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Help with A Level Choices

I’m starting at a new Sixth Form in 2 weeks and I need to confirm my choices. I’m predicted to get mostly 8s and 9s at GCSE and I have to pick 4 A Levels, at least to start with. I want to study Geography at university and I know I’m doing Maths, Geography and Economics so far but not sure on the last subject. Thinking English Literature (OCR) but not really into Shakespeare or Chemistry (AQA) which looks very difficult or Further Maths (OCR A) however I'm not sure if I’d really enjoy the sheer amount of Maths lessons I’d have, but I do Additional Maths right now (OCR FSMQ) and the course looks interesting as its all new.
Any help is appreciated. Open to other subjects potentially as well, really unsure and I struggle with big decisions like this. Cheers

Reply 1

So i did FSMQ at GCSEs, am doing geo maths cs and EPQ. (maths and geo are Edexcel, and cs is ocr)
My friend did dt cs and geo, and said that cs and geo can go well together (forecasting and predictions) and same with econ (went to uni open day and professors said that u can go into econ thru cs)
Honestly, fmath is a lot (a lot of my friends do it) and would mean that maths would be one ear (you'd have double maths lessons, dw) and a lot of content is hard
Politics (if offered) goes v well with geo, esp human

btw ru doing fsmq with a levels or with gcses

Reply 2

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by AhsokaTano-
So i did FSMQ at GCSEs, am doing geo maths cs and EPQ. (maths and geo are Edexcel, and cs is ocr)
My friend did dt cs and geo, and said that cs and geo can go well together (forecasting and predictions) and same with econ (went to uni open day and professors said that u can go into econ thru cs)
Honestly, fmath is a lot (a lot of my friends do it) and would mean that maths would be one ear (you'd have double maths lessons, dw) and a lot of content is hard
Politics (if offered) goes v well with geo, esp human
btw ru doing fsmq with a levels or with gcses

Thanks for the quick response, I did FSMQ already with my GCSES
AS I get 7 lessons for each a level per week (35m each) and 12 if it’s maths + further
Goes up to 8 per week for A2
I didnt pick CS for gcse which was a huge blunder I should’ve done it and I feel it’s a lot of catch up work if I did it
I’ll look into politics though I think its edexcel at my school but not a huge fan of sources
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by AhsokaTano-
So i did FSMQ at GCSEs, am doing geo maths cs and EPQ. (maths and geo are Edexcel, and cs is ocr)
My friend did dt cs and geo, and said that cs and geo can go well together (forecasting and predictions) and same with econ (went to uni open day and professors said that u can go into econ thru cs)
Honestly, fmath is a lot (a lot of my friends do it) and would mean that maths would be one ear (you'd have double maths lessons, dw) and a lot of content is hard
Politics (if offered) goes v well with geo, esp human
btw ru doing fsmq with a levels or with gcses

Hi I'm doing FSMQ aswell. I can't find any good websites tho or much resources tailored for it😭do u have any recommendations?

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by shr_ya
Hi I'm doing FSMQ aswell. I can't find any good websites tho or much resources tailored for it😭do u have any recommendations?

I forgot to mention i failed it lol, but it is definitely worth using the Level 3 FSMQ add maths ocr textbooks (on amazon)
And using yt (TL maths or Bicen maths) for content, bc FSMQ and A Level content is very very similar (it helps with transition). A level resources can be found on maths genie

Reply 5

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by lucasatd
Thanks for the quick response, I did FSMQ already with my GCSES
AS I get 7 lessons for each a level per week (35m each) and 12 if it’s maths + further
Goes up to 8 per week for A2
I didnt pick CS for gcse which was a huge blunder I should’ve done it and I feel it’s a lot of catch up work if I did it
I’ll look into politics though I think its edexcel at my school but not a huge fan of sources

Honestly, there are two people (out of 5) for cs who didn't do cs, and they're doing fine with content, its just programming that is the struggle, and my friend (dt geo and cs) didn't do cs for gcse's and was still fine with it

Reply 6

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by AhsokaTano-
I forgot to mention i failed it lol, but it is definitely worth using the Level 3 FSMQ add maths ocr textbooks (on amazon)
And using yt (TL maths or Bicen maths) for content, bc FSMQ and A Level content is very very similar (it helps with transition). A level resources can be found on maths genie
Omg tysmmmmm

Reply 7

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by lucasatd
I’m starting at a new Sixth Form in 2 weeks and I need to confirm my choices. I’m predicted to get mostly 8s and 9s at GCSE and I have to pick 4 A Levels, at least to start with. I want to study Geography at university and I know I’m doing Maths, Geography and Economics so far but not sure on the last subject. Thinking English Literature (OCR) but not really into Shakespeare or Chemistry (AQA) which looks very difficult or Further Maths (OCR A) however I'm not sure if I’d really enjoy the sheer amount of Maths lessons I’d have, but I do Additional Maths right now (OCR FSMQ) and the course looks interesting as its all new.
Any help is appreciated. Open to other subjects potentially as well, really unsure and I struggle with big decisions like this. Cheers
You already have 3 A-levels planned so why do you want to make life harder for yourself by picking a 4th A-level. If you do want/need a 4th I would go for Sociology or Biology as they would fit in well with your other options.

Reply 8

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by Adam Woodbridge
You already have 3 A-levels planned so why do you want to make life harder for yourself by picking a 4th A-level. If you do want/need a 4th I would go for Sociology or Biology as they would fit in well with your other options.

I have to do 4 a levels at my school, at least for the first year, and then about 1/3 will drop for A2. My school doesn’t offer sociology, but i was looking at English OCR but the grade boundary is 94% for A* lol

Reply 9

Pick something with lower grade boundaries that you enjoy- chemistry and english are so hard to get an a star in because of the high boundaries. Biology is pretty easy and an enjoyable subject, albeit v content heavy

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