Dd wants to do a levels in geography, politics, English lit

[Worriedagainmum]

She has no real idea what she wants to do with these land it worries me she has no plan

That's not a bad mix. Lots of careers she could go into with that.

Law, journalism, politics, writer to name a few.

Don't worry

To be honest I wish I had done the subjects I enjoyed and was passionate about , instead of what my parents thought would get me a good job, I’m sure I’d be in a much better position now. My grades would certainly have been better.

Surely better that she studies subjects that she enjoys and in which will achieve strong grades, than that she tries and fails at subjects you think are more vocational?

She doesn't need a plan necessarily. That's a good mix of humanities. Does she want to go on to university? She should check some places she's interested in in case they consider politicis a "soft" subject but other than that looks like a solid set of choices.

Decent A levels

Yes she badly wants to go to uni

but doesn’t know what uni course she wants to do

Presumably she’s about 16 now? Unless she had a burning desire for a vocation like medicine, nursing or even law I’d say she’s absolutely normal. It’s a great set of subjects albeit quite essay heavy but will allow her to keep her options wide open to many paths in the future.

Gives her plenty of options for Uni or something more vocational.
Shes probably 15/16 why should she have a plan?

All very interesting.
But if she does humanities at uni it is a total waste of time - not respected by employers and are soft

Sounds brilliant to me. An arts subject, a science, a social science. Why worry?

www.informedchoices.ac.uk/subjects You might find this helpful.

Not at all true Barnes. It will get you onto all the main graduate schemes. Friend of mine did NHS/ IBM etc

This is nonsense.

She's still young. My DD knew what she wanted to do for years, even got a scholarship in her chosen subject, then decided during A levels she wanted to study something else. Only one of her A levels related to her final chosen courses, but she still received five offers from unis.

Main thing is that she's happy with what she's doing, the rest will follow.

What a levels did you do then ?

I work for one of the Big 4 and we certainly recruit humanities graduates. University and degree class are as important as subject, if not more so.

That is a pretty mainstream A level set of choices that go well together. I don't see the problem at all!

thats an interesting mix i think....to help look forward what sort of geography does she like?? if its human geography then International relations/politics/ International development/ American studies/ liberal arts, maybe degrees to explore... if its the physical geography then lots of environmental studies or planning or geography/geographical stuff...

lots of options with those....

Unless she wants to study a STEM subject at university those seem a good mix. For arts subjects universities are generally more interested in grades than subjects. If she picks subjects she enjoys then she is kire
likely to do well in them

Bollocks

I did A levels I enjoyed and I had no plan - that's what my parents encouraged me to do. I did chemistry, geography and history, with an AS on biology. I'd intended to do the full biology A level and only history AS, but horrendous biology teaching meant I couldn't bring myself to carry on. Ended up doing geography at university (after deciding against chemistry and marine biology) which is a great all-rounder degree.

The reason a degree is useful is because of the transferable skills, and you're showing employers you have the ability to write, construct arguments, and stick at something. Your daughter will find her path if she does the thing she enjoys.

Sounds a good selection. Best to do what interested in. Politics isn’t a ‘soft’ one in vein of media studies it’s well regarded.
Mine is yr 12 enjoying Politics. She also does History and Religious Studies aiming for Law at Uni.

Yes these are the subjects she enjoys

@Worriedagainmum maths, chemistry and biology. I found them very difficult, didn’t enjoy them and didn’t do well at all. Have done an a level in English since and got an A. My parents didn’t have much experience of higher education themselves and just made me do what my aunts and uncles had done.

I think that's a decent mix. DD wants to do Chemistry, Physics and Maths at A-level (she's just turned 16.) I'm a bit concerned she's making life needlessly difficult and cutting down her options.