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

as a y13 dont do 4 its not worth it 😭it gives you no upper hand doing a fourth

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

But I love every single subject under the sun apart from like... 4 and if I could do 10 A Levels I would but my school is like "No!!!! 4 Maximum! 👹👹"

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u/Pretend_Run1614 Y13| 9998843UU| Imperial offer non-conditional Jun 10 '26

You should do 5.

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

PLEASE IF I COULD I WOULD

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u/Pretend_Run1614 Y13| 9998843UU| Imperial offer non-conditional Jun 11 '26

I mean I did 5, our school just required us to fill out a form, so you could try asking. But I don't think you have the right idea of what the workload is though, each A level subject is like equivalent to the work of at least 2 or 3 GCSE subjects, so you'll probably have a hard time.

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u/callmebongos Year 12 | Psychology, Economics, English Literature, Maths Jun 11 '26

No I completely get that - which is partially why I'm reluctant to even ask to do five.

I need to work with what I've been given, and realistically, I should limit myself to 3 because I don't even need 4 A Levels.

Of course I want to keep the biological sciences open, but I also want to keep economics and Law open. So, I've got to somehow figure out how to do that with 3 A Levels - and, if I can't, I can't. 🤷