History/History & Politics degree - wrong A levels admission advice please

[sillysauages]

Hi, looking for some advice on admissions.

DD is planning to apply for university as a mature student in 2021 for History or History & Politics. She is mature (25) as since finishing school she has been experiencing mental health problems which she now has under control and is keen to move on.

She has good A levels (A's) and GCSEs (A*'s and A's), unfortunately her A level subjects are Biology, Chemistry and Maths.

Over the last year she has done two evening classes in psychology and history, each a single module in a Certificate of Higher Education, to get a taste of the subjects. Having only done one module, she obviously doesn't have an actual qualification.

So the questions are

Does she have a chance with her existing A levels?
Should she do an access course 2020 to 2021?
Should she do a history A level?
Or is there anything else she could do?

Thank you helpful mumsnetters!

Oh, wow! That's pretty cool. I love that book - I remember when Alison Weir's biography of her came out in 2007, and I was outraged to see her implying she'd made all these new discoveries which were actually perfectly evident in Seton's fiction. So presumably that's thanks to this person?

Ah, see I found that book incredibly annoying because she seemed to fit history around what I’ve always assumed to be Seton’s creativity. I seem to remember her own introduction admits that she’s made some leaps between source material and content! I don’t massively rate Alison Weir though. Around the same time another book on Catherine came out which was part of a PhD on representation of women at the medieval court which was far better at recognising the limitations of actual knowledge on her; I’d recommend it. I assume the bit that Seton got advice on from this person (who was also her cousin) was fairly limited.

www.amazon.co.uk/Katherine-Swynford-Jeannette-Lucraft/dp/0752455974/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=katherine+swynford&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&qid=1593426089&sr=8-3

Did your daughter do an EPQ? That would show essay writing skills. They may be interested in her GCSE grades of her humanities and English.

sorry" in" rather than "of her"!

Hi,
Just to update. DD emailed a few universities admissions. Received may positive responses including offers from Dundee, Newcastle and Liverpool. As a result she changed her mind decided to go this year . Thank you for all the good advice

How lovely. Which one did she pick?

Thanks, she picked Newcastle so fingers crossed it will go ok.