Need to know information for choosing A levels part 1
At my school we have a thing called a careers interviews which is where you talk to a lady about all the different options that you have post 16. I found this to be very interesting and helpful as it made some things a lot clearer. I thought I'd share some information about it in order to help any of you guys out there.
1. Most Universities want you have a facilitating subject.
I'm sure most of you have heard this word being thrown around and this has got you into a panic because you think that you will have to take classes that you don't enjoy. Well this is completely not the case. The list of facilitating subjects are as follows:
English literature
History
Modern Languages – e.g. French, German, Spanish etc…
Classical languages – e.g. Latin, Ancient Greek
Maths & Further Maths
Physics
Biology
Geography
Chemistry
Russell group universities suggest that you take at least one if not more of these subjects because if you don't then there will be less courses available to you. However you don't have to go and panic because you want to do ICT, Economics, Music and Graphics for example as if you know what course you want to do already then you can see what the a level requirements are for this subject. I personally would suggest doing half facilitating and half non facilitating because you have a mix of the subjects they would prefer and the subjects that you are really passionate about. For example the A levels I want to take (which is not 100% certain yet) are English Literature, History, Business studies and Psychology. It would greatly benefit you to have a combination if you are not strong enough in some subjects to do three or four facilitating subjects. Also for those of you who aren't academic don't worry about not doing facilitating subjects, as it doesn't mean that no University will except you or that you have to do something you don't enjoy just in order to have a facilitating subject. I would say just check if the a levels you are thinking of will allow you to study the degree you want
2. Start thinking about your future job.
I know it seems a long time away because we've got so many years of studying left but this is really
important when thinking about your A level choices. Choosing the wrong A level now, may mean that later on you can't do the job that you want to do. Even if you don't have a clear idea you should start
researching careers you might be interested in and what types of skills you would need to do it.
If you have no clue where to start pick the subjects you are most interested in and search for jobs related
to it.
This is so important because it can be hard to pick the right A levels if you don't know what they can
lead to but if you have no clue whatsoever then I suggest picking facilitating subjects or broad subjects
that can be applied to many different degrees.
That's all for today I'll be back tomorrow with the second and last part of this, I hope that this
information is helpful for you and that it helps you to make a good decision.
Till Tomorrow X.
.
Go to this website for help choosing the a levels for the degree you have in mind.
www.russellgroup.org/informedchoices-latest.pdf
1. Most Universities want you have a facilitating subject.
I'm sure most of you have heard this word being thrown around and this has got you into a panic because you think that you will have to take classes that you don't enjoy. Well this is completely not the case. The list of facilitating subjects are as follows:
English literature
History
Modern Languages – e.g. French, German, Spanish etc…
Classical languages – e.g. Latin, Ancient Greek
Maths & Further Maths
Physics
Biology
Geography
Chemistry
Russell group universities suggest that you take at least one if not more of these subjects because if you don't then there will be less courses available to you. However you don't have to go and panic because you want to do ICT, Economics, Music and Graphics for example as if you know what course you want to do already then you can see what the a level requirements are for this subject. I personally would suggest doing half facilitating and half non facilitating because you have a mix of the subjects they would prefer and the subjects that you are really passionate about. For example the A levels I want to take (which is not 100% certain yet) are English Literature, History, Business studies and Psychology. It would greatly benefit you to have a combination if you are not strong enough in some subjects to do three or four facilitating subjects. Also for those of you who aren't academic don't worry about not doing facilitating subjects, as it doesn't mean that no University will except you or that you have to do something you don't enjoy just in order to have a facilitating subject. I would say just check if the a levels you are thinking of will allow you to study the degree you want
2. Start thinking about your future job.
I know it seems a long time away because we've got so many years of studying left but this is really
important when thinking about your A level choices. Choosing the wrong A level now, may mean that later on you can't do the job that you want to do. Even if you don't have a clear idea you should start
researching careers you might be interested in and what types of skills you would need to do it.
If you have no clue where to start pick the subjects you are most interested in and search for jobs related
to it.
This is so important because it can be hard to pick the right A levels if you don't know what they can
lead to but if you have no clue whatsoever then I suggest picking facilitating subjects or broad subjects
that can be applied to many different degrees.
That's all for today I'll be back tomorrow with the second and last part of this, I hope that this
information is helpful for you and that it helps you to make a good decision.
Till Tomorrow X.
.
Go to this website for help choosing the a levels for the degree you have in mind.
www.russellgroup.org/informedchoices-latest.pdf
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