A level subject

To do finace I was planning to take maths economics according and business do I need to take further maths???
I am so confused, so I take further maths and remove business or keep business, and I will not take further maths ???

Reply 1

McGinger

You need to look at the 'entry requirements' for the degree subject you want to do on a range of different Uni websites. You may need FM for A&F at some top Unis - or they may 'prefer' it. You will not need BS so that is the subject you should think about dropping.

Ok thank u

Some universities do not like candidates to study both business and economics due to their close nature, acting as ‘revision’ for one another. Check universities you fancy for their entry requirements for subjects to make sure this isn’t the case for your chosen choices.

You do not usually need FM, but it can certainly be useful. Most universities also do not require 4 A Levels so it may be better to do 3 and focus on those, doing whichever of the two subjects would best benefit your pathway.

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Reply 4

DerDracologe

Original post by outstanding-rect

As said before it’s not recommended to take both Economics and Business- and I think Economics is generally more reputable (feel free to correct me on this though). For the degrees your aiming for the main entry requirement is Maths so youre doing the right thing taking that. Some top unis will recommend further maths but as 4 a levels aren’t usually needed you’ll need to weigh up whether taking 4 is a good idea for you- essentially do you want to be spending all the extra time outside of school studying? I know most sixth forms say 5 hours outside of school per week, but if you take 3 subjects you can do 5 hours of this in school so you’ll end up with about 10 hours of out of school work. If you take 4 I think you’d end up with 20 hours out of school work because you’ll have a pretty close to full timetable in school hours and then 4 lots of 5 hours to study outside of class. You willing to do that for an edge when applying to only the top unis? Most unis for finance only consider 3 grades and some dont even require a level maths- just a 7 at GCSE. So in summary, take Maths and one of business or economics (i think economics might be better tho), fm if you think its something you’ll be able to enjoy and manage and another subject- what are your other options? Hope this helps a little and I’d be happy to advise further if you need more help deciding :smile:

Edit: I’ve just noticed you’ve written ‘according’ in your post OP, is that accounting? If so then know this is sometimes considered a non-preferred subject for applying to top finance degrees so again not advisable especially with the cross over. Also this would mean to intend to take 4 subjects anyway in which case FM is your best bet if you think you can handle the difficult content. Sorry if I’ve read that wrong!