Choosing A-levels, deciding career path?

I have just started year 12 and although I knew what I wanted to do, it still takes some thinking for what subjects you want to do. I took subjects I thought would give me the best chance, not particularly what I enjoyed most. They're OK at the minute, but they are going to get very demanding through the year, and especially through year 13..

Search for university listings on google, the times website gives you a ranked list of the best overall universities. You should look at the top ones, not necceserily Oxford or anything but Bristol, Nottingham, Warwick, and possibly those further down the line. Look at different courses and see what they require, afterall these universities will be looking for the best grades. These are something to aspire to, but if you don't meet these grades you know you can still get into an average university to do the course.

Any possible degrees you think you might consider, might give you required subjects or preferred subjects. You should think what kind of degree or job you can see yourself doing, and proritise this one. You will most likely change your mind so don't worry about it.

Take subjects you find easiest, but try to have some in there that are challenging, like biology or chemistry. If you don't get say an A in chemistry at gcse then i'd steer away from this subject, but biology might be ok. The subjects you have in mind are all academic, respected subjects and you haven't included any 'soft' subjects, meaning your university application will be stronger.

I would take one of the sciences, possibly english, a language, and philosophy or history. This means you have a variety of subjects, so you have more options at university.

Remember, you don't need to make your final decision til results day, so even if you stay undecided you can always change based on your results.

I chose my Alevels because i enjoyed them and they shaped what i wanted to do for the future. I took History because i enjoyed it as a subject, and English Language which i later turned into a Linguistics degree and Psychology because again i enjoyed it.

I would recommend you taking a language as a degree its somthing i regret not doing especially when i was doing my Linguistics degree, the ability to speak another language especially in any working environment shows ur ability to liase with another culture which will always put you at an advantage. For the rest goodluck!

doing biology and chemistry as 2 of your four will get you into preety much any science course(discluding physics) so id go for them 2 and two others which you like, and make the other 2 are sort of related dont pick out random subjects