Politics or Sociology degree?

Are you sure the A levels you are doing will get you into a RG uni?

Are you sure the A levels you are doing will get you into a RG uni?

What are you trying to imply here? I know a person who did English Language, Politics and Economics who got into LSE's prestigious Bsc Government course (no facilitating subjects)

I'd say go for a joint honors degree OP, so you have more breadth and career options.

What are you trying to imply here? I know a person who did English Language, Politics and Economics who got into LSE's prestigious Bsc Government course (no facilitating subjects)

I'd say go for a joint honors degree OP, so you have more breadth and career options.

I am being explicit, no implication. RG unis have a list of A level subjects they prefer for their courses, if the OP is not doing the right A levels, then he needs to change them or apply to none RG unis.

I have my doubts film is an A level subject RG unis would accept for the degrees the OP wants to do.

thankyou ^.^i think that guy was just implying that film studies is a rubbish subject lol. I chose the subject since i knew i would enjoy it regardless if it's facilitating or not, i mean it's better to have a good grade in that than a D in geography or whatever.well done to your friend, do you know any details of their a levels/gcse (grades)? English language is facilitating and i think economics might bePosted from TSR Mobile

But I have just proved to you that these preferred subject lists mean nothing for some cases, your post was uninformed and condescending.

Sociology and politics degree are not that competitive either (unless you're aiming for top 5 unis then everything is competitive anyway), he can easily get offers from RG unis for those subjects if he gets the required grades and writes a good PS. Oh and again I know someone who did Film Studies who got an offer to study English at KCL.

Hey it's fine. He got straight A's at GCSE and no English lang, economics and politics are not facilitating a levels.

Ah okay! lol everyone assumes I'm a guy XD oh well.
Ok hmm, i got a few As at GCSE but mostly Bs. I got As and Bs for my AS Levels ^-^ hopefully that'll be ok
Yeah i guess, they're probably seen better than my subjects though haha

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Ignore them OP. It is better to get AAB in your subjects than BBC in three harder ones. Politics as a degree needs to be joined with another subject such as international relations for it to be useful. Sociology is a good A level but not worth taking as a degree. As a result, I would recommend politics over Sociology as a degree but only if it is a joint honours

Hmm okay, some unis offer Politics with Sociology or with international relations. Why do you tbink politics alone isn't that great?? just wondering

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Ignore them OP. It is better to get AAB in your subjects than BBC in three harder ones. Politics as a degree needs to be joined with another subject such as international relations for it to be useful. Sociology is a good A level but not worth taking as a degree. As a result, I would recommend politics over Sociology as a degree but only if it is a joint honours

apparently sociology is awful for employability, so I'd suggest politics

I don't think politics is near the top of the employability scale, unless its oxbridge/LSE.

This is not true- Who exactly says Politics NEEDS to be joined with another subject to be helpful or Sociology isn't worth taking. Sweeping generalisation like this help no one .

Both of these are well respected , particularly from a Russell Group University.

It is also not true to say they are not competitive courses- at Edinburgh for example Politics is very competitive and they say that a typical offer is 3A's with a good set of GCSE's. Sociolgy is also 3 A's . If you at the admission statistics about 1 in 4 people who apply get on these courses.


My advise would be look at the content of the courses at some universities you might like to go to as it will vary from place to place. Think about what interests you in these particular areas and the reasons you like studying them. You also need to think about how you have engaged with these subjects besides studying them. Have you asked your local MP if you can visit the House of Commons, done some work experience at your local council,read widely ? You are going to be spending 3 or 4 years studying the subject so it is worth doing some research to make sure you pick well. Unfortunate on a student website you are likely to get quite a bit of other people's opinions dressed up as fct.

With regards to the Russell Group you will find useful information here:

http://www.russellgroup.org/InformedChoices-latest.pdf

Good luck with what ever you decide