Epq or core maths as plus 1

Hi my a levels are physiology, politics and history I don’t know whether to do core maths or an epq for my plus one and help/suggestions would be appreciated

Reply 1

McGinger

Do you mean Psychology A level?
And what is your intended Uni subject - any ideas?

Reply 2

jerryorla

Original post by McGinger

Do you mean Psychology A level?
And what is your intended Uni subject - any ideas?

Was thinking of either doing psychology or criminology at uni

Reply 3

McGinger

Original post by jerryorla

Was thinking of either doing psychology or criminology at uni

Core Maths would be useful for Psych (stats work). Just be aware that at Uni, Psych is a science subject, not a social science and whilst many Unis would just be okay with just A level Psych, others will want a science subject.

Btw, Crim is just Sociology by another name. It might sound glamorous but its just a 'social science' - and there is no job that requires a degree in Crim and its a bit of a waste of time. Pick a Sociology degree that includes a few units in deviance and criminal justice instead - it will be much more useful.

Reply 4

User172839300

Original post by jerryorla

Hi my a levels are physiology, politics and history I don’t know whether to do core maths or an epq for my plus one and help/suggestions would be appreciated

i do both core maths and psychology currently and i also did that in combination with an epq at the start of this year but i would definitely advise you to do core maths its sort of an extension of gcse maths with data that relates the real life mainly statistical and pretty much all maths in psychology is already covered in core maths.As long as you attend majority of your core maths lessons you wont have to do much work outside class whereas in epq you have to do many hours outside of class to do well.

Reply 5

wholelotta

Original post by jerryorla

Hi my a levels are physiology, politics and history I don’t know whether to do core maths or an epq for my plus one and help/suggestions would be appreciated

I currently do a really similar combination: Psychology, Politics and History of Art, and Core Maths. I would recommend core maths as you'll practice some research methods from psychology e.g. standard deviation, sampling etc. Psychology at university is very scientific and will have statistical and research method modules, so it would be attractive doing core maths.

Reply 6

_Blessing_

I did Psychology, Sociology and Biology as well as core maths and an EPQ and honestly just do Core maths. Because as long as you don't have a already planned title and idea for epq that may help with your university application then don't bother. Like others have said Core maths does help with the maths bit of psychology such as correlation and normal distribution and you only do it for 3/4 of the year because you finish the exams really early whilst the EPQ you will start around October of y12 and hand it in October of y13. Do you know what you want to do in uni?

Reply 7

lalexm

Original post by jerryorla

Hi my a levels are physiology, politics and history I don’t know whether to do core maths or an epq for my plus one and help/suggestions would be appreciated

I'm going to go against he grain here and strongly recommend EPQ over core maths. If you pick a relevant EPQ subject, it will help you get into Uni as it lowers the entry requirements for most Unis, and for the few elites that don't lower requirements, it can go a long way towards achieving the super curriculars that they want to see.

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