Is it a bad idea to do 5 a levels?

I want to do English literature, History, Maths, Chemistry and physics. At first I was picking between physics and chemisty but I wanted to do both of them but I feel as though 5 a levels would be a lot of work. However, I cannot pick from them.

Does anyone have any advide please? Thank you.

I wouldn't do it as it will literally mean you have no life or job, and you get homework due in for each subject next day which might be difficult. However, I do know a very clever boy that did 5 a levels and still did well so!

5 a levels is definitely a bad idea. Even a really smart person would struggle immensely. I did 3 AS levels and I've got 4 offers now. Most unis dont even care about your AS.

It's unnecessary and I doubt you'd have time to spare and do your own thing, if any. 4 should be the maximum in my opinion. Trust me, the workload gets pretty crazy. Take 4 at the most. Most universities only require 3 subjects so.

I definitely don't recommend 5, and even if I did; not including chemistry. Many of my friends failed chemistry AS level when only doing 4, as it can be very difficult and the jump is quite big. However, it ultimately depends on your performance at GCSE, and how well you think you'd be able to cope. I do A Level English Lit and it takes up a lot of time; and I also did AS Level maths, which had ridiculous amounts of homework and was a complete pain to revise.

Depends on your work ethic, ease of grasping new concepts and what's happening in your life outside of school. I started 5 A Levels but I didn't really commit to any of them. It was okay for English and Fine Art as I didn't really have too learn much but I bombed my sciences. Ultimately I dropped Chemistry (was initially my strongest but got a B in AS) and Physics (loved the practicals, won awards but got a D in AS). Kept Biology and got a D, but still had As in the other 2 (before A* was introduced).

I think it is entirely doable to do 5 if you really, really love all of those subjects and know you will put the time in. It becomes a problem if you stop being interested in one or more. Not only does it become likely you could get a poor grade in the ones you don't enjoy but all that wasted time could impact on your ability to do really well in your other subjects.

Have a think about what you want the A Levels for and what matters most- high grades, continuing to study a really broad programme, social life, work...

Good luck.

I do 5 A levels (Maths, FM, Economics, Physics and CompSci) with only mediocre GCSE results. It certainly doesn't take a genius to do 5, it's just a question of whether you want to do so. I think that it is a bad idea overall, but the situation my school put me in meant I kind of had to, or otherwise 2 term's worth of work would've gone down the drain.
Unless you LOVE all 5 of your subjects, it is not worthwhile.

Btw, I don't have a job or a social life, but I made the decision to do my best in a levels regardless, i.e I would be in the same position even if I did only 3 (I always question friends who complain about their workload, yet spend 10+ hours a week stacking shelves just to fill up their cars).

There's no point. Pick 4 subjects for AS and concentrate on getting good grades for those.