Confused about college a-levels

[samiejadeand]

Someone please help me i'm being told i have to start applying to college before christmas i'm in year 11 and im british by the way and i know i want to do philosophy A Level but everyone is telling me to do an A Level youj have to study 4 courses and i really don;t want to im scared of getting extremely overrun by everything
please help me x

[jockguy14]

Well I'm not British so I can't help you out with that, but go talk to your schools counselor. Tell them what you'd like to do. They are there to help you.

[Gandalf]

I'm in year 11 so hopefully this is useful.

You can do 1 or more A-levels (your choice completely), depending on what you plan to do during/afterwards:
If you plan to go to university afterwards the more A-levels the better. (Grades help as-well) or even if university isn't on the cards it will benefit you.

If you plan to work part time while studying, doing any number of A-levels will improve your job prospects.

If you plan to apply to college do it soon, before courses fill up or to at least show interest.

Have a back up plan. Talk to somebody at school who will be able to give more specific advice.

May I ask what GCSE grades your predicted/obtained? (PM me if you like) It will help me better understand your situation.

Me personally:
I will have obtained 8 or more GCSE's at grades B and C, so have decided to stay at my school's six form college to do 3 or 4 A levels and then I plan to see where that takes me.

I hope you find this useful.