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Reply 20

Keckers

Original post by Dalek1099

I really don't know why people keep negging me

That's part of your problem.

ditch law/media

Original post by Dalek1099

I really don't know why people keep negging me and its not surprising that every post you see of mine has a neg rep on it because I'm currently the 8th most negged member on TSR.

How do you know?

Reply 23

Dalek1099

Original post by Frodo Baggins

How do you know?

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1991029&p=37411060#post37411060

Reply 24

Regent

Original post by Dalek1099

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1991029&p=37411060#post37411060

I'm actually impressed. Having the ability to reach those level of negs without being permabanned is an art. Kudos.

Reply 25

WIC

I'm laughing at the people who say philosophy isn't respected.

Reply 26

Kalliope

Original post by BenWood!X

i want to study RS or law at uni. i'm thinking of taking

-rs
-history
-eng lit
-philosophy
-law/media (5th as)

English Lit & History - yes. Philosophy is also respected and so is RS (perhaps fractionally less so but not enough to influence your decision). However, taking them both together would be too narrow in focus and unadvisable. Neither Law & Media are respected so it wouldn't be advisable to do a 5th AS in this case.

Reply 27

Kalliope

Original post by WIC

I'm laughing at the people who say philosophy isn't respected.

Same!

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Reply 28

Chrno

The fact that something is 'respected' depends on the course you want to do after college. I see a lot of hate for Media here, but if the OP wants to do media at uni/after college then it's damn more 'respected' than history in the OP's potential context. Now if the OP wanted to do History at uni, then yes, media is a horrible choice; but this would change from person to person.

Now hear, at AS I have chosen Media, Film, English Language and Psycology; and for A2 I will be dropping Psycology. Why? Because I want to do media after college and i'd rather put all my eggs into one basket than spread my choices out.

I understand that many college students don't know what they want to do after college right away and my advice for these people would be this; DO NOT TAKE MEDIA OR FILM. You should take more un-specialised subjects that allow you to take a wade variety of courses at the end.

Thats my 2p.

Reply 29

Regent

Original post by Chrno

If OP wants to do media at university then it really doesn't matter what A levels he does.

Reply 30

Soph(:

I'd say History and English lit are the other one's are considered 'soft' subjects

Reply 31

levantine

Original post by The Doggfather

English Lit and History are respected

The rest aren't

WHAAAT how is law not respected?? If this guy want to do law or rs then I think its a good idea to do both at AS!!

Reply 32

tom.west

As others have said, English Lit and History are respected. Avoid Media like the plague.

Reply 33

Bimbleby

Why do people think RS isn't a respected subject? RS, History and Eng Lit are all very respected subjects. I've never heard/read any university say RS was less respected... Observe a list: http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php?pageid=604

The crossover between RS and Philosophy will make each a bit less impressive, but since that's what you want to do, that's no problem at all. It just shows you're interested in that area, which obviously you should be.

Media Studies is obviously not well-looked-upon by universities, but since it's a fifth choice it can only be a good thing. It shows that you're interested and that you can cope with a large workload. I doubt any university would be anything other than impressed by your selection, particularly if you're looking to study RS. The only place you could be disadvantaged is of you're up against some crazy good law applicants (or any applicants, really) with 5 A Levels all in 'hard' subjects, but really that's unlikely to happen, though possible. Plus, even if you are up against those people, you might still get in. Your A Level choices are only one part of your application.

Plus, it's much better to do subjects you like and do really well than to do subjects you're not interested in and do worse (within reason...).

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Reply 34

Bimbleby

Original post by levantine

WHAAAT how is law not respected?? If this guy want to do law or rs then I think its a good idea to do both at AS!!

No, if you're looking to do Law, most Law courses will advise you not to take Law A Level. I know it's ridiculously unintuitive, but I've heard it a lot, and none of the Law students I know took Law A Level.

None of the Philosophers I know took Philosophy, for that matter, either, though a lot did RS...

Reply 35

Lamperouge

Original post by BenWood!X

i want to study RS or law at uni. i'm thinking of taking

-rs
-history
-eng lit
-philosophy
-law/media (5th as)

The thing with studying either RS or Law is that in the majority of universities will accept any combination of A Levels for their courses. An A Level in Law certainly isn't a requirement for most of the Law degrees I know of - separate exams cover that. I'd have taken History, English Lit and Philosophy because I think I'd have enjoyed them, but to answer your question...

R.S - Respectable. I wouldn't combine it with Philosophy, though.
History - Definitely respectable. It's one of the toughest A Levels around, surprisingly.
English Lit - Respectable, but then again, I could be being biased here.
Philosophy - Respectable.
Law - Somewhere in the middle. I don't think it's respectable, but that's just me.
Media - If you're applying for a course to do with Media, Creative Writing or maybe even Literature, then it's helpful. It's a very fun A Level, but other than that and adding points to your UCAS, it's pretty useless. In my personal opinion it's just an interactive version of General Studies.

Having said that though, you should pick the A Levels that you know you're going to enjoy. There's no point in studying them otherwise.

Reply 36

levantine

Original post by Bimbleby

Actually not doing law at A level is just a misconception and maybe it was true inthe olden days, but If you ask any law school they will say that if anything its an advantage

Reply 37

Transcendence

Original post by dongonaeatu

Have to agree.

Reply 38

Soph(:

Original post by levantine

WHAAAT how is law not respected?? If this guy want to do law or rs then I think its a good idea to do both at AS!!

To do law you don't actually have to do it for AS, and apparently they prefer you not to do it because it's so different at uni

Reply 39

username937760

English Lit and History are fine. Religious Studies and Philosophy are also respected as far as I am aware although taking both is not liable to be a good idea due to the amount of overlap (Similarly to, say, taking Business Studies and Economics, just do one or the other). Law is very much a mixed bag insofar as that it isn't seen as a poor subject choice in itself but universities prefer teaching Law themselves from Scratch, meaning a Law A-Level is ironically less useful if the degree you're going for is Law. Media Studies is Media Studies; if you didn't know the answer for it when you posted the question you certainly will by the time you've got to reading this response.