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"Advice for A-Levels, please"

Right, with GCSE results as good as they need to be, I now have a choice to make for A-Levels.

I am definitely taking Maths and English Language, as they're easy, and useful.

Basically, I am now unsure which Science(s) to take with them.

The options are:

Chemistry and Biology (both well-respected, but possibly too tough to do both and two other A-Levels.

Just Chemistry with the other two, as, whilst it is hard, it is apparently very well-respected, and I'll be able to focus solely on it from a Science point of view.

Just Physics, as it is the only Science I got an A at for GCSE (got B's for Biology and Chemistry). unfortunately, it's my least favourite of the Sciences, but I seem to do well in all exams in it, without really studying very much. It also combines well with Maths.

I'm currently looking at a career in Law at the moment, and Uni's seem to just want core stuff really, so they can teach the Law course from scratch. This means that it doesn't really matter which one of these I take, as I'm guaranteed to have Maths, English and a Science, but obviously I'd like the best grades possible, whatever I take.

Opinions would be useful, thankee.

tnc wrote:
> Failure to specify leads to failure to understand

Seriously, stop it with the ridiculous pedantry. It doesn't make you clever. For a start, I was hardly going to type "All the cool people did it".
Quite obviously I meant that all the cool people "do it at A-level rather than English Language", but that's way longer and doesn't have the same punchy effect.

Memorandum! wrote:
> you're getting it now :' }
>
> Let's think about it. People on SR who have done English Language
> (that I know of):
>
> Paradox
> FFF
> Nash
>
> People that have done Lit:
>
> Me
> thegerrid
>
>
> It's no contest, I'm afraid.

Yeah

Para, FluFFy and Nash hands down

you're getting it now :' }

Let's think about it. People on SR who have done English Language (that I know of):

Paradox
FFF
Nash

People that have done Lit:

Me
thegerrid


It's no contest, I'm afraid.

Memorandum! wrote:
> English Lit is so much better. All the cool people do it.

Failure to specify leads to failure to understand

Because you're cool, right?

I'm beginning to understand. Yay.

tnc wrote:
> I'm assuming you do Language then ?

I don't "do" either. But I did Lit.

Memorandum! wrote:
> English Lit is so much better. All the cool people do it.

Wasn't something I was considering, but now it's Lit all the way.

I'm assuming you do Language then ?

English Lit is so much better. All the cool people do it.

Ok, i think I may well take:

English Language
Maths
Chemistry
Physics

And then drop one of the sciences at the end of Year 12, depending on how the year's gone, obviously.


The problem with doing English Lit (for whoever mentioned it), is that I found the literacy part of GCSE English extremely boring.

I'm sure there is more than poetry at A-Level, but I do hate poetry so :(

I will check into which is best for me on enrollment on Wednesday.

Thankee all.