[JDWhite1995]

I have been picking them by looking at successful people (i.e. the PM) and selecting them like that.

I have picked; Art History (DC's subject), Economics (EM studied this), Politics (DC again) and Literature (Gordon Brown studied this).

Is this an unconvential method?
HELP!

NB. I am not JDWhite1995. I am his brother he let me use his account

xx

[iamcharliewalsh]

That sounds like a good method, but do you, you know, actually like those subjects?

Just choose:
A) what you're good at
and
B) what you enjoy

Not necessarily in that order of course.

Or you can do what I did and just choose the subjects that you hate least.

NB: Controversial maybe, but if it has had anything to do with Gordon Brown I'd stay away from it at all costs :P

[shyamshah]

You should choose the subjects you enjoy and wish to do in the future, not just because successful people chose them. I chose Maths, English Literature and Language, Psychology and Economics because I want to do Psychology at uni maybe.

[iSoftie]

A hat with every A level existing written in little pieces of paper.

Pick out of the bag and start from there

And that's how I chose my A levels
Oh and do what you want to do forget anyone else!

[JDWhite1995]

(Original post by iamcharliewalsh)
That sounds like a good method, but do you, you know, actually like those subjects?

Just choose:
A) what you're good at
and
B) what you enjoy

Not necessarily in that order of course.

Or you can do what I did and just choose the subjects that you hate least.

NB: Controversial maybe, but if it has had anything to do with Gordon Brown I'd stay away from it at all costs :P

Thanks I don't enjoy them much :P I just want to be successful like them. I want to study German but I suck at languages #fml

(Original post by shyamshah)
You should choose the subjects you enjoy and wish to do in the future, not just because successful people chose them. I chose Maths, English Literature and Language, Psychology and Economics because I want to do Psychology at uni maybe.

Cool story bro.

(Original post by iSoftie)
A hat with every A level existing written in little pieces of paper.

Pick out of the bag and start from there

And that's how I chose my A levels.

For reals?

[Cake Faced Kid.]

Choose the subjects that you know will play to your strengths.
I chose the subjects that I enjoy, and that I know I'll be good at. For instance, I'm good at essay writing, so I chose English language, Literature, psychology, law, and photography because I enjoy it.

[beckysoya]

Is german a level really hard because I kinda want to choode it for A-level. For the oral, do they give you 15 mins to plan on that day.
Can you please explain how the sytem goes
Thank you

[Popppppy]

I made a table and used a points system, rating them on how difficult I found them, how much I enjoyed them etc.
I ended up picking Maths, Physics, Technology, Electronics and Politics (AS, thought I would find it interesting) and that led naturally to Engineering.

[Alotties]

I just chose the subjects I enjoy, and a new one that i'd never studied.
Ended up with Maths, Chemistry, Biology and Psychology.
I hate psychology but love my other subjects which were ones i've always enjoyed ^_^

[OMGWTFBBQ]

I genuinely spent nearly a minute trying to figure out who EM was.

Sign of the times I suppose.

[sconter]

(Original post by JDWhite1995)
I have been picking them by looking at successful people (i.e. the PM) and selecting them like that.

I have picked; Art History (DC's subject), Economics (EM studied this), Politics (DC again) and Literature (Gordon Brown studied this).

Is this an unconvential method?
HELP!

NB. I am not JDWhite1995. I am his brother he let me use his account

xx

lmfao

[STFU]

Depends what you want to do as a career

[Ophelie_m]

Purely strategic choices. I wanted to work in the sciences so choose Biology, Chemistry and Physics. I am well glad that I did because I now enjoy those subjects very much and if I had gone with what I was the best at: economics, politics, history, art and sports I don't see what I would be doing with those. So wohoo

+ you grow to like whatever you're studying.

[Xotol]

(Original post by JDWhite1995)
I have been picking them by looking at successful people (i.e. the PM) and selecting them like that.

I have picked; Art History (DC's subject), Economics (EM studied this), Politics (DC again) and Literature (Gordon Brown studied this).

