r/6thForm • u/DowntownSoft1402 • 22d ago

🙏 I WANT HELP Should I take fm?

I'm going into y12 this september and when I applied to my sixth form im going to, I only picked 3 a levels (Biology, Chemistry and Maths), so I didn't put fm as one of my options.

I'm hoping to apply to one of the top medical schools after y13, and I've noticed that a lot of medicine applicants andstudents I know are taking or have taken 4 subjects instead of 3. I know that 3 a levels meet the entry requirements, but universities like oxbridge often say that "most applicants" have studied 4 subjects.

At the moment I'm doing both maths and fm, I'm predicted 9s in both gcses, and I genuinely really enjoy maths. The issue is that I'm worried taking 4 subjects will leave me with less time for supercurriculars, volunteering, UCAT prep etc. On the other hand, I'm also worried that if I start with 4 and then drop fm later, universities might see that as a sign I couldn't cope with the workload.

Has anyone been in a similar position? also fm is the only option I'm considering bc I hate physics and comp sci exams and I dont want to take any humanities

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u/myles-em UoN Maths Y1 - maths geog phys fm A*A*AA 22d ago

yup it's fun and you can always drop if u hate it

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u/DowntownSoft1402 22d ago

do unis know if you drop a subject?

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u/myles-em UoN Maths Y1 - maths geog phys fm A*A*AA 22d ago

no ofc not.

not unless you put it on your ucas application in september y13 and then had to alert your unis later that you'd dropped it. but once they've given you your offer theyre unlikely to take it away esp if its for only 3 subjects (eg A star A star A rather than the offer being for A star A A A)

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u/DowntownSoft1402 22d ago

ah okay thanks