Year 12 - 3 or 4 A levels?

Yes, I am in Wales.

Ah, the Welsh Bacc

I'm currently in Year 12 studying 3 A levels: Maths, Further Maths and Physics, all of them are linear ( I take all the exams at the end of Year 13). Everyone in my school is doing 3 but most people on TSR are doing 4 and the good sixth forms in my area are also doing 4. Will I be put at a disadvantage when applying to university?

I’ve taken three subjects anyway so if I were to apply to Bath, it wouldn’t affect me whereas I have friends who have taken English Lit and Geography with Welsh Bac being their third.

The Bac can save people who do 3 subjects + Bac on results day, that's why they make us do it

Are you from Wales then?

Most people do 3 A Levels

I wouldn't use TSR as a yardstick because I don't think its really representative of the student population/sixth formers as a whole

A lot of schools have a default option as four AS then 3 A2, or four A2 if further maths. But then I saw literally everyone who wasn't a strong oxbridge candidate ended up dropping their fourth A level in the further maths set and a huge proportion of people who initially wanted to keep all 4 and did other subjects (3 sciences + maths) ended up dropping it too. It's just a method of showing you have good time management which is a key skill Oxbridge students require unless they want to drop out of get a third or lower.

I'm currently in Year 12 studying 3 A levels: Maths, Further Maths and Physics, all of them are linear ( I take all the exams at the end of Year 13). Everyone in my school is doing 3 but most people on TSR are doing 4 and the good sixth forms in my area are also doing 4. Will I be put at a disadvantage when applying to university?

You know what? I've asked the same question to TSR and they said that 3 is good enough.

However, I also noticed that pretty much flipping everyone who does Maths and Further Maths also does another 2 A levels, so I decided to also do computer science. Whether or not I regret my decision still remains to be seen...

The main reason why I am doing 4 A levels is because my careers advisor couldn't give me a straight answer to whether 3 A levels would put me at a disadvantage when pretty much everyone is doing 4.

I do Maths, Further Maths and Computer Science and I have so far received 2 Uni Offers within about 3 weeks, from both Bristol and Leeds. So I did have the exact same worry however it seems to really not be an issue.

4 A-levels are not required for Oxbridge either.

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I'm currently in Year 12 studying 3 A levels: Maths, Further Maths and Physics, all of them are linear ( I take all the exams at the end of Year 13). Everyone in my school is doing 3 but most people on TSR are doing 4 and the good sixth forms in my area are also doing 4. Will I be put at a disadvantage when applying to university?

Yep