should you do 3 OR 4 A LEVELS

3 A levels isn't enough, you need to do 4. Let's put an end to this misinformation and get into the facts. This is when you should be doing 4 A levels and what universities actually care about. For context, my name is Tilly. I studied economics, I did 4 A levels and an EPQ and I achieved 5 A stars. I want to start this off by saying that universities literally do not care whether you have 3 or 4 A levels. If they want a specific set of 3 A levels, then you'd spread yourself over 4 A levels, then you'd get into maths. Similarly, you could do 4 A levels if you're a little bit unsure of what you would like to do next. You can always start with 4 A levels and if you realize it's one you don't really like, you can just drop it. So I actually started doing 3 A levels and picked up another at the end of year 12, which is kind of not ideal. The reason being is that I wanted to do economics at university and I hadn't done further maths and I wanted to go to a top university. So that's why I picked up that. The start. You also need to consider whether you have the time to do 4 A levels. Another A level is a serious time commitment. Do you have a job? Do you have the capacity to take on that additional workload? And will that be at the expense of your success in your other subjects? Do you have any sort of idea of what you might want to do after A levels? Because if it's between like law and politics, it may not make sense because they have very similar subject requirements. But if it's between like medicine and law, it might make sense. I actually started doing 3 A levels and picked up another at the end of year 12, which is kind of not ideal. The reason being is that I wanted to do economics at university and I hadn't done further maths and I wanted to go to a top university. So that's why I picked up that. The start. You also need to consider whether you have the time to do 4 A levels. Another A level is a serious time commitment. Do you have a job? Do you have the capacity to take on that additional workload? And will that be at the expense of your success in your other subjects? Do you have any sort of idea of what you might want to do after A levels? Because if it's between like medicine and law, it might make sense. If you have any questions, be sure to leave them in the comments and be sure to follow for daily A level tips.