Med applicants, how are the new A levels affecting your choices?

The college I'm starting is saying that I can only do 3 a levels and that some people do 4 but struggle and get bad grades. The teacher then said that they tend do only let people do 3 (even before the new a levels) which raises alarm bells with me. Bare in mind that its a basic FE college so my thought is that people who do 4 AS levels then 3 A2 do bad because of the bad teaching.

My thought is that there is no point arguing with them to do another A level as their teaching is probably mediocre anyway so I might as well study a subject that I like as a private candidate. So far its either a language ( I love learning languages. Its a hobby of mine) or a subject with minimal course work (cheaper as I will be an external candidate).

So my question is has anyone come across this, this year? What advice have you been given?

For the new alevels, all Univeristies now accept 3 a levels.
They don't care about the fourth.
This is because all exams (both AS and A2) will be taken at the end of year 13.


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I got 10a* and 1 a at GCSE however am having second thoughts about my A Level choices. I have currently chosen Bio, Chem, Maths and Physics, and I am strong at all of these. However I am unsure whether I should replace Physics with Geography, German or possibly even English Lit. My reasons for this is that I often got bored with GCSE physics, and doing all science is supposed to be quite heavy. On the other hand I have been told universities like physics for medicine, and also I got bored fairly often with geography an English, and I disliked the oral part of German. Can anyone give me advice on whether I should stick with physics, or take something like German? Also, do medic schools like Cambridge, Oxford and Edinburgh really prefer taking all sciences? Will I have any advantage?



Thank you!!



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Hi!

I got 10a* and 1 a at GCSE however am having second thoughts about my A Level choices. I have currently chosen Bio, Chem, Maths and Physics, and I am strong at all of these. However I am unsure whether I should replace Physics with Geography, German or possibly even English Lit. My reasons for this is that I often got bored with GCSE physics, and doing all science is supposed to be quite heavy. On the other hand I have been told universities like physics for medicine, and also I got bored fairly often with geography an English, and I disliked the oral part of German. Can anyone give me advice on whether I should stick with physics, or take something like German? Also, do medic schools like Cambridge, Oxford and Edinburgh really prefer taking all sciences? Will I have any advantage?



Thank you!!


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