Hi everyone
I was just wondering if I could get some help with making a decision
My GCSE were fine, but now I'm two-thirds into my AS year and we just had our mocks. My mock results were terrible, but although my weekly test results are kindaaaa alright, my teachers are asking me to drop a subject before I sit for my AS exams (currently I'm doing Biology, Chemistry, Maths and English Lit). I really don't want to - the unis I'd like to apply to want 4AS - but apparently I really risk doing very badly if I carry on with 4.
I was advised to drop Maths if I were to drop a subject (not required by quite a number so I guess that's alright... right?
) My teachers' justification is that if I were to drop anything, it should either be Maths or Lit, but since I'm better at Lit, I should keep that going to ensure at least one decent AS and predicted grade! And dropping Bio or Chem is definitely out of the question since I'm aiming for Medicine. But I've been working really hard at improving my Maths, I just think it's a waste to drop it nowwww. My teachers say I can just do an AS Maths next year, but if I'm struggling with my subjects now, I'm afraid I won't be able to next year as the subjects will just be nothing but harder.
But seeeee, this is all based on my mock results and to be honest, I've never, never done amazing in my mock exams anyway. In GCSE, I swear I managed to get Ds for at least 4 subjects but when the real thing came, I got A*s in all of them. A Levels and GCSE are probably completely different and shouldn't be compared this way but from this, I'm guessing that it just goes to show how terrible I am but only up until (veryyyyy dangerously close to) the end.
So should I drop a subject now and limit my uni choices, but (apparently) increasing the chance of better grades? (I don't mind doing another degree first and then doing Graduate Entry Med, but will 3AS limit this too?) Or should I take the risk and continue with 4 and risk ending up with horrible grades and no choices at all, BUT possibly giving myself the chance of getting good grades AND all my uni choices?
I'm so terribly sorry for this hideously long post. I just felt really pressured and I just needed to get this off my chest. Everyone's saying drop it, but I don't want to. I just wanna know if there are people out there who think the same way I do, and that I'm not being foolish or dangerously optimistic.
Thank you, your replies are muchhhh appreciated!