A level choice advice

[ProfessorLayton1]

Dd 2 is choosing A level subjects and she does not know what she wants to do.
She is thinking of doing law or history in university.
She is one of the youngest in her class and I think it is so much of pressure to decide regarding these things so young. These are the combinations she is considering.

History, Politics, Maths and biology
Or
History, English, Maths and Economics

Do you need two essay subjects to do law? As far as I have seen in the university admission requirements this is not the case but that doesn't mean that she won't be disadvantaged if she takes only one easy subject.

I just noticed your OP says DD is also thinking of perhaps history and we (very MN!) have all focused on the Law pathway.

I'd say for a history degree, the economics and politics are more directly helpful. The maths becomes just an A Level (not necessarily an issue). You definitely don't need A level maths for A level economics - but she should keep it in in case she actually decides se wants to do economics in her degree,

DS started a degree which included economics and did extra maths lessons to catchup.

A history degree really is all about excellent reading , research and writing skills. The second combo you list is far more helpful prep for that. Politics A level is more regurgitative and less 'applied' than history/ English and , ime, economics. My DS1 found A level politics disappointingly dry. It's a lot about systems.

FWIW my DS2 does history and did history , economics and sociology A level. The sociology has been the most directly useful of all three, bizarrely!

Thought will come and update the thread, she has submitted her A level choices this weekend. She has chosen to do History, English, Maths and Biology. She seems happy with this combination. She looked through politics A level specification and decided against it.
She enjoys and is good in English as well.
Her English teacher is wonderful and he will be teaching her in A levels too. So the decision was easy once she decided against Politics.
There is always an option of dropping Biology or Maths in A level.