Should i do physics as a 4th a-level?

So I was planning to do medicine at university, and so I initially picked 3 a levels: biology, chemistry and maths. However, I've seen a lot of people also choose physics as a 4th a level, and I was wondering whether not doing physics means I'll be at a disadvantage. I've heard that universities usually only look at 3 a levels, but I suppose getting A*A*A*A* will always outweigh someone who gets 3A*. So here are the pros and cons of doing physics:
Pros:
- i like physics
- I have more career options (e.g. engineering) if medicine is not for me
- physics has a lot of transferable skills
- physics is cool
- i'm taking maths too so it could be a bit easier to do physics
- potentially go on cool trips in physics
Cons:
- i hate physics, especially mechanics
- i'm not good at physics and struggled a lot understanding concepts at gcse
- 4 a levels is too hectic for me and id better spend my time preparing for the ucat and other things like sleeping
- more exams to do during exam period = more stress
- may affect the quality of my other grades
- no point doing 4 a levels??? (not sure yet)
- not naturally good at physics so would struggle a lot and stress a lot and I have to take it for the full 2 years/can't do AS level at my college
- i'm not good at physics
I think the ultimate deciding factor are 2 things: 1. Do you have an advantage over other students if you do physics as a 4th a level when applying to competitve universities? and 2. Will I enjoy doing physics? Our sixth form is doing OCR and so I don't have a choice between modules, and I'm sort of dreading learning about mechanics and everything. But other than that, physics is really interesting and I would have definitely studied it if I was naturally good at it. But im not, and so even if I would love learning about it, I wouldn't like failing every topic test given. Plus, more workload.
If anyone has the answer to the first question above, 'Do you have an advantage over other students if you do physics as a 4th a level when applying to competitve universities?' , that would be really helpful. Thanks

From what you’ve said I dont think it’s advisable for you to Physics.
In terms of strengthening your application, you are right that unis only look at 3 of your grades and your subject combination already gives you a lot of options for study so I wouldn’t be too concerned about this. Medicine is really competitive and you said youre not naturally good at physics, so you’ll have to spend a lot of time on it to keep up which will negatively impact on your other grades- the important ones for your uni application for medicine. Also for medicine you’ll need to focus on admissions tests (like ucat as you mentioned) and extracurriculars to make yourself more desirable for unis so taking up your time with an extra a level in a subject youre not that passionate about could ultimately weaken your application.
Hope this helps, have a nice day

Pros: I like physics
Cons: I hate physics
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Oh I was supposed to elaborate on that part but then forgot sorry 😭 I like physics in terms of learning about how it can be applied, the potential available in physics etc, but I dislike not getting the questions right, and taking a long time to understand the concepts. So in a way I like and dislike learning physics at the same time? I'm not sure how to explain it

@GANFYD might be able to answer this.

So I was planning to do medicine at university, and so I initially picked 3 a levels: biology, chemistry and maths. However, I've seen a lot of people also choose physics as a 4th a level, and I was wondering whether not doing physics means I'll be at a disadvantage. I've heard that universities usually only look at 3 a levels, but I suppose getting A*A*A*A* will always outweigh someone who gets 3A*. So here are the pros and cons of doing physics:
Pros:
- i like physics
- I have more career options (e.g. engineering) if medicine is not for me
- physics has a lot of transferable skills
- physics is cool
- i'm taking maths too so it could be a bit easier to do physics
- potentially go on cool trips in physics
Cons:
- i hate physics, especially mechanics
- i'm not good at physics and struggled a lot understanding concepts at gcse
- 4 a levels is too hectic for me and id better spend my time preparing for the ucat and other things like sleeping
- more exams to do during exam period = more stress
- may affect the quality of my other grades
- no point doing 4 a levels??? (not sure yet)
- not naturally good at physics so would struggle a lot and stress a lot and I have to take it for the full 2 years/can't do AS level at my college
- i'm not good at physics
I think the ultimate deciding factor are 2 things: 1. Do you have an advantage over other students if you do physics as a 4th a level when applying to competitve universities? and 2. Will I enjoy doing physics? Our sixth form is doing OCR and so I don't have a choice between modules, and I'm sort of dreading learning about mechanics and everything. But other than that, physics is really interesting and I would have definitely studied it if I was naturally good at it. But im not, and so even if I would love learning about it, I wouldn't like failing every topic test given. Plus, more workload.
If anyone has the answer to the first question above, 'Do you have an advantage over other students if you do physics as a 4th a level when applying to competitve universities?' , that would be really helpful. Thanks

There's been some jiggery pokery done with this thread, no idea what has happened but all posts should now display. Sorry about that folks

So I was planning to do medicine at university, and so I initially picked 3 a levels: biology, chemistry and maths. However, I've seen a lot of people also choose physics as a 4th a level, and I was wondering whether not doing physics means I'll be at a disadvantage. I've heard that universities usually only look at 3 a levels, but I suppose getting A*A*A*A* will always outweigh someone who gets 3A*. So here are the pros and cons of doing physics:
Pros:
- i like physics
- I have more career options (e.g. engineering) if medicine is not for me
- physics has a lot of transferable skills
- physics is cool
- i'm taking maths too so it could be a bit easier to do physics
- potentially go on cool trips in physics
Cons:
- i hate physics, especially mechanics
- i'm not good at physics and struggled a lot understanding concepts at gcse
- 4 a levels is too hectic for me and id better spend my time preparing for the ucat and other things like sleeping
- more exams to do during exam period = more stress
- may affect the quality of my other grades
- no point doing 4 a levels??? (not sure yet)
- not naturally good at physics so would struggle a lot and stress a lot and I have to take it for the full 2 years/can't do AS level at my college
- i'm not good at physics
I think the ultimate deciding factor are 2 things: 1. Do you have an advantage over other students if you do physics as a 4th a level when applying to competitve universities? and 2. Will I enjoy doing physics? Our sixth form is doing OCR and so I don't have a choice between modules, and I'm sort of dreading learning about mechanics and everything. But other than that, physics is really interesting and I would have definitely studied it if I was naturally good at it. But im not, and so even if I would love learning about it, I wouldn't like failing every topic test given. Plus, more workload.
If anyone has the answer to the first question above, 'Do you have an advantage over other students if you do physics as a 4th a level when applying to competitve universities?' , that would be really helpful. Thanks