What A Levels would you recommend for a Psychology degree?

thing is with subjects like maths, chemistry and physics... to some people they're really easy and it's the others that are hard. I'm pretty good at chemistry but absolutely rubbish at history, for example.

Philosophy. Broadens the mind and equips you with essay writing skills and ways of looking at issues. Universities love it. Sociology is more of a doss subject because it's so easy.

Haha, yeah, I absolutely love chemistry too because it's such a methodical subject. I love english too though and am better at it. I still kick myself asking why I didn't do it at A level. Don't universities love subjects like history and english because of all the essay writing?

Ah, thanks
Right now I'm not sure between English lang. and Philosophy

That's a toughie. Why not do English literature? It gives you problem solving skills, analytical skills and language skills.

Hmm, I don't know. I've never really liked English Lit, even though I love reading. It's just I find it a little annoying when the teachers over-interpret meanings.

As long as you do Psychology I don't think it matters too much. English probably compliments it well though and means that unis know that you can write well, Statistics are also useful for a Psychology degree. If possible I wouldn't take Graphics as most top universities prefer academic subjects to non-academic subjects, and therefore would be less likely to offer you a place.

Haha I'm the opposite, I like interpreting Anyway, good luck to you

They say they don't mind as long as you have a science-based subject, so they shouldn't mind. Yet they do They should just add it into their admissions policy about what they like and don't like.

I know someone who got rejected from a few of her choices just because one of her subjects was PE (she also takes Biology and Geography and was predicted As). It's kind of unfair, but at most of the open days I went to they said preference is given to applicants with three academic subjects.

That's so unfair! I thought unis liked students with a range of abilities and interests?

Yeah it is unfair. I think they like applicants with lots of diverse extra-curriculars rather than diverse school subjects- they tend to like the subjects you to take to relate directly to the course you're applying for. For Psychology, sciences, maths, english and humanities are valued highly because they like to see that you can use scientific/mathematic processes, but also write well. A mixture of these is probably your best bet if you're looking at applying to Top 40 universities.

Ah. Would some relavant work experience or volunteering help?

That's so unfair! I thought unis liked students with a range of abilities and interests?

Definitely I did three work experience placements, volunteered for St John Ambulance and worked as a carer for a disabled child. Not sure you need to do that much, but some unis I applied to (Warwick, Nottingham) placed a lot of importance on relevant work experience.

Not exactly.. you're better off doing relevent/rigorous A Levels. Which you are anyway.