My DS thinks he's in a frustrations position he is applying for 2017 with his grades. A, A, A, maths, (he has been formally assessed and found to be literally a maths genius but has absolutely no interest in the subject), a science and a humanity, but he seriously regrets his choice of subjects wishing he'd done at the very least one MFL. He only want to go to Scotland because he likes the way Scottish degrees are organised; you can study more than one subject in the first two years and he hopes at the very least this is a way into studying at least one if not two MFL (Italian and probably French), the university he's particularly interested in offer courses for "beginners"
My questions are can you apply to only one university? Can you apply for two completely unrelated courses at the same university, e.g. an MFL (an A level in a MFL is not required just proof of an aptitude for an MFL, he has three A*'s at IGCSE in MFL's lowest % was 97%, with zero work/effort on his part and he has an excellent ear for languages, he's an enthusiastic and fairly regular visitor to Italy and he unlike his mother demonstrates good understanding of spoken Italian and excellent pronunciation) and a subject like psychology? He doesn't know how competitive it is to get onto a MFL course so wonders if he's more likely to be accepted for a subject like psychology with his subjects and then he can hopefully pick up an MFL as one of his other subjects and he knows the university will let him change at the end of two years if he does well in it. Thirdly how do you word a personal statement if you applying for two completely unrelated subjects? So for example should he say he has travelled extensively in Italy? A few years ago he experienced a very traumatic event and is currently planning a journey in Italy on his own of over 1500km by public transport and on foot in the steps of his Italian hero, (think of the films Into The Wild or A Walk On The Wild Side, like the characters in the films I guess he's hoping to sort his head out) should mention this (not the trauma bit obviously)?
Hope this all makes sense.
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