A level choices: Is English Lit manageable as a 4th and what is the workload for 4 li

Hi everyone, I start tomorrow and my current A level choices are Maths, Chemistry, Biology and English Language. I'm considering a switch from.Lang to Lit though and I'm wondering what the Lit workload is like, whether it's more enjoyable than lang and what the workload for 4 A levels is like generally. Thanks!

Reply 1

Camer0nR

Interesting pic...😂

Reply 2

McGinger

Why are you taking 4 A levels?
And do you have the option to drop 1 subject at the end of Year 12?

Reply 3

Camer0nR

I'm taking 4 because I'm keen to.do a humanity because I enjoy then but I'm probably (though not definitely) doing something STEM-ish at uni, hence bio chem maths. I can drop end of year 12 or in the 3 week cooling off period at the start.

Reply 4

McGinger

Eng Lit involves far more work than Eng Lang - "now read Romeo and Juliet / that novel / that entire book of poetry again and .....".

Reply 5

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by Camer0nR

Don't do it

Reply 6

Camer0nR

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by McGinger

Eng Lit involves far more work than Eng Lang - "now read Romeo and Juliet / that novel / that entire book of poetry again and .....".

Is there a lot of work apart from reading and the NEA? I assume there's essay practice and you obviously have to revise but how much of that are you doing and how many hours a week roughly?

Reply 7

Camer0nR

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by McGinger

Eng Lit involves far more work than Eng Lang - "now read Romeo and Juliet / that novel / that entire book of poetry again and .....".

I've budgeted 20hrs a week without my frees which I could then fill to minimise work at home or use to supplement work at home and there are more hours at home I could make use of during exam season.

Reply 8

MillieeM2

If you liked English literature GCSE, you could probably manage it. But if It gets too much, you could always drop it

Reply 9

Camer0nR

Yeah dropping one is defo.an option. I've switched to.Lit now on the recommendation of my teacher and I also figure if I love lit I can drop.a science and still do 3 well respected A levels