I don’t know about impactful paths related to art and music. Have you considered asking 80,000 hours for a free careers advising call? https://80000hours.org/speak-with-us/
From my perspective, I wouldn’t worry too much about what A-levels you choose at this stage. You’re not going to pigeonhole yourself by just choosing what you find interesting and are likely to succeed in—maybe try and pick a range of humanities and sciences to cover your bases.
I’d say if you’re really unsure then try and pick something broad like international politics (or geography; where you could specialise into x-risks, AI safety, climate change or any other global problem), physics (which gives you broad science/maths skills you can apply to a range of cause areas), maths, statistics, or philosophy (which definitely has broad applications, but maybe more debatable transferrable skills). This applies to doing a degree too, and what A levels you did won’t matter very much after you do the degree.
I don’t know about impactful paths related to art and music. Have you considered asking 80,000 hours for a free careers advising call? https://80000hours.org/speak-with-us/
There’s also some useful content on the 80,000 hours website on impactful careers in arts: https://80000hours.org/topic/careers/other-careers/art-entertainment/
From my perspective, I wouldn’t worry too much about what A-levels you choose at this stage. You’re not going to pigeonhole yourself by just choosing what you find interesting and are likely to succeed in—maybe try and pick a range of humanities and sciences to cover your bases.
I’d say if you’re really unsure then try and pick something broad like international politics (or geography; where you could specialise into x-risks, AI safety, climate change or any other global problem), physics (which gives you broad science/maths skills you can apply to a range of cause areas), maths, statistics, or philosophy (which definitely has broad applications, but maybe more debatable transferrable skills). This applies to doing a degree too, and what A levels you did won’t matter very much after you do the degree.