Queries on whether I should take Chemistry AS
So I am currently in year 12, taking further maths, maths chemistry, and economics.
I want to pursue a general degree in economics and maths at university and aim for LSE, Oxbridge, or London universities. Right now, from research, Economics and Management at Oxford seems good, and Mathematics and Economics at LSE.
I've been worried about the workload for A levels and keep hearing that 3 A levels is enough to get you into top universities, so I wanted advice as to whether it'd be a good idea for me to take Chemistry for only one year at an AS level and continue with the other three for the whole two years.
Chemistry seems to be the most hard right now for me, and I also don't have the same passion for it as I do in the other subjects.
My school does not allow you to go down the 3 A level pathway if Fm is one of your subjects, so this would be the only way I can keep Fm but not have 4 full A levels.
Any advice from people who got into the undergraduate courses I have stated or general advice?
I want to pursue a general degree in economics and maths at university and aim for LSE, Oxbridge, or London universities. Right now, from research, Economics and Management at Oxford seems good, and Mathematics and Economics at LSE.
I've been worried about the workload for A levels and keep hearing that 3 A levels is enough to get you into top universities, so I wanted advice as to whether it'd be a good idea for me to take Chemistry for only one year at an AS level and continue with the other three for the whole two years.
Chemistry seems to be the most hard right now for me, and I also don't have the same passion for it as I do in the other subjects.
My school does not allow you to go down the 3 A level pathway if Fm is one of your subjects, so this would be the only way I can keep Fm but not have 4 full A levels.
Any advice from people who got into the undergraduate courses I have stated or general advice?
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by y44nf3iSo I am currently in year 12, taking further maths, maths chemistry, and economics.
I want to pursue a general degree in economics and maths at university and aim for LSE, Oxbridge, or London universities. Right now, from research, Economics and Management at Oxford seems good, and Mathematics and Economics at LSE.
I've been worried about the workload for A levels and keep hearing that 3 A levels is enough to get you into top universities, so I wanted advice as to whether it'd be a good idea for me to take Chemistry for only one year at an AS level and continue with the other three for the whole two years.
Chemistry seems to be the most hard right now for me, and I also don't have the same passion for it as I do in the other subjects.
My school does not allow you to go down the 3 A level pathway if Fm is one of your subjects, so this would be the only way I can keep Fm but not have 4 full A levels.
Any advice from people who got into the undergraduate courses I have stated or general advice?
I want to pursue a general degree in economics and maths at university and aim for LSE, Oxbridge, or London universities. Right now, from research, Economics and Management at Oxford seems good, and Mathematics and Economics at LSE.
I've been worried about the workload for A levels and keep hearing that 3 A levels is enough to get you into top universities, so I wanted advice as to whether it'd be a good idea for me to take Chemistry for only one year at an AS level and continue with the other three for the whole two years.
Chemistry seems to be the most hard right now for me, and I also don't have the same passion for it as I do in the other subjects.
My school does not allow you to go down the 3 A level pathway if Fm is one of your subjects, so this would be the only way I can keep Fm but not have 4 full A levels.
Any advice from people who got into the undergraduate courses I have stated or general advice?
If your school only allows you to take three A levels if you also take an AS level alongside them (because one of the A levels is Further Maths), then yes - that is what you should so. And if Chemistry is your weaker subject, then that's the one you should downgrade from an A level to AS level.
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