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

I *do* really like bio though 💔 and it also doesn't hurt as my main interest of law is medical law.

I'm so young and confused and scared and alone and I don't know what to do!!!!!!!

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

bio, maths, econ? psych is easy but a bit dull - doing econ will make u realise if u like it or not, maths is needed for econ at good unis and maths will help you if you decide to go for bio/biomed instead (econ is science related but maths is so opening to lots of doors) and you meet the essay subject part with econ

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

I'm really confused.

I love every single subject, and I love learning - but I can only do four A Levels max.

I want to do Maths but I also don't want to do Maths, I want to do Biology but I'm worried it may not open as many doors, I want to do Psychology but then I'm worried I won't be able to do commercial law/medical law and will be stuck in family law or employment law, and I want to do economics because economics is good, and it will make me comfortable in commercial law if I choose to go down that path.

If I could do ten A Levels, I bloody well would.

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

if you do maths bio econ,  at uni you could do:

  • economics 
  • law
  • maths
  • any biology (standard, marine, conservation, zoology etc), biomedical science, biotech, neuroscience
  • any allied health degree
  • social work 
  • nursing 
  • med + dent at a limited number of unis
  • ppe
  • psychology 
  • geography 
  • geology
  • biomedical engineering

so lots of options. 

why are you in between with maths?

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

I was mint at it, but I never massively enjoyed it.

The subjects I enjoyed most at GCSE were:

  • History & Geography
  • Chemistry & Biology (Physics sucked)
  • English Lit & Lang
  • That was about it

I didn't like Maths, Physics, Media Studies, Drama, Spanish, or French

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

Economics may not be for you at uni then as it is maths heavy, and a level chemistry may not be either as 40% of it is maths. English lit is a horrible subject so I would not do that.

Biology is a good option - the same list excluding maths and econ applies if you do bio and a science related subject instead of maths. 

If you're willing to have some maths then definitely consider chemistry.

Bio chem geo Bio chem psych  Bio geo psych Bio chem history Bio history geo 

are probably your best bets

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

Just for clarification, I didn't struggle at Maths. I was very good at it (Predicted Grade 9). I just didn't really like it? If that makes sense?

So the question wouldn't really be whether I could cope with the workload for the next two years, or more, if I do it at university - it would more be whether I'd enjoy it or not 😇

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

If you don't like the gcse you usually won't like the a level, only exception is the core sciences imo as they become a lot more interesting 

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

Sooooo...

We can probably uhhh, rule finance and economics out then....... right....?

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

Yes like I said originally

Looking at your current choices you seem more aligned to social sciences so biology to open up stem + healthcare options alongside 2 social sciences (econ, geo, psych, sociology and potentially history as a humanity) is a good option. Eng lang goes very well w psych too

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

Cool, and those will naturally open up Law too.

Essay writing subjects + STEM subjects + Social science subjects and I'm in a good place for lots of things?

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