A-level choices

[scarletthw]

Hello all,

Anyone whose DC’s have chosen a-levels, help! DD has to choose soon and has no idea! She is considering
• English literature
•French
•Spanish
•Latin
•Classic civilisation
• Government and politics
• Religious studies

If anyone has any experience with these, please let me know!!

They don’t ask for extra curricular above the right subjects for the degree. You won’t get into a History degree at a decent university without History A level. One of the reasons a couple of Facilitating subjects are valued is that they keep doors open. History is useful for all sorts of degrees for example. The same applies to Maths and other subjects on the list. Others give more of
a steer: eg Politics, Psychology, History of Art and are useful if studying those at university or indeed because you enjoy them.

History of Art considers the art produced by others and neither art or history are a pre requisite. It’s an essay subject and isn’t offered by many schools. It sits well with a MFL at university because you can study abroad for Y3 of the degree, which is valuable and gives more skills than just history of art.

Only take Drama if the teaching is wow. Also you need other good students to work with. Look at the results achieved. It does go well with English though.

I think her original work objectives are closer to hobbies and shouldn’t really drive her degree. You really can write without an English degree!! Journalists and authors have degrees in a huge variety of subjects. I would go forward with her academic strengths and ditto with a degree. You can very much narrow the choice of degree and quality of university by odd A level choices but her choices seem solid.