Biology, Chemistry, Spanish and Psychology A-Levels?

Praying i'll pass them, want to get into dentistry so much

I am looking to study dentistry and I currently study AS biology, chemistry, spanish and english literature! Yeah, the subjects you have chosen would be suitable, however, universities consider psychology to be a 'softer' and 'less traditional' a level so if I were you, I would change to a more traditional subject like history, maths, physics?

Also, getting into medicine/dentistry isn't all about relying on grades, you have to put the effort around school work.
You'll have to do a lot of work experience, voluntary work and extra-cirriculum studies! :')

Hope that helped

I'm in the same situation However, if Oxford accept me then I'm going to have to aim for an A* in at least one subject! Yeah, I can see how people may feel demotivated if they get loads of rejections and not want to work but really that's the worst thing you can do.

That sounds nasty

I beg to differ about psychology being considered as a 'softer' A Level. It's a science, maybe not a traditional one but universities regard it as a science when making offers.

Ah good, didn't want to go on about it in case you weren't (you probably did better than me!). Wow yeah I very much doubt I'm getting an A*, thank god medicine is 3As (besides oxbridge of course ), good luck with oxford, it'll be great if you get an offer.

And exactly. But now we do have offers it will act as extra motivation

Just one thing about this (to SummerFl) - as you wish to apply for Medicine, when people say on here that Cambridge (and possibly Imperial? I can't remember) need 3 Science A levels, they mean out of Biology, Chemistry, Maths and Physics. Psychology would not be counted.
For other courses however, it might be considered as a science.
And from what I've heard from my friends Psychology is a very interesting A level

Fair enough. I always feel bad about posting about having an offer to other medical applicants in case they've only had rejections.
You never know, you might well surprise yourself
Thanks Is Manchester your favourite place or are you hoping somewhere else will give you an offer too?
Hopefully

Yes, actually Oxbridge and the likes will be different in making offers from most other universities.
Psychology is interesting when you get past the maths, statistical testing and the methodology, that's why I've applied to do it at degree level

Ha thanks, I'm just aiming for As though! Honestly I don't have a first choice, I just wanted an offer from somewhere, which I've now got . Anything on top of that is a bonus.

I have had an interview at Glasgow though so I'm waiting to hear the outcome of that, but like I said, I've got the all important first offer. If I get more than one it will complicate things as I'll have to choose between 2 great unis!

Won't there be a fair bit of statistical testing and methodology at university? (I know very little about Psychology degrees )
How's that going? Got any offers yet?

Thank you so much for all of your help everyone. My application for college is due in tomorrow and I will be putting down these four subjects! I will most probably drop psychology at AS level. However, if I find that I'm really not enjoying psychology, the college I'm applying to allows a bit of movement within the first two weeks and I may choose to change to another subject. Ooo I'm so nervous to start my A-Levels, but I'm preparing myself for two years of hard work from September onwards.

On the topic of work experience, I should be okay. I already know of one care home that would be happy to let me do some work experience there, which is a start. Roughly how much experience is needed?

Just revising for my GCSE science exam on Wednesday at the moment haha!

Thanks again guys.

I beg to differ about psychology being considered as a 'softer' A Level. It's a science, maybe not a traditional one but universities regard it as a science when making offers. I think you'll find the likes of Russell Groups highly regard psychology as it prepares you with a vast majority of skills. Specifically on taking a degree in Psychology, they are the second most employable students from all subjects (geography being first) because it's a highly regarded discipline.

I suggest the creater of the thread wants to do Psychology to do it, I do it at A Level and it was nothing like I expected, yes I expected it to be 'softer'. It is however very fascinating although it has a quite a bit of maths and statistical testing content (on my exam board anyway) which is quite tedious and boring. You carry out your own experiments as part of my course and analyse the data using things like Chi Squared Tests or Spearman's rank correlation coefficient tests and has a large chunk on biological psychology which may help along with other studies

Would A-levels in Biology, Chemistry, Spanish and Psychology be strong enough to study medicine? Providing the appropriate grades are achieved in each? I have my concerns about psychology as I have been given the impression that perhaps it is not held as highly as other A-levels are. Could taking psychology at A-level potentially affect my application to University? Is this group of A-levels a strong set of A-levels?

Also, if you are studying or have studied A-level psychology, is/was the subject enjoyable in your opinion?

Thank you so much!