A-levels

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Hey, I'm a y11 student currently studying Maths, Triple science, Art, History, Spanish and English and time for picking A-levels is creeping up and it's getting increasingly more nerve racking every time I think about what I want to do in the future, on the one hand i want to go into medicine as I love biology and it's a field that pays well but in that case I would have to spend around 6 years for uni. So because of that I'm thinking of picking Bio, Chemistry, and Maths but I'm not so sure if i want to dedicate that much of my life to it and if ill change my mind sometime, on the other hand I also don't want to stop doing art so should I do a 4th A-level its kind of my comfort subject but everyone says 4 A-levels is really difficult to keep up with. Also I'm not the biggest fan of Chemistry but if i switch that out for art there's not really as many subjects I could go into at uni level and for future jobs bio and art doesn't really fit
Also thanks if you read this far into my yapping x this is really stressing me out, I have to decide before December and that's too close.

Reply 1

thegeek888

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Are you doing 8 or 9 GCSEs? 😧

You will require a lot of 9s and 8s for the most selective medical schools. However, some medical schools don't care about GCSEs. 🙂

Reply 2

Maria Yeremenko

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Oh lol i forgot about RE and i will be doing further maths so that's 10 I think.

Reply 3

aisha🎀

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Original post

by Maria Yeremenko

Hey, I'm a y11 student currently studying Maths, Triple science, Art, History, Spanish and English and time for picking A-levels is creeping up and it's getting increasingly more nerve racking every time I think about what I want to do in the future, on the one hand i want to go into medicine as I love biology and it's a field that pays well but in that case I would have to spend around 6 years for uni. So because of that I'm thinking of picking Bio, Chemistry, and Maths but I'm not so sure if i want to dedicate that much of my life to it and if ill change my mind sometime, on the other hand I also don't want to stop doing art so should I do a 4th A-level its kind of my comfort subject but everyone says 4 A-levels is really difficult to keep up with. Also I'm not the biggest fan of Chemistry but if i switch that out for art there's not really as many subjects I could go into at uni level and for future jobs bio and art doesn't really fit
Also thanks if you read this far into my yapping x this is really stressing me out, I have to decide before December and that's too close.

I’m doing biology, chemistry (both AQA)and maths (edexcel) and I have to say that my view in chemistry completely switched when I started a levels. At gcse, it was really difficult and it it still is but just less vague and I’ve been keeping up because I don’t want to cram. Also, medicine doesn’t pay well and you have to rise the ranks and become a consultant I think to actually get paid really well. That’s why you should only do it if you’re dedicated because the content at uni is insane.

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Maria Yeremenko

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by aisha🎀

I’m doing biology, chemistry (both AQA)and maths (edexcel) and I have to say that my view in chemistry completely switched when I started a levels. At gcse, it was really difficult and it it still is but just less vague and I’ve been keeping up because I don’t want to cram. Also, medicine doesn’t pay well and you have to rise the ranks and become a consultant I think to actually get paid really well. That’s why you should only do it if you’re dedicated because the content at uni is insane.

Yeah that's the thing i'm not exactly sure if i want to do it and i have no clue what else i could do that's interesting.

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Kingston Grace

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by Maria Yeremenko

Hey, I'm a y11 student currently studying Maths, Triple science, Art, History, Spanish and English and time for picking A-levels is creeping up and it's getting increasingly more nerve racking every time I think about what I want to do in the future, on the one hand i want to go into medicine as I love biology and it's a field that pays well but in that case I would have to spend around 6 years for uni. So because of that I'm thinking of picking Bio, Chemistry, and Maths but I'm not so sure if i want to dedicate that much of my life to it and if ill change my mind sometime, on the other hand I also don't want to stop doing art so should I do a 4th A-level its kind of my comfort subject but everyone says 4 A-levels is really difficult to keep up with. Also I'm not the biggest fan of Chemistry but if i switch that out for art there's not really as many subjects I could go into at uni level and for future jobs bio and art doesn't really fit
Also thanks if you read this far into my yapping x this is really stressing me out, I have to decide before December and that's too close.

Hi @Maria Yeremenko

This can definitely be a tough decision, especially trying to think that far ahead! I had no idea what I wanted to do at gcse or a-level.

Does your 6th form or college allow you to start with 4 a-levels and then drop one?
This is what I did as then you get to keep your options open and get an idea of what you enjoy studying at a higher level. You could potentially keep 4 if you feel like if you can manage the workload, but if not just drop the one you least enjoy.

In terms of what your a-levels will get you into at uni I think you would be surprised by how many options you still have, even if you do choose a range of a-levels. This thread I started Share your chosen A-levels and what you are now studying at uni - The Student Room might be useful to look at to see the range of options.

I hope this helps and good luck!
-Grace (Kingston Rep)

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