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what A levels shouls I choose?

HI, i'm a year 12 student but recently am considering taking on another a level subject . I'm only allowing myself to take an A-level if i got an A at GCSE; the gcse subjects where i got an A are:

BIOLOGY B, CHEMISTRY B, CITIZENSHIP STUDIES, PHYSICS B,
BUSINESS STUDIES, RELIGIOUS STUDIES, MATHEMATICS

I got a 5 in ENGLISH LANGUAGE and a 6 in ENGLISH LITERATURE
i would really appreciate it if anyone could suggest any a levels for me to consider with this information
At the moment i do, biology, chemistry and RE
(edited 5 years ago)
Reply 1
Whats RE?
Reply 2
Original post by Samama.S
HI, i'm a year 12 student but recently am considering taking on another a level subject . I'm only allowing myself to take an A-level if i got an A at GCSE; the gcse subjects where i got an A are:

BIOLOGY B, CHEMISTRY B, CITIZENSHIP STUDIES, PHYSICS B,
BUSINESS STUDIES, RELIGIOUS STUDIES, MATHEMATICS

I got a 5 in ENGLISH LANGUAGE and a 6 in ENGLISH LITERATURE
i would really appreciate it if anyone could suggest any a levels for me to consider with this information
At the moment i do, biology, chemistry and RE


I'd be wary of taking on another A Level subject considering that it is already near the end of the school year and it would be nigh on impossible to finish a new a level in year 13 considering the step up in difficulty. Also a very small number of universities consider a fourth A-Level in their offer. Those that do also require all your subjects to be pretty much the same standard as if you were doing 3. Just so I could have a bit more insight, do you have any idea what you want to do at University
Reply 3
Original post by Rauhan
Whats RE?


Religious education/ studies
Reply 4
Original post by Rauhan
Whats RE?

religious studies, philosophy and ethics
Reply 5
Original post by Alstair
I'd be wary of taking on another A Level subject considering that it is already near the end of the school year and it would be nigh on impossible to finish a new a level in year 13 considering the step up in difficulty. Also a very small number of universities consider a fourth A-Level in their offer. Those that do also require all your subjects to be pretty much the same standard as if you were doing 3. Just so I could have a bit more insight, do you have any idea what you want to do at University

i should've made myself more clear i may be dropping chemistry because my target at the moment is only a C, and i didnt know what to replace it with. im unsure on what id like to do at university
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Original post by Samama.S
i should've made myself more clear i may be dropping chemistry because my target at the moment is only a C, and i didnt know what to replace it with. im unsure on what id like to do at university


Despite your chemistry grade being a C, personally I think it would be easier in the long run to persevere and try and drag up your chemistry grade because by starting a new A-Level now you run the risk of your grade not being much better while requiring lots more work especially over the Summer break. As the saying goes, better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
Reply 7
Original post by Alstair
Despite your chemistry grade being a C, personally I think it would be easier in the long run to persevere and try and drag up your chemistry grade because by starting a new A-Level now you run the risk of your grade not being much better while requiring lots more work especially over the Summer break. As the saying goes, better the devil you know than the devil you don't.


thank you for this advise, i honestly forgot id have to catch up on the summer. you saved me a great amount of time. i guess ill try and work more on chemistry and where i've gone wrong to reach to the standard of my other subjects
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Original post by Samama.S
thank you for this advise, i honestly forgot id have to catch up on the summer. you saved me a great amount of time. i guess ill try and work more on chemistry and where i've gone wrong to reach to the standard of my other subjects


Happy to help. Some chem resources I use. You probably know a few of em:
E Rintoul Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCps4gUjfZsu6-b-7mwK41lg
Allery Chemistry Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPtWS4fCi25YHw5SPGdPz0g/videos
https://www.chemguide.co.uk/
http://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/chemistry-revision/ (Do lots of ppqs)
https://www.scisheets.co.uk/
Reply 9
Maths. Easily. Far and away the most useful A-level to have, and it's not even close.

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