What A-level combination is better/safer for medicine?

randomuser1101

Or does this not matter?

Biology, chemistry, math, media studies vs.
Biology, chemistry, math, history

Reply 1

ShadowHokage

Original post by randomuser1101

Or does this not matter?

Biology, chemistry, math, media studies vs.
Biology, chemistry, math, history

It doesn’t matter, pick whichever one you think it’s easier to get an A/A* in.

Reply 2

Squiggles1238

Perhaps history over media studies, but as youre already taking biology chemistry and maths, it might not matter as much? Media studies is sometimes considered a soft subject (not that this matters too much)

Reply 3

Student5cience

How come your taking 4 ?

Reply 4

artful_lounger

Universities Forum Helper

Won't matter. The only medical school that cares what even your thrid subject is, much less your fourth (assuming you take bio/chem) is Cambridge. All other medical schools don't care what the other subject(s) are. Also taking 4 A-levels confers no advantage in medicine admissions.

Reply 5

Student5cience

Taking 4 will put too much pressure on u

Reply 6

McGinger

Take 3 - because taking 4 wont get you any extra credit, and you could mess up the other grades as a result. AAA will always look better than ABBB.

As above, for Medicine the third subject doesn't actually matter and there are no hidden advantages, so don't worry about what subject combo 'looks good' or 'goes together' - choose a third subject you will enjoy studying and where you feel confident about getting an A grade. So Maths won't give you any inherent advantage, and Media Studies (or Art, History, Law, French, English, Drama, Sociology etc) would be just as good as a third subject.

There is a big section of TSR about Applying for Medicine : https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/wiki/Medicine