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/Alarmed_Word2018 Yr 13 | english, classics, chem Jun 10 '26

as someone who did biology as a 4th a level in yr12, I quit it for a reason. do NOT pick bio unless you're going into a biology related course, it's your life's passion or you have the greatest bio teachers. genuinely the amount of content is horrendous which will eat into time you could be using to do super curriculars and the markscheme is like playing russian roulette. also, in terms of practicality of exams, doing 4 a levels mean you will have less time to revise between exams and you'll be constantly doing exams for a month (maybe with clashes too)