IB or A levels.

I'm quite interested in Psychology and my school are offering that in Group 3 so I would do that. I'm thinking of maybe even choosing a psychology based career in the future. As for the languages, I have a lot of Italian family so studying Italian would come in very handy. If not Italian then Spanish, which I've already been studying for 4 years or Japanese..which would be new. I would enjoy all the subjects I'd take at IB(bio,chem,maths,psych,eng lit and span/jap/ital) so that wouldn't bother me.

IB has been around since 1965 approximately and in now recently coming into action s I would (year11 atm) go against it and do A levels as most teachers now the spec and have been teaching it for X amount of years so you can get more help and resources such as past papers etc where as IB has recently really made any sort of impact and many teachers don't have much experience at teaching it so technically i personally think you have less resources/ help.

Alright, then I'd say go for it! You can do HL Bio, Chem and Psychology, SL Maths and 2 languages to have a wider range of options open. Though if you do Bio and Chem at A levels, they would be able to lead you down the Psychology pathway too. HL Maths is harder than A level Maths, so don't take it if you're not that interested in it.

Yes that's true. But I've heard it costs around £30 000 to set up IB at a school so surely the teachers are going to be trying really hard to make the students do the best they can in order to make it worth their time and money.

What on earth are you talking about?

Give me just one, single example of either a course or a career that makes such a requirement?

You cannot just make junk up and then post it as advice.

TRUE SAY but it costs the school 30,000 not the teachers so the teachers still get paid its like a business say i have got a private dental surgery it costs me 100k for a new x-ray system that comes from my pocket and even if i make a profit or loss the employees get paid the same amount of money

I do think if I concentrated on my future and the grades I want/need to get then I would be able to manage with the work load, but it is off-putting. Are you doing/did you do IB? If so, is the work manageable or is it hard keeping on top of it all and getting work in on deadlines etc.

Thank you! That sounds really interesting, I love the whole idea of psychology and helping people by analyzing the mind through therapy and stuff. I'm now looking on the first link

Well excuse me for trying to help :/ everyone makes mistakes, and i was just thinking what if some careers did require more than four subjects? i'm not making up junk, i'm being considerate. and you're just being way too harsh :/

so did you find anything?

You are not helping if you make things up and then post them .... someone might think that you know what you are on about...

I will clarify.... No Career or Course Requires More Than 4 Subjects.

I am not being Harsh. I am being accurate.

Well I'm now taking some quiz thing to see what career I should take. I'm still thinking something bio/chem/psychology related though. Thank you for the link

hey post the quiz link! and no problem

What subject instead of physics would you recommend? I didn't take history at GCSE (wish I had now), otherwise I would've taken that. I guess it would be English Literature or Language or Psychology.

https://nextstep.direct.gov.uk/PLANNINGYOURCAREER/SKILLSHEALTHCHECK/ASSESSMENTS/Pages/default.aspx Well I THINK it's to see what career you should take. It's called Skills Health Check though It's pretty tedious.

I'm currently in Year 11 (studying Maths (2 GCSEs - Methods and Applications), English Lang & Lit, Art, Geography (fast track - finished), Spanish, RE, Biology, Chemistry and Physics (Triple Science) ) and debating whether to do A levels or IB at sixth form. I would like to do Medicine at university but I'm unsure whether I'd still want to in 2 years time, which is why I was drawn to IB as I would still have my options open and not be tied down by Chemistry/Biology/Maths A levels.

I've asked several teachers at my school (which offers both A levels and IB at it's sixth form) and have got mixed answers on what I should take. All of them I've asked have said I would do well in IB but they prefer A levels and think universities would too. Is this true? Which should I take in order to get into Medical School? A levels or IB?

If I was to take A levels I'm guessing I would have to take Chemistry, Biology, Maths and another subject...Physics maybe?

For IB I would take:
HL
Biology
Chemistry

SL
English Lit. (A1)

I am then undecided whether to take Maths at HL or SL. I am currently at an A grade at maths so I'm not sure whether I'm good enough to get a good grade at HL. I also don't know what second language to take. Either Spanish (which I'm taking at GCSE at the moment), Italian (which would come in useful as lots of my family are Italian) or Japanese. Lastly, I'm not sure what subject to take in the Individuals and Society group, either History or Psychology.

So basically, I was wondering..
1. To do medicine, should I take A levels or IB.
2. If I did A levels, if I did Chem, Bio and Maths..would I need to take Physics too.
3. What should I take if I did IB.

Thank you if you bothered to read all this and comments would be greatly appreciated!