I want to go into medicine or a science related field, so I am going to do Bio, Chem and Maths a levels, but I go to a grammar school so they want us to take either 4 a levels or an EPQ.
I really want to do Spanish, because I love it a lot and I've always wanted to speak another language, even though it’s not hugely related to the field i will go into, and Spanish is one of the few subjects i'm getting 9s in currently. I do Spanish outside of gcses quite often, like duolingo and learning extra grammar.
I see a lot of posts about how hard language a levels are, but i can't really comprehend it as i haven't had any experience of what a levels are like. Maybe the jump from gcse won't be as hard as people are saying, because the new gcses now have spontaneous writing and speaking.
But would it be too much to take it as a 4th a level? My school doesn't offer AS anymore so I'd have to take all 4 of them to year 13, or drop Spanish without a qualification.
People say that languages are a lot of work, but I would be prepared to work hard on it, because I find learning vocab and things so fun, I learnt the whole gcse vocab list in a month. But I know bio, chem, and maths will also be hard work (probably more?) and I don’t know if I can manage. What if it brings down my other grades if I spread myself too thinly or something.
Does anyone do this combination of subjects, I just want to know if it is feasible. The other options for my 4th a level i'm considering are psychology or further maths, which may be more relevant to medicine/science, but i am a lot more passionate about Spanish (however i'm under the impression that languages are harder).
Of course, I could just take Spanish, and then drop it at the start of year 12 if I found it too overwhelming and do an EPQ.