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Dropping a subject?

Hi.

So due to my health, I've been given the option to drop a subject and I'm really struggling with my decision which needs to be made by tomorrow.

I took General Studies, Spanish, History, English Language and English Literature AS Levels, achieving D, D, A, A and B. I dropped Spanish and General Studies although I was hoping to drop History as I don't really enjoy it!
So now I can drop one more subject if I want. Do I drop History and be done with it or carry it on?? I am not going to university as yet but will it be really important to have three Alevels if I wanted to go eventually?

Thanks
Original post by Watfordjunction
Hi.

So due to my health, I've been given the option to drop a subject and I'm really struggling with my decision which needs to be made by tomorrow.

I took General Studies, Spanish, History, English Language and English Literature AS Levels, achieving D, D, A, A and B. I dropped Spanish and General Studies although I was hoping to drop History as I don't really enjoy it!
So now I can drop one more subject if I want. Do I drop History and be done with it or carry it on?? I am not going to university as yet but will it be really important to have three Alevels if I wanted to go eventually?

Thanks


Depends what tier uni you are planning on going to. Any higher tier unis will deffo need at least 3 AS whereas others just have a set amount of ucas points so you just need the points for those. Something to consider anyway

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Original post by frances98
Depends what tier uni you are planning on going to. Any higher tier unis will deffo need at least 3 AS whereas others just have a set amount of ucas points so you just need the points for those. Something to consider anyway

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If I do decide to apply to university, I would be looking at the Russell group ones, would they take into account my health problems though?
The majority of universities will expect three A levels as a minimum (even if they base offers on UCAS points - they can request the minimum/ maximum number of A levels the points must come from). A few will accept two if you got good grades, but these tend to be much lower ranked unis (which often have lower employment prospects - and since the whole point of uni is to improve your job opportunities they're a bit of a waste of 9k a year...).

That being said, since you had health reasons some unis may be willing to offer you a place anyway - although you may be better off doing an access/ foundation year course.

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