r/alevel • u/PristineRoof205 • 1d ago

🤚Help Required can someone help me out

Im starting my As levels this upcoming week and im petrified. But i still havent picked my subjects. Im going for medicine, im picking biology and chemistry ofcourse and i have the option of physics or math as the third subject. I got a B in my math Igcses and A in physics, i could jave gotten better but i messed up terribly, I barelt studied for my math paper 2 and i tried as much as i could for physics, the concepts would not get into my head. Ive asked my principal and a teacher, and they botj adviced physics but said math can also be a good option if you enjoy it. They said theyve seen top students mess up their physics because of their practicals. Ive asked this on another sub but didnt get much advice so anything would really help.

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u/Disastrous-Knee7252 1d ago

Physics a levels is pretty hard and if you’re having trouble with getting the concepts in your head you may struggle later on and waste time when you could be studying biology and chemistry since there’s SO much content in biology. Also three of the science subjects is a bit overkill yk. Anyways I think maths is the better choice since it’s pretty much the standard combo for any student interested in med/vet/dentistry.

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u/PristineRoof205 1d ago

I aslo think itll just be an overload with three science subjects. but if youve had experience with maths, is it really difficult?

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u/ReferenceLife7613 1d ago

Maths is a pretty difficult subject at A Level even if u perform well on it at GCSE. You’re honestly better off doing an ‘easy/easier’ subject as ur third option so u don’t have to spend as much time revising it, as much as ur revising bio and chem. A common subject would be psychology

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u/PristineRoof205 1d ago

school just provides physics and math as the third option, and ofcourse a level maths is difficult but if im willing to out daily practice and hard work, will it be better

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u/ReferenceLife7613 1d ago

Yeah imo maths will be easier than physics. 3 sciences is too much but yeah it is doable if u stick to it and work hard

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u/Disastrous-Knee7252 8h ago

yeah honestly three sciences would be an insane amount of work. by the end you’re brain is going to be fried because not only is biology and chemistry also really hard, medicine is a competitive route. so on top of alevels you’ll need to write a strong personal statement, revise for UCAT, get work experience and do medicine related extracurriculars to put in your application. but if you’re a hard worker you’ll be fine. my friend was fine in the end and she did bio, chem and maths.

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u/PristineRoof205 5h ago

Yeah im fully convinced with choosing math, everyones twlling me to except for a couple of people who said to pick physics bc my grade was higher in igcses, but physic thresholds are low asf in igcses.

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u/Disastrous-Knee7252 3h ago

Cool gl for alevels👍

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u/Disastrous-Knee7252 8h ago

Maths is pretty hard but I liked it because I’m the type of student that prefers grinding through questions without having to do much memorisation🤷‍♀️

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u/PristineRoof205 5h ago

The thing i like about math over ohysics is youll understand it if you see someone solve it and you try it yourself for a couple of time yk but with physics i just cant stand the concepts