Is this a poor combination of A levels

Essay not easy 🙄

She's an A*/A student in English and easy subjects from OPs original post.
Another essay subject instead of film studies?
Just to keep options open?
Is she going to a college where she can start on 4 and then drop one in L6?

That sounds like an absolutely fine combination of A levels to me!

Not sure what people have against film studies. They sound like a complimentary selection which reflect her interests and ambitions.

Thank you for the clarification.

My DDs went to an independent school with drama scholars. It took drama very seriously and still does. Girls got excellent grades in drama because it was very well taught. It frequently isn’t well taught in schools because it’s not seen as a worthy subject. All DDs drama teachers had professional acting experience. They taught drama because they had moved on from their stage career. The Head of Drama possibly didn’t act professionally but the whole team were amazing. So the best jobs are in the independent schools I think. Facilities are better and dc don’t mess about so much. If you have schools that know the time of day re drama then why not ask them about subject combinations for drama/teaching degrees? I do know lots of DDs did English lit and Drama A level at DDs old school but they didn’t offer Film. So girls would have done a more diverse third A level. However girls went to Cambridge to do English with a Drama A level as well. It complements very well. I cannot see what’s wrong with film for her career choice.

TheSun After GCSE it is only their selected subjects. (So in England most children stop Maths after GCSE.)

(Scotland have a different system or 'Highers' that I don't know about.)

Can I piggyback and have a question on a tangent?

Are kids actually learning non selected subjects (in this case science, math,etc) between gcse and A levels? Or after Gcse it's only their selected subjects?

Drama is being forced out of lots of state schools as well.

Probably dying through lack of demand, because people get helpful advice about the Kimpton Fitzroy London Group not rating those sort of A levels...?

They are not abandoned! The word facilitating has been dropped but not the thinking behind having the right academic subjects for competitive courses. It’s incorrect to say that all subjects are equal. They are not. Look at what Cambridge university says about choosing A level subjects and you will see that some are better prep than others for academic courses. They do, in fact, list the “facilitating” subjects! So, no, they are not dropped and any person advising an academic young person should know this. As far as the OP’s DD is concerned, I think her choices are fine.

However op, I’m amazed you’ve started this thread. Your DH teaches in a drama school. Your other DD is studying in one. So you really do know all about studying drama. Your school options have dc that have followed this route. So cannot see that most people on here know more than you! So I’d just stay with her choices! As I said earlier, English Lit and Drama go together very well and Film is just fine for her ambitions which fit in with your family talents!

Oh, sorry she's got drama.

Facilitating subjects are only relevant if she is going to be applying to a RG university/ Oxbridge. Plus Eng Lit is facilitating. The comments about Film Studies are pure snobbery. If she likes it, she will do well in it. These subjects are fine for Drama teaching, although why not drama?

The grades she will get are more important than the subjects.

If she will get an A in film studies but a C in history for example, she should definitely take film studies.

If is worth saying that because a few students get into over subscribed courses with what appears to be a less academic set of A levels, you cannot say everyone will. There are always outliers.

Eng Lit and Drama always go well together. Film studies won’t matter for drama course at university. The top drama schools want you to audition. Drama at lots of universities isn’t hugely competitive. So I would consider how she will get performance experience and does the school have any experience in preparing DC for auditions? This is key if she wants a drama school.

Also don’t forget a lot of drama “teachers“ are actors. They just don’t get paid for acting any more. Drama is being forced out of lots of state schools as well.

You’re offering great advice and support and seem to know where her strengths lie. She needs to work to those strengths and those subject choices do exactly that. I wouldn’t be concerned about a lack of passion as there’s very few 15 year old who are passionate about a subject. An interest/strength is enough. Good luck to her!!

She's a 'B' grade GCSE student though, who gets anxious about her academic ability. Why would you think she'd be aiming for high offer competitive courses? OP those subjects are fine. If she was aiming for English at Bristol then they wouldn't be, but I'd guess she'll be aiming for somewhere less competitive that asks for B or C grade A levels.

There’s so much misinformation here. A friend went to Bristol to read English with A levels in English, Drama and Art, for one. Of course subjects like that are fine. And my DC, a B grade GSCE student, is at a top RG university with the A levels I mentioned - Media Studies, Photography and Sociology. Got two As and a B at A level.
Don’t believe the hype that private schools/ grammar schools tell you about how hard it is to get in anywhere good.

The subjects are fine. There are no such things as facilitating subjects any more. Universities will say if they have preferred subjects.
If it helps, one of mine did Photography, Media Studies and Sociology at A level and is now at an RG university.

I did similar- English lit, Drama and Media Studies. No problems with Uni places and am a very successful English and Drama teacher. With A levels you need to do subjects you enjoy.

I did film studies 100 years ago. Back then it was a critical thinking course, similar to English lit.

she doesn't have a real passion for anything but she does enjoy literature and drama.

There would seem to be the answer, then.

And as for the three subjects being 'samey', more so than Maths, FM and Physics as a combination...? Really?