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Stockbroker - A Levels?

Hello, I am a student in year 10 at the moment studying which include my predicted grades so far.
Maths C/B
English Language B
English Literature B
Double Science Award ( All three ) D/C
ICT A/A*
Geography ( Short ) B/A
Business Studies ( Short) C/B
P.E C/B
Expressive Arts B

I want to study the following subjects at A level:
ICT
Economics
and two others
What would you reccomend?

I aim to study Economics at Portsmouth or Bath University which should allow me to receive the sufficient qualifications to be a stockbroker or an investment analysis

Please give me advice on what I really need to try hard in and what A levels I should consider taking, nearly all A Levels are available to take apart from Law.

Thanks

Reply 1

gooseymcgoose

11

You're too young to be thinking about what university you want to go to and what career that will get you into but...

For what you have in mind Portsmouth is not going to get you there, and to be honest, probably not Bath. Avoid ICT, it WILL be looked down upon. Take on languages, do take Economics, and you'll need to take Maths Alevel if not double Maths Alevels. Right now, if you really want to put energy into this then work as hard as you can to get your GCSE grades up to A/A* standards.

Reply 2

Pompey_Lad

OP

2

Ops, I forgot GCSE Spanish - A/A*!

Teacher said you have to be practically a natural speaker to do Spanish for A level, still migth consider it though.

ICT bad? How about Computer Studies or Computing?

Maybe Statistics for A Level.

Thanks

Reply 3

coolworld37

2

Take ICT, Economics, Accountancy and Maths.

Reply 4

gooseymcgoose

11

Pompey_Lad

Ops, I forgot GCSE Spanish - A/A*!

Teacher said you have to be practically a natural speaker to do Spanish for A level, still migth consider it though.

ICT bad? How about Computer Studies or Computing?

Maybe Statistics for A Level.

Thanks

considering people coming out of Alevel spanish can't speak anywhere near 'naturally' that's rubbish. languages are one of the best courses to be doing to get into business.

Computing is alright, not ideal. It's really important to have Maths basically, and other 'traditional' or 'solid' subjectives.

Quite frankly don't trust your teachers for advice,
a.) they're teachers they made very different choices from you
b.) they grew up in a different generation, in a less competitive generation with a less structured career path

their advice on getting into a certain uni or getting into the right career is just not that informed, you'll probably be surprised to hear.

Reply 5

Profesh

20

Pompey_Lad

Hello, I am a student in year 10 at the moment studying which include my predicted grades so far.
Maths C/B
English Language B
English Literature B
Double Science Award ( All three ) D/C
ICT A/A*
Geography ( Short ) B/A
Business Studies ( Short) C/B
P.E C/B
Expressive Arts B

I want to study the following subjects at A level:
ICT
Economics
and two others
What would you reccomend?

I aim to study Economics at Portsmouth or Bath University which should allow me to receive the sufficient qualifications to be a stockbroker or an investment analysis

Please give me advice on what I really need to try hard in and what A levels I should consider taking, nearly all A Levels are available to take apart from Law.

Thanks

I can't see that happening, to be quite blunt. Accountant, perhaps.

Reply 6

gorgeousguy

7

At the moment you should be thinking about GCSE grades and trying to get them up. Also about the a-levels, if I was you I would take economics, spanish, maths, and smething like english language, or history. However any ideas you have about taking an a-level in statistics should be quashed immediately, this would be a lot harder than maths, as you would be going into very advanced stuff. If you dont believe me go onto an exam boards website and have a look at what it would involve. For me I would take C1-4 and mayby S1, and D1 anyday.

Reply 7

Inflation

19

Definately too young to decide A Level subjects, let alone uni.
Wait for your mocks in yr11, and then from that decide.
You will definately need maths, getting C/B in GCSE could mean you will suffer @ career level as a stockbroker/accountant etc.

