I'm so stuck on what A-Levels to choose! Please help!

Chemistry, Maths and Biology.. then the world is your oyster.

I'm not sure that I could cope with all 3 and training. Do you do any of the 3 and how are they?

My A-Levels were a mess as I moved from one college to a 6th form and dropped almost everything when I moved because of a difference in exam boards, I ended up with:

AS in:
Law
Psychology
Accounting

A-Levels in:
Maths
Economics
Computing

I did Maths to A-Level to try to get a place I wanted on a Computer Science course (My sig is very old, i'm trying to find where that can be updated).
Psychology was not at all what I expected. As a keen poker player, I thought it would be about how people think, and actually would be useful to me in everyday life. That was a misconception, it was more about remembering case studies by some very strange characters (Freud, I am looking at you). Law was similar and I didn't enjoy either, this is because I don't like simply remembering things (I am rubbish at languages too), but like to understand how to work things out (Economics, Maths and Computer Science).

From there I was in a good position to start my degree in Computer Science and management, I loved it so much I ended up staying on to do a PhD (Where I am now).

So, my recommendation of maths, physics and biology is purely based on my belief that they will get you into a good university and you will have options open. If you want to then do a photography course.. you can easily choose to do this later on, even at university if you like. If you do it the other way around and do photography and psychology now, you may find it harder to change your mind later on. Unfortunately (I'm not saying I agree), these are often thought of as softer subjects which aren't as serious. That doesn't mean to say they are easier, I found psychology extremely difficult, but that's because I am not suited for it.

My partner wanted to be a vet, ended up doing a Masters in Genetics during which time she did a photography course.. to finally become a Web Developer which she loves! It just shows how you may change your mind, and it's always best to leave these options open. She probably couldn't have done this if she didn't have some very strong A-Level subjects to back her up.

Good luck with whatever you do, and I hope to see you on the TV showing the Americans how to play American Football, it sounds like you're very good at it.

Maths, Biology, Chemistry! I do all three and they're fantastic, I don't find them boring and they're challenging but fun as long as your interested in the subject.

Chemistry and maths are a good bet for core subjects, a lot of biological courses will accept chemistry as a substitute.
I've heard chemistry is tough, but maths AS is a breeze if you're semi-decent and the A2 only takes a moderate amount of work to keep up in.


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Maths (it's the best subject)
Philosophy (good subject, A2 is boring as **** though)
Psychology

i started photography late in January, had next to no help throughout the year and still managed to get a B haha, seriously.. an easy one compared to the others im sure, the workload is okay

So I've thought it through so much and I don't really know what I want to do when I'm older or what to study at Uni. I'm most likely going to achieve an American football scholarship to an American Division 1 University. This means that my grades do not to be as good as they would if I was to just apply for the uni. But this doesn't mean that I'm not going to try my hardest at all times!

I love programming (Computer science) and I've thought about going into dentistry. I'm grade 'A' in everything I do apart from Maths (B) and Geograpghy (B). But I'm predicted an 'A' in everything and I think I'll achieve that.

Due to these factors I just want to study what I like doing/ am interested in doing for A-level. These are the six options I've limited it to:

-Maths
-Biology (heard it's really boring at A2?)
-Chemistry
-Philosophy
-Psychology
-Photography

Due to intense training for American football, I do not want to over work and would only really like to do 2 'core' A-levels out of the three I have listed.

I know this is long, but I'm really stressed out right now as I have to hand in my options really soon (I'm in year 11) Thank you!

I'd be careful what you hear about some subjects, a lot of people will make them out to be worse/better than what they are.

I'd say it depends on the sort of person you are as to which ones you should take. If you are really good at remembering lots of detail then Chemistry is a good one. It is kind of logical but also requires you to memorise a lot of definitions, provided you are okay with that though it's a good one to take.

You said you were interested in computer science? Usually university courses (the ones I've looked at anyway) ask for maths, further maths (not at all but at some) and they also seem to like sciences.

Thank you for the info, why's philosophy in year 13 boring?

im not sure which philosophy you're picking, which exam board etc..
but i picked philosophy and ethics for ocr, and the first year was pretty good, i learned a lot in and out of the classroom as a result of the subject, i got an A in it, which i have to say i'm pleased with, because i was aiming for a B at the beginning of the year.
A2 so far, has been boring as ****, my trial's in 2 days, and I know absolutely nothing as of now. It's just so uninteresting, it's unbelievable. Having said that, it is a solid subject, well respected, and beware, it may change the way you think about things.

Unless of course you pick another exam board or something lol, then the subject might be a little different.

I think we're OCR too. I love it at GCSE, I'm pretty good too (A/A*) and the teacher who teaches it can make anything interesting. She's the most interesting woman I have ever met, let alone teacher haha. I'll take that in mind and if worst comes to worst, I'll just drop it after year 12 haha Thank you!

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