my choices???

I will be starting A-Levels in 2016 and i am a bit worried now that they have introduced the linear exams again
I am thinking of going to King Edwards Camp Hill.
The choices I am leaning towards are Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Geography; and i want to do an extra A-Level, a 'soft' one though. I am thinking of critical thinking... Is this suicide or are my choices reasonable? Are there better options for an extra A-Level and do I even need an extra one (I am aiming for one of the top universities for either engineering or economics)?
My predicted grades for GCSEs are all A*s btw

Lol I applied there but decided I didn't want to go, it's going to be very strict js
And I think grammar schools generally make you do either general studies or critical thinking, well at least the one I decided to go to did. If you have the choice I'd go for GS as you have to do pretty much no revision for it, but for CT you might have to do essay practice, I'm not sure. Either way those subjects are fine for engineering, and you should maybe drop geography if you do go for that instead of economics at uni. It's not death, a lot of people do the classic sort of "hard" subjects and they're fine - I did similar, doing 3 sciences +maths and GS and came out fine. Don't worry about it, just do what you want and do the work you need to

I will be starting A-Levels in 2016 and i am a bit worried now that they have introduced the linear exams again
I am thinking of going to King Edwards Camp Hill.
The choices I am leaning towards are Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Geography; and i want to do an extra A-Level, a 'soft' one though. I am thinking of critical thinking... Is this suicide or are my choices reasonable? Are there better options for an extra A-Level and do I even need an extra one (I am aiming for one of the top universities for either engineering or economics)?
My predicted grades for GCSEs are all A*s btw

no... camp hill doesn't make you do general studies OR critical thinking because they're not a-levels at camp hill. this is because universities don't even count them as a-levels because they're pointless

I will be starting A-Levels in 2016 and i am a bit worried now that they have introduced the linear exams again
I am thinking of going to King Edwards Camp Hill.
The choices I am leaning towards are Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Geography; and i want to do an extra A-Level, a 'soft' one though. I am thinking of critical thinking... Is this suicide or are my choices reasonable? Are there better options for an extra A-Level and do I even need an extra one (I am aiming for one of the top universities for either engineering or economics)?
My predicted grades for GCSEs are all A*s btw

Two things I'd like to say- have you studied further maths or additional maths at GCSE level? The course is fast track and they will not slow down for your sake. If you have you'll ace maths the first year because a lot of it is repeated, but if not and you really want to study further maths do Additional Maths privately because FM is extremely difficult without that prior knowledge.And the second thing, critical thinking or general studies does not make a difference at all because neither are accepted by 90% of universities. It's better to take a subject which takes less work so i suggest general studies because you'll want to spend more time on your other subjects.Your subject choices are fine. There's an engineering scheme offered in the beginning of year 12- I recommend taking it.Good Luck!

Oh and for the record people are talking about everyone getting straight As without revision for General Studies and Critical thinking. Having studied at CHG I can tell you people that get the As revise and practice essay writing. And many people that don't do not get As. See the results for yourself. I got a D myself for the record. http://www.kechg.org.uk/?page_id=640

If you go to camp hill, just to let you know they don't offer 'soft' a level choices because theyre pointless and disregarded by universities.
Also for camp hill you have to have 4 a levels and further maths is the only extra you can do (to have 5).
if you are aiming for a top university I suggest not doing a 'soft' a level subject as well.

Your choices are reasonable for someone of your ability, even if you decide to take all 4 to A2.

You don't need 5 but maybe do something like Accounting if you really want a 5th and that interests you.

Lol I applied there but decided I didn't want to go, it's going to be very strict js
And I think grammar schools generally make you do either general studies or critical thinking, well at least the one I decided to go to did. If you have the choice I'd go for GS as you have to do pretty much no revision for it, but for CT you might have to do essay practice, I'm not sure. Either way those subjects are fine for engineering, and you should maybe drop geography if you do go for that instead of economics at uni. It's not death, a lot of people do the classic sort of "hard" subjects and they're fine - I did similar, doing 3 sciences +maths and GS and came out fine. Don't worry about it, just do what you want and do the work you need to

You're right. My sister went to Camp Hill and she said they had to do GS in AS at least and that was compulsory but that was 2 years ago..

no... camp hill doesn't make you do general studies OR critical thinking because they're not a-levels at camp hill. this is because universities don't even count them as a-levels because they're pointless

Lol I applied there but decided I didn't want to go, it's going to be very strict js
And I think grammar schools generally make you do either general studies or critical thinking, well at least the one I decided to go to did. If you have the choice I'd go for GS as you have to do pretty much no revision for it, but for CT you might have to do essay practice, I'm not sure. Either way those subjects are fine for engineering, and you should maybe drop geography if you do go for that instead of economics at uni. It's not death, a lot of people do the classic sort of "hard" subjects and they're fine - I did similar, doing 3 sciences +maths and GS and came out fine. Don't worry about it, just do what you want and do the work you need to

No. Just no.
General studies was compulsory at my old 6th form so i had no choice, but let me tell you, its the most pointless, stupid waste of space you could ever do.
The head 6th form told us all that general studies was amazing, how unis would be falling at your feet desperate to offer you a place just because you where doing it. In fact, the opposite was true. When it came to applying to unis, many people found that many unis didnt even accept it. And the ones that did accept it wherent overly keen on it. And in general, the subject was just a load of s**t.