The backstory to this is rather long but it involves DS1 not being able to pursue the subjects he wants at his current school.
At present, subjects of choice are (in order of preference) : Spanish, Politics, French and economics.
He turned up to his second choice establishment today to be told (erroneously as it turns put) that he 's a bit dim and stands little to no chance of passing economics and so should do Business Studies. Turns out they got the stats wrong!!
But, anyhow, this has now put business into his head : a subject he has never so much as glanced at in a prospectus, did not study at GCSE and din not find out about at Open Evenings.
Personally, I find the prospect of either Economics or Business a bit dull. I have looked at specs and Exam Papers for the reformed A Levels and can't see the big differences. I do know they have different reputations and that a different student profile takes them. I do also know that some students do extremely well in business who are not so good at other A levels : but wonder if specific skills or mindsets help (and wonder how much this applied to pre reformed A level).
Can anyone without a Russell Group/ elitist axe to grind advise me impartially as to what the key differences are : and what type of student, with what kind of skills prospers in each?
For context , DSs (somewhat under predictions) GCSEs are : English Lang 5 (being remarked ) ; Lit 6 ; Maths 6 ; Spanish A* ; French A everything else C (best not talk about the D for Geography...). It may or may not be relevant that after much resitting and redoing he eventually got a C for CiDA (ICT for dummies??) and computers are not his thing. (not sure what is ...)