Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Secondary education

Connect with other parents whose children are starting secondary school on this forum.

Original poster

Help DD's option choices have to be in tomorrow and getting nowhere fast

55 replies

wangle99 · 06/02/2011 08:22

I think I need an impartial opinion as we are going round in circles and DD and I are getting more stressed by the moment!

DD's current career choices are psychologist/psychiatrist or designer of some sort (interior is the current choice).

She has 3 option choices

She has to do music (she has a music scholarship)
She wants to do a language (has chosen French as she is relatively fluent already - is a language a good choice?)

Which leaves one;

Art or
Psychology

I haven't done university myself so have no idea whether GCSE's subjects are taken into account (or just the grades).

Come on mumsnetters help please!!!

OP posts:
sassyTHEFIRST · 06/02/2011 08:30

Psychology GCSE not really worth the paper it is written on. Save this for AS Level at the earliest.

Music
French - excellent choices

Plus Art.

Ideal, sensible option group; v uni-friendly.

Original poster
wangle99 · 06/02/2011 08:29

I'm posting about GCSE's now. It's a long time since I took mine however your information regarding what is needed at Uni is fab also as I don't have a clue.

Does her GCSE choices influence what she should take at A-level? Obviously all the core subjects she has to take - maths, english etc

OP posts:
ragged · 06/02/2011 08:28

Yes the actual subjects at GCSE are taken into account, very much so. She should do as many traditional type "hard" subjects as she can for GCSE. She can always explore "soft" topics later (at any time in life).
French isn't necessarily "soft", but it isn't that relevant to psychology, either.
But I'm with Bonsoir, confused about whether you meant A-levels or GCSEs.

Sequins · 06/02/2011 08:28

For psychology I thought you needed maths (statistical rather than pure) and a science? What do her teachers say?

Bonsoir · 06/02/2011 08:25

If she wants to be a psychiatrist, she needs to read Medecine at university - which means that she needs maths/chemistry/biology (I think) at A level.

If she wants to be a Psychologist, she also needs science A-levels.

If she wants to be an Interior Designer, she needs to do Art A-level, and Maths/Physics would do her no harm.

Are you posting about GCSEs or A-levels?