History or English Literature as a fourth A level subject?!

I study Biology, Chemistry, Maths and English Lit. English is good and I imagine it's less work than history, though I can't really comment as I don't take both. They are both respected, strong essay subjects so will both go well with your other choices so pick the one you think you'll enjoy most as either one would be a good choice


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In contrast I do biology maths chemistry and History, it is a of work, no getting away from it, but if you're not ready to work why take any a levels.
Also I think History is much more interesting, these things actually happened!! sometimes I need to remind myself that, because it can get pretty crazy.

Hey! Thanks I like both subjects and I'm predicted A*'s in both for GCSE which is why I'm finding it so difficult to chose..how hard is it to get an A in English Literature at a level?

If you get an A* I think you should be able to get an A, although English can sometimes produce 'random' results which can be annoying. I don't think it's much harder than gcse (relative to science and maths) you just have to get used to writing your essays in a different way. A-level also place more emphasis on the way you write your essays than gcse so you have to be fairly good at writing too. Alternatively, can you not take both and drop one after a few weeks?


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Thanks for the reply! A lot of people have told me its near enough impossible to get an A or A* at a level history, is it really that hard? I'm prepared to work for it either way but people make it sound so abnormally hard!

So I want to study medicine in university and have picked maths, biology and chemistry as my three main a level subjects. However I can't decide whether to pick history or English literature as a fourth a level?

Which one goes better with my other choices? Also if anyone is studying both history and English literature at a-level, which one in your opinion is more interesting and why?

Thanks!

It really depends on the exam boards. I took both English Lit and History.

I say if you don't mind reading and rereading your texts then go for English Lit. To me, History was A LOT more information I had to consume, which put me off studying it further, so I dropped it in January, even though I was getting Bs in my essays (with revision).

I think when it comes to revision for English Lit, it's hard because there's no real 'direct' approach to revising for it. This is where Lit becomes hard.

History we did War; Crimean, Boar and WW1 for one unit and Fascist in Italy for another. Exam board: Edexcel.

English Lit was WW1 Literature which I HATE with every bone in my body. I've honestly had enough studying how countless men got blown up and crap! It just becomes so repetitive reading similar things! I love English Lit as a whole though, prefer the poetry even though I struggle with poetry.
Exam board: AQA, Spec A.

I personally go for English Lit cause in comparison with History, there is less information you have to remember!

Make sure you come back in September/October to tell us what you picked and which one you prefer and so forth! I'm sure we will all be interested to hear!