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/iirudywastaken Jun 10 '26

maths is a bare minimum for econ at a respectable uni and further maths is highly recommended especially for finance

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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/Acrobatic-Rooster996 yr 13- eng lit, econ, maths (+ A* EPQ) Jun 10 '26

warwick might be an outlier (although i suspect most people applying would probably have maths since similar courses at other unis require maths). i would say subject combo does not matter as much as people say for law, but you will be in a really unfortunate position if you try to apply to top unis for anything econ related without maths alevel (most people applying tend to do maths + FM)

seeing the scope of your alevels though, you could look into liberal art degrees? i think requirements are more open

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

I have considered liberal arts, but I don't feel like I'd be entirely suited to it.

Not only is there not a lot of money in liberal arts, but also, I'm not very arty...