It may seem now that you will never escape from gcses and they will be absolute torture- but fear not they'll be over before you know it. And in choosing your options- it may seem now, because its the most important decision you have had to make so far, that this is the be all and end all. It isn't- no matter what rubbish your teachers spout out. If you just do what you enjoy then that will naturally lead to the next stage. I can't advise you on every subject as I didn't do them all! but I'll give you as best as I can insight to those I did do and those my friends did. I wont bother telling you about ones you are forced to take as theres no point really.

history- depends very much on the course you do. Mine was modern history- nazi germany, russian revolution, etc. It was great to learn about but source work is rather boring and tedious.

drama- fantastic! If you enjooy it at the moment, continue without a doubt. With all the boredom of classroom lessons, this gives you a couple of hours to look forward to a week and gives an escape. Homework involves hanging around with friends fooling about. I thoroughly recommend it. Although if you're a shy person and just want a doss subject, don't take it. You will find it torture.

geography- my school course was only one piece of coursework but was huuuge. It involved surveys etc which cannot really be done last minute (unless you fake them). Generally people didn't find it very challenging and came out with good grades

german- you will either love it or hate it.
The grammer in German is quite hard but once you learn the basic rules, you're sorted. German is very very logical and if you're that sort of person then do it.

r.e- pick your religions carefully. I did Buddhism and it was fascinating but it was impossssible to find information anywhere which made coursework hell. Everyone in my class got at least an 'a' without putting
in very much work.

do what you like! make the most of it- you wont really havce that luxury choosing as levels!