Will these 6 A-levels be too much?

If I was you, I would take Maths, Chemistry, Biology and Physics... and cut out Geog and Film. IMO you will be overloaded by the additional 2, or have lower grades generally albeit with more A levels. Some Universities state that they want such and such grades in so many A levels (or referring to specific courses).
For interest, if you have time, there is always free course content on other subjects available online through universities (such as Oxford, Yale, Harvard, Open University, etc.).
What are your future plans?

a). It could very well be if you don't do consistently well in all six. AAABCC is worse than A*AA.

b).Film Studies is fine since you study mainly "strong" subjects.

However, please note that some universities may only pick the three most relevant subjects and exclude the others, hence making it more difficult to meet the offer. You can even get an offer which consists of all six subjects. I suggest to speak to the universities that you are thinking of applying to and asking their stance on six A Levels.

I've looked up a few forums regarding similar situations, as well as looked on university websites, and many sources state the same; that fewer, higher A level grades are regarded highly in comparison to more A levels at lower grades (a likely outcome of overloading work). Thanks very much for the reply!

Thank you for the reply!
I think I will end up dropping either Physics or Geography within the first few terms, and have only taken both as I am not sure yet sure whether I would prefer to go down the route of anthropology or pharmacy.
I've looked at a few university requirements, and it should be fine with the subjects I'll end up taking.
I'll be sure to look up the free content you have mentioned.
I've already completed many MOOCs, which are very enjoyable and informative, giving a really good insight into different subject areas.

I did 5 A levels and the EPQ. My school only allows 4 A levels so I did taught myself Further Maths and entered as a private candidate. To tell you the truth, the only reason I got through it is because I really enjoy maths - but even then I was really pushed for time towards exam time.
Got a whole load of Uni feedback from all sorts of Uni's this year and they all say the same thing wrt the number of A levels - 3 is enough, 4 is great, 5 is exceptional. BUT doing well in 3 is a lot more impressive than doing okay in 5

Just curious, what were you applying for? And where were you accepted? Because I'm considering doing what you've done but it really really does seem like A LOT of work. I'm already pulling my hair out with all the things I need to do for school :-/

I applied for Physics and a few variations of it. I was accepted by Imperial, Warwick, Bristol, Durham and MIT.
I'd say it's worth doing, but you should be fairly confident that you're going to have the willpower to see it through to the end. I always found the first half of the year a lot easier than the second half as the content starts of easier and then progressively gets harder. I also had a tendency to leave difficult topics (like stupid FP3 vectors) till the very end and then struggle a little.
Another note, I'm on my gap year and applied to Cambridge twice. Both times I was pooled (almost entirely because I'm a bit useless at Chemistry) and an important part of the feedback I got was the vast majority of the students who received offers did 4 or less subjects.

You're putting too much pressure on yourself. Also bare in mind you can get into the best universities despite studying 4 A levels.


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I may be getting old, but isn't the norm still 3 A levels?

I may be getting old, but isn't the norm still 3 A levels?