Should I drop my 4th A- Level?

Hi there,

I know the pain of chemistry A level seeing as i myself have chosen it for my year 12 studies. Now here is your dilemma. The fact is that medecine is arguably the most competeitve course out there besides others such as Law, and to even perforate this ceiling you need excellent grades in the subjects you have teken, especially chemistry. If you genuinely are committed then dropping philosophy could open you up with more time to study these other subjects, and yes, maybe even clinch an A*. However I have heard from my friends that Philsophy is a fantastically interesting course, that may provide some relief for you for the stress of those intrinsically hard a levels. Personally I would drop philosophy due to the weight of these new a levels which bare a behemouth amount of learning, and one less a level will allow more time for the others certainly.

IT IS YOUR CHOICE! If you love it and you're passionate then stick with it, but seriously consider if you can hit those grades with a busy and bloated a level course which is already quite frankly hard beyond belief with taking ONLY 3.

This is one of the most bonkers things I've ever read on TSR

soz i thought that was the OPs comment you quoted.

still, ryan15mcc sounds unhinged

I've read a few of his other comments and it's very entertaining

well Guess what,

I’ve done my gcse’s, so I’m helping people using my knowledge of my experiences so they too can do well and succeed. Hope that’s ok with you. Wouldn’t want to displease you.

Hi,

I am currently in year 12 and am taking maths, bio, chem and philosophy a level with a goal to studying medicine at uni. My first predicts were A,A,A,A but I believe that if I was to drop philosophy I could bump up one or two of the others to an A*? I love philosophy as a subject and it has been one of my main passions for years, and I am not finding it that difficult at a level either, but I don't want to sacrifice my dream of doing medicine over a bad mistake.

Thanks in advance for your response.

Hi there,

I know the pain of chemistry A level seeing as i myself have chosen it for my year 12 studies. Now here is your dilemma. The fact is that medecine is arguably the most competeitve course out there besides others such as Law, and to even perforate this ceiling you need excellent grades in the subjects you have teken, especially chemistry. If you genuinely are committed then dropping philosophy could open you up with more time to study these other subjects, and yes, maybe even clinch an A*. However I have heard from my friends that Philsophy is a fantastically interesting course, that may provide some relief for you for the stress of those intrinsically hard a levels. Personally I would drop philosophy due to the weight of these new a levels which bare a behemouth amount of learning, and one less a level will allow more time for the others certainly.

IT IS YOUR CHOICE! If you love it and you're passionate then stick with it, but seriously consider if you can hit those grades with a busy and bloated a level course which is already quite frankly hard beyond belief with taking ONLY 3.

Hmmm notice how my language says arguably. Look up your articles as I did before and just have done now, and yes, medecine and density are up there as I said. Not the most competitive but I said arguably, and arguably it is one of the most competitive along with, as I also said, Law and others. There is also a difference between popularity and competitive, competitive usually is hard because people who go for it need good grades to stand out from others with really good grades.


https://www.concentra.co.uk/blog/most-competitive-university-courses-which-courses-are-the-hardest-to-get-onto

Hmmm notice how my language says arguably. Look up your articles as I did before and just have done now, and yes, medecine and density are up there as I said. Not the most competitive but I said arguably, and arguably it is one of the most competitive along with, as I also said, Law and others. There is also a difference between popularity and competitive, competitive usually is hard because people who go for it need good grades to stand out from others with really good grades.


https://www.concentra.co.uk/blog/most-competitive-university-courses-which-courses-are-the-hardest-to-get-onto

What does OP mean?