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Would Mathematics, Further Mathematics, and Physics be enough? I'm mainly looking at Coventry Uni's Aviation Management BSc, which has entry requirements of BBC with no specified required or preferred subjects.

(Incidentally, I don't want to do mathematics, physics, engineering, etc. degrees. Obviously I don't mind the content—just would rather avoid those as degrees)

Initially I was set on doing all of mathematics, further mathematics, physics, geography, and economics, but I reckon I'd be fine self-studying the latter two.

I would be next likeliest to take sociology, history, religious studies, and/or a foreign language or two, but I figured could live with self-studying those as well.

No interest in chemistry, biology, computer science, politics, philosophy, psychology, law, English literature, design technology, art, music, etc.
Do you have gcse predicted grades?
You’ll need at least an 8 to be doing further maths really from what i know and you’ll want to be sure that you can handle the level of maths in these courses if you’re doing double maths and physics with no fourth (which is fine but means if fm is too hard you wont be able to drop it and fall back on a fourth subject).
If these courses allow you to get onto the uni course you’re aiming for and they are subjects you’ll enjoy then they are a great choice. I do both maths and physics (chose to do an epq rather than fm) and would recommend them if you enjoyed the harder topics of gcse maths; you would like to learn more about why methods for questions work; and you’re interested in deepening your understanding of concepts in physics. Happy to answer questions on how im finding those courses if you’d like.
Hope this helps and happy to try and answer any further questions if you have them. Best of luck with your GCSEs!
Original post by paulinedp
Would Mathematics, Further Mathematics, and Physics be enough? I'm mainly looking at Coventry Uni's Aviation Management BSc, which has entry requirements of BBC with no specified required or preferred subjects.
(Incidentally, I don't want to do mathematics, physics, engineering, etc. degrees. Obviously I don't mind the content—just would rather avoid those as degrees)
Initially I was set on doing all of mathematics, further mathematics, physics, geography, and economics, but I reckon I'd be fine self-studying the latter two.
I would be next likeliest to take sociology, history, religious studies, and/or a foreign language or two, but I figured could live with self-studying those as well.
No interest in chemistry, biology, computer science, politics, philosophy, psychology, law, English literature, design technology, art, music, etc.


I can't help much with your decision, but I wouldn't recommend studying 5 A levels, most people do 3 and some do 4. Doing a fifth will require huge amounts of work both teaching yourself and revising the content on top of 4 other subjects. You could really hurt your grades by doing that. I'd advise against doing it, only do it if you've got a really good reason. Sorry I couldn't help you choose which subjects though.
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Original post by DerDracologe
Do you have gcse predicted grades?
You’ll need at least an 8 to be doing further maths really from what i know and you’ll want to be sure that you can handle the level of maths in these courses if you’re doing double maths and physics with no fourth (which is fine but means if fm is too hard you wont be able to drop it and fall back on a fourth subject).
If these courses allow you to get onto the uni course you’re aiming for and they are subjects you’ll enjoy then they are a great choice. I do both maths and physics (chose to do an epq rather than fm) and would recommend them if you enjoyed the harder topics of gcse maths; you would like to learn more about why methods for questions work; and you’re interested in deepening your understanding of concepts in physics. Happy to answer questions on how im finding those courses if you’d like.
Hope this helps and happy to try and answer any further questions if you have them. Best of luck with your GCSEs!
Thank you! Yes, I'm predicted 99 in additional maths and physics, 88888 in Eng lang, history, geography, Spanish, and German, 77 in chemistry and biology, and 6 in Eng lit.

I was thinking of doing an EPQ on a topic surrounding my intended degree, so it's good to hear from someone who's taken that option. I'd like to hear more about your experiences if you don't mind. Incidentally, which degree are you planning on doing?

Good luck on your A-Levels!
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Original post by stony-earthling
I can't help much with your decision, but I wouldn't recommend studying 5 A levels, most people do 3 and some do 4. Doing a fifth will require huge amounts of work both teaching yourself and revising the content on top of 4 other subjects. You could really hurt your grades by doing that. I'd advise against doing it, only do it if you've got a really good reason. Sorry I couldn't help you choose which subjects though.

Thank you for your input! Three is the plan, yeah. I would have liked to have taken the two essay-based subjects, but it didn't feel right eschewing FM or physics so I'm sticking to the triad.
Original post by paulinedp
Thank you! Yes, I'm predicted 99 in additional maths and physics, 88888 in Eng lang, history, geography, Spanish, and German, 77 in chemistry and biology, and 6 in Eng lit.
I was thinking of doing an EPQ on a topic surrounding my intended degree, so it's good to hear from someone who's taken that option. I'd like to hear more about your experiences if you don't mind. Incidentally, which degree are you planning on doing?
Good luck on your A-Levels!

No problem! Those predicted grades are fantastic!
I haven’t started epq yet (my school starts the course after half term) but ill add on My gyg how i find it so if you’re curious and want info ill put my experience on there over the next few weeks and as the course progresses!
Maths so far is my most manageable course because i did level 3 add maths alongside my GCSEs (similar to what you’re doing but a bit harder i think and more content) and got an A so thus far the content has mostly been stuff I’ve covered already. The homework is very chill- i get stuff on dr frost and also worksheets both of which I don’t have to stress about much at all. From my experience of the a level content so far its a nice amount of challenging- i found gcse maths under stimulating really so the a level content is a welcome bit more complex with the problem solving element as often questions seem to be a bit more disguised and involve more topics. Plus there’s mechanics which is like physics and stats which isn’t covered as much at gcse either.
Physics isnt a particularly content heavy topic so far but some of the concepts can be a little tricky to get your head around the first time- i usually just refresh what I’ve learned in lesson using a textbook when i get home if I haven’t understood and so far that’s worked absolutely fine. It’s an enjoyable subject for me at the moment because theres a lot of calculations but also application to real world uses and problem solving which i enjoy (obviously partially depends on your teachers though!). For me, the course is split into 4 topics: forces and motion and electrons, waves, and photons in year 12 and then we do medical physics and the Newtonian world and astrophysics in year 13. Homework is fine for physics too- i get Isaac physics assignments and reading from the textbook plus practice questions for content on the next lesson so we can do more application in lesson time.
Im hoping to do a degree in something in ecology or zoology depending on the uni. Im also hoping to do my epq on a subject relating to my degree 🙂
Hope this helps! Have a great day
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