Good fourth a level subject to go with English lit, geography and history?

I'd take Philosophy cos the work load is a lot less than you'd get for Psychology and it's pretty easy to understand. I do Philosophy, History, English Lit and Media, but I have some friends who do Psychology, History, English Lit and Philosophy and the amount of essays and revision is craayyyy

But at the end of the day it just depends what you're more interested in. I got an A* in RS GCSE so thats why I took it I didn't take GCSE Psych so I might be a bit biased!

Id take Business Studies

Im biased as i really enjoy this subject, but the answer does have merit too.

Its an essay based subject, which will go well with history and english lit - you cannot therefore be bad at it.
Its relatively easy, which will boost your overall A level grades as less pressure.
Its regarded pretty well, its no mathematics, but most universities see it in good light.


But out the ones you suggested, id do Philosophy, its easier than the others, meaning you will get higher results overall. its regarded as an okay subject, but if you drop it at AS level no-one cares lol. You are better off taking an easy subject, scoring a very high grade, and then just drop it, all the universities will just see it as a good AS grade and wont care about the subject much xD.

Id think about where you want to apply to university, as this can make a differance.

I take both Philosophy and Psychology with English lit and History, with the intention of dropping Psychology at A2. If you prefer essay based questions to shorter questions, I would probably go with Philosophy. I do AQA for Psychology and it reminds me quite a bit of my GCSE science exams in structure, with quite a few lower mark questions and then a few 6, 8 or 12 mark questions. However, on Edexcel for Philosophy, we have I think 3 21 mark essays, 3 9 mark essays and one big 50 mark essay.

do what YOU want to do because YOU enjoy it, not because SOMEONE ELSE told you to do it, or because it looks GOOD because at the end of the day, whatever subjects you do, they will be highly appreciated by any uni when you apply... some degree courses don't even care what a-level subjects you do, as long as you get good grades

I totally agree! I'm quite lucky because my parents let me do the subjects I want and I guess because I don't know what I want to do I'll just pick something that looks interesting. Probably going to pick philosophy tbh.
Thanks for the reply

Hey there! I'd honestly say that your 3 subject choices would go best with politics or economics. In fact English Lit and History are essay writing subjects, so you'd only get more practice whilst studying economics. Plus, Economics/Politics links in with History and Geography very well, as they are both linked to the arts, and talk about present and past day situations. This is only a guide as to what popped into my head, but good luck at your choice!!

My school only offers straight economics not with politics so idk it just doesn't seem that interesting to me
Thanks for the reply though!

Thanks for the reply!
I've looked and my school's exam board for philosophy is edexcel so I guess has the big essay questions. How is philosophy as a subject though? Is it literally just about religion or other things as well? I've heard that psychology involves a lot of fact learning and regurgitating which is what I hate about science
Philosophy is the subject that I am most swayed towards at the moment so if you could help me with what the content is actually like then you are bae
THANKS

It's got some religion in it, but it isn't really overwhelming. It's mostly arguments proving the existence of God, and then counter arguments against that and what philosophers have said in response to that. We've also looked at miracles and the problem of evil (We've done a lot about this, talking about the idea that if a God as described in the bible exists, then how can we have evil in the world?). We've also studies Just War and Abortion. There are some aspects of science in there, but barely any and just stuff like the evolution. Some of the ideas that I have looked at are those of William Paley, Thomas Aquinas, Immanuel Kant, Dawkins, Hume etc. It's also a lot about your own opinion on certain topics, and whether or not you agree with them.