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A-Levels: Bio, Chem, Maths, English Lit for Medicine/Dentistry? is this a good combo?

I was thinking of bio, chem, maths and english OR bio chem maths and physics. Which choice would be better? Would it be a good idea to take english as a break from the sciences? (i love science but am not too passionate about physics)

(edited 2 months ago)

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Tulipbloom

Original post by ismaelishere

If you don't particularly like physics don't take it. The bio, chem, maths, English lit combo was quite popular at my school but a lot of students dropped lit later on. It was a good break but as many came to realize, coursework takes up a lot of your time. An essay based subjects might actually distract you during revision time. A friend of mine found it hard to switch between studying for chem and for lit. Plus some regretted the 40 poems they needed to study, 2+ novels (memorizing quotes for em) etc etc. For med/dentistry, doing 3 A levels = the standard. Unless you are curious abt a 4th, take it and again drop it any time. I did 4 at the start + the mandatory EPQ and just found that I valued my frees way more than another A level (then again I took Chinese).