A levels - for CS degree / tech career

Some unis don't consider maths and FM as 2 separate A levels if he is only sitting 3 A levels, usually FM is a 4th A level.

Really tho? I mean is that actually true?

TBH if someone is planning a maths or maths orientated degree, FM is a really good idea so I feel unis would look kindly on it.

Warwick uni, for example, requires for a maths degree, A A A including maths and FM. So it sounds as tho they count it as two!

Agree with Teen 4 A levels plus an EPQ is a lot to take on for year 12.

4 A levels and an EPQ is quite a lot...

For Compsci at uni you need maths and further maths A levels, they do not care if you take computer science at A level . There is a content cross over with maths/FM and physics so it can be beneficial to do that.

Some unis don't consider maths and FM as 2 separate A levels if he is only sitting 3 A levels, usually FM is a 4th A level.

Ds is doing maths, FM, physics and computer science. He already has conditional offers from RG universities based on maths/FM only. Unis can't specify FM as not all sixth forms offer it but it does put a candidate at a disadvantage over others who have taken it.

But these days for computer science related jobs they do prefer you to have a degree in it as it teaches you all the basics meaning you understand when you insert/change code etc what effect it could have on other stuff. I don't understand this myself but Dh is in IT and Ds1 is heading in the same direction.

If your son takes maths, FM, physics and economics this would leave his options wide open.

My niece is doing Maths, Further Maths, Physics abc Computer Science as she wants to go into a tech degree.

Economics at A level isn’t even necessary to take a Economics degree, the top universities want maths/further maths to study economics at uni level.

'Highly valued' is a bit subjective though, isn't it?
(Have you read the architecture v engineering thread?)

Maybe not have been very helpful.
I did a whole career with software without having done a degree in it (I did maths).

My DB has at times in his career done a lot of software without having done a degree in it. His whole theoretical physics PhD was quite s/w based.

With a computing degree you probably have more immediate access to a wider range of computing related careers.
With an economics degree you could presumably easily go down technical financial software
With a physics degree you could do lots of technical physics based stuff (mobile phone technology springs to mind)
With a maths degree you are qualified for nothing and yet everything (it is surprising where us mathematicians end up)

Without Physics A level you can't do a physics degree I'd guess.
Otherwise either seems super to me (but no up to date knowledge).

Surely it depends on what she is most interested in?
(On the grounds that whichever is more interesting is more likely to lead to a career she finds interesting?)

Can you still do CS at university without it at A level? If so then I guess Physics would theoretically keep more doors open, but I still reckon whichever she is more interested in is preferable.