Original post by Claire888I'm sorry but could you stop giving people bad advice please, you must have confused at least 4 people, on this thread alone. As your info page says you are only 15 and also have no idea what you're going on about, I really don't care if you neg me for this.
No actually architecture is a course where there are very few restrictions on what you HAVE to do either for GCSE or for AS/A2. A mixture of arts, science, humanities or maths is fine; it really doesn't matter too much. Maths and physics are NOT needed (except on occasion for two of over 40 architecture schools). Of course your formula wouldn't guarantee you a spot. Architecture is a competitive degree to get into, like many others of its kind, the grade you get in a subject is often more important than the subject itself, as universities generally don't lower their entry requirements. The fact that portfolios have such weighting for many courses clearly suggests that art A-level is important, so maths has very little to do with actually getting in.
Maths is used, a small amount in the course, but seems to be very basic, no harder than GCSE maths, and yes I have heard this from current students and practising architects. Generally everyone seems to agree that the engineers deal with the maths and the architects concentrate on design. I have got into Sheffield this year, for architecture that is WITHOUT having even a GCSE in physics, I hated it in year 9 and gave it up, later realised I wanted to do architecture, and it didn't matter. Also I have no A-level in maths, or further maths for that matter, but I did have art and I can't stress enough how important that was for portfolios.
Please anyone who is considering architecture don't get put off by what this person has said if you don't like maths, it isn't an issue.