Rate these A level choices

Not if she doesn’t enjoy science.

has she looked at university websites and explored courses to see if anything takes her fancy?

No!!! Don’t take out the maths. It’s the best one for access to many courses. Including Business or management. Marketing has some maths in it. HR can be done by nearly everyone. Maths is a truly versatile subject. You do not need BS to do management or HR.

How about swapping Maths for Business Studies? It fits well with Psychology and Art in that it can lead to careers in HR or Marketing.

But you also need to consider if that limits options at university. That could matter if you do not know what you want.

Enjoy = higher grade potential than subjec t you hate
So she should choose what she enjoys

@Hahahe Isnt it horses for courses? Biology isn’t much use for engineering and neither is psychology. So people take A levels that fit with possible career ideas. Some dc don’t find some subjects hard if they like them. My DD did two MFL A levels. Lots of DC recoil from them but she did not find them that hard.

I do think it’s harder when DC don’t know what to do. Probably two from the Cambridge list keeps most options open! Then add in the third which can be Art, Psychology or anything else really. However it’s also true that some unis and some courses where they need bums on seats, won’t care a fig.

I didn't mean they are seen by unis etc as easier subjects but by students.

Students who need a science might (might!!) take biology because they see as a softer science than physics or chemistry etc.

@Hahahe They aren’t sen as easier subjects everywhere. It wholly depends on course and uni. Art is clearly useful for architecture and art. Therefore breadth is given by the other subjects. Psychology is also better as a third subject so is in the same boat as Art if looking for an elite university. If not, it won’t matter and maths is a good choice. GCSE results tend to determine A level outcome for maths. So I would guess the 40% getting A-B (no A stars?) are dc getting 8 or 9 at GCSE. If DD isn’t likely to get that, maths A level will be hard.

You need to look at those in context. Lots of kids will do math even if they aren't amazing at it and it's a difficult subject. Does your school offer functional maths (or whatever the easier math A level is called). Psychology and art can both been seen as easier subjects.

If you can look at trends with the results as a whole in the school it may flag up issues.

The Psychology courses at Oxford want sciences and that includes Psychology. No other course mentions it but of course as a third A level, it’s fine. Cambridge make it clear it should be a third subject if studying social science and humanities courses.They prefer two from a list of more traditional subjects they publish. For science courses, they don’t mention it at all. Nor Art for any degree. However other unis won’t worry at all.

My dd does psychology a level. She hates science but loves that.

It is useful I think in that it cross humanities / science and counts as both.

My niece is at medical school with Biology, Chemistry and Art a levels.
Art is not a problem - anyone who had studied it will know it's a demanding and time-consuming qualification which requires sustained effort over a long period to do well at.

My DD went to Oxford uni with an Art A Level. In fact, she was offered places at all 5 of the top universities she applied for.

Also bear in mind that uni is optional. There are plenty of degree apprenticeships or learn while you earn pathways out there nowadays.

Neither of my friend’s girls went to uni - one is now a chartered accountant and the other is finishing a degree apprenticeship in Business.

My DD didn’t go to uni and is a successful business analyst earning more at 27 than I did as a teacher with UPS3 and a middle TLR in my forties.

Maths and art would open up degrees like architecture and urban planning.

Those are great choices for your daughter especially if she doesn't know what she wants to do. It's great if she is choosing subjects she enjoys and subjects she is good at.

Have you checked the A'level results for each of the subjects at your daughter's school?

If she's interested in those 3 maybe she'd be interested in User Experience Designer as a career It uses psychology (understanding user behaviour, questionnaire design) visual design (drawing layout etc) and statistics (understanding user behaviour from data)

My DD did Art, Psychology and History. She was interviewed at Cambridge (but did not get an offer), but has offers from the likes of Durham. It's nonsense to say Art won't get you in to uni (and is pretty much essential if going into a creative career), and Psychology is on the 'preferred' subject list for many courses at Oxbridge so is a perfectly respectable A level.

@Justbecausesomethingexisted It’s the comment about psychology being a lesser A level. Like many A levels, it is what you put with it that matters and what you want to study. It’s not great for some degrees but fine for others.

DD could do the Morrisby test for possible careers. It looks at likes, dislikes, skills and attributes and comes up with a few suggestions. Surprisingly accurate for my DC.

@therealcookiemonster - that really not the case any more.