Are my A-Levels okay?

I'm not sure what exact job I want, but I want to study at a Russell Group Uni, and hopefully do a humanities course in politics(not too sure on the course).

For my choices I was thinking of taking History, English Language, Religious Studies, Ethics & Philosophy and Economics.

(Religious Studies, Ethics & Philosophy is one A Level)

Are my choices okay because my friends have been telling me the subjects are too easy?

For GCSE I did mostly iGCSE however I didn't do Economics at A Level, will I struggle too much?

I'm predicted all A's at GCSE and most of my teachers say if I really push myself I could get an A* in a few of them.

Also is four essay subjects too much to handle even if I enjoy writing?

Thank you!

History is a facilitating subject, and definitely a cornerstone for your subject choice.

If your school offer Government and Politics, definitely do that.

Geography and Economics would also be great for a Political Science or any humanities / social science degree. Sociology also good for Politics at RG.

English Language / RS, Ethics and Philosophy are fine but not necessarily the "best" you could choose: English Literature, straight Religious Studies or Philosophy, or the above, would set you off better.

History, Government and Politics, Economics and Eng Lit would probably be the best and leave a lot of doors open - but there is much more to be said for your extra reading and interest in the subject, as well as the subjects you enjoy most and would do best in.

Yes your subjects are fine, but I would definitely switch out English language for English literature as it will be more beneficial and will create a strong foundation for vocabulary use and essay structures. History is an awesome subject (ok I'm biased on this one I love history!) and religious studies is a good one to have too for politics, shows you can create a reasonable argument and reflect on different opinions. Overall i feel you have a strong A-Level choice! Good luck!


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History is a facilitating subject, and definitely a cornerstone for your subject choice.

If your school offer Government and Politics, definitely do that.

Geography and Economics would also be great for a Political Science or any humanities / social science degree. Sociology also good for Politics at RG.

English Language / RS, Ethics and Philosophy are fine but not necessarily the "best" you could choose: English Literature, straight Religious Studies or Philosophy, or the above, would set you off better.

History, Government and Politics, Economics and Eng Lit would probably be the best and leave a lot of doors open - but there is much more to be said for your extra reading and interest in the subject, as well as the subjects you enjoy most and would do best in.

I'm going to the sixth form at my school and so I asked the deputy head if I could do Government & Politics and he said he would look into it, but a lot of people are telling me that Economics is a very similar course and a much better one to have?

I really wanted to do English Lit because I know it's a lot more respected than lang, but I was apprehensive about the amount of books you have to read, I do enjoy reading but I don't get along with Shakespeare at all! At my school they said if you don't read classic novels at home for pleasure (which I don't!) then you'd struggle with English Lit?

I think I've found my username twin!.

I'm glad r.s is good because it's my favourite subject! Is English Lit too hard if you don't read many 'challenging' books at home, my school are suggesting it is and are pretty much trying to put us off it if we don't read them! I'm hopefully going to get an A or B in English Lit gcse at the moment, I thought i'd struggle too much with a level?

I really wanted to do English Lit because I know it's a lot more respected than lang, but I was apprehensive about the amount of books you have to read, I do enjoy reading but I don't get along with Shakespeare at all! At my school they said if you don't read classic novels at home for pleasure (which I don't!) then you'd struggle with English Lit?

I don't read classic novels for pleasure but I haven't found the work too hard! We've had to read Jane Eyre and a couple of books of our choice outside of lessons - obviously it's great if you can read them all but chapter summaries are brilliant if not I mostly have essays for homework, which I assume you'd get in English Language anyway?

I'm doing a controlled assessment on Macbeth in lit right now and chapter summaries saved me haha! And well, our English teacher is quite, individual.. (she's mental). She is a really good teacher though but we do little essays, I think we've probably done one or two in the two year course, as we rarely get long homework. Thankfully in all my language controlled assessments so far I have gotten full marks, creative writing is probably my strongest point in any subject! That's what swayed me towards language to be honest, she said I'd probably do better in it because of my creative writing!