Reply 8

Nutter

16

In addition, your A Level subject/grades won't have a significant impact on your future career choices. Having Economics and Maths would most certainly qualify you for the seat in the university as long as you achieve decent grades in all your subjects. Only then can we actually start talking about being a stockbroker, because I have doubts as to whether you know what it really involves in the first place or not.

Reply 9

podder

1

a levels- not to sure to be honest, maths, business, for sure id guess.

my flatmate at uni wants to become a stockbroker and hes doing business and ecommerce so id say a level maths and business would set you up nicely for a degree like this. there are lots of business type degrees out there so look around at whihc ones interets you and see if they require any specific a level subject to be allowed on to the course. this may help you choose what a levels your want/need to study

Reply 10

WokSz

17

Pompey_Lad

Hello, I am a student in year 10 at the moment studying which include my predicted grades so far.
Maths C/B
English Language B
English Literature B
Double Science Award ( All three ) D/C
ICT A/A*
Geography ( Short ) B/A
Business Studies ( Short) C/B
P.E C/B
Expressive Arts B

I want to study the following subjects at A level:
ICT
Economics
and two others
What would you reccomend?

I aim to study Economics at Portsmouth or Bath University which should allow me to receive the sufficient qualifications to be a stockbroker or an investment analysis

Please give me advice on what I really need to try hard in and what A levels I should consider taking, nearly all A Levels are available to take apart from Law.

Thanks

I would include maths into that definately. You will need it to study economics at university level. History will be useful too. The Ideal combination is normally this for A-Levels for Economics: Mathematics, History and Economics.

Reply 11

Muskateer

1

Economics,Maths and Business would be good

Reply 12

Fusion

20

Don't bother doing business and economics alevels together because they will be a waste of an alevel. Choose economics over business though.

Reply 13

Alan Smithee

Profesh

I can't see that happening, to be quite blunt. Accountant, perhaps.

There's no need for that at all.

Reply 14

Knogle

16

Platocrates

There's no need for that at all.

He was only being honest, and he does have a point. Profesh could have been more tactful though. :wink:

Reply 15

Profesh

20

I achieved an 'A' in GCSE Maths without any revision, and your typical investment analyst or stock-broker would likely scoff at my quasi-innumerate arithmetical fumblings.

Reply 16

President_Ben

15

This thread makes me :biggrin:

Reply 17

jovialtom

2

ashmufc

Definately too young to decide A Level subjects, let alone uni.
Wait for your mocks in yr11, and then from that decide.
You will definately need maths, getting C/B in GCSE could mean you will suffer @ career level as a stockbroker/accountant etc.

it is never too young to consider thinking about a-levels, university, and career.

Nutter

In addition, your A Level subject/grades won't have a significant impact on your future career choices. Having Economics and Maths would most certainly qualify you for the seat in the university as long as you achieve decent grades in all your subjects. Only then can we actually start talking about being a stockbroker, because I have doubts as to whether you know what it really involves in the first place or not.

not true. A-levels are an imporatant indication of your intelligence and all graduate application forms will ask ask for them, and many of the top banks and automatic filters to reject people without top grades.

Reply 18

Nutter

16

jovialtom

not true. A-levels are an imporatant indication of your intelligence and all graduate application forms will ask ask for them, and many of the top banks and automatic filters to reject people without top grades.

They're important, but not as much as university degree/classification or any internships you may have had. They ask them as a formality and may deny people with CCC but they're not going to place too much emphasis on it if you've shown beyond reasonable doubt that you've bucked up in university.

Reply 19

Knogle

16

Nutter

They're important, but not as much as university degree/classification or any internships you may have had. They ask them as a formality and may deny people with CCC but they're not going to place too much emphasis on it if you've shown beyond reasonable doubt that you've bucked up in university.

... to get that internship, you'd need the 'A' level grades, along with decent results in your freshman year of university.

That's just like saying the cost of manufacturing a car is hardly dependent on the cost of ore. Doesn't swing that way. :wink:

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