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Choosing a 4th AS level

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sopleased · 16/07/2014 16:12

Need some advice if anyone around.

DD is going to do French, German and maths A levels.
She hopes to study French and Linguistics at Oxford.
She had planned to do physics AS level too, but having had a taster day at college, is doubting that this will be a good choice.
At the moment she is considering:
Law
Philosophy
History
Computer science.

We know philosophy is a soft subject, but it is the one that appeals most because it looks interesting and enjoyable.
Will Oxford take a dim view of this as a choice?
What would be the best choice?

Many thanks in advance.

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Stingingthistle · 24/07/2015 18:03

OP glad it has worked out so well for your DD and that she's enjoying Philosophy so much.

Red, I know you love to state your opinion as if it's fact but that's not really true about A level Law. This is harking back over 10 years but I did it at A level along with 4 other subjects which I imagine would be more to your liking, got As in all of them, a First at university, various academic prizes and went on to become a lawyer in the City. A number of others in my A level law class also followed similar paths. Those taking law were not noticeably stupider than those taking for example English or Politics.

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