Sixth form won't let me do sciences.

Had an interview with the college today. They've allowed me to do

Biology
Chemistry
Maths
Psychology

soo happy!

It's for your own good. If you got C grades at GCSE you're going to really, really struggle with A level. I got an A in biology GCSE and I find A level really challenging. If I was you I'd just accept that it's not a good idea to go against your teachers recommendations and choose something else.

Oh yeah and then pick a bunch of ****ty subjects and realise when he wants to do science hes stuck with irrelevant subjects, at alevel I thought it was about challenging and pushing yourself not taking the easy way out

Well, assuming that every subject bar Biology, Chemistry and Physics is ****ty then yes. But that's obviously not the case so it's a fairly stupid point.
I'm not telling him to take the easy way out, I'm telling him to listen to his teachers and not end up with bad grades at A level. There's no point trying to push yourself into something you're not capable of doing. It's much better to get a good set of grades in slightly easier subjects than it is to fail a load of harder ones.

Moreso, I should've said irrelevant subjects as the main point.

Who said that he is not capable of alevels? what defines an individuals capabilities? their ability to regurgitate information in an exam? their high IQ from birth? GCSEs don't. and I repeat, do not define an individuals capabilities, I've seen students with A*'s at gcse get B's and C's at alevel (its happening in my maths class right now) Whilst people on B's are getting A's/full marks at AS level. It entirely depends on his work ethic and the OP seems to have the right idea.

I disagree, its better to try and fail in hard subjects than to take everything studies and get a streak of passes/merits/distinctions. But that's just my opinion

It's a big shame that people are being actively discouraged from taking subjects that they are very keen on. I can understand the colleges dissuading someone if (statistically speaking) they may go on to affect their league table standings, even if I don't agree with it. I'm more surprised that other students are saying it's inevitable that someone won't cope simply because they didn't fly at GCSE. People mature at different rates.

Finally a good post, people don't understand that people develop at different times, I found my school very unhelpful in letting pursue my interest in science (as I got C's and B's at gcse) I even had to self-teach further maths because they wouldn't let me in without an A its just really disheartening that schools do this, and as a result instead of 4sciences I have 2 maths and history + economics which wasn't really my desired set of alevels at first tbh

Brian Cox got a D in Alevel Maths, what if Manchester would have rejected him a place a Manchester?

Alevels should provide an opportunity for a fresh start

A schools position in the league tables should not become before a persons desire to study a certain field of science. It's disgusting that schools do this...

Brian Cox got a D in Alevel Maths, what if Manchester would have rejected him a place a Manchester? I didn't do the best at GCSE as I simply didn't apply myself

It's became apparent in todays society that intelligence is based on nothing more than a set of GCSE grades in which any one could get 10A* if they tried..but most people don't

For all the counter examples people who get b at maths gsce will tend to struggle at a level. It is partially teachers job to use their experience to decide whether you should do certain subjects.

The key word here is ''tend''. It is not total, the system is flawed because it does not take into account exceptions.