A2 is harder than AS

[dirrty]

i was told at the end of AS and at the beginning of A2 that the latter is more difficult, so to maintain (or improve on) the grade achieved at AS, we'd have to work hard. this was in all my subjects, so i guess it depends on your college. for example, in sociology, the amount of content we have to learn is much greater than it was in AS. it also become quite evident that A2 was harder when my first essay of the term was like a low C because i was still writing at an AS level lol so we we're given a big ol lecture.

[Black_Apalachi]

I never really thought about it but my whole Psychology course was pretty much taught to us in the second year alone.

[Seatherny]

in my second year, I took AS ICT as an extra AS. If I had continued it to A2, I needed to get a C to get an A (H).

[Blinger1]

What's the difference between a2 and as? :S

[FlyingJesus]

It's the two years that make up an "A level" qualification that most people who go to college do - they essentially won't mean a lot in the bigger outside world but can make a massive difference if you really want to go to a top university. AS is the first year, A2 the second which generally counts more percentage-wise towards the final mark.

[Blinger1]

Ah right, so its the equivalent to our VCE/HSC stuff. The scores you get from these two levels determine if you can go to uni to become a brain surgeon or not.

Well it determines what you can and cant study.

[ifuseekamy]

It is pretty obvious, and much easier nowadays where it's split over the 2 years and you can resit as much as you like, when it used to be loads of exams at the end of the 2 years with no opportunity to resit.

[Seatherny]

It's the two years that make up an "A level" qualification that most people who go to college do - they essentially won't mean a lot in the bigger outside world but can make a massive difference if you really want to go to a top university. AS is the first year, A2 the second which generally counts more percentage-wise towards the final mark.

AS and A2 are both 50% of your A Level.

[FlyingJesus]

Well that isn't true at all. Definitely wasn't when I did mine anyway and I'm not that old

[Seatherny]

Well that isn't true at all. Definitely wasn't when I did mine anyway and I'm not that old

Well its been that for 3 years and that's for sure and I am pretty damn sure it was that 6-7 years ago when my brother did it.

Go on AQA, open up the information on any subject and it says it there too.

I think you are getting yourself confused with the fact that some modules within a subject are worth different percentage.
But in AS, overall points is always 300 per subject and 300 for A2 = 600 max for A Level.

You are only 8 months older than me, so it was 50%-50% when you did yours