My DD picked up her exam results yesterday and has the grades to do the subjects she wanted, but sixth form have said there’s a timetable clash so she can’t do all 4 of her choices. She had asked to do Chemistry, Physics, Maths and Further Maths, but Chemistry and Further Maths clash so it’s either or. She loves Chemistry so that’s not optional, but we’re worried it may go against her if she’s only doing 3 A Levels when a lot of her peers are choosing 4 and also if she applies for Engineering degrees or sciences, whether uni’s will look unfavourably on her not doing FM (despite the school blocking this, not her).
We’ve called the local college to see if she could do FM at night school but they won’t allow her to do one A Level there - it’s all or nothing.
Can anyone with any experience in Engineering/Science degrees give any advice on what you would recommend? She is pretty academic and will be looking to study at a good uni, so we’d hate it to against her for only doing 3 subjects. Science and Maths are what she loves but would you recommend picking a random 4th subject? She has the grades to choose anything she studied at GCSE, but we’d need to be quick before all places are filled (if not already).
Any help would be hugely appreciated!