Hi, for context I am a Year 12 student currently studying maths, further maths, economics, chemistry and psychology and will need to drop one subject by the end of this year. I am considering applying to finance + accounting and finance courses at Uni and have decided that the a-levels I want to take into year 13 are maths, further maths and economics. However, I’m stuck on whether I should drop chemistry or psychology.
The unis I am interested in place little emphasis on the subjects I have taken but the only requirement is that I have taken a level maths (which I have) + I know economics is quite useful for finance courses so I am definitely keeping that. The problem is I don’t know which out of psychology or chemistry to drop. I am leaning towards dropping chemistry as I find it significantly harder than psychology and I am almost certain that I will not get an A* predicted, however I know for psychology I can get an A* predicted with much less work which means I can prioritise maths, which is most important. My logic was since my unis want me to have an A* in maths, that will be my priority and the other subjects I take can be ‘lighter’ as they don’t really care about what else I have subject-wise (they just want me to have A*/As).
Am I correct in thinking this way or is dropping chemistry a bad idea? I have a bad feeling that taking economics and psychology (which are arguably light filler subjects) would make my application less competitive as some unis appreciate the quantitative skills from a level chemistry.
Sorry this is long but thank you so much for reading and any help/advice would be greatly appreciated!!