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A level subject option

Hii Ive just finsihed year 11 and going to sixth form college in September and would love some advice about my subject options. For my first and second options I’ve picked biology and psychology which I know I want to study. However I’m really undecided on my third subject between geography and sociology. I did them both at gcse and liked them. I feel like geography is a lot more valued with unis and there is more jobs you can get from it, however I’ve heard the content is really difficult which may be bad considering I’ve picked 2 also difficult subjects Also, in my college the geog teacher isn’t very good (there’s 2 teachers 1 for human, one for physical and the other teacher is new this September). For sociology, it’s less valued but I’ve heard it’s a lot easier and there is lots of teachers who are very good. I could do all four subjects and drop the one I dislike most but there’s a chance I won’t get a high enough gcse grade average to do that. I also have no clue what career I want to do or what to choose at Uni. If anyone has done either of the two subjects or know about them, please can I have some advice! :smile:
Original post by hxolly
Hii Ive just finsihed year 11 and going to sixth form college in September and would love some advice about my subject options. For my first and second options I’ve picked biology and psychology which I know I want to study. However I’m really undecided on my third subject between geography and sociology. I did them both at gcse and liked them. I feel like geography is a lot more valued with unis and there is more jobs you can get from it, however I’ve heard the content is really difficult which may be bad considering I’ve picked 2 also difficult subjects Also, in my college the geog teacher isn’t very good (there’s 2 teachers 1 for human, one for physical and the other teacher is new this September). For sociology, it’s less valued but I’ve heard it’s a lot easier and there is lots of teachers who are very good. I could do all four subjects and drop the one I dislike most but there’s a chance I won’t get a high enough gcse grade average to do that. I also have no clue what career I want to do or what to choose at Uni. If anyone has done either of the two subjects or know about them, please can I have some advice! :smile:
I took A-level geography and found it was nothing like GCSE, which meant I certainly enjoyed it a lot less. I wish I had done Sociology now but it is way too late as I get my results on Thursday. Balancing coursework with core practical work I found to be challenging and as a result both suffered. Biology and psychology would be considered as two science subjects for a lot of degrees so I wouldn't worry much about the respectability of the other subjects. I wouldn't recommend doing four A-levels, so I would pick the one you would think would be the most enjoyable for you.

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Original post by flowersinmyhair
I took A-level geography and found it was nothing like GCSE, which meant I certainly enjoyed it a lot less. I wish I had done Sociology now but it is way too late as I get my results on Thursday. Balancing coursework with core practical work I found to be challenging and as a result both suffered. Biology and psychology would be considered as two science subjects for a lot of degrees so I wouldn't worry much about the respectability of the other subjects. I wouldn't recommend doing four A-levels, so I would pick the one you would think would be the most enjoyable for you.


Thank you sm! This is really helpful :smile:

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