chem yet but so far its a piece of piss. I've just started a unit that's supposed to be harder and though I've only done one lesson its just as easy.

Unfortunately, six AS levels would not fit into my timetable. In fact, I'd need to find an extra four periods a week to fit it in . Would you say that Chemistry is useful, despire being boring. I'm well aware of the fact that they lie to us, and our teachers even tell us sometimes .

If you're doing AS level chemistry, it gets harder. A lot harder.
If you're doing A2 level chemistry, well done. You're lucky to find it easy. The vast majority of people would disagree with your description 'its a piece of piss.'

What do you mean when you write that Chemistry A level is different from GCSE? Why is it 'awesome'?

Everyone else here pretty much hit the nail on the head :P Most of GCSE Chemistry is a lie, so if you took it, you'd have to forget some stuff you learnt, and re-learn a bunch of new concepts.

And I dunno about the Edexcel course (I do AQA), but it's a lot more based in logic, and having to think through problems. I hardly have to learn anything by memorising (again, this could be course-specific), as most of the facts are linked together.

I had to pick up a third subject since I'm selfstudying my third A level and decided to go with chem. Fair enough, the reason I understand it so well is largely down to my mathematical understanding and ability. I missed the first two weeks of this unit's lessons pretty much and jumped in at substitution reactions - alkanes with halogens - and was introduced to ethyl radicals, it really wasnt that hard to understand. People in my class are dumb, they had difficulty with the first unit.

I'm currently in year 11, and in the process of deciding what my AS levels will be next year. I plan to do Maths, Further Maths, Physics (all required or useful for a Maths degree), but am not sure whether I should choose Chemistry or Russian as my fourth AS level. Whichever I choose, I will be taking it to A2 for obvious reasons.

I would say I enjoy them equally, and am probably just as likely to get A* in both. My concern with Chemistry is that the combination of subjects will be too focussed on the science side of things, with nothing else to make me a rounded candidate. However, I'm not too sure if admissions tutors at top universities like Cambridge, Imperial and Warwick would look at it more favourably than Russian due to its mathematical content.

I'm sure people on these forums have had much more experience than me, choosing their A levels and going through the university admissions process.

Thanks in advance for any useful advice I may receive.

Yeh I agree about mathematical understanding. I do maths and further maths and it has definitely helped me to pick up chemical concepts.
The reason chemistry is seen as a difficult subject at A level is because it is often taught in quite a disjointed manner, meaning that it often feels like you are memorising lots of reaction that do not inter-relate. When in fact, they do.
Halogen/alkane substitution reactions and free radicals are pretty simple I agree. Organic chem gets more complex than that though. Those people who struggled with the first unit will probably fail their exams. It's never a good sign if you can't handle 'unit one' of any syllabus of any subject.

A bit like Maths then, is it?

You're not Russian (even partially) are you? Universities aren't going to be impressed with an A-Level in a 'foreign' language you grew up learning. I'm sure you knew this, so doubt it would be the case, but if it is, I would choose Chemistry.

languages are considered softer subjects

I'm certainly not Russian in any way. How do they even check though?

Anyway, that's kind of beside the point of whether Russian or Chemistry would impress admissions officers more, and which would be more useful. I'm quite worried that I have to decide in two days' time and I have absolutely no clue .

languages are considered softer subjects...