A-levels for medicine - without biology?! and Business or Economics?

I want to pick Maths, Chemistry and Business Studies. However, I want to have the option to do medicine but HATE biology - not because of any reason but that the content boressss me (though have been offered a place on my college's medical course as a separate certificate). I also want to have the option of going down the business/finance route. So two questions:
1) Will I have the option to go down the medicine route without a-level biology?
2) Is it better to pick business or economics (without having done gcse economics)?

Reply 1

RKM21

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Original post by Zay123

I want to pick Maths, Chemistry and Business Studies. However, I want to have the option to do medicine but HATE biology - not because of any reason but that the content boressss me (though have been offered a place on my college's medical course as a separate certificate). I also want to have the option of going down the business/finance route. So two questions:
1) Will I have the option to go down the medicine route without a-level biology?
2) Is it better to pick business or economics (without having done gcse economics)?

(though have been offered a place on my college's medical course as a separate certificate).

Elaborate on that please.

Reply 2

midgetspinner

18

For finance, degree or a levels do not matter, as long as you get good grades.

Also, pick Economics. It's much more respected. I done both, and Economics generally has more intelligent and smarter students in class.

Reply 3

fxlloutboyy

21

If you don't like biology I'm not sure if you'll enjoy medicine, but yes some unis only require chemistry.

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Reply 4

Zay123

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Original post by fxlloutboyy

If you don't like biology I'm not sure if you'll enjoy medicine, but yes some unis only require chemistry.

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Thanks for the reply, I actually really enjoy learning about the body but at the open day they gave as a summary of the syllabus... it's literally 2 years of analysing leaves :angry:

is it worth taking biology anyway?

Reply 5

Zay123

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Original post by glebp

For finance, degree or a levels do not matter, as long as you get good grades.

Also, pick Economics. It's much more respected. I done both, and Economics generally has more intelligent and smarter students in class.

Thanks, if I don't take biology I'll go for that. Is economics a-level much harder than gcse business (which is superrrrr easy)?

Reply 6

rm.25

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You'll have a lot more universities to pick from if you do biology, there's just a few that only require chemistry for medicine.

Reply 7

Zay123

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Original post by RKM21

(though have been offered a place on my college's medical course as a separate certificate).

Elaborate on that please.

With the new a-level structure, most sixth forms/colleges only offer 3 a-level choices but some allow or (e.g. the one I've applied too) require you to take a course alongside. They give you a booklet at the interview of 'pathway' options to go alongside your a-level results, and I'm pretty sure accounts for ucas points - should be helpful whether I apply for medicine or not. For the medicine pathway, on one day a week you are visited by a lecturer or doctor at college, but I don't know many other details.

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Zay123

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Original post by rm.25

You'll have a lot more universities to pick from if you do biology, there's just a few that only require chemistry for medicine.

True, but is biology a-level really as bad as the open days make it look? Literally just leavesssssssssssss

Reply 9

midgetspinner

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Original post by Zay123

Thanks, if I don't take biology I'll go for that. Is economics a-level much harder than gcse business (which is superrrrr easy)?

Yes it's harder than gcse business. when you do a level economics, you're going to know all these curves and 20 other diagrams a long with this one:

Reply 10

rm.25

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Original post by Zay123

True, but is biology a-level really as bad as the open days make it look? Literally just leavesssssssssssss

But if it gives you a better chance of getting into to medicine...... Most sixth forms let you change course within the first couple of weeks of year 12 if you don't like a subject you're doing sooo maybe just give biology a try and if you don't like it change to something else??

Reply 11

(URIAH)

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You can still do medicine as you have two compulsory subjects Chemistry and Maths. As long as you don't drop those, you can get into medicine

Reply 12

selin99

I do both economics and business studies and I really enjoy both of them actually... I haven't done economics GCSE but the A-level is going good so far yet there is a lot of logic and studying as all the A-levels do, so if you think you will enjoy them I think you should choose them, I am not really a science person so i wont be able to comment on biology A-level itself but if you are thinking of medicine I think it might be good to have some knowledge, good luck with everything :smile:

Reply 13

AlexS101

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Original post by glebp

Yes it's harder than gcse business. when you do a level economics, you're going to know all these curves and 20 other diagrams a long with this one:

That is not one of the diagrams I learnt at A level in economics (and is also not really that accurate as it fails to distinguish between the short and long runs)

Reply 14

fxlloutboyy

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Original post by Zay123

Thanks for the reply, I actually really enjoy learning about the body but at the open day they gave as a summary of the syllabus... it's literally 2 years of analysing leaves :angry:

is it worth taking biology anyway?

Actually the majority of a level biology is human - it's a small proportion that is leaves and I find that bit boring too. I still love my biology a level

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