A level options

Hello, was wondering if you guys could help me with picking my a levels?
At the moment I've gone for
Geography
Economics
English lit
Maths

Could I have some pros and cons of each? And I'm worried about maths being too hard! Has anyone done any of these subjects ?
Thanks :smile:

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Reply 1

ashvarya2014

Hi there,

I am too in the same situation and I have picked Economics, English Lang/Lit, ICT and Media Studies. Economics is a good choice and I am doing it for GCSEs, so I am certain that it's going to be great, but does involve some maths. Geography is also a sensible choice and if you are good at it and passionate for it, then certainly choose it :smile:

Maths - lots of people have been telling me that it's hard and complicated, so I haven't picked it and since I am good at English, I picked that. It's your choice whether you want to do Maths or not; if you enjoy it and are exceptionally good it then, then go ahead and pick it! English Literature is also a very popular choice, although it entirely focuses on literary texts which is why I chose English Lang and Lit (combined) to give me a greater balance, but I would still recommend you picking it.

I wanted to ask you are you doing AQA GCSE English Literature? If so, if you have done your mock, can you tell me which poems came up or are likely to come up in the 'Character and voice' section - it will be a great help for me :smile:

Reply 2

hasan6091

Original post by yaknow

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Maths is probably the toughest but most rewarding A level. I think anything less thsn a B at gcse and you will struggle. But after lots of practice you will be fine, you will breeze through c1 papers. English lit i am told has lots of essay writing and the rest i dont know about. By the way what do you want to do when you're older

Reply 3

yaknow

Unfortunately I haven't, however I am doing aqa and have a language mock tomorrow
Thanks for your help :smile:

really appreciate it
I'm also worried about English being too hard, like atm you need 90% for an A*!

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Reply 4

yaknow

I'm not really sure tbh, previously law but now I'm considering just doing a degree in a subject I like for instance geography or English, then maybe become a teacher? I'm open to anything atm really
I'm doing 2 maths GCSE's and the one I did in year 10 I got a B in and now I'm predicted an A
Thanks

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Reply 5

yaknow

Due to the a level reforms only geography and maths will have as exams for me, which means I'll have to drop one of these, so I think I'll drop maths unless I really like it or become good at it, but I doubt that

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Reply 6

hasan6091

Original post by yaknow

From your subjects i would say look in to economics or finance very rewarding financialy. Or if you like your geography and maths have you considered geophysics

Reply 7

yaknow

I haven't really considered those fields, if you don't mind me asking what are you hoping to do?
I'm ambitious but I don't thrive to do anything competitive. I'm thinking nicher following the crowd doesn't usually tend to get you anywhere from my experience

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Reply 8

hasan6091

Original post by yaknow

I plan on doing chemical engineering and maybe going on to do something in mechanical engineering or physics post grad

Reply 9

yaknow

That's cool, I hear the pay is brillaint

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Reply 10

hasan6091

[QUOTE="yaknow;52241733"]That's cool, I hear the pay is brillaint

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Yes it is, they have to do difficult things so get rewarded alot

Reply 11

yaknow

What a levels did you do?

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Reply 12

hasan6091

Original post by yaknow

What a levels did you do?

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Im currently studying maths physics and chemistry

Reply 13

yaknow

They must be incredibly challenging! What unis have you applied to?

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Reply 14

hasan6091

[QUOTE="yaknow;52242041"]They must be incredibly challenging! What unis have you applied to?

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Indeed they are, indeed they are. And Manchester, Bradford, Nottingham, manchester met

Original post by yaknow

They must be incredibly challenging! What unis have you applied to?

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Indeed they are, indeed they are. Urm Manchester, manchester met, Bradford, Nottingham

Reply 17

yaknow

What did you get in your GCSE's?

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Reply 18

hasan6091

Original post by yaknow

What did you get in your GCSE's?

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AAA, science and maths
B, history, english lit and lang
C everything else

Reply 19

c0rbey

Original post by yaknow

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I'm currently doing Edexcel geog at a2 and i love it so much! It is definetly a 'marmite' subject and despite initial thoughts it is NOT easy and probably the hardest subject i have studdied throughout my two years (i studdied geog, biology english lang english lit and phychology).
If you are willing to put in work you will excell in the subject (any subject for that matter)
English lit was the one i found hardest but again if youre passionate (which i wasnt) you'll be fine but check what books you'll have to study or you might regret it
Many of my friends studdied maths, some got As some got Es so i think its a combo of ability/effort
Good luck