A levels!!?

Business , economics , law - how heavy would the workload be for these subjects?

Are they hard subjects ?

Hey!!!

I took those exact A-Level, and, surprisingly the workload is very manageable.

Economics becomes very useful for business and you will find in year 1, while you are trying to get a grip of the subjects, that there will be a lot of cross over, particularly when you learn about demand and supply.

You will find the content relatively straightforward for business (which it is until you reach second year when it gets a little more theoretical and quantitative) - the same goes with economics.

In terms of law, yes it is a lot of work, i strongly advise you to set aside some parts of the week strictly for law. I use to do monday tuesday for business, wednesday thursday for economics and friday saturday sunday for law. Law wasn't hard because of the complexity but instead about the amount of work. If you keep on top of it from day one there is no reason why you can't do well. First year law is very very basic (you'll learn about the core aspects like actus reus, mens rea, damages etc) Having so many essay subjects will only be beneficial when it comes to university and future applications.



That being said I came out with A*AA achieving 96% across my second year in law. If you have anymore questions please ask

I heard you have to remember like 200 cases for law are they hard to remember ?
how much time did u spend a day on a subject?
what are you doing/planning to do at uni?
thank u!

I think there were 80ish cases in my first year and around a 100ish in my second year (but in my second year a lot of the cases were recycled from first year but used for a different point of law). Trust me it sounds difficult to learn but its not, most student could remember the majority by exam time.

For example one case we learnt is R v Smith (Negligence case) the only phrase we had to remember is 'palpably wrong/overwhleming failure' in treatment.

I just used my free time after class - i never studied at home on a week day. I'd also study on the evenings of a weekend. I stepped up my studying as i got closer to exam time, but i was planning past papers from day one.

I'm actually in my second year of university doing my law degree - specialising in legal history and criminal law

At university there are a lot more cases, I had 147 for contract, around the same for criminal. I also had around 40 articles to remember in public law and a variety of theories.

Thank you!

Law was the one I was most worried about , as I've heard people say there is to much to remember but u have reassured me!

what career do you plan to go into after your degree?

It's honestly not as bad as people make out. Just learn the information as soon as you get it and keep building up. Every week practice a question in timed conditions, there are only limited types of ones you can get. Read examiners reports to learn what they like of an A* candidate and repeat every week. Speak to your teach to make sure your doing it right and ask for A* sample work. This can also be found online too. Towards the end of term one you should be able to do 1/3 or 1/2 of a past paper so do a few of them and keep building it all up.

I personally didn't make many notes, I just tried to mentally remember the notes and understand them before doing some practice.

I plan to go on to becoming a solicitor specialising in criminal law. But then again if i can get my business up off the ground i might go ahead and do that full time.

Thank you for your help!

hope you get to where u want to be in the future!

Hey I've heard rumours that some unis consider economics and business as ONE subject due to considerable content overlap so do keep that in mind. I can't help much on the workload side though sorry!