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!

[SarahAndQuack]

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?

[Extracurricularfatigue]

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.

[Extracurricularfatigue]

www.amazon.co.uk/Katherine-Swynford-Jeannette-Lucraft/dp/0752455974/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=katherine%20swynford&qid=1593426089&sr=8-3&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

[mushroom3]

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.

[mushroom3]

sorry" in" rather than "of her"!

[sillysauages]

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

[Fifthtimelucky]

How lovely. Which one did she pick?

[sillysauages]

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