Is music A level considered a serious A level for non-music degrees?

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DS is choosing A levels. Music and computing are his passions but music isn't likely to be his career choice as in he doesn't want to do a music degree.

He definitely wants to do maths and computer science A levels and is predicted a 9 and 8 at GCSE respectively. He wants to do music A level but would also consider economics. He is predicted 8/9 for music and is currently grade 7 in 2 instruments.

He's likely to choose a computer science degree and will want to consider Warwick and Bristol in his university choices, although probably not Oxford or Cambridge.

He has an offer for maths, computer science and either economics or music A levels at his current grammar school.

He also has an offer of a 50% music scholarship at a private school BUT he would have to study A level music.

He loves the private school as do we. We can afford the 50% fees.

So my question is - are very good universities going to look favourably on music as an A level or will he be better served by doing economics or a science?

Absolutely! It is definitely not an easy option!
In a similar way, my son did A level drama, got an A. He got iffers from 5 Russell group unis

General studies and critical thinking are not usually accepted as A level subjects so avoid these. Computer science was not my area but I just looked at a RG University I used to work in as now retired and A level maths is the only specified requirement for computer science.

DD did music A level. She ended up applying for Sustainable Development/Geography degree courses and had an offer from all five universities (four Russell Group and St Andrews which was her gamble).

As its his passion and he's good at it I would definitely let him study it at A level. He may change his mind over what he wants to do or find a future he'd never considered before.

Yes, it is considered as being very academic

Thank you. It sounds like we can safely proceed with the scholarship offer.

Speak to a couple of universities he's interested in and find out whether Music would be OK for entry into a technical subject.

I'm senior in IT, and Music A Level wouldn't put me off a candidate if it was alongside good A level grades in Maths and Computer Science and a good Uni degree (eg from Warwick or Bristol) in a technical subject.

Degree subject (as well as Uni) is important for your first job. Any technical degree would be fine to go into IT, but a music degree at Uni would be trickier (although not impossible, especially if he's continued coding).

Once he had a couple of years relevant experience, it would be absolutely no problem, and would actually make his CV stand out more.