Are my A levels ok?
I am planning to do biology, history, maths and I want to do law, PPE or something biological related. Will this be ok for top unis like oxbridge for these courses?
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Look at the stated 'entry requirements' on a range of University websites for the sort of courses that interest you - what A level subjects are essential or 'preferred', and are there any essential GCSE grades.
Undergraduate subject areas - University of Birmingham
Browse subject areas | Study at Bristol | University of Bristol
Subjects - University of St Andrews
SubjectFinder | University of Southampton
Etc
Undergraduate subject areas - University of Birmingham
Browse subject areas | Study at Bristol | University of Bristol
Subjects - University of St Andrews
SubjectFinder | University of Southampton
Etc
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by Spiriphoex3I am planning to do biology, history, maths and I want to do law, PPE or something biological related. Will this be ok for top unis like oxbridge for these courses?
Yup, should be fine for the most part 🙂
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by Spiriphoex3I am planning to do biology, history, maths and I want to do law, PPE or something biological related. Will this be ok for top unis like oxbridge for these courses?
Cambridge require 3 sciences for Natural Sciences (Biological) so that's a non starter, though you'd be ok for Biology at Oxford. Otherwise, your choices look fine.
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by DerDracologeYup, should be fine for the most part 🙂
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by ageshallnotCambridge require 3 sciences for Natural Sciences (Biological) so that's a non starter, though you'd be ok for Biology at Oxford. Otherwise, your choices look fine.
thank you
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by Spiriphoex3I am planning to do biology, history, maths and I want to do law, PPE or something biological related. Will this be ok for top unis like oxbridge for these courses?
For bioscience courses not having chemistry is going to limit you a lot - modern biosciences are very much based on molecular biology and biochemistry principles which a lot of courses expect you to have A-level Chemistry to ensure you have a basic understading of chemistry for this.
For law or PPE any subject combination is fine and your subjects are perfectly suitable for those areas.
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by artful_loungerFor bioscience courses not having chemistry is going to limit you a lot - modern biosciences are very much based on molecular biology and biochemistry principles which a lot of courses expect you to have A-level Chemistry to ensure you have a basic understading of chemistry for this.
For law or PPE any subject combination is fine and your subjects are perfectly suitable for those areas.
For law or PPE any subject combination is fine and your subjects are perfectly suitable for those areas.
Not all bioscience degrees require or prefer chem- ive looked through the requirements of the vast vast majority of all the biology, biological sciences, zoology and ecology type courses in England and Wales and there were only a few which preferred chemistry and none that i can remember requiring it so the number of these is very small. Some unis will require you to do an extra biochem module in your first year but this is again very rare. Ofc if the OP is aspiring towards something more biomed, biochem or molecular bio based then chem is really important but biology and maths is enough for most biology degrees.
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thank you for the responses everyone 
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by Spiriphoex3I am planning to do biology, history, maths and I want to do law, PPE or something biological related. Will this be ok for top unis like oxbridge for these courses?
Id double check the courses on unis websites to see what subjects they specify.
I know that for law there are no specific subjects, so your subjects are fine for that. History would even be useful for it.
Biological stuff, obviously biology would be needed (which you have chosen). What other subjects they specify would depend on what biology related you want to do.
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