Is this an unconvential method?
HELP!

NB. I am not JDWhite1995. I am his brother he let me use his account

xx

With all due respect, that's a pretty idiotic way of choosing them. A-levels are more demanding than GCSE and will require more motivation to get a good grade. Choosing A-levels because successful people have usually won't get you the results you want unless you're freakishly clever at everything.

Choose subjects that you enjoy and you are good at. Those are the areas you need to look at. Everyone is different - just because Gordon Brown succeeded in life doing a particular A level doesn't mean it will be the same for everyone.

If you enjoy History, Economics, Politics and Literature, go for it. Otherwise, don't. You will more than likely end up regretting this.

[AmyLH]

Picked the ones I was best at at GCSE (Bio, Chem, Maths) and then Geology I don't really know why I picked it.

[Billton]

(Original post by JDWhite1995)
Cool story bro.

You posted a thread asking how people chose their A Levels.
This person replied with some advice for you and then told you what he picked and why.
And you replied with that?

[iCiaran]

For me it was actually quite an easy choice, I chose the subjects I enjoyed the most, which also happened to be the subjects I was best at and also were very relevant to the degree I want to do...

I'd say go with what you enjoy, just make sure you either have options at the end or they are relevant to what you want to do at uni

[Ophelie_m]

(Original post by Xotol)
With all due respect, that's a pretty idiotic way of choosing them. A-levels are more demanding than GCSE and will require more motivation to get a good grade. Choosing A-levels because successful people have usually won't get you the results you want unless you're freakishly clever at everything.

Choose subjects that you enjoy and you are good at. Those are the areas you need to look at. Everyone is different - just because Gordon Brown succeeded in life doing a particular A level doesn't mean it will be the same for everyone.

If you enjoy History, Economics, Politics and Literature, go for it. Otherwise, don't. You will more than likely end up regretting this.

I think it's more important to have your career in mind than just go with what you enjoy. You can keep them as pastimes/hobbies or whatever. I can still draw/paint, do sports, read history books and stay interested in economics and politics without studying them at A-levels/uni. That would be a waste of time and money.

[Xotol]

(Original post by Ophelie_m)
I think it's more important to have your career in mind than just go with what you enjoy. You can keep them as pastimes/hobbies or whatever. I can still draw/paint, do sports, read history books and stay interested in economics and politics without studying at A-levels/uni. That would be a waste of time and money.

It is true that a lot of people have careers in mind when they choose A-levels. But it can go wrong. Some pick the subjects based on what they think they will do. Then they start doing WE, or do work/studying related to the career and end up disliking it. Then they start hating the subjects they do because of it and bomb their A-levels.

I'm of the opinion that careers/university courses should be chosen based on aptitude and enjoyment for the subject/related subjects too.

There is no single magical recipe for choosing the perfect A-levels. However, the one that will likely yield the most successful results is to choose them based out of enjoyment (because you get motivation to study it) and aptitude (because you will more likely be good at it). I definitely wouldn't say that it should be based off a career you think you'll get the most money from or be most successfully in, and it certainly should not one based on cherry picking some successful people and somehow extrapolating the success to your future.

[la-penseur]

Do what you like the best, because if you do something you hate, you're going to struggle to get a good grade. Also be smart about things. Obviously some A Levels aren't considered as challenging/respected or whatever as others. So don't choose Media Studies, Drama, Art etc all together. For me, I picked French, English Lit, History and Art because I have always enjoyed them and I'm naturally good at them. Obviously Art isn't quite as academic but because I stuck to one so called 'soft subject', it didn't effect my chances for uni (though I still think people underestimate the amount of work you have to do for it). Think about what you want to do as a career you've decided on and if there's a particular subject you need, make sure to find out before it's too late. Don't base your decision on what successful people have done because you have to remember that going to university wasn't as common a few years back, and those who did go were pretty much guaranteed a job afterwards. These days, it's the complete opposite. Good luck and I hope you make the right decision!