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Reply 1
LSE have a blacklist, but I don't know the link. I think it includes anything with "studies" at the end of it's name, this is not my personal opinion by the way before people start shouting at me! :p:
Reply 2
http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/undergraduateProspectus2006/howToApply.htm
Have a look near the bottom, under the "A level subjects" section
Reply 3
Personally i feel that all subjects have equal value as people have different skills and are therefore good at differnet things, i respect people who are good at media/drama because i am hopeless at them. In my opinion the only one i would have on a black-list would be general studies, thats just me however everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
Reply 4
Generally, universities tend to like the 'traditional' subjects like Maths, Sciences, History, Geography, English, etc.

On the other hand, if you're applying for a business studies/media studies/sociology degree etc, then you should be taking it at A Level! It's subjective to what you want to do.

Lil_J
http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/undergraduateProspectus2006/howToApply.htm
Have a look near the bottom, under the "A level subjects" section


The link doesn't work, btw.
Reply 5
I think that the only two which don't really count for much are general studies and critical thinking all the rest are useful depending on what career you're looking into, if for example you plan on studying maths at Uni then doing theatre studies or media studies won't mean much to them but if you plan on becoming an Actor/actress or a journalist or whatever then they are very useful.

In summary: Everything is useful if you find it useful to you :smile:
Reply 6
people always say sociology is a mickey mouse subject, but i find it bloody difficult, and it teaches some damn good analytical skills amongst others... so pah.

I hate these topics.
Reply 7
Lil_J
http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/undergraduateProspectus2006/howToApply.htm
Have a look near the bottom, under the "A level subjects" section


You can't really consider what LSE have put on their list because they only offer a small range of courses where you would need the skills of particular subjects.
Nutchopper
Personally i feel that all subjects have equal value as people have different skills and are therefore good at differnet things, i respect people who are good at media/drama because i am hopeless at them. In my opinion the only one i would have on a black-list would be general studies, thats just me however everyone is entitled to their own opinion.


:top: Well said.
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LawHopeful
people always say sociology is a mickey mouse subject, but i find it bloody difficult, and it teaches some damn good analytical skills amongst others... so pah.

I hate these topics.


Ah, but sociology is not on the infamous LSE blacklist, therefore it's not mickey mouse :smile:
Reply 9
Kellywood_5
:top:Well said.

Lol thanks :smile: Also whats the key to that thumbup smilie, i couldnt find it?
EDIT:biggrin:ont worry :P
Reply 10
:top: : top: :wink:
Reply 11
oops ok. :p:

I think that Sociology is a lot harder than people make it out to be. I don't get some of the essays at all, even though my minimum target grade is an A :eek: and I just feel like I'm in a foreign language class because of all these weird terms that I have to look up every second :rolleyes: oh well, it's better than trying to get your head around philosophy, that's for sure:wink: lol.
Reply 12
Lol dont worry icy!!! I was being dumb for a minute, and yeh i agree sociology is hard, i certainly wouldnt be able to do it, and i respect those who so, thats why i think its stupid to put that on the so called 'blacklist'!
Reply 13
Maybe people consider sociology more of a mickey mouse degree as opposed to an A level...
Reply 14
Yeah in the same way I admire people who do drama, just because I'm so rubbish at it myself! I admire anyone with the confidence to go and perform live in front of people and memorise lines and lines of speech, something which I am really bad at too!
I suppose in the end, if you get into the uni, that's all that really matters, because no matter if someone looks down at your A level subjects or not, you can always show them at least your uni didn't think they were "mickey mouse" :p:
Reply 15
Icy Ghost
Yeah in the same way I admire people who do drama, just because I'm so rubbish at it myself! I admire anyone with the confidence to go and perform live in front of people and memorise lines and lines of speech, something which I am really bad at too!
I suppose in the end, if you get into the uni, that's all that really matters, because no matter if someone looks down at your A level subjects or not, you can always show them at least your uni didn't think they were "mickey mouse" :p:

:congrats: here here, thats my precise point of view aswell, i respect others who are good at certain things that im pants at xD
My Computing teachers are forever putting down ICT A level compared to Computing (please note its not just cos they don't like the IT staff - they ARE the IT staff!), and although you might argue that they are different subjects with different aims, the IT coursework is very similar to our Computing coursework, but a lot less technical. HOWEVER they have to produce a hell of a lot more write-up (and bear in mind my Computing write-up was about 150 pages).

The written exams cover a lot of similar ground - me and an IT-studying friend revised together for AS - although there are more questions about social and ethical issues and stuff in IT, whereas Computing asks more questions about how stuff actually works.

Also, Computing is one of the oldest A level subjects, whereas IT was only introduced in the 90s.

So I'm not sure - is it different skills cos IT's more about communicating stuff, whereas Computing's more about programming stuff, or is IT really easier?

Having written this post, I have now decided that IT is more about how it affects people, and Computing is more about technical details, however many people would find it easier to do the moral/social IT stuff, which is why some people would say it's easier?

What does everyone think?
Reply 17
Bryllyg
you hear of people scoffing at "mickey mouse" subjects while dishing out respect to other "harder" subjects. No one will knock your physics a-level, but people don't look to highly on your media-studies grade. Is there some sort of black list for a-level subjects? If so what do you think is on it? Or definitely not on it?


I'm not sure what you mean by "mickey mouse" subjects, but I think you mean subjects with less than 60%/70% theoretical content, e.g. ICT, drama, art etc.

Why is it called "mickey mouse"? lol -_- is mickey mouse stupid or something?:biggrin:
The link to the LSE blacklist doesn't seem to be working for me, what subjects are on it?
dreamqueen
The link to the LSE blacklist doesn't seem to be working for me, what subjects are on it?


http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/undergraduateProspectus2007/howToApply.htm Try that.