Are these good A levels?

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  1. chelseafan's Avatar
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    Are these good A levels?
    I've finally decided what to pick for A level and the subjects are: Maths,History,Economics,Biology

    What sort of uni courses would suit these subjects as i have picked subjects that i enjoy rather than focusing them on a particular course.
  2. Mr Inquisitive's Avatar
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    Re: Are these good A levels?
    Law, History, Econ, Politics, PPE, etc.
  3. DopeSk1llz's Avatar
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    Re: Are these good A levels?
    they are all well respected a levels, economics and maths combine well together
  4. 16dan2life's Avatar
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    Re: Are these good A levels?
    Good choices

    You can study, Economics/Law/History/Biology/Combined honours(social sciences) etc
  5. aWildPidgey's Avatar
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    Re: Are these good A levels?
    Not really much point in doin' Bio with those, though.
  6. chelseafan's Avatar
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    (Original post by aWildPidgey)
    Not really much point in doin' Bio with those, though.
    What would you suggest as an alternative.
  7. smile:D's Avatar
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    Re: Are these good A levels?
    good choices, you could do a wide variety of humanities with those, as well as more maths-based courses, e.g. economics. If you're wondering about courses, this pdf, published by Russell Group unis, describes the a-levels needed for particular degree courses: http://russellgroup.ac.uk/media/info...ces-latest.pdf
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    Re: Are these good A levels?
    I wanted to engineering at first and picked physics at first but changed this to biology because my maths is'nt great and i only got a B at GCSE. So i have picked biology so if i find i suck at A level maths i can drop it at AS.
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    Re: Are these good A levels?
    (Original post by chelseafan)
    I wanted to engineering at first and picked physics at first but changed this to biology because my maths is'nt great and i only got a B at GCSE. So i have picked biology so if i find i suck at A level maths i can drop it at AS.
    Don't put yourself down just because you achieved a B, you can do well at A level Maths as long as you work really hard
  10. chelseafan's Avatar
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    (Original post by 16dan2life)
    Don't put yourself down just because you achieved a B, you can do well at A level Maths as long as you work really hard
    Since i proscrinated heavily at GCSE level i underachieved massively. I'm going to work extra hard at A level.
  11. aWildPidgey's Avatar
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    Re: Are these good A levels?
    (Original post by chelseafan)
    What would you suggest as an alternative.
    Depends on which subject that you want to do at uni
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