About universities

I think it is time for all A-level students to think which

university we want to study in. Of course everybody

want to study in the best universities such as Oxford

university, Cambridge university, LSE or Imperial

College but there are a lot of things that we should

do before applying to univrsities.

First of all we should think about our subject combinations

because there are some subjects that were blacklisted by

TOP universities.

As we can read in newspapers "soft" sublects are accounting;

art and design, business studies; critical thinking;

communication studies; dance; design and technology,

drama/ theatre studies; film/ media/ TV studies; health and
social care; home economics; information and communication

technology; leisure studies; music technology; performance

studies; performing arts; photography; physical education;

sports studies; travel and tourism; business and management;

IT in a global society, theatre arts; visual arts.

So TOP universities prefer pure subjects such as Mathematics,

Further Mathematics, Economics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics

etc.

I have looked at LSE website and this is what they tell about it.

`The School considers not only the subjects offered by applicants

at A level (A2) and AS level, but also the combination of them.

The School generally prefers certain subjects because it considers

they are more likely to serve as effective preparation for studying

at LSE. Admissions Tutors will normally consider one of the subjects

listed below only if it is offered in combination with subjects that are

not included in the list. For example, Mathematics, French and

Economics would be a suitable combination for almost any of our

degrees. Mathematics, French and Business would be acceptable,

but we would prefer the first example. On the other hand,

Mathematics, Accounting and Media Studies would not normally

be considered as suitable as this combination includes two subjects

on the list. You should also note that we are less concerned with subject

combinations at AS level.`