Further Maths A-level if not studying maths at Uni?

I’m in year 11, almost finished with my GCSEs. In my mocks i got a 9 in regular maths and an 8 in further maths. My subject choices for college are currently German, Philosophy and Maths. Although I do enjoy maths a lot, especially further maths, it’s not something i’m *extremely* passionate about. I’m also not great at self discipline, so am not too efficient at home-learning. However, my parents are encouraging me to do further maths, as they say it’d be a waste for me to not do 4 alevels (got 9s in all other subjects). At Uni im planning to study Criminology and possibly German, which obviously does not require any maths, but i’m worried that i might regret not taking further maths at a-level, if normal maths feels too simple. Therefore, the only reason for me doing further maths would be to see how far i can develop my maths skills, as well as maybe gain some bragging rights for completing one of the hardest Alevels. Are these good enough reasons for putting myself through the extra workload and stress? Thanks

The jump between GCSE and Alevels is bigger than the jump between Alevels and Uni work, meaning that a levels are more challenging. However getting a 9 and 8 in those two maths subjects is amazing. You could do further maths for AS and then drop it at A2, however if you do three subjects and the EPQ then that is also very good. It's whatever you feel confident doing, I don't think you'll regret not doing it, especially if you don't need it for your subjects, but as you've already done so much at gcse then go for it if you feel up for it Maybe speak to a college or a levels advisor?

I’m in year 11, almost finished with my GCSEs. In my mocks i got a 9 in regular maths and an 8 in further maths. My subject choices for college are currently German, Philosophy and Maths. Although I do enjoy maths a lot, especially further maths, it’s not something i’m *extremely* passionate about. I’m also not great at self discipline, so am not too efficient at home-learning. However, my parents are encouraging me to do further maths, as they say it’d be a waste for me to not do 4 alevels (got 9s in all other subjects). At Uni im planning to study Criminology and possibly German, which obviously does not require any maths, but i’m worried that i might regret not taking further maths at a-level, if normal maths feels too simple. Therefore, the only reason for me doing further maths would be to see how far i can develop my maths skills, as well as maybe gain some bragging rights for completing one of the hardest Alevels. Are these good enough reasons for putting myself through the extra workload and stress? Thanks