unsure what alevels to do pls help

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hello, I want to study dentistry at university and so I'm definitely going to choose biology and chemistry as alevel subjects but I'm stumped on what to choose for the third subject. I'm stuck between psychology and maths, I've never done psychology but it interests me and I don't mind essays. Whereas with maths, I'd say I'm decent at it (getting around 7s and 8s) but find it so boring, yet it seems like such a useful subject compared to psychology. I'm even contemplating whether going on board with doing 4 alevels if I can't decide. I would appreciate if anyone who has done psychology and maths for alevels to offer advice and their opinions thanks !!

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MQI

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ive done maths - lot of it is gcse content with harder bits towards year2 . i agree psychology is for people who want more fun and maths for practical use. Altho no one in my school seems to be enjoying alevel psychology but that might just be due to the teachers

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_z8f1x

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by MQI

ive done maths - lot of it is gcse content with harder bits towards year2 . i agree psychology is for people who want more fun and maths for practical use. Altho no one in my school seems to be enjoying alevel psychology but that might just be due to the teachers

do u think it would be useful to do maths for year 1 only and drop it in y13 bc like u said year 2 is harder?

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pagan-scimitar

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by _z8f1x

hello, I want to study dentistry at university and so I'm definitely going to choose biology and chemistry as alevel subjects but I'm stumped on what to choose for the third subject. I'm stuck between psychology and maths, I've never done psychology but it interests me and I don't mind essays. Whereas with maths, I'd say I'm decent at it (getting around 7s and 8s) but find it so boring, yet it seems like such a useful subject compared to psychology. I'm even contemplating whether going on board with doing 4 alevels if I can't decide. I would appreciate if anyone who has done psychology and maths for alevels to offer advice and their opinions thanks !!

maybe start with 4 a levels and drop the one u like the least?

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markedbymegan

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anything but bio, i got a 9 at GCSE and now am getting e’s and u’s

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MQI

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by _z8f1x

do u think it would be useful to do maths for year 1 only and drop it in y13 bc like u said year 2 is harder?

it wont be as hard as bio or chem I reckon

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by _z8f1x

hello, I want to study dentistry at university and so I'm definitely going to choose biology and chemistry as alevel subjects but I'm stumped on what to choose for the third subject. I'm stuck between psychology and maths, I've never done psychology but it interests me and I don't mind essays. Whereas with maths, I'd say I'm decent at it (getting around 7s and 8s) but find it so boring, yet it seems like such a useful subject compared to psychology. I'm even contemplating whether going on board with doing 4 alevels if I can't decide. I would appreciate if anyone who has done psychology and maths for alevels to offer advice and their opinions thanks !!

i would say 4 a levels is not worth doing. 3 a levels will be hard as it is and compared to gcse theres a lot of content u will need to learn, most schools dont even allow kids to do 4 subjects just cuz of how difficult it will be.
u should check on UCAS if maths is necessary for dentistry and if its not then defo just do psychlogy if its what u would enjoy more. i currently do a level psychology and i rlly love it and it kindof involves abit of maths too.

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