What A Levels have you chose/done?

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Originally Posted by CrazyLemurs

I'm nowhere near there yet, but I'm trying to have a plan
Our school lets you do either 4 at AS and A2, or 3 at A2 and a fourth at just AS
What do AS and A2 stand for, by the way?
I think I'll take Maths, Further Maths and Economics for the full A2 and Business for just AS
Or Maths, Further and Business for A2 and Computing for just AS

Or have I got the entire system wrong LMAO?


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Advanced Subsidary is AS, A2 doesn't actually have a name as far as I know. Essentially just Advanced 2. And you haven't got the system wrong :)

History, RE and ICT

Never ever pick RE!!!

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Originally Posted by CrazyLemurs

I'm nowhere near there yet, but I'm trying to have a plan
Our school lets you do either 4 at AS and A2, or 3 at A2 and a fourth at just AS
What do AS and A2 stand for, by the way?
I think I'll take Maths, Further Maths and Economics for the full A2 and Business for just AS
Or Maths, Further and Business for A2 and Computing for just AS

Or have I got the entire system wrong LMAO?


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Most sixth forms/colleges encourage you to do 4 AS's and then 3 A levels which means you drop one subject that you did at AS and carry on the other 3 at A2. That means you will have 1 AS and 3 complete A levels.

Yeah, I thought it meant that Shar,

I didn't really have an idea to what the AS stood for, might have been Actual somethingorother

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Originally Posted by Rixion

How did you find Maths ? :)

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It was harder than I expected at first. When my teacher at GCSE said it was a big jump to A Level, I didn't really take any notice :P. So I wasn't doing that well at the start of the year, but if you just make sure you revise a lot (something I'm not used to!) then you'll be fine. I found examsolutions.co.uk really useful, and I'd do past papers and then mark them, and for the Qs I got wrong I'd look at the video on that site. So yeah, that's how I revised for maths :D.

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Originally Posted by Kardan

Yes.

For Universities, you'll need to meet the minimum number of UCAS points, for me it was 340 - you'll need to meet the minimum number of A-Levels, for me it was 3, and then you'll need to make the minimum grades, for me it was Maths at A, and Further Maths at B.

So, my third A-Level could be anything provided it was an A Grade to make the number of UCAS points. In the end it was my Physics A, so my Chemistry B accounted for nothing really.

So you could have Physics, Chemistry and Geography, but you couldn't have Physics, Chemistry and General Studies :)

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Oh right, thanks again haha!

I'm thinking of doing maths, computing, english language and history now wooo! I've heard history AS is a pain though.

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Originally Posted by Ardemax

Oh right, thanks again haha!

I'm thinking of doing maths, computing, english language and history now wooo! I've heard history AS is a pain though.

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From what I've heard, computing is a worthless A level. You don't need it, or gain anything from taking it when it comes to applying to any degrees. Honestly, I wouldn't waste your time with softer degrees, universities will look down on you for it. There is a lot of competition now and intellectual snobbery has always been rife in academia.

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Originally Posted by Wig44.

From what I've heard, computing is a worthless A level. You don't need it, or gain anything from taking it when it comes to applying to any degrees. Honestly, I wouldn't waste your time with softer degrees, universities will look down on you for it. There is a lot of competition now and intellectual snobbery has always been rife in academia.

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I would have thought this also but they put it as one of the required A-levels I think

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Originally Posted by CrazyLemurs

Yeah, I thought it meant that Shar,

I didn't really have an idea to what the AS stood for, might have been Actual somethingorother

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AS = advanced subsidiary
AS + A2 = advanced level

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Originally Posted by Ardemax

I would have thought this also but they put it as one of the required A-levels I think

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Before you get too hung up about the requirements of one university, check a few (around 5?) and look at the requirements. If computing is required by one but weakens your position with the other 4, you have to be sure of two things:

1) You want to go to this university
2) You can get in