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

especially the English Lit.

Ditto here. DD2 did biomed for which chemistry was actually more important than biology (though she did both + psychology for A level).

She did do Further Maths and Statistics GCSEs, which proved useful on her Masters as epidemiology is quite statistical, but as @RampantIvy says, no maths after Y11.

Sounds like a good mix to me. It's far better to do subjects you enjoy, as this will lead to better grades.

Politics can be a bit soft. A good history syllabus has a lot of political content and is probably better respected.

I'd agree that these days, she would keep more options open keeping a stem subject, preferably maths, physics or chemistry.

My daughter had the same A level choices and studied environment health, now doing a doctorate in a public health related subject. There's lots of potential with these subjects.

It's far better to do subjects you enjoy, as this will lead to better grades.

This is not true. If you do art a-level, unless you are exceptionally talented at art, regardless of your enjoyment of it its not likely to improve your employment prospects or earning potential.

Utter nonsense 😂

English Lit, Politics and Geography is a very good combination: academically well respected and broad enough to open a range of pathways. No university will consider Politics as a soft subject: it's a conceptually challenging (in a good way) A Level and will really help her with her awareness of the world and her critical thinking. We regularly have students get into top universities, including Oxbridge, with Politics. She enjoys them and is taking ownership of her choices, rather than feeling pressure to take particular ones. As a HOS, I see that as a positive.

It's completely normal for them not to have a plan, so encourage her to spend time in sixth form taking on opportunities which nurture her enthusiasm and, as hard as it is, please don't let her know you're worried she has "no plan" as of yet. Chances are she will be fine!

YABU.

That’s a good mix for a BA in any of those subjects, or in a Liberal Arts programme or even a JointHons with a language (ab initio).

It is not advisable that she "keeps her options open" with a STEM subject. If STEM doesn't play to her strengths then it won't open many doors at all.

DD had some tutoring for some statistics software for her dissertation @thing47, but she said it was easy to pick up. She ended up helping a friend with statistics for her (successful) masters because no-one had shown the friend how to do it.

But if you then go to university (which OP says her DD is keen to do) and get a good degree very few employers will care what A levels you did. And even less so if you go onto a Masters.

It would be stretching the truth to say DD enjoyed statistics, or indeed epidemiology for that matter, @RampantIvy. I think she'd describe it as 'a necessary evil'!