Does dd need to drop a subject (a level)?

[elizabettty]

Dd is in year 12 and currently doing biology, physics, maths and history and is really enjoying all 4. She seems to be coping with the work so far and while others who were doing 4 in her year group have been asked to drop one, the year leader has not asked her to do the same. Does she need to drop a subject or does her coping with the workload now and doing well in the subjects indicate that she is okay to carry on all 4?

@elizabettty
Are you sure?
It's remarkably similar to this:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/secondary/3708490-Doing-4-a-levels

katelilly yes I am sure- I don’t think this situation is too rare so not surprising that there is more than one thread on it. I did see that thread before posting but lots of the advice on it was geared towards studying medicine which isn’t something dd is interested in or can do due to her a level subjects.

Only hindsight can decide this one: dropping 1 A level might give her more time to ensure she gets perfect grades in 3 a levels, or she has a wobble in 1 subject despite revising well and her 4th a level turns out to be her insurance grade. Radley Colle therefore makes almost all of its pupils take 4 a levels, 1 as an insurance if something goes wrong in an exam. It's what happened to me - I did totally screw up 1 paper in my strongest subjected, ended up with a low B, but as I did IB it only counted 1/7th, so scraped through to uni on a limb. If I had only chosen my strongest 3 subjects and done A levels I would have missed out on all of my offers.