Should I pick Chemistry Alevel?

Hello, I’ve just finished my GCSEs a few weeks ago, and I’ve been predicted these grades by various teachers:
History: 7
Sociology: 9
Music: 9
Combined science Higher: 9-8
Maths: 7
English literature: 8
English language: 9
And I’m planning on taking these a-levels in yr12: Chemistry, Biology, Politics, Philosophy
I’m interested into going into psychiatry, neuroscience, or become a paediatrician. If all of that goes wrong, my last backup is to be a clinical psychologist.
I did not like Chemistry during the GCSE at all, except for a few topics, such as organic chemistry, bonding, structure and chemical changes. All the jobs I am interested in, land in the same sector, and all involve the need of chemistry (if I’m not wrong).
I’ve been debating with myself whether I should drop Chemistry, and just change my career path. I found that hard to do because I’m really passionate about my subjects. Or if I should drop Biology, so I can have more focus on Chemistry? But I have more of a liking to Biology, and enjoy learning about it so I have no idea what to do. Please help!

hiya it’s a difficult situation. if you wanna do smth like medicine, then in the actual degree and job you won’t be doing a whole lot of it (not to say there’s none involved) since there’s more focus on like patient interactions and anatomy and whatever. in which case i’d say just
firm chem a level to get to where you wanna get.
that’s what i did. i have to say, the a level is honestly quite difficult but i think i was able to push through it despite hating chemistry a lot (and tbh all my subjects). do you think you could push through it? or would your dislike for it cause you to get a bad grade ? if you seriously hate it then don’t do it bc you’ll suffer for two years and it’s intense

no… it’s common sense to not pick chem if u didn’t like it at GCSE

hiya it’s a difficult situation. if you wanna do smth like medicine, then in the actual degree and job you won’t be doing a whole lot of it (not to say there’s none involved) since there’s more focus on like patient interactions and anatomy and whatever. in which case i’d say just
firm chem a level to get to where you wanna get.
that’s what i did. i have to say, the a level is honestly quite difficult but i think i was able to push through it despite hating chemistry a lot (and tbh all my subjects). do you think you could push through it? or would your dislike for it cause you to get a bad grade ? if you seriously hate it then don’t do it bc you’ll suffer for two years and it’s intense

I do chem A level and if you didn't enjoy it at GCSE you definitely wont enjoy it at A level lol. The pace is a lot faster and the content is a lot heavier. I would suggest trying it out for a month or two and see how you get on and if you need to drop chem then you can and if not that's great! Please don't drop the biology if you're really passionate about it you will regret it. Good luck for results day it sounds like you will do great!

Hello, I’ve just finished my GCSEs a few weeks ago, and I’ve been predicted these grades by various teachers:
History: 7
Sociology: 9
Music: 9
Combined science Higher: 9-8
Maths: 7
English literature: 8
English language: 9
And I’m planning on taking these a-levels in yr12: Chemistry, Biology, Politics, Philosophy
I’m interested into going into psychiatry, neuroscience, or become a paediatrician. If all of that goes wrong, my last backup is to be a clinical psychologist.
I did not like Chemistry during the GCSE at all, except for a few topics, such as organic chemistry, bonding, structure and chemical changes. All the jobs I am interested in, land in the same sector, and all involve the need of chemistry (if I’m not wrong).
I’ve been debating with myself whether I should drop Chemistry, and just change my career path. I found that hard to do because I’m really passionate about my subjects. Or if I should drop Biology, so I can have more focus on Chemistry? But I have more of a liking to Biology, and enjoy learning about it so I have no idea what to do. Please help!

also if you wanna do paeds you’d haveto do med in which case you need bio too for most unis so idk if you should drop it 🤷*♀️

No, do not pick chem. it’s very difficult and you dont like it so it will be a massive challenge. If a degree you want to take requires chem and/or is chem heavy then consider whether you will actually enjoy the degree because if you dont like chem and a degree is chem based you probably wont enjoy it

So should I consider changing career paths which still fall in line with my alevels?? But I don’t necessarily want to do that though, I’ve never thought of what else I may want to do.

I would suggest you check the entry requirements of degrees of interest at a range of unis to see if chem is actually required. A lot of sources will tell you you need a level chemistry for biology degrees but ive never seen that on uni websites so dont trust all info you see on required subjects. Some med degrees dont require chemistry, over 30 last time i checked, but keep in mind a lot of content will still be very chem based.

I’m willing to sacrifice my hatred for chemistry if it means getting my dream job. I liked barely any topics at GCSE, but perhaps I’ll end up liking more in the alevel? That was my thought process but I don’t know if I should risk it, that’s why. How did you find chemistry A-level?

But literally all the jobs I want to do in the future involve chemistry? And I’m not exactly lenient on wanting to do anything else.

So should I consider changing career paths which still fall in line with my alevels?? But I don’t necessarily want to do that though, I’ve never thought of what else I may want to do.

so okay i think it is honestly quite doable if you start early and you already seem determined and mature. for me i did edexcel and i RINSED all of allery chemistry’s videos along with machemguy then do exam practice bc for edexcel the questions can be repetitive. also i’ve found that tbey even used word for word questions from other exam boards before, i think from an old ocr chem paper, so if you finish all questions for edexcel somehow and are wanting to get like 100%, you can even try otjer exam boards. but yeah jist start early. there are a lot of topics regardless of exam board and some tricky concepts but i managed to get through despite hating it so you can too (although idk my grade yet lol and i think i flopped 😭)

Well if they involve chemistry and u didn’t even enjoy chemistry at GCSE LEVEL… ur bound to hate ur job

i think personally, and idk if this is the right answer but if you’re really set on these particular careers then just do chem to get to the job you wanna get to. unless it’s like pharmacology or smth which would involve a lot of cjemistry in the degree and job. but yeah otjer people will say to just switch careers as if it’s so easy to find a passion for other degrees all because of one stupid a level. you know yourself better than anyone

So should I change career paths then? I’ve been planning to do these main options, so I don’t have a backup plan, or another field I won’t mind going to.