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Math studies for Psychology

Hi,I'm currently an IB1 student and as of right now I'm taking Math SL. I really want to study clinical psychology in university, and I know some uni's require Math SL to get in but I'm really not good with maths and my grades aren't doing so well right now. My teacher recommends I move down to Math studies and I really want to but I'm worried that I'll have less of a chance getting accepted because of it. My current IB subjects are:Psychology HL, Art HL, English A HL, Biology SL, Spanish studies and Math SL. I also heard that some uni's won't accept Biology SL so I'm worried having both Bio SL and Math studies will make my application look bad, can anyone tell me if I should move down or stay in SL?
As a Psychology graduate, I can tell you that yes maths is a bit important, but most of the statistics stuff you do will be based on computer programmes. I don't remember any hard mathematical sums in my course.
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Original post by henyo
Hi,I'm currently an IB1 student and as of right now I'm taking Math SL. I really want to study clinical psychology in university, and I know some uni's require Math SL to get in but I'm really not good with maths and my grades aren't doing so well right now. My teacher recommends I move down to Math studies and I really want to but I'm worried that I'll have less of a chance getting accepted because of it. My current IB subjects are:Psychology HL, Art HL, English A HL, Biology SL, Spanish studies and Math SL. I also heard that some uni's won't accept Biology SL so I'm worried having both Bio SL and Math studies will make my application look bad, can anyone tell me if I should move down or stay in SL

We have exactly the same Hls and Sls . I also want to study psychology and got accepted to all my uni applications based on math studies so you should be fine :smile:
Original post by Lilly450
We have exactly the same Hls and Sls . I also want to study psychology and got accepted to all my uni applications based on math studies so you should be fine :smile:

Hey, I have the same IB subjects and am also applying for psych... where di you apply? Thanks!
Hey, I'm planning on doing the same. What unis did you apply to?