4 A levels

Is doing four a-levels too much workload? I was thinking of doing Spanish , maths , economics and psychology

You don't need to do 4 A-levels, UK universities only require you to do three. It would be a larger workload, but doesn't necessarily mean too much because lots of people do four A-levels and they do well. The other thing you need to consider is how well you will be able to do, because universities will look at you less favourably if you do badly in one A-level, and well in three, than if you do well in three and don't take a fourth.

Hi I have a question for you.
I’m doing 3 subjects at the moment Biology, Forensics (BTEC) & Stats. I will hopefully get a decent result in all of these. I want to do biomedical science at uni.
Whilst chemistry is not required I think it would be massively beneficial and it is needed in my head Tbf. I would do a chemistry AS level. Chemistry has always been hard for me so I’ll probably get about D, would this affect my 3 A levels?
I have had a look at the chemistry AS exam and it doesn’t look too bad - 2 exams both 1.5 hours each and 1/3 of each paper is just multiple choice.
What do you think?

Hi I have a question for you.
I’m doing 3 subjects at the moment Biology, Forensics (BTEC) & Stats. I will hopefully get a decent result in all of these. I want to do biomedical science at uni.
Whilst chemistry is not required I think it would be massively beneficial and it is needed in my head Tbf. I would do a chemistry AS level. Chemistry has always been hard for me so I’ll probably get about D, would this affect my 3 A levels?
I have had a look at the chemistry AS exam and it doesn’t look too bad - 2 exams both 1.5 hours each and 1/3 of each paper is just multiple choice.
What do you think?

Hi I have a question for you.
I’m doing 3 subjects at the moment Biology, Forensics (BTEC) & Stats. I will hopefully get a decent result in all of these. I want to do biomedical science at uni.
Whilst chemistry is not required I think it would be massively beneficial and it is needed in my head Tbf. I would do a chemistry AS level. Chemistry has always been hard for me so I’ll probably get about D, would this affect my 3 A levels?
I have had a look at the chemistry AS exam and it doesn’t look too bad - 2 exams both 1.5 hours each and 1/3 of each paper is just multiple choice.
What do you think?

Hey I had the same thought process as you, I took biology, geography and rs this summer and applied to biomedical science aswell. I got all 5 offers back from russel groups, while chemistry could help it's not required and I specifically chose uni's that don't need chemistry as a required subject. They required '2 sciences' and allowed biology and geography.
If they accept your subjects, my bio teacher said you don't need to do chemistry then as they will teach all the chemistry you need there and they don't expect everyone to have done it. I took on chemistry AS in year 13 but dropped it and found that if I carried on I wouldn't have enough time to revise for my other subjects. I also struggle with chemistry and got a B and D on the tests I did.
Obviously I do feel my chemistry knowledge would be lacking behind other people on the course, but you can always go over some of the chemistry topics in the summer before uni, which I might do.
I'd say explore what uni's would accept your subjects for biomedical science, and if the universities appeal to you then it would point that you don't need chemistry AS. Ultimately, it's down to you. Also, I did find that I got useful notes from taking AS chemistry but I dropped it anyway and so you could maybe try it out and learn some stuff and then drop it, if you can handle it. But you can always find these resources online.
It was definitely stressful adding chemistry on and I barely had any free periods at school, so I'm glad I dropped it in the end because it would of impacted my performance in my other subjects and exams (that is how I felt though so may not be the same for everyone if they can handle it). I do feel if I originally picked chemistry as one of my 3 alevels, I would have done better in the tests and I actually enjoyed it but I just picked it up too late in year 13.

Also, are you in year 11 or year 12? if year11 now's probably the best time if u decide to try out chemistry AS level rather than year 13 because you can drop it early or if you can manage you'll get the AS exams out the way before year 13 so you can focus on your other 3. if ur y12, AS exams are already done.
if u take chem AS and u do bad in the tests and it's too much stress along ur other subjects, it's probably not worth taking the AS exams but u never know if u don't try (!!) - u can try chem out and if u can do it then yh, if u can't then drop it 👍
my advice is honestly wouldn't stress about it though and focus on ur 3 cus chem would be additional effort and time. - just check that uni's will take ur subjects.

Also, are you in year 11 or year 12? if year11 now's probably the best time if u decide to try out chemistry AS level rather than year 13 because you can drop it early or if you can manage you'll get the AS exams out the way before year 13 so you can focus on your other 3. if ur y12, AS exams are already done.
if u take chem AS and u do bad in the tests and it's too much stress along ur other subjects, it's probably not worth taking the AS exams but u never know if u don't try (!!) - u can try chem out and if u can do it then yh, if u can't then drop it 👍
my advice is honestly wouldn't stress about it though and focus on ur 3 cus chem would be additional effort and time. - just check that uni's will take ur subjects.