Is Psychology a relatively easier A-level subject to get A?

That's because maths has a smarter intake of students, mainly idiots with nothing else to do, do psychology.

That's because maths has a smarter intake of students, mainly idiots with nothing else to do, do psychology.

Firstly Thats not a very nice thing to say, secondly its WRONG and thirdly it perpetuates the myth that psychology is an "easy" aka a doss subject any total t*sser can pass.

For those of us who know because we have to teach it year on year, I can assure you psychology is relatively ( to other subjects) Hard. It doesn't just get fewer A grade passes because its has a wider ability intake. It does so because most fat headed big mouthed kids are arrogant enough to suggest that it is so easy that only the wasters take it.

To be truthful Psychology requires mathematical analysis and understanding at the level of AS maths. It has a requirement for English language at the level of A Level English and it has science skills equal to those of biology and chemistry.

Those students who get A grades will get similar grades in other subjects anyway. Many other students find that their grades in other subjects will be at least one grade higher than in psychology.

Most of the low ability and those who take it because they have nothing else to take FAIL - thats why psychology also has a higher % of U grades issued.

If you want a doss subject take sociology or media , art, drama , geography or even history. ALL of those are relatively easy ( compared to psychology)

Trying to re-apply to medicine next year, and would love to do another subject on my own in A-level. Trying to pick another subject easier to get an A, would Psychology be a better choice?

Please give some suggestion xx

Actually most students find that their psychology grades are higher than the sciences maths physics chemistry. I agree that psychology is harder than all the subjects you listed however.

There's a good article here by Matt Jarvis examining whether psychology A-level is easy and whether universities look down on it: http://www.thepsychologist.org.uk/archive/archive_home.cfm?volumeID=24&editionID=205&ArticleID=1913 . In short, he says no to both!

Wow, such a good article, he even mentioned thestudentroom! He did basically say that psychology isn't easy, but it isn't particularly useful for anything other than nursing, psychology, speech sciences and sociology- since there isn't enough extended writing and transferable skills.

From personal experience I found psychology a challenge, but mostly for memorizing and learning exam technique, whereas subjects like physics are about 2/3 exam technique and 1/3 learning advanced concepts...

I think that 10% of psychology A Level should be coursework... like in the other sciences.

Glad you liked the article. The author blogs regularly on www.facebook.com/psychologyreview which is where I got the link from.
Actually I'm surprised he didn't mention teaching, I know a lot of people who studied psychology who went on to teach, and it allows you to teach biology as well as the social sciences.

I got an A*. Requires a low level of intellectual acquisition (i.e. the material is easy to understand, unlike the intellectual acquisition required in subjects like Mathematics, Physics etc) but a high level studying. Quite similar to Law really. Doing well just requires a ton of revision and a really good memory.

actually i hv no idea of the ease of getting A of different subjects :P
can you suggest me which are the easier subjects? thx x