A-Level Choices - Please Help

I am definitely taking A-Levels in Maths, Chemistry & Physics.

I am currently debating whether to take Further Maths or Biology as my fourth A-Level, or taking them both and doing 5 A-Levels.

In my GCSEs I got 8.5A*'s and 3A's. I got A*'s in Maths, Chemistry, Biology, Physics & Statistics. I also achieved an A in FSMQ Additional Maths.

I do a lot of activities outside of school including many sports, so my worry is that taking 5 A-Levels will take up too much of my time, and I have also been lead to believe most universities don't look at additional A-Levels.

I have no clue which degree I want to take or which career path I want to pursue, however I find things related to Maths quite interesting and easy.

So, what should I take? Further Maths, Biology or Both?

First of all let me say I'm a GCSE student as well so I may not be an expert at A levels, but I was in a similar position to you and spoke to a lot of people/did a lot of research.

I think you should really only take 5 A-levels if you're Absolutely committed and certain you can handle the workload. I know people with your results and even better who are struggling to achieve top grades in 4 let alone 5. Of course everybody is different but if you have any doubt you'll be able to cope with 5 then I think it's not really worth it (Having 5 won't really put you at an advantage anyway). Plus, as you say, doing that many A levels is going to cut into your social time.

As for your options, I think it depends on what you want to do. Further maths is only really required for heavily mathematical degrees like Maths, Physics and maybe a few others like Engineering depending on where you go. If you can exclude these degrees and know that you definitely don't want to do these, then doing further maths isn't really needed. However it may be a desired subject for other degrees so you may want to research that. You have 3 solid A levels there so I don't think the fourth will make a huge effect unless that subject is a requirement for a particular degree. e.g I'd choose biology if I were going into Medicine and Further maths for Physics. So it depends on what you want.

I was in a similar position to you, doing Maths, Physics and History. I didn't know which subject to choose for the fourth and after a bit of degree research I found that all of my preferred degrees were covered by my first 3 choices, so my 4th wouldn't really matter. So I just picked French as it's a subject I like.

Otherwise, if you can't make a decision based on your degree, just pick the subject you enjoy the most.

Good luck

I am definitely taking A-Levels in Maths, Chemistry & Physics.

I am currently debating whether to take Further Maths or Biology as my fourth A-Level, or taking them both and doing 5 A-Levels.

In my GCSEs I got 8.5A*'s and 3A's. I got A*'s in Maths, Chemistry, Biology, Physics & Statistics. I also achieved an A in FSMQ Additional Maths.

I do a lot of activities outside of school including many sports, so my worry is that taking 5 A-Levels will take up too much of my time, and I have also been lead to believe most universities don't look at additional A-Levels.

I have no clue which degree I want to take or which career path I want to pursue, however I find things related to Maths quite interesting and easy.

So, what should I take? Further Maths, Biology or Both?

I am definitely taking A-Levels in Maths, Chemistry & Physics.

I am currently debating whether to take Further Maths or Biology as my fourth A-Level, or taking them both and doing 5 A-Levels.

In my GCSEs I got 8.5A*'s and 3A's. I got A*'s in Maths, Chemistry, Biology, Physics & Statistics. I also achieved an A in FSMQ Additional Maths.

I do a lot of activities outside of school including many sports, so my worry is that taking 5 A-Levels will take up too much of my time, and I have also been lead to believe most universities don't look at additional A-Levels.

I have no clue which degree I want to take or which career path I want to pursue, however I find things related to Maths quite interesting and easy.

So, what should I take? Further Maths, Biology or Both?