AIBU to ask for guidance around DC and A levels with university in mind - I'm clueless

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I didn't go to university traditionally, I ended up doing it as a mature student and his dad didn't go. I am helping Year 11 DC think about A level choices but with university in mind. Can anyone input?

So, in short: DC is bright and could do well across all subjects, but when it comes to choosing A levels they really can't decide. There are definite Nos - and these are a lot of the traditional subjects. I really want him to keep his options open and go to a good uni, if that can happen. Obviously if it doesn't, that's fine too. But I read that the Russell Group universities tend to favour facilitating vs non facilitating - I grabbed this (there are a few missing but you get the giste). Is this right? Should I be guiding him towards at least two of the facilitating subjects? What matters at A level? What you love to do or what (with one eye on the future) keeps things broad?

Any advice would be really welcome.

There’s no ‘facilitating subjects’ anymore.
Many of the less competitive universities do employability really well. They often DO have links with employers, real projects, and work experience built in or offered as a year in industry.

Of my peers at A Level, the most successful of my friends did drama - and she's doing very well indeed now.

She doesn't have a career that's related to drama directly as such, but she does have to do plenty of presentations. I have no doubt that her training in drama has stood her in good stead, she absolutely knows how to command a room.

They require what I’d call soft numeracy skills - interpretation of stats and other data sets, the ability to create a graph, etc.

What does he love doing? What are his favourite subjects? What extracurricular interests does he have?