Supercurriculars
Im aiming for Oxbridge. I think I’ve decided I want to go for English. My a levels are bio, chem and English lit, because I was unsure if I wanted to do something down the biochemistry route or English at first. When applying for supercurriculars, I feel like I should be doing some science ones too just incase I change my mind, because I think I want to do English, but not entirely sure. However, I just feel like I’ve got no time to do both English and science supercurriculars, especially if I may not even use them. Should I maybe just focus on English for now and if comes to year 13 and I’m still unsure exactly on the course I want to do, then I could take a gap year to think about it more and I’ll probably have more time for supercurriculars then.
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The best kind of super curricular for English is just reading. Read extensively across periods and genres, including types of literature that you aren’t familiar with and aren’t sure if you like.
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by AnonymousIm aiming for Oxbridge. I think I’ve decided I want to go for English. My a levels are bio, chem and English lit, because I was unsure if I wanted to do something down the biochemistry route or English at first. When applying for supercurriculars, I feel like I should be doing some science ones too just incase I change my mind, because I think I want to do English, but not entirely sure. However, I just feel like I’ve got no time to do both English and science supercurriculars, especially if I may not even use them. Should I maybe just focus on English for now and if comes to year 13 and I’m still unsure exactly on the course I want to do, then I could take a gap year to think about it more and I’ll probably have more time for supercurriculars then.
In my opinion, I would just focus on the English supercurriculars as theres only so many hours in the week to keep on top of your a-levels and do supercurriculars. Its important not to burn out and maintain good mental health during such stressful times in your A-levels, try and keep your workload at a maintainable level. As you said if you change your mind by year 13 it's okay to take a gap year to work on your application and make sure you're confident about what you want to do at university.
Best of luck,
Vee (kingston rep)
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