[HaadeeZaman]

i wondering whether these a levels are suitable for me to be studying, and none are blacklisted subjects ;

-Economics
-ICT
-Sociology
-English Language

[Onique]

(Original post by HaadeeZaman)
i wondering whether these a levels are suitable for me to be studying, and none are blacklisted subjects ;

-Economics
-ICT
-Sociology
-English Language

I went to Bath uni open day and they didn't like ICT, but this was for Architecture (:

[olibishop]

It depends what your aims and ambitions are, but as to whether Oxbridge would encourage ICT and Sociology, probably not.

[adamjay]

Firstly, try and group all a levels into three categories:

A = Generally Acceptable (will help you get into any degree)

B = Limited (will help you to get into degrees of the same name)

C = NG (will not help you at all.. only suitable as 4th subjects).


Economics = A
ICT = C
Sociology = B
English Language = B


Some adjustments you might want to make
- Change english language to English Literature, which is an A list subject
- Change ICT to another B list subject, such as Psychology. ICT is useless, however having one C subject is fine.

[Scribblet]

Sociology might be a bit iffy.

Edit: Why the neg? Other people have said it too!

[Facebook]

Don't do sociology, that looks blacklisted. Do maths instead. Uni's love mathematical subjects. Almost all of them want to see maths otherwise they won't take you seriously.

"English language" doesn't sound good. How about just the normal English?

I can't see anything wrong with economics that looks fine. Don't think that's blacklisted.

Instead of doing ICT (it's so boring and useless in terms of getting into uni) do computing science (you get to deal with programming, iphones, ps3's stuff like that - way cooler and a much more respected A Level).

I reccommend

Economics
Computing Science
Mathematics
English

[WhatamIdoing]

Sociology and ICT. Eng Lang is a bit meh too. Isn't Lit the more prestigious one?

[SpicyStrawberry]

Sociology and ICT are normally less-preferred.

[glf2110]

I would have thought that it would also depend on what you wish to read at Uni.

[Iqbal007]

(Original post by HaadeeZaman)
i wondering whether these a levels are suitable for me to be studying, and none are blacklisted subjects ;

-Economics
-ICT
-Sociology
-English Language

Some may be........................
e.g. comptuing > ICT
Not sure on Sociology though

[HaadeeZaman]

Well manchester university is closest to me, so probaly that one!
-Economics
-English Literature
-Sociology
-ICT
????

[kingshan16]

They say Psychology is a strong subject. So I would advice swap Sociology with Psychology. Also drop ICT and take a maths or a science.

[iammichealjackson]

(Original post by kingshan16)
They say Psychology is a strong subject. So I would advice swap Sociology with Psychology. Also drop ICT and take a maths or a science.

Psychology is probably on par with Sociology.

[thatgirlbecky]

(Original post by adamjay)
Firstly, try and group all a levels into three categories:

A = Generally Acceptable (will help you get into any degree)

B = Limited (will help you to get into degrees of the same name)

C = NG (will not help you at all.. only suitable as 4th subjects).


Economics = A
ICT = C
Sociology = B
English Language = B


Some adjustments you might want to make
- Change english language to English Literature, which is an A list subject
- Change ICT to another B list subject, such as Psychology. ICT is useless, however having one C subject is fine.

I would completely agree with this - if I were you, I would change lang to lit and then change ICT to something else you're interested in, then you would have (using the system above) two A subjects (economics and Lit.), a B (sociology) and then a fourth one that would be an A/B

that's what I'd do, good luck

[Dominicque]

What is it you want to do, OP?

[Ohlavelle]

Honestly it's impossible to answer this properly without knowing what you actually want to read at university.

[iammichealjackson]

(Original post by HaadeeZaman)
i wondering whether these a levels are suitable for me to be studying, and none are blacklisted subjects ;

-Economics
-ICT
-Sociology
-English Language

Few A Levels are "blacklisted". It depends a lot on what you want to do, and whether it is your fourth A Level or not.

[ChloeBelle]

I know this thread is almost a year old, but I thought I'd give my view anyway. Sociology is not, nor has it ever been, a blacklisted subject. It's on par with Psychology and is actually a fairly respectable subject to have. Plus, it's brilliant. I would suggest Lit or Lang/Lit, too, but it should all be about what you enjoy the most.

[Miracle Day]

(Original post by iammichealjackson)
Psychology is probably on par with Sociology.

Are you having a laugh?

[nju]

ICT , sociology and english language are seen as 'soft' subjects so I would say that you are better off doing something like english literature