Is taking an alevel not irrelevant to my degree and career choice a bad idea?

I want to study medicine and be a doctor. So obviously I'm going to take chemistry and biology as alevels because most uk med schools require chemistry, less but still lots require biology and some don't require but suggest chem and bio, (some also suggest math, physics and psychology, but I don't want to do any of them). An alevel I'm quite interested in taking is classic civilization, which isn't going to help with uni, but you need good grades for medical school, in the uk the lowest typical offer is ABB (only one med school) and the highest is A*A*A (also only one school), the avarage offer for 26 out 39 unis is AAA., I don't think I can get a good enough grade in math, physics and psychology because I tend to do better in subject I like. So, would it be better to take a subject better suited to a medical degree and just hope I can get a high grade or should I take something I want to take and probably do better (classics isn't a gcse subject so I don't even know how well I'm able to do which worries me).

Hi @ARKing08

I don't study medicine, but speaking from experience, I would always recommend choosing A Levels that you want to take and think you'll enjoy. Biology and Chemistry both sound great and would be ideal for applying for medicine. But I'd suggest your third subject is something different you have an interest in, like Classic Civilization you mentioned. Choosing subjects you're interested in is more likely to keep you motivated in studying, and choosing something different could also be a nice break from studying two science subjects.

Hope this helps,
Emily
Student Ambassador at BCU

Thank you for the advice, I've done some more looking into it, and from what I can as long as I have chemistry and biology the grade of the third subject is more important. So I'm going to take something I think I could do well in (maybe classic civilisation).

I want to study medicine and be a doctor. So obviously I'm going to take chemistry and biology as alevels because most uk med schools require chemistry, less but still lots require biology and some don't require but suggest chem and bio, (some also suggest math, physics and psychology, but I don't want to do any of them). An alevel I'm quite interested in taking is classic civilization, which isn't going to help with uni, but you need good grades for medical school, in the uk the lowest typical offer is ABB (only one med school) and the highest is A*A*A (also only one school), the avarage offer for 26 out 39 unis is AAA., I don't think I can get a good enough grade in math, physics and psychology because I tend to do better in subject I like. So, would it be better to take a subject better suited to a medical degree and just hope I can get a high grade or should I take something I want to take and probably do better (classics isn't a gcse subject so I don't even know how well I'm able to do which worries me).

Maths and Physics are very relevant to medicine. They will help in lots of ways. Also in medicine you're going to be doing lots of basic sciences - anatomy/physiology/biochem/path/pharmacology and if you struggle to learn things you don't enjoy then you're in for a rough ride as I can't see any medical student loving all the basic sciences they need to learn.