I'm a lower sixth student who is studying Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Latin and hopes to study Medicine at uni next year. I'm at the point in the year where we have to decide which subject to drop and, although going into the year I was very confident that I was going to give up Latin, I have since fallen in love with it and my teachers so would hate to stop it. On the other hand, I have previously loved Maths, but now my teachers have changed so I am starting to grow slightly bored with it. Therefore, I was almost certain that I would drop the Maths for AS.
I have had my heart set on applying for Oxbridge since I was little, due to my family connections, my many visits there over the years and the research I've done into their courses. However, when I was specifically looking at Cambridge entry requirements, they specified that 98% of their applicants do at least 3 sciences/maths at a-level and 30% of these are successful. Of the 2% who only had 2 sciences/maths, only 6% were successful. Obviously, it would be more pragmatic to keep the Maths along with Bio and Chem for A-level, but I love Latin too much to give it up. Also, I was hoping that Maths at AS could count for something...
My school isn't happy with me doing all 4 to A-level, even though I got 11 A*s at GCSEs so I definitely have to choose and within the next few days. I have also emailed an admissions tutor at Cambridge and she basically replied with the same info from the website...
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Thanks! xxx