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Has anyone done Biology, Chemistry and psychology?
I definetly need biology and chemistry for all the degrees I'm interested and I'm interested in psychology but don't know whether it will be less interesting than it seems. Also is the workload of all 3 subjects combined manageable or not?
I've also thought about doing business or sociology as a third,would this be easier than doing psychology?
Id recommend looking at some videos on YouTube from students who’ve taken psychology to see their opinions on it. From what i know this is a reasonably common combo so cant be that bad.
Original post by Yusra..
Has anyone done Biology, Chemistry and psychology?
I definetly need biology and chemistry for all the degrees I'm interested and I'm interested in psychology but don't know whether it will be less interesting than it seems. Also is the workload of all 3 subjects combined manageable or not?
I've also thought about doing business or sociology as a third,would this be easier than doing psychology?


I did both psychology and sociology for my a-levels. Despite them being fairly similar in structure, I despised sociology and I found it hard (unpopular opinion). Psychology is more knowledge based, whereas psychology is more right or wrong and factual so that's something to keep in mind when choosing!
Original post by chloe_b_h
I did both psychology and sociology for my a-levels. Despite them being fairly similar in structure, I despised sociology and I found it hard (unpopular opinion). Psychology is more knowledge based, whereas psychology is more right or wrong and factual so that's something to keep in mind when choosing!


I alsl did both whilst i found both easy, sociology was wayyyy more duller and boring imo than psychology. I loved psychology.
Original post by X.243llie
I alsl did both whilst i found both easy, sociology was wayyyy more duller and boring imo than psychology. I loved psychology.


I adored psychology too, because of it I'm now going to study psychology at university in September
I wouldve studied psychology at uni but the lack of job prospects and guaranteed ones at that put me off so i chose diagnostic radiography as the nhs is in desperate need of them and ill always have a job for life even if another pandemic hits ill have a job
Original post by Yusra..
Has anyone done Biology, Chemistry and psychology?
I definetly need biology and chemistry for all the degrees I'm interested and I'm interested in psychology but don't know whether it will be less interesting than it seems. Also is the workload of all 3 subjects combined manageable or not?
I've also thought about doing business or sociology as a third,would this be easier than doing psychology?

Hi, I'm doing all 3 rn..Biology and psychology are rather content heavy and psychology is very much essay based so I wouldn't recommend it if you don't have a really good memory. But so far I am managing well, I find Psychology really easy and am predicted A*..biology and chemistry I'm predicted Bs but my final mock grades were the highest in the class..they're not over subjects and if you struggle with procrastinating and don't manage time well..I wouldn't recommend this combination at all.
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Original post by Rayanrizwan
Hi, I'm doing all 3 rn..Biology and psychology are rather content heavy and psychology is very much essay based so I wouldn't recommend it if you don't have a really good memory. But so far I am managing well, I find Psychology really easy and am predicted A*..biology and chemistry I'm predicted Bs but my final mock grades were the highest in the class..they're not over subjects and if you struggle with procrastinating and don't manage time well..I wouldn't recommend this combination at all.

Thank you so much for the insight

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