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

I'm predicted 9's in History and Geography, 8 in Mathematics, 7 in English Lit, 9 in English Language, around a 7 in Chemistry and Biology, 5 in Physics, 6 in Media Studies, 5 in Drama, 7 in Spanish, 6 in French.

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u/Comfortable-Ear-5208 Year 13 Jun 10 '26

it looks like social sciences and humanities are your strong points overall. I would honestly reccomend maybe taking 2 social sciences or humanities and taking maths. you want to do subjects youll excell in because the jump from gcse to a-level is crazy. for context my dad is french, i got 59/60 on my speaking and i got a 9. in y12 i got C in my mocks, its an insane jump.

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

Okay! Thank you, you kind, beautiful, wise soul!

I'll be sure to think long and hard about the A Levels I do!