[foreverstrong_97]

hi
im currently in yr 10 n i am going to start applying 4 colleges and sixth forms this year and so am interested in doing medicine in uni and wanted to know whether as a fourth AS level i should do history or economics ??

My other AS levels that i am definietly doing is :
Maths
Chemistry
Biology

any help would be appreciiated!!

[Nooshkabob]

Economics has many elements of maths in, so you may find it easier. However, several people I know who take it, find it rather dull... History on the other hand is very interesting, although it can be heavy on the essays. This could be a good contrast, and show Unis that you can do humanities subjects too though.
I would go for whichever you'd get a better grade in, and if you're predicted the same for both then whichever you enjoy more, and if you enjoy them both, go for history :P

[foreverstrong_97]

(Original post by Nooshkabob)
Economics has many elements of maths in, so you may find it easier. However, several people I know who take it, find it rather dull... History on the other hand is very interesting, although it can be heavy on the essays. This could be a good contrast, and show Unis that you can do humanities subjects too though.
I would go for whichever you'd get a better grade in, and if you're predicted the same for both then whichever you enjoy more, and if you enjoy them both, go for history :P

thank u!!!!
i dnt reallly enjoy history i do it as a gcse n i dnt find it interesting im gd at it but dnt find it interesting only some subjects which i find that relate towards me r interesting otherwise i dnt find it interersting at all and find its a lot of work whereas economics seems more better for me n easier for me to get a gd grade however wt is important to me is which 1 will look better 4 when applying 4 medicine in uni's??

[Nooshkabob]

(Original post by foreverstrong_97)
i dnt reallly enjoy history i do it as a gcse n i dnt find it interesting im gd at it but dnt find it interesting

My opinion it that if you don't find it interesting then don't do it... It's so much work that you have to enjoy it or you just won't have the motivation to do so well, and you won't find 6th form so fun!

(Original post by foreverstrong_97)
economics seems more better for me n easier for me to get a gd grade however wt is important to me is which 1 will look better 4 when applying 4 medicine in uni's??

well I guess it depends on where you want to apply. If you look at prospectuses and websites of uni's they usually state which A levels they like. Oxford says that they have no preference for whether the third or fourth A level subject is a science or not, as long as you have chemistry and biol/physics/maths, which you would have. If you think you would do better in economics and you'd enjoy it more, then go for it, because you could still study medicine with chemistry and maths. Maybe you could consider biology instead of further maths, which I've heard is crazy hard?
Also, you're 6th form may be flexible in the first few weeks of term - at my 6th form we had about a month where we could swap or drop or take up subjects if we changed our minds after going to a few lessons - you could try going to both for a few weeks and then decide after you've got a real taste of them?
If you know which three you'll do for A2 it doesn't really matter what you do for a 4th AS...

[foreverstrong_97]

(Original post by Nooshkabob)
My opinion it that if you don't find it interesting then don't do it... It's so much work that you have to enjoy it or you just won't have the motivation to do so well, and you won't find 6th form so fun!



well I guess it depends on where you want to apply. If you look at prospectuses and websites of uni's they usually state which A levels they like. Oxford says that they have no preference for whether the third or fourth A level subject is a science or not, as long as you have chemistry and biol/physics/maths, which you would have. If you think you would do better in economics and you'd enjoy it more, then go for it, because you could still study medicine with chemistry and maths. Maybe you could consider biology instead of further maths, which I've heard is crazy hard?
Also, you're 6th form may be flexible in the first few weeks of term - at my 6th form we had about a month where we could swap or drop or take up subjects if we changed our minds after going to a few lessons - you could try going to both for a few weeks and then decide after you've got a real taste of them?
If you know which three you'll do for A2 it doesn't really matter what you do for a 4th AS...

thank u!!!
n yh i see ur point coz i know im defo gonna do maths, chem and bio 4 A2 but i was struggling wiv the fourth AS level and yh ill probably go wiv economics as i find it more interesting and will probably grasp the subject more better. im gonna ask colleges and sixth forms wt they think i should do in the open evenings coz they will know form experience which steudents got into uni

also i want 2 either go from one of these uni's:
kings cross
st marys
imperial
oxford
cambridge
n im applying 4 grammer sixth form colleges :P

[*Hakz*]

(Original post by foreverstrong_97)
thank u!!!
n yh i see ur point coz i know im defo gonna do maths, chem and bio 4 A2 but i was struggling wiv the fourth AS level and yh ill probably go wiv economics as i find it more interesting and will probably grasp the subject more better. im gonna ask colleges and sixth forms wt they think i should do in the open evenings coz they will know form experience which steudents got into uni

also i want 2 either go from one of these uni's:
kings cross
st marys
imperial
oxford
cambridge
n im applying 4 grammer sixth form colleges :P

Go with economics if you don't enjoy history. However, you might also find economics boring also if you hate countless graphs.

[foreverstrong_97]

(Original post by *Hakz*)
Go with economics if you don't enjoy history. However, you might also find economics boring also if you hate countless graphs.

i wdn't mind the graph side of economics coz i enjoy statistics so shud be gd wiv it :P
n i'lll enjoy the problems we have currently 2 do wiv money coz i like poltiics n stuff 2 !!

thankx 4 ur reply n i might do economics gonna get some adivice be4 i choose my a levels

[*Hakz*]

(Original post by foreverstrong_97)
i wdn't mind the graph side of economics coz i enjoy statistics so shud be gd wiv it :P
n i'lll enjoy the problems we have currently 2 do wiv money coz i like poltiics n stuff 2 !!

thankx 4 ur reply n i might do economics gonna get some adivice be4 i choose my a levels

Best of luck buddy

[foreverstrong_97]

(Original post by *Hakz*)
Best of luck buddy

thankx

[twinlensreflex]

You'll hate the graphs eventually, I do But if you don't enjoy history stay awaaay from it.

[foreverstrong_97]

(Original post by twinlensreflex)
You'll hate the graphs eventually, I do But if you don't enjoy history stay awaaay from it.

Thank you !
LOOL
yh i might not do it gonna ask current medicine ppl wt they chose which got them into uni's