Why do people pick the wrong a levels in your opinion?

I'd also like to know from anyone who is doing/did Economics, German and Maths.

I'm worried about picking A level options too. People make out the gap between GCSE and A levels to be enormous, so that makes me nervous a bit. At GCSE, I enjoy or am good at English Language/Literature, History, and French, which is why I'm considering taking those subjects. If anyone reading this post has taken either Eng Lang/Lit, History, or French at A level, I'd like to know your experiences, and how did you find it compared to GCSE (was the gap _really_ big?).

I'm worried about picking A level options too. People make out the gap between GCSE and A levels to be enormous, so that makes me nervous a bit. At GCSE, I enjoy or am good at English Language/Literature, History, and French, which is why I'm considering taking those subjects. If anyone reading this post has taken either Eng Lang/Lit, History, or French at A level, I'd like to know your experiences, and how did you find it compared to GCSE (was the gap _really_ big?).

In my case, I chose subjects I either needed for my university course (I already knew which degree I wanted to pursue) or enjoyed a lot at GCSE.

For me, 2 out of the 4 A levels I chose were not the right fit for me, for a variety of reasons. Chemistry was mis-sold to me by the teachers, who were adamant that it wasn't a huge leap in difficulty from GCSE to A level; I ended up dropping it after about 3 weeks. I also didn't enjoy Human Biology, mainly because it was very poorly taught, and it was very much a case of learning how to answer the exam questions in the right way, rather than applying knowledge. I needed that subject for my degree though, so I just had to stick with it.

I think it's a balancing act between picking subjects you're interested in, subjects you need for a future career, and subjects you can excel in. The latter I think is the hardest to gauge, as it's so dependent on teaching quality and being accurately informed of the structure/content before picking that subject.

Probably because of parents interfering. Or picking a subject because they think it will suit their career as opposed to being a subject they like. Also maybe because of a lack of knowledge of the subject, like I know some people who instantly assumed they would love a subject without not actually looking into what it will be like or how much the subject demanded.

I'm worried about picking A level options too. People make out the gap between GCSE and A levels to be enormous, so that makes me nervous a bit. At GCSE, I enjoy or am good at English Language/Literature, History, and French, which is why I'm considering taking those subjects. If anyone reading this post has taken either Eng Lang/Lit, History, or French at A level, I'd like to know your experiences, and how did you find it compared to GCSE (was the gap _really_ big?).

I received A*'s in all the sciences and I knew I wanted to be a doctor but so I chose subjects in order to become one to be honest I didn't enjoy science that much at GCSE I thought the syllabus was quite boring I always found humanities more straight forward but I wanted to be a doctor so I chose the science route.The only subject which I enjoy is biology to be honest.I feel no motivation what so ever and am struggling to finish my second year.I just want it to be all over.I feel trapped in the a level route and I don't know what I want to do with my life as I just wanted to be a doctor and I can't do that with the grades I am predicted and have been getting.I feel incredibly ashamed of myself and deeply embarassed.

For me it was not knowing what I signed up for I didn't really know what to expect of each subject and how hard it was going to be.Another thing is the big gap between GCSE's and A levels what I mean by this is that you could get A/A*'s in your GCSE's but the gap in some subjects is so big that you are not ready for a levels.

One problem not mentioned is artificially 'balancing out' A Levels where humanities and arts students feel compelled to take a STEM subject or vice versa simply to show others that they can use both sides of their brain but they dislike or struggle with the subject and also have a less than compatible selection of A Levels.

Hey. I'm in Year 12 and currently doing AS English Lit - the gap is quite big as we've already finished one book (took us about 12 weeks to do.) Even though it is different from GCSE I wouldn't say it's not manageable. For instance, I got a 7 in it as GCSE and I'm currently working at a C after 2 essays. I don't do language but from what I've heard from my friends, it's a big step up this is because they study accents and dialect. They've also studied how the language between female and males differ.
I know 2 people who got 9's in French and they are finding french quite easy really. The only thing that's changed is the weekly speaking they have to do compared to just one speaking lesson once every blue moon at GCSE,

I think if at GCSE if you go beyond the syllabus you find A levels easier depending on how far from the syllabus you have gone and how much additional information you have learnt that has stayed with you. I think if you just do what the syllabus asks of you then the step to A levels is more difficult. I think your friends who find french easier probably did more work at gcse than was required of them by the syllabus. Or it may also have something to do with intellect but hard work most of the time pays off. X