3 or 4 subjects? Advice on picking your A-Levels #10

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[elliebarranbeck]

In our school its standard to pick 4 alevels and either drop 1 at some point in the year or at the end of y12

[Outlaw]

Can you make a video about the EPQ and tips for it?

[TehDragonGuy]

Currently in year 12 and taking four A-Levels, expecting AAAA at AS; taking 4 A-Levels is hard and unnecessary. I'm doing Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Comp Sci, and finding the time to fit it all in and to become competent in all 4 is hard. I'm dropping Physics at the end of the year because of it, so all I would say is REALLY consider whether taking 4 would help at all; I know you might want to (so did I), but if it isn't necessary and isn't going to help, don't. Nowhere, not even Oxbridge, need four A-Levels, and it's better to get great grades in 3 than good grades in 4. i.e An AAA would probably be looked at better than an AABB pretty much every.

[ahmedabbas]

Thank you so much! I just assumed you can always drop an A level after the first year, now I know to double check this!

[talia]

i started college doing 4 a-levels, physics, maths, chemistry and french. but then one month into the year i dropped chemistry because honestly 4 a-levels was too much for me, i simply didn't have enough time to do all the homework and revise well for tests.

[elizabethknowles]

at our school you have to do four or three and an extra (eg epq or as languages)

[UrsiClapp]

I'm starting a levels in September and I think I'm starting with 4 (economics, government and politics, German and psychology) and then I'll drop one after about 6 weeks because I don't know which I'll enjoy most as I haven't done psychology or gov&pol before

[cpkingadam]

I want to take German, French, Maths, and maybe Drama, but I'm really not sure if I should or not, I really love it but I only want 3 really. A bit stuck :P

[isobelgrace]

could you do a video on how to deal with exam stress? :)

[caitlinf]

And to think my college said that I could do 5 alevels well at least for AS crazy

[itsxavybx]

i would like to do film studies, philosophy & ethics, politics and Spanish but many people have told me that doing 4 a levels is really hard but i’m not sure which subject i could do without?!

[injusticeExpert]

hey there primrose would you want me to make u a few thumbnails or give a few tips on how to make them im a GCSE student btw who finds your videos helpful

[bexxaj]

i want to study chemistry, biology, maths and french, but everyone says i shouldn't do french as a fourth (i want to do medicine) but i love french and i really want to continue it, but i also love the other subjects and should do them to get into medicine

[samarium]

I'm in year 11 atm and the college that I want to apply for advises to do 4 a levels if you are doing further maths to keep options open but as I want to try and get into Oxford or Durham I would rather focus on doing 3 a levels (this is for a Physica degree). Is having maths, further maths and Physics a good enough set without taking a fourth a level?

[janhavipurkar]

I'm taking Maths, Further Maths, Physics, and I'm not sure whether I want to take Chem or Econs as the last subject. (Not exactly sure what I want to do at uni but perhaps something in Finance). Need to decide and confirm in 3 days. Advice?

[georgiacrossley]

Hi Primrose! I really need some advice. I want to do biology, English literature and french but I also would like to do chemistry. The sixth form I would like to go to only offers three and if you do four (which I can because I am a higher achiever) you cannot drop it for some reason :( I don’t know whether it would be too much to do four but if I decide I want to do a science-related degree then chemistry would really help me. I’m just lost. I always change my mind on careers so I also think if I decide not to do science it would be a waste of hard work doing four :/

[notacademicallyperfect]

Do you have any advice for someone that'll do 22 A Levels?
Someone who went to Cambridge did 22 A Levels in two years!

[mustafaaniladanir]

I want to do French, Spanish, Geography and RS for AS then drop RS for A2 and do Turkish (my native language) for A2, so I'll have four a levels and one of them I won't have to work for since I already speak Turkish fluently.

[summerrrrr]

Does anyone recommend doing biology maths chemistry and physics or is this too much (for medicine)

[Abdul-bkfj]

I see but do u think 4A* is better then 3A*? Or is it that once u reach the 3A* level, any other A* for A levels will not matter as much. Also do grades help with scholarships?