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A levels for a RG University

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Fazackerley · 20/03/2019 11:29

Dd2 is very keen obsessed with going to a RG university. She wants to take English Lit, Classical Civilisation and Philosophy and Ethics A levels.

I understand that only English Lit is a 'facilitating' subject.

Will not having two facilitating subjects count against her? I suppose the only one she could do is History but she's not hugely keen on the periods studied at her school for History.

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SilentSister · 20/03/2019 11:41

My DD is doing similar and hopes to apply to Oxford ! She is doing Eng Lit, Class Civ, and History with a view to applying for Ancient and Modern history at Oxford, and then probably/possibly either/or at other uni's depending on the course content. She is mainly looking at RG's but not exclusively as she doesn't want to travel too far, so will have to be less picky.

Oh, and she is doing Biology as an AS as well. In our school they can choose an AS or an EPQ. Perhaps your DD could do something else in her first year to broaden her curriculum.