STEM A Levels or Essay based A Levels?

I'm a year 11 and I'm starting to think about what A Levels I should pick but I'm a bit conflicted. I have two potential combos in mind:
Essay Based- Politics, English Lit, Geography
STEM(ish) Based: Geography, Psychology, Biology
I'm unsure of what I want to do in future so I was wondering which would be better to do (in terms of keeping possibilities open, how useful they are, what sort of degrees they might lead to)
As for my current performance I'm working at 2 nines in combined science, a nine in psychology, a nine in English lit and a seven in geography

I'm a year 11 and I'm starting to think about what A Levels I should pick but I'm a bit conflicted. I have two potential combos in mind:
Essay Based- Politics, English Lit, Geography
STEM(ish) Based: Geography, Psychology, Biology
I'm unsure of what I want to do in future so I was wondering which would be better to do (in terms of keeping possibilities open, how useful they are, what sort of degrees they might lead to)
As for my current performance I'm working at 2 nines in combined science, a nine in psychology, a nine in English lit and a seven in geography

I'm a year 11 and I'm starting to think about what A Levels I should pick but I'm a bit conflicted. I have two potential combos in mind:
Essay Based- Politics, English Lit, Geography
STEM(ish) Based: Geography, Psychology, Biology
I'm unsure of what I want to do in future so I was wondering which would be better to do (in terms of keeping possibilities open, how useful they are, what sort of degrees they might lead to)
As for my current performance I'm working at 2 nines in combined science, a nine in psychology, a nine in English lit and a seven in geography

Without even a vague idea of a potential degree subject or career, its very difficult to advise you, but points worth remembering :
1) Many Humanities and Social Science degrees don't require any specific A level subjects. Yes, you need the relevant A level to study History or English Lit, but not for many other subjects such as Anthropology, Philosophy, Sociology, Law etc. Some Unis may require 'an essay-based subject' or state that 'a social science A level preferred' but many others will just state their entry requirements as three grades - ABB etc - with no A level subjects specified.
2) STEM degrees tend to have far more specific entry requirements and these are usually directly related to the degree subject. Most will require two relevant science subjects. However, there are also some more ambiguous subjects that are 'science related subjects' or 'numeric subjects' that some Unis may accept for 'science related' or 'maths related' degrees. For example, Psychology at degree level is a science subject but some Unis will accept 'science related' A levels such as Geography, Computer Science etc, and some numeric degrees may accept an A level with maths content such as Economics or Physics.
3) Geography is a very useful A level subject. It can be considered as both a social science (human geography) and a science-related or numeric subject (physical geography) so this ambiguity may give you more choices later.
Every Uni is different so there are no absolute rules about this, but this gives you an idea of the sort of flexibility there might be if you eventually fix on a potential degree subject on the periphery of your chosen A levels. Importantly, what you choose as A levels does not necessarily channel you into a narrow choice of degree subjects.

Which of these subjects do you enjoy the most?

Hi there!
I think when choosing your A Levels you should go with the subjects that you enjoy the most so when it comes to revising you're more motivated and interested in the content. You could have a look at some university course pages to have a look at the entry requirements for some courses you think you might be interested in. I've linked the A-Z course page that we offer at Sheffield here that you could have a look at!
I personally did biology, chemistry and psychology A Levels so if you have any specific questions about these please let me know!
I hope that helps 😄
Daisy- 2nd year medic at the University of Sheffield

I really enjoy English Literature and have always been quite creative writing orientated but I’ve recently gotten quite decent at science

Take English lit and geography for starters then
You then need to choose one of politics, psychology or biology. If you want to keep science open as a pathway then youll need to take bio. If youre unsure you could always apply for 4 if your school allows it and then drop one after a few weeks once youve got an idea of the subject.