Which A level would you drop?

You will find "rah" students at all good universities. DD is at Newcastle, and there are plenty there. One of the halls of residence even has a reputation of attracting them. Don't let it put your daughter off. She will find her tribe.

Leeds is a great university. It's suddenly become very popular with the more party wing of UK private schools.

Engineering is steering her down the wrong path anyway IMO. Without maths (and in many cases also further maths) it’s pretty much a non starter.

Geography, biology and sociology as a combination equip her well for the wider geography type degrees including population or environmental science. Many of those offer a year abroad.

Even if she is disappointed with her chemistry grade and decides not to continue, the knowledge gained this year will help her with some aspects of biology and geography.

I'm a sixth form tutor. As many others have said, unless she is planning to take a degree that requires Chemistry, she should drop it. AAB is a much better prospect than ABC. Facilitating subjects don't really exist any more, but Geography and Biology are traditional and respected A Levels - the third choice can be essentially anything, and if she's getting an A in it, then Sociology is a very good choice. All three of those would work well for International Development.

Every single private school teen I know seems to be going to Leeds to do International Development 😂

There are plenty of joint honours courses too, so she could apply for IR and ? But choose modules in years 2/3 from the areas which start to interest her more.

Ok so she's got a rough idea of degree courses then - that's good. Dropping Chem would be sensible then.

Maybe she could also look at social policy or international relations degrees.

All jobs involve computers -- she can do this.
There will be specialist support software & training provided (criminology).

Drop chemistry -- it isn't clicking for her.

If not criminology...would she consider social work degree? It's not so different a skillset!

DD achieved an A at A level chemistry without doing A level maths.

Carrying on with Chemistry without maths will be soul destroying. Not only is it useful with Chemistry but many of the best unis place the maths result with higher emphasis - eg Oxford. That's not to say only Oxford counts but shows how important it is to Chemistry.

The other three are a really good mix and would allow her to consider both Social Science and Biology routes at uni.

There's a lot of interesting engineering stuff. Renewable energy is the up and coming sector and if you can get qualified in this area you'll never be out of work.

There is a female Civil Engineer called Amy Wright here is a bit about her copied off the Internet. She is on twitter and was very lovely when my son contacted her for his primary school project im sure she would respond if your daughter had any questions for her.

Amy is a Chartered Engineer and Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. She graduated in 2012 and has won a number of awards since then for her engineering skills, development work and commitment to promoting STEM subjects to students. Most recently she was named as one of The Telegraph and Women’s Engineering Society’s Top 50 Women in Engineering in 2017, was honoured as one of six women who have made an outstanding contribution to the Construction Industry by NCE Magazine and was a finalist in The Institution of Engineering and Technology Young Women Engineer of the Year Awards. On the Northern Spire Amy was responsible for managing the construction of sections of work including reinforced concrete structures, drainage, pavements, reinforced earth structures and piling. Amy is currently working in the Pre-Tender Department with Farrans Construction.

Should add that i considered criminology or forensics when i was her age before deciding to be a pharmacist

Pharmacy could be a good option for her. It involves a lot of good communication, empathy, organisation, opportunities to meet lots of different people. Options for working in community, GP, hospital, research settings. It's not sticking labels on boxes- i would say the people skills are the most important part to be honest.

It's a Masters degree, and I had the opportunity to go abroad for my Masters project if that's what she's keen on

You need Chemistry and another science

For degrees I am thinking in more general terms such as marketing, management, public relations. These would require good verbal and persuasive skills.
If medicine and health related ways forward aren't what she would like to do career wise then I would drop Chemistry, although it is possible to improve a grade or 2 in this subject from Y12 to Y13.
I would also try the sort of career questionnaire that looks at skills and interests as well as subjects.

I'd encourage her to keep sociology as it's her best grade, and critical thinking and essay skills are usually required/useful for any degree.

I'd also get to her to start looking through some university prospectuses (physical copies) cover to cover. She may well stumble across a course she's never heard of which interests her and that may help with decisions.