what are you saying? Further Maths has nothing to do with Law. Same applies to Chem. there is no "must". You are living with your decision but it does not imply others need to follow.

short answer - science stream, you need to justify your ability and interest in Law

arts stream, you need to compete with people doing the same type of subjects so you won't stand out... or worse, people with more impressive subjects (Maths Lit History Psych Econ other combos not available in Malaysia)

i dont really care what others think if it doesn't align with my beliefs or contradicts common sense

Maths, sure. But why do Further Maths for Law... zero sense. People should only do FM if they like Maths (to the extent that they would want to do a Maths degree up to Master's level, but instead do Law because the only thing they enjoy more than Maths or see a future in is practicing Law).

A lot of people who did Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Actuarial Studies didn't do Further Maths.

i agree with you, that's not what I was saying tho

Further Maths is not a 'must' for Econ, Actuarial, Engineering students etc. It should really be for Maths and Physics ppl.

I went to uni a couple years back. I don't know if it's changed in 2014 or 2013 but previously no Econ degree required FM. That's just unnecessary.

Now if you took FM and you applied for a BEcon, and the offer requires you to get an A grade in FM, that's not the same thing. There was never any FM prerequisite in the first place and it is possible (but not easy) to get into the best Econ school without FM.

I think few unis would teach Econ to the level that would require such a strong Maths background that it would justify needing FM as a prerequisite.

So yes, the purpose of FM is to differentiate between applicants only. They encourage people to do FM (LSE etc) because all else being equal, an A or A* in FM would set you apart right away. Most of the time I think this won't apply as the majority of Econ students or candidates won't and aren't expected to have FM. If you don't take FM and you have a competitive application you will still get in, because there are quite a lot of spots available in Econ. Taking FM forces you to have to do well in it.

LSE is one of the special cases because you'd have to do more Maths (and possibly at a higher level) than others, and while you don't need FM knowledge it doesn't hurt to have that advantage.