Is Government and Politics A level very popular??

Hello, i have my college enrollment tomorrow and i really need to change my choice of maths (i hate it, as a subject) to government and politics. However ive heard that the government and politics course is really really popular, so do i even stand a chance of getting onto it?? I dont want to brag but i am really into politics and i am a political party youth member. I have been to several youth meetings and participate at a few hustings in the pervious election. Should i tell them my experience or will this not help at all? Is there a waiting list for the course.

Also, i still want to do physics as one of my options, and i know not having maths is not advised. But i really dont want to do maths as a subject and i will be prepared to do the extra work for physics (i got an A in GCSE physics).

Thanks, Alex

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Depends on your college. There isn't a national quota. They may let you on because of your political involvement or they may not because it wasn't your first choice course.

As said above it will depend on your college.

The idea of a quota on a subject at my old sixth form is laughable! As long as you had the required grades you could take what you wanted (unless there were too FEW people doing it...). But of course this is a very specific thing.

I would definitely mention your passion for politics. When they ask you to explain why you want to change you can say that you have had some time to really think about it since completing your GCSEs and decided that politics would be much more suited to you, links well with your passions and could help you with your future options as well.

I would try and avoid being negative about maths and focus on being positive about Govt. and Pol., because this stops them from thinking you're just picking it randomly to avoid maths.

Good luck!
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