My first choice for A Level was biol, chem, history and English lit. Unfortunately, English and chem clashed, so to take another essay-based subjects I chose sociology. After a few weeks I decided I no longer wanted to pursue a career in science, but rather stick to my original choice of a degree which was either history or law. So, as I dropped chem I could finally take English lit, so I did along with economics. Now I’m taking English lit, history, sociology and economics.
But, I’m not entirely sure I want to carry on with either sociology or economics. We’re forced to take the Welsh baccalaureate, which is as much work as an A Level, so effectively I’m taking 5 A Levels. I’m aware that economics is far more academic, but also a lot more boring and it will be harder to get an A*/A in, which will obviously be a lot easier with sociology. My main problem is that I don’t want to take sociology instead of economics for the fear of unis looking down on it. I had one of highest GCSE results in my school and feel I’ll be cheating myself if I take the easy way out. Despite this, I’ve found sociology quite fascinating as we study Marxism etc, but I don’t want people thinking I’m not that intelligent if I took sociology. Do people think sociology is for people who aren’t intelligent? What would you advise?