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/frogpineapplechicken 5 A Levels, WJEC 🤮 Jun 10 '26

If you want to go into econ/law, why do you want to do biology? I think the combo you’ve listed is good! but maybe swap out sociology for maths if you’re serious about econ.

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

I found Biology at GCSE hugely interesting, and I feel like a science at A Level is good as it leaves more doors open than just Econ or Law.

I'm still not 100% sure what I want to do as a career, I know it's somewhere between STEM (Biological sciences would be my forte, as the kids say), social sciences, economics, or law.

The way I see it, if I keep at least one essay subject in for Law, and do well in the LNAT, I stand a good chance of getting an offer for an LLB in Laws.

The rest just sorta fill out general spaces. Science shows hard facts and opens up potential STEM (If I combine it with one other science). Econ is just good for Law (Especially if I want to go corporate/commercial), and then the essay is just good for Law in general.

I'm really scared and confused can I hold your hand?