Hi, I'm currently struggling with my options for A-levels. My school requires us to pick four, and I'm decided on Maths and Physics at the moment. I'd like to base the rest off what I plan to go into, but at the moment I can't make my mind up. The three main areas I'm thinking about are computer science (software development), engineering, and medicine (psychiatry). There's also law and finance as back-up plans but you don't really need any specific A-levels for those.
At the moment, I'm taking 11 GCSEs:
Maths, Further Maths, Eng Lang, Eng Lit, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Spanish, History, RS, and CompSci.
To start off with, I think I'm just competent enough to shoot for Oxbridge. This would mean that, for Computer Science, I would need to take Further Maths. I'm predicted a 9 in both GCSE Maths and FM, but I find FM quite tricky at times and I'm not sure if I would be able to get higher than a B at A-level. I like doing maths that we already know, but don't really enjoy learning new stuff, or like the process of learning new stuff.
For engineering, I've been told I don't need more than Maths and Physics, but Further Maths A-level would help. For medicine, I need Chemistry at the very least, and my biology teacher said Biology is almost essential as well. This means I wouldn't be able to do Further Maths if I was really aiming to go into medicine. I like GCSE Biology but find Chemistry a bit boring and the A-level syllabus seems bad.
Apart from that, I'd love to do History as I like history so much, but it's not really facilitating. If I could, I would also do Economics, but that's even less facilitating, and I'm not 100 per cent sure I would enjoy it, considering I haven't done it before.
Overall, that's five possible subjects (FM, Chemistry, Biology, History, and Economics) to fill two slots! I really have no idea how to pick which ones I should take. I'm planning to do a bit of medical work experience so I can figure out if I like it or not, but by the time that starts my school might not let me change my options. Is there any advice you guys can provide? Should I prioritise the ones I think I'd enjoy more over the more facilitating ones? Are there any good ways for me to pick a career to aim for?