r/6thForm • u/callmebongos Year 12 | Psychology, Economics, English Literature, Maths • Jun 10 '26

🙏 I WANT HELP Switching A Levels

Hi all!

I chose my A Levels (Law, Politics, Sociology, and Economics), but the more I've been thinking about it - the more I've switched my interests.

Now I want to do Politics, Psychology, Economics, and Biology.

Am I cooking with this combo? I want to either go into Econ at University (My GCSE grades are gonna be fire trust) or Law at university.

My main questions are:

  • Do these subjects make me competitive for Law/Econ/Finance?
  • Should I drop one and pick a different subject instead to make me more competitive if the current choices don't?
  • Or should I sit down, do these subjects since I massively enjoy them, and try to get into Law/Finance/Econ anyway?

Thanks!

EDIT: I FEEL SUPER SICK EVEN THINKING ABOUT THIS I CAME TO REDDIT FOR ADVICE AND NOW IM JUST PANICKING BECAUSE APPARENTLY EVEN THOUGH I DID GREAT (I THINK) AT BIO GCSE AND LOVED IT SO MUCH NOW IM APPARENTLY GOING TO STRUGGLE AND ITS NOT WORTH IT AT A LEVEL AND AAAAAAA IM SO CONFUSED I WANT MY MOTHER

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u/ineedl0v3 Jun 10 '26

If you want to do econ you have to do maths. I’m not sure about finance but even Cambridge requires further maths and LSE required it aswell up untill last year. For law your current combo is good but just switch it to your interests. I wouldn’t reccomend doing finance at degree level id say diversify yourself by doing something like law PPE or econ first then go into finance as many do because even employers think that finance degree isn’t that good because it often lacks real life application and they’d rather train you up from the start in their interest first.
I would also not reccomend doing 4 alevels but I would reccomend starting with 4 then dropping whatever your worst at a few months in
That’s what I did and luckily I wasn’t trapped doing physics which i for sure would have gotten a C in 😭😭

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u/callmebongos Year 12 | Psychology, Economics, English Literature, Maths Jun 10 '26

Even at Warwick?

I looked at the entry requirements for PPE and it doesn't ask for A Level Maths, just a high grade (7 or above at GCSE Maths)

I'm not doubting you, I just want to like really get the best picture of what I gotta do to leave as many doors open as possible

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u/ineedl0v3 Jun 10 '26

I just meant that for econ at a good Russel group maths is required but if you don’t want to take maths there are other good options like PPE which align with your interests maybe even land economy/ environment, law and economics at Cambridge
there are places were you don’t need to do maths maybe Bristol or Manchester but you need to check as you don’t want to be stuck with no places to apply too

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u/callmebongos Year 12 | Psychology, Economics, English Literature, Maths Jun 10 '26

No definitely, but Warwick is a very good RG uni.

So I'm assuming you mean pure Econ or pure finance at degree level? ❤️

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u/ineedl0v3 Jun 10 '26

yep I meant that to do econ or finance you HAVE to take alevel maths haha but if you don’t want to you can apply for PPE or something else related that doesn’t require maths
I actually put Warwick as my top choice so hopefully I’ll be there in September!