Is A level economics useless if you don't take it with maths?
Just to throw a few things into the works:
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As far as I can tell A Level economics involves very little maths, if any at all
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Corporate law requires you to be a solicitor specialising in corporate law
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Although you can do a law degree, SQEs tend to accept undergrads in any subject
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Law degrees don't require you to have A Levels in any specific subjects (you might already know this)
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Economics A Level is a fine A Level to take to apply for a law degree with
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The people who would be picky about whether you have a law degree or not are the law firms who you need to curry favour from and hopefully secure a training contract with
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Degrees in economics is the standard route into becoming an economist, but the sort of economics degrees you should be looking at require A Level Maths
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Aside from the odd degree in the country, no university will ask you for A Level Economics for economics degrees
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Even if you don't do an economics degree, you would only likely be considered if you have a quantitative background/degree
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Ideally, your law degree should be a qualifying law degree (see: https://www.sra.org.uk/become-solicitor/legal-practice-course-route/qualifying-law-degree-common-professional-examination/qualifying-law-degree-providers/)
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From the list of qualifying law degrees, only Buckingham, DeMontfort, New College of the Humanities, Hertfordshire, & Kent do joint degrees in economics.
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In all likelihood, you will likely need to do a conversion course in either law or economics to cover both law and economics (depending on your choice of undergrad).
In short:
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It's great that you want to do A level Economics instead of Law to do a law degree or to go into law
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However, A Level Economics won't exactly help you become an economist
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The role as an economist involves maths (or at least a lot of stats)
Is it worth it to do economics if I find it mid and not as interesting as my other a levels, but feel like it may be useful later on?
If you just want to become a corporate lawyer, then you would be looking at 3 A Levels with some essay subjects; it typically don't matter what subjects they're in so long they're academic (some top end unis can be picky about this, but most don't care so long you have 3 A Levels at the right grades).
If you don't like economics, you are under no obligations to keep doing it; you can pick something else. So long it's an academic subject (preferably essay based), you are more than fine e.g. classics, English Lit, history, a language, geography, etc.
I just finished econ alevel this year and there’s like ur basic adding or multiplying and that’s like a two marker it’s nothing and it doesn’t always come up maths is econ is no worry
i do economics psychology and religious studies and I find that all of my a levels are quite linked, we learn about the same people in all 3 and many similar topics too!
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