I did;
English Literature
Classical Civilisation
Music
and for AS, those 3 plus
Philosophy
Food Technology
I loved them so much, especially class civ, and all of them are coming in really usefully for Uni life![]()

I did;
English Literature
Classical Civilisation
Music
and for AS, those 3 plus
Philosophy
Food Technology
I loved them so much, especially class civ, and all of them are coming in really usefully for Uni life![]()
I only did the first year of A levels then started my apprenticeship as a design engineer but the subjects I chose and my experiences with them were
Mathematics - Big step up from GCSE, I recommend you only take it if you are willing to put the work in, I know many of my friends who got A's and A*'s at GCSE and struggled to get C's.
Physics - Quite heavy maths but I didn't find it a bad as pure maths, real world
Computing - Very easy if you're interested in it, quite a bit of binary
Chemistry - Pretty hard, you have to learn many different chemical reactions, quite a bit of maths but nothing too bad. You know how in GCSE you could kind of wing answers to questions and hopefully some of its right, at A level, you need to get the wording and answer next to perfect and prove you actually understand what you're saying
Hope I help some of you!I'm thinking of doing Physics/Maths/Computing so, if you don't mind me asking, how was Physics? haha!
I did triple and additional and I literally had 4 after-school lessons of triple because my school screwed up the timetables and I have to teach myself basically and got a D in it (5 marks off a C). Additional however I got an A*, so that made me kinda happy to take it.
What topics did you learn about and were they interesting? Or were they really complicated and confusing?
Also (Futz), how was computing? Was the exam difficult?
Thanks!
"There are only two important days in your life: the day you are born, and the day you find out why."
Mark Twain
I'm taking
Maths
further maths
economics
pre-u history
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used to fix usertitles n stuff
last +rep: -nickrep points: 16361
I'm going to be doing,
Creative media
Acting
and Buisness Studies
i'm taking;
photography
film studies
graphic design
english literature
can't wait to starttttttttt.
Physics was the most fun of my A-Levels, there's a lot of pratical work which in Physics is actually fun, although the pratical part of the A-Level are quite difficult because you gain marks on how reliable your answers are, and as you might know, getting scientific answers in a secondary school lab with ancient equipment can be quite difficultI'm thinking of doing Physics/Maths/Computing so, if you don't mind me asking, how was Physics? haha!
I did triple and additional and I literally had 4 after-school lessons of triple because my school screwed up the timetables and I have to teach myself basically and got a D in it (5 marks off a C). Additional however I got an A*, so that made me kinda happy to take it.
What topics did you learn about and were they interesting? Or were they really complicated and confusing?
Also (Futz), how was computing? Was the exam difficult?
Thanks!
I did AQA Physics, so we did Particles, Quantum Phenomena and Electricity as the first AS module and Mechanics, Materials and Waves as the second AS module, with the third AS module being the practical ISA.
At A2 I did Fields and Further Mechanics which is very mathematical, so suited me perfectly and then for the first part of the second module it is Nuclear and Thermal Physics, which is essentially a repeat of what you did in GCSE Physics, and what you will do in A-Level Chemistry with thermal equations. The second part of your second A2 module has a variety of options:
Astrophysics, Medical physics, Applied physics and Turning points in physics.
I did Astrophysics since its very mathematical, and so did the rest of the class. Medical physics looked very difficult, and I'd only reccomend it if you're interested in going into that field at a later today. Didn't take a look at the other two.
And then for the third module, its your practical ISA again![]()
Thanks for that answer +REP haha!Physics was the most fun of my A-Levels, there's a lot of pratical work which in Physics is actually fun, although the pratical part of the A-Level are quite difficult because you gain marks on how reliable your answers are, and as you might know, getting scientific answers in a secondary school lab with ancient equipment can be quite difficult
I did AQA Physics, so we did Particles, Quantum Phenomena and Electricity as the first AS module and Mechanics, Materials and Waves as the second AS module, with the third AS module being the practical ISA.
At A2 I did Fields and Further Mechanics which is very mathematical, so suited me perfectly and then for the first part of the second module it is Nuclear and Thermal Physics, which is essentially a repeat of what you did in GCSE Physics, and what you will do in A-Level Chemistry with thermal equations. The second part of your second A2 module has a variety of options:
Astrophysics, Medical physics, Applied physics and Turning points in physics.
I did Astrophysics since its very mathematical, and so did the rest of the class. Medical physics looked very difficult, and I'd only reccomend it if you're interested in going into that field at a later today. Didn't take a look at the other two.
And then for the third module, its your practical ISA again
What were the practical ISAs like?![]()
"There are only two important days in your life: the day you are born, and the day you find out why."
Mark Twain
I did:
sociology
ict
art
english language
im dropping sociology and ict next year and picking up psychology
A2 psychology in my third year at sixth form (yay) and probably fast track health and social care or something else i dno
Last edited by Amberr; 24-08-2012 at 09:08 PM.
I did Economics, Maths, Biology and Music. I'm at university now.
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