Chemistry degree: Should I drop further maths?

Hi, so my predicted grades are:
A* for Chemistry
A* for Maths
A for Physics
B for Further Maths
I want to maximise my change of going to Imperial for the “Chemistry with a Year in Industry” course. The entry requirements for this course is AAA. Should I keep further maths or not? Would the B predicted from further maths, lower my chance of getting into Imperial?

I’d stick with Further Maths, nearly all of your competitors will be applying to Imperial with it. Even if it’s a lower grade, 4 A-Levels are better than 3. Your predicted grades already exceed the entry requirements and i’m sure that the FM grade could go up to an A with a year’s hard work.

Yes I’m certain I can get an A in further maths. Would Imperial will give an offer based on four a-levels or 3 a-levels since their typical offer for chemistry is A*AA-A*A*A (made to at least 80% of applicants) on the official website?

Usually unis make an offer on the basis of 3 A-levels, but if you are taking 4 then they can make an offer based on 4 A-levels.

While some of the topics in further maths are useful for chemistry (mostly matrices and complex numbers), if you are struggling with it there's really little to be gained by dragging yourself through it - and you do in fact risk something by doing so, as you might not only get a poorer result in FM, you might get a poorer result in other subjects by spreading yourself too thinly trying to keep on top of the FM content you are struggling with.

I'd suggest dropping FM - if that's a deal breaker for Imperial it's probably because you would need to do a lot more maths in that vein and thus struggle with the degree there in any event.

Hmmmm if and only if it’s a deal breaker for imperial, I should keep further maths then… but if i really do keep it, would the B in further maths repel Imperial from giving me an offer?

I think you're thinking about this the wrong way. If you are struggling with FM and getting a B, and Imperial really want FM - it's because the course at Imperial will be more mathematical and require you to be very confident in that content. As you aren't, chances are you would struggle on the degree programme at Imperial, and so it would be better not to go there in that case.

Remember, getting into the degree is just step 1. You then need to actually go through the entire 3-4 year course, and hopefully also do well in it. If you are going to spend the whole time hating it and scrape a 3rd class degree, you aren't gaining much from the whole process anyway.

Thus, by dropping FM, you save yourself the fuss now, and if you get rejected for that reason then you've done yourself a favour of not getting yourself into a course you're going to struggle with. It's a no-lose situation in reality as if the course at Imperial doesn't favour FM you have nothing to lose, and if it does then as above, you'd have bigger problems later.

Yes I’m certain I can get an A in further maths. Would Imperial will give an offer based on four a-levels or 3 a-levels since their typical offer for chemistry is A*AA-A*A*A (made to at least 80% of applicants) on the official website?

Hi, so my predicted grades are:
A* for Chemistry
A* for Maths
A for Physics
B for Further Maths
I want to maximise my change of going to Imperial for the “Chemistry with a Year in Industry” course. The entry requirements for this course is AAA. Should I keep further maths or not? Would the B predicted from further maths, lower my chance of getting into Imperial?

I’d stick with Further Maths, nearly all of your competitors will be applying to Imperial with it. Even if it’s a lower grade, 4 A-Levels are better than 3. Your predicted grades already exceed the entry requirements and i’m sure that the FM grade could go up to an A with a year’s hard work.

you declined Imperial - where did you go to?