What are you planning to take or what did you guys take for your A Levels? What did you enjoy, what didn't you...?

I've got 3 subjects in mind but still haven't decieded on the 4th one!

Kinda need answers quick.. Meant to give in my applications .. Like now

I've just started mine!

I picked;

Maths - Incredibly hard, like, stupidly tough.
Physics - Alright for now, it's going to get harder later on though.
Graphic Products - Love it, can't fault it at all!
Business - Love this too, not sure why, I just find it really interesting, and I'm good at it, haha.


A good thing to do is to look at what career you want, then look at what subjects you need for an entry into the career!

I did
computing
french
biology
and AS level geography.

just go with what feels right - end of the day doing them seems to matter more than the subjects

Maths and Physics degree will get you higher.

What job you want to do.

Check the qualification of the job and pick the subjects.

The system in Scotland is different, we do standard grades followed by highers. Highers were a one year course (but they are changing to a two year course) and you did them in 5th and 6th year at school and were able to choose up to 5 courses per year.

In my fifth year, I got 4 highers which was enough to get me into uni to do the course I wanted after I studied Modern Studies (Politics), English, Information Systems and Administration. That year I also studies Maths at the level below higher.

In my 6th year, I knew I was already guaranteed a place at uni so I took two subjects I wanted to pass (History and German) and I also took physics, maths and business management. I passed Business, but failed maths marginally. In my physics exam (I only took the class as a couple of my mates were in it), my school had a policy where you couldn't leave early and if you missed one exam, barring any exceptional circumstances, they withdrew you from all remaining exams. So for my physics exam, I spent two hours doodling on the answer sheet as it was the first exam I had to sit :p

Basically, think about what you want to do in the future. I knew I wanted to do History and Politics at uni, hence why I took those subjects. I took English to help with essay writing and German as I really liked German history and knowing the language makes reading up on it easier.

I took IT and business management as they are just good skills to have. Administration was just a mess around for me, I mainly took it because the teacher was hot

At AS I did:
Maths + Mechanics
Physics
Product Design
Music

Im doing A2 now (seccond year)
Maths + Mechanics 2
Physics
Product Design.

I just picked what i was good at and enjoyed in gcse.
Maths and Physics are hard though.

I did Maths, Physics, Chemistry and ICT.

I was good at Maths, Physics and Chemistry in GCSEs... Our retarded school didn't organise a normal ICT GCSE class until the year ours so I took it at A-level.