A Levels

I think Health and Social Care, Travel and Tourism, and Photography are all seen as 'weak' subjects. However, you will still be able to get into some unis with these subjects

I took Health and Social because it was one of the subjects which opened up the most job options as I am uncertain what I want to do when I'm older. So only some unis will let me in?

If you look here on the Trinity College website: http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/acceptable-level-subject-combinations it lists the subjects that would only be appropriate to take as a fourth subject (which includes Health and Social Care, Travel and Tourism, and Photography), and the other 3 subjects would have to come from lists A1, A2, and B. However, this is just one very selective college and it does not represent most universities.

The Russel Group website says that subjects that can be viewed as facilitating subjects (make getting into university easier) are: Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, History, Geography, Modern and Classical languages, and English Literature.

Oh okay, yes, I looked at that university and read that it was very selective.
Next year I was thinking about taking up another option to have an AS in which will then look better.
I also read that eng lit was better than eng lang which I didn't agree with as the terminology used is a lot more complex than lit as my brother took it at A Level.

What if I was to do an access course after college?

I don't really know much about access courses sorry, you could check specific university requirements to see if they mention access courses

Which courses and which universities are you thinking of applying to?

Okay, no problem.

I have looked at Cardiff Met and study English or if I did the access course go into something to do with sport at Cardiff Met. I had a careers meeting with my college and said I am able to do that. (I haven't looked at many unis yet)

The English and Creative Writing undergrad degree at Cardiff Met requires 260 UCAS tariff points from at least 2 A levels with 1 B grade. So as long as you get that you should have a good chance of getting an offer!

would 260 UCAS points be an average amount someone for to get?

would 260 UCAS points be an average amount someone for to get?

I took Health and Social because it was one of the subjects which opened up the most job options as I am uncertain what I want to do when I'm older. So only some unis will let me in?

No don't listen to the [edited out] on here. As long as you get good grades the top unis will not care. Only exceptions are London unis and oxbridge

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Top unis won't care...except the top unis. U wot m8?

Top unis apart from those mentioned ... go search russell group

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It's mainly only top universities such as Oxford, Cambridge and London School of Economics, that look at the grades and the subjects. I wouldn't say that Travel & Tourism and Photography are 'week' subjects, but that they are 'less traditional' ones. Like I said, its only really the top universities who wan't 'traditional' subjects, which we have come to terms with as 'facilitating' subjects. Most of the other universities want points, rather than grades or specific subjects (unless applying for specific courses such as medicine, then you will be required to have science subjects). I would see which one you like more at the end of AS and drop the other. I don't think you will really have a problem getting into university because of your subject choice.

I think Health and Social Care, Travel and Tourism, and Photography are all seen as 'weak' subjects. However, you will still be able to get into some unis with these subjects