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Original poster

Help- which A level to drop? Biology or History

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Swarskid2184 · 09/09/2018 17:37

My DD is doing Maths, further maths and chemistry....and currently also doing history and biology. The school will let her do both until half term- but then she has to choose. She has literally no idea of what she wants to do at Uni, so no help there...

Currently she is enjoying both!

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mumsneedwine · 09/09/2018 20:09

Biology more important than maths for medicine. Not sure anyone wants maths but some require biology. Not all but an increasing number

Scabetty · 09/09/2018 19:55

History is a shed load of reading according to dd who is year 13.

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Swarskid2184 · 09/09/2018 19:55

She got an 8 in both at GCSE....so sort of equal in ability at the moment

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Swarskid2184 · 09/09/2018 19:54

And it looks like you can still do medicine etc without biology as long as you have maths and chemistry

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LosingNemo · 09/09/2018 19:53

Sorry cross post re further maths.

LosingNemo · 09/09/2018 19:53

It’s very early days yet (assuming she’s year 12). Give her a few weeks to get a feel of each subject and revisit the decision then. She may well have had some work assessed by then too so may have a bit of an idea which she thinks she’ll do best at. I’d say that she should continue the one she likes the most (unless she decides to do something medical - in which case the suggestion of the PP would be good).

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Swarskid2184 · 09/09/2018 19:52

No- they can only do 3 A levels....with the exception of further maths if they are doing maths

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ShalomJackie · 09/09/2018 19:39

Could she drop the FM Leaving both humanitiès and medicine/vet/dentistry open?

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