choosing a-level help

[Sharon]

hi

ok so i am extremely confused as i am soon to be going to college and where as i have a vague idea of what i wanna do i am so confused about what a levels to take so if someone can answer some/one/all of the following questions i will love you and express it through the use of reputation.

• what is the difference between eng literature and language and a-level?
• should you take law at a-level if you wanna do law at university?
• what is ICT like at a-level in comparison to gcse ICT? would you recommend it?
• is english literature going to be seen as a better a-level to do than english language if i want to do law at uni?
• what is gov and politics like at a-level?
• what is psychology like at a-level?
• what is english language like at a-leve?l
• what is english literature like at a-level?
• what is sociology like at a-level?

legit have no one to ask so i am turning to my beloved forum. if you can answer anything on there just know i actually do really appreciate and will use your answers to try n make the best choices lol. any general advice about colleges/a-levels in general i will be extremely grateful for

THIS IS A TL;DR SECTION SO ONLY READ IF YOU ARE BORED ENOUGH my current selection for most colleges i applied for is: eng lit, sociology, law and gov and politics but i think government and politics was prob and impulse choice and now i have thought it through i know nothing bout poltics lol... it's prob gonna be changed to ict as i enjoy it and i'm good at it - which is why i am asking bout it. english lit also no longer appeals to me as where as i am good at it - i find it extremely boring at gcse anyway so i prob wanna back out and change that to english language but since i want to do law at uni it might be kept??? any advice on this is cool too please

[Kardan]

Law at A-Level is considered a soft A-Level, and some (not ALL) Unis choose not to count the UCAS points you get from it. As far as I know there's only 1 University in the UK that actually states they DISLIKE you taking A-Level Law for a Law Uni course. But most (if not all?) Unis don't require you to take A-Level Law to take Law at Uni.

I haven't done any of the A-Levels listed, so can't help you anymore

[Matthew]

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okay so i'll try to help as much as i can

Though I don't to eng lang/lit at A-level, I did both at GCSE. Language is about how the English language works, whereas Lit is about studying books and poems etc. I believe Lit is seen as the better A Level and is probably more interesting too

I wouldn't take law, as @Kardan; said, I think its seen as a pretty soft subject and doesn't really help for doing Law at Uni at all. I think the top unis look down on it.

For law at uni something like History would be fantastic, really well respected A level. I'd do one of History and Politics and then do Eng Lit, but Lang would do.

I overheard my schools uni advisor guy talking and he recommended doing a language like French as well but I'm not sure!

[FlyingJesus]

what is the difference between eng literature and language and a-level?

Literature is the analysis of written texts and their importance in the world, language is essentially two years of DIS R A NOUN and is a doss that no-one takes seriously. If you're into etymology you cover that sort of thing a lot in lit anyway

should you take law at a-level if you wanna do law at university?

No you should do it if it interests you as with all subjects. Not aware of any unis that require it but if that's what you like then why not

what is ICT like at a-level in comparison to gcse ICT? would you recommend it?

Just as much a doss and just as unimportant to every single employer ever since a month or so of self tutoring in computing will get you farther

is english literature going to be seen as a better a-level to do than english language if i want to do law at uni?

Almost certainly also you'll get more out of it as a person

what is gov and politics like at a-level?

Depends on the college obv but generally it's a pretty interesting current affairs type course with a decent amount of history so you can understand the context of things

what is psychology like at a-level?

A waste of time and resources where you learn about people who were wrong about everything but pretended they could write total and absolute laws on peoples' personalities

what is english language like at a-level?

Like those special classes where people go when they get relegated from bottom set and just do cutting and sticking

what is english literature like at a-level?

Depends on the texts you get to study but it does give you some very useful skills

what is sociology like at a-level?

Basically psychology but even more of a doss with even less useful stuff learned

[myles]

hi i heard that some people do english literature and then do a law conversion at uni so maybe you could pick something more useful other than law at a level just a random thought xxx

[Sharon]

looking like a level law isn't the route to go down

[MKR&*42]

Sociology is v v v easy to doss and get a good grade in because its all very easy and as Tom has basically said a lot of it is really quite poor stuff LIKE half of the sociologists dont have a goddamn clue what they're talking about (this is at college level i imagine it's probably better at degree level) i had awful attendance in it and still got an a in the first year cuz it is SOOOOO EASY but very dull sometimes like research methods just killed me.

ICT is a doss yes its pretty pointless, computing is more difficult

English Literature is seen upon in a much much better light than English Language and is a very facilitating subject for uni

dunno much about rest minus the law thing thats been covered

[Yawn]

should you take law at a-level if you wanna do law at university?

ive heard no

what is sociology like at a-level?

easy

[Demi]

I can only give advice on the following:

• what is ICT like at a-level in comparison to gcse ICT? would you recommend it?

It is more coursework related and if you didn't enjoy the coursework at GCSE ICT then you probably will struggle.
Dependent on what exam board it is, OCR is probably the best (in my opinion) and they do give you freedom to roam and as it is coursework you a pretty much guaranteed to walk away with an A Level.

[Glen Coco]

english lit is awful. It's boring and dull and very difficult. You have to 'learn your own style of writing' yet also write how the examiners want you to write.. if you get me? it's horrid.
Sociology is easy, like everyone else has said. Second year's a bit harder but not because of the content just how much content there is! a bit confusing as to neo-marxists thoughts and marxists and then functionalists and so on. there's loads of theories and theorists and termonology. alos, you need to know how to write the essays. Apart from that nothing's hard to grasp.

Really wish I'd had the chance to do law or english language tbh they both seem really interesting