Should I drop Psychology after three days?

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Should I drop Psychology

Jonesdawiz

Infact I've not even done a lesson :l

My subjects are:

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English Lit

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History

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Sociology

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Psychology

I've had two comments today, one being that all my subjects are essay and I'm going to have so much writing and our History teacher said 'Wait till you have a psychology exam, there's loads to revise for'

I'm now questioning wether I'll cope or not, and wether or not to drop Psychology and use the frees to revise or something :/

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Reply 1

xoxAngel_Kxox

Most other people manage to cope with 4 AS Levels. Psychology is a lot to remember but if you manage your time well during the year you should be absolutely fine.

Reply 2

viksta1000

Swap it for a Science based subject

Reply 3

Bella Occhi

Wait until you've had a few lessons of it. My subjects were all essay-based (English Lit, Classics, French, Psychology) and I was fine. You'll have to see how you cope with them though but don't drop it until you've tried it.

Reply 4

fnm

So you're thinking to drop a subject because you don't want to do so much writing?

Jesus Christ. All of those subjects are essay based, you know that right?

Reply 5

Ben O

I found AS was easy there wasn't that much, it's A2 that blows you away but you can chose to drop it then!

Reply 6

Jonesdawiz

Original post by viksta1000

Swap it for a Science based subject

Can't because of my GCSEs.

Original post by fnm

So you're thinking to drop a subject because you don't want to do so much writing?

Jesus Christ. All of those subjects are essay based, you know that right?

Yes I know.. and I'm thinking that because Psychology is so much to learn it might lower my other grades.

Reply 7

Aijin

I did Psychology, English Language and Communication and Culture. All essay related and did just fine with the work load. It depends what exam board for Psychology. I do OCR and it wasn't that much to learn.

Reply 8

Aspiringlawstudent

I very nearly dropped both English literature and English language because I found them horrendously boring.

I never did find them interesting, though I'm glad I hung onto them, grade-wise...

You really ought to give it more of a chance, espcially if you haven't had a lesson yet.

I took four essay subjects too and never had a problem with the work or the revision.

Grades and subjects in sig.

Reply 9

Emma:-)

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Original post by Bella Occhi

I agree. Wait a couple of weeks, and see what the lessons are like and see if you like it. Then if you decide you dont like it then swap it for something else.
And dont be put off by what other people say, everyone has different opinions on things.

Reply 10

Alison1992

you've done the same as me other than i did biology rather than history
A level psychology is a lot to remember and a lot of essay writing but to be honest all A levels are hard
also, most people cope doing 4 AS levels and it's much more favourable than 3 when applying to university

Reply 11

shezshez

Original post by Aijin

I disagree

A/s OCR Psychology is mostly fact based and there are quite a lot of things to remember, but it is much easier to chunk these items together...

A2 Psychology there is so much to know it's ridiculous... in my opinion.

Reply 12

Tahooper

I find it funny that your History teacher was practically slagging off another subject :biggrin:

To be honest I wouldn't worry about it, you can drop Psychology after AS so it shouldn't affect your overall grades too much.

Reply 13

lauraashley93

Psychology is really interesting, give it a go
English lit is the worst on that list, it drove me to the edge! :smile:

Reply 14

Rach*

AS psych doesnt actually have a huge essay to write , the only time you have to write lots is in the final A2 exam , well thats for OCR but i think the exam boards are similar. AS psych is fairly easy if you read the spec, you are expected to do 4 AS , i you drop one now you are stuck with the same 3 at A2 and depending on how AS goes that could be bad times.

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Reply 15

laura_aka_lolly

This is similar to me, I did English, Psychology, History (and maths but i dropped that pretty quick :smile:

) while a friend of mine did your exact subjects. There is a lot of work, although mainly in A2 to be honest. Psychology is a really interesting subject, I think you should try it for a while at least. Most people at our school did pretty well in the end, i got an A* even though i was feeling a bit swamped. Just do your best!

And besides, my AS psychology exam was mainly short answer questions. So just recalling info not writing essays.

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 16

Venomilys

at the end of the year you will have little six packs growing on your fingers :teehee:

Reply 17

rachel.h

I dropped psychology after 2 days when I was at Sixth Form. Immediately realised it wasn't for me.

I'd give it a bit longer if I were you, maybe a few weeks - that's if you really are interested in studying it. My thing was languages so my third subject was always going to be something I wouldn't enjoy as much. A lot of my friends did psychology and they all seemed to enjoy it.