I've just started my AS year at college, having chosen Bio, Chem, Eng Lit., French and ab initio Italian (GCSE at the end of this year, AS/A2 at the end of next) as my options.
However, I am really not enjoying English Lit. through a combination of not liking the teachers, set texts and just the subject in general. I'm trying to choose a 5th AS level to switch to, and am having difficulties though. Ideally, I'd really like to do latin - I got an A* at GCSE and it was one of my favourite subjects. It has a really lovely small class of three (being a state school
) and the teachers are fantastic
However, I know one of the important entry criteria is showing a commitment to medicine, and I'm concerned that by taking three languages I'd essentially look like that was the direction I want to go in, but felt pressured into medicine, or was applying for future earnings/prestige etc. This isn't true at all, languages are just the only non-science subject that I genuinely enjoy
At the end of the day though, as much as I'd like to do Latin, my priority is getting into medicine, and I'd prefer to either battle on with English lit, or take something like Economics or Geography rather than jeopardise my chances of getting a place which are precarious enough already!
Any thoughts or advice? I've emailed some admissions tutors, but am still waiting on responses, and I'm worried there might be an unofficial bias