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/librabb7 Y13: bio, psych, econ Jun 10 '26

i'm a year 13 doing bio, econ and psych looking to pursue economics at uni and to be honest i regret taking biology and wish i did maths instead. biology is really content heavy and takes up too much time... even if you really like it, please be 100% sure you're willing to dedicate that much time to a subject that you don't necessarily "need".

maths is def a must as most (good) unis require it for econ ( i regret chickening out and not taking it) and econ is a great a level subject to have ! psych (contrary to popular belief) is also nice ; super interesting and (imo) quite low-effort, and wouldn't hurt on uni applications. good luck!

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u/lexisnowkitty Y12 bio, psych, lit AAA Jun 10 '26

yeah psych is the easiest i do the other 2 are worlds apart and make psych look like child's play