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dd has finally chosen Alevels she wants to do ...

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brimfull · 14/01/2008 22:24

maths
physics
french
music

she was toying with economics instead of music but loves music .
As yet she is unsure what she would like to study at university ,do these leave her options open enough?

I am sure someone will come along and say music is a waste fo time

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MicrowaveOnly · 15/01/2008 10:24

Did you know there is an acoustic engineering degree option at southampton where you study music and engineering together? A good solid degree, which can't be easy.

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brimfull · 15/01/2008 10:24

has decided against doing medicine

is really undecided about what to do at university

ultimately would like to get on a graduate management course with a large cosmetics firm,but adamant she doesn't want to do chemistry.

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HolidaysQueen · 15/01/2008 10:18

I think that's a great choice - really solid academic subjects are what most good universities like to see. I think economics courses (if she ended up wanting to do that) are more interested in maths than economics A level I think anyway, or at least treat them equally so I don't think she misses out there.

The only thing I would say is that if she wanted to do medicine or some other science courses then they might prefer her to have chemistry as well as maths and physics, but I imagine that could be outweighed by the fact that she has done two other academic A levels. May just be worth looking into a little.

Good luck to her - I think they're tough choices (no soft options there!) but will stand her in good stead with university applications.

oranges · 15/01/2008 10:18

economics is one of those subjects best studied at university i think. music is a fab choice, and combined with the others makes her look scarily intellectual.

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FarcicalAlienQueen · 15/01/2008 10:12

exbatt - that theory never worked for me - I'm HOPELESS at maths LOL

exbatt · 15/01/2008 10:11

maths and music is a great mix and fairly common - apparently the same parts of the brain are involved in maths and music. The maths will allow her to study economics later if she wants.

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brimfull · 15/01/2008 08:49

thanks that's really reassuring

music teacher nearly slapped me when I asked her views about music being a soft a level

I think dd will be very challenged by it but would enjoy it more than economics.

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ScienceTeacher · 15/01/2008 06:49

It looks like a great mix.

There aren't really any easy A-levels. They've all got their highs and lows. I'm assuming that music also means that she will do a lot of extra-curricular work, which will be very impressive on any UCAS form.

FarcicalAlienQueen · 15/01/2008 00:24

I agree about music being challenging - I found it by far the hardest of all the subjects I did - yet it "should" have been the easiest....makes me a little cross when it's labelled as an "easy" option.

WendyWeber · 15/01/2008 00:22

I would imagine having music A level would be a recommendation for almost any uni course - it's a very challenging subject. And as far as economics goes, having maths must more than make up for dropping it in favour of music.

FilthyAlienQueen · 15/01/2008 00:20

I wouldn't say that music is a waste of time - had a friend at school (music school as it happens (who did a-level music) and she went and studied bio-chemistry at University.

Ubergeekian · 15/01/2008 00:18

Excellent mix, I think, leaving a huge range of further study possibilities while keeping credibility for good universities.