What A-levels should i pick for banking

My predicted grades are
Maths A*
Statistics A
Core science A
Additional science A
French A
ICT A
economics B
English lang B
English lit B

Definitely Maths. Economics and Further Maths are desirable. And then any other subject that you like (as long as they're 'strong' subjects) - e.g. a science, history, english or a language?

Maths, economics
And then do whatever
Advisable options would be
Further maths (if you plan to study economics)
Physics
Essay based subject
Do what you're good at though, probably don't do english lit or Lang, not sure about how similar a level economics is to gcse economics check that out

My predicted grades are
Maths A*
Statistics A
Core science A
Additional science A
French A
ICT A
economics B
English lang B
English lit B

You guys are ridiculous. No one chooses A-levels for banking. No. One.

OP find a degree you WANT to do and choose your subjects accordingly. Worry about the IB stuff when you are at uni.

Maths, economics
And then do whatever
Advisable options would be
Further maths (if you plan to study economics)
Physics
Essay based subject
Do what you're good at though, probably don't do english lit or Lang, not sure about how similar a level economics is to gcse economics check that out

You guys are ridiculous. No one chooses A-levels for banking. No. One.

OP find a degree you WANT to do and choose your subjects accordingly. Worry about the IB stuff when you are at uni.

thanks everyone for replies



im tossing between chemistry and phsyics as my third whilst choosing either further maths/computing/ psychology as the fourth(which i will drop)

Computing, no no no

Well he has to choose SOME a levels so he may as well choose banking related a levels ?



Computing, no no no

We're just trying to give advice... and tbh most banking professions are mathematical and require an A Level in Maths.

There are no "banking" related A-levels, they should choose subjects that would lead on to a degree they like - do you honestly think banks care about your A-level subjects?

And why the crap are you saying "no no no" for computing? It's a great subject and very respected by unis. Whereas ICT isn't.



Not true.. You don't need an A-level in maths to do banking..

Again, you can go into banking with any degree - choosing subjects (like business)because they are somehow relevant to banking is a ridiculous idea. If they are considering medicine as well, it's better to choose the subjects they WANT to do and that are relevant to the degree they WANT to study.

So, find a few degrees you are interested in, look at entry reqs and then base your decision on that. NONE of these A-level subjects will give you a supposed better chance at IB. I repeat: NONE.

Personally, I'd reccomend Maths not because of IB but because its a really versatile subject. The rest are up to you. But don't take business and economics together - unis don't tend to like that.

Good respected subjects for most degrees are: History, Economics, a language, Computing/Computer Science, Economics, Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology.

Computing isn't a facilitating subject it isn't as respected as the others, there's no need to be rude you can just say I disagree.

if you want to do banking shouldn't you have an interest in maths. I agree do what you're interested in and good at but im guessing if he wants to do banking he's interested in maths

Computing isn't a facilitating subject it isn't as respected as the others, there's no need to be rude you can just say I disagree.

if you want to do banking shouldn't you have an interest in maths. I agree do what you're interested in and good at but im guessing if he wants to do banking he's interested in maths