What A Levels have you chose/done?

[Ardemax]

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

Hmmm I'm now doing history, maths and then probably physics. In all honesty is it not as bad as it seems to be? Haha. I remember doing mirrors and how objects like invert or refract or whatever and that nearly killed me (kinda), is there much of that in the course?

Thanks

[Kardan]

Hmmm I'm now doing history, maths and then probably physics. In all honesty is it not as bad as it seems to be? Haha. I remember doing mirrors and how objects like invert or refract or whatever and that nearly killed me (kinda), is there much of that in the course?

Thanks

Yes, there's a topic on light.

[Ardemax]

Yes, there's a topic on light.

Is it really dull (as ironic as that sounds)? Like just loads and loads of equations?

In fact is physics just mostly equations? Or are there a lot of interesting bits?

sorry for being a tad annoying haha

[Kardan]

Is it really dull (as ironic as that sounds)? Like just loads and loads of equations?

In fact is physics just mostly equations? Or are there a lot of interesting bits?

sorry for being a tad annoying haha

It's quite maths heavy at times, but straight forwards if you do A-Level Maths. I found the light topics annoying because there's more focus on drawing lens diagrams, but there's still some equations involved.

[Mat7]

I've just completed English, Sociology, and Media.

[Ardemax]

It's quite maths heavy at times, but straight forwards if you do A-Level Maths. I found the light topics annoying because there's more focus on drawing lens diagrams, but there's still some equations involved.

Oh ok. Is there much on mirrors?

[Kardan]

Oh ok. Is there much on mirrors?

Not really, it's more on lenses and filters as far as I remember.

[Ardemax]

Not really, it's more on lenses and filters as far as I remember.

Oh right cool. Well we'll soon see in the next few weeks!

Thanks for all the help btw, much appreciated

[Wig44.]

Oh right cool. Well we'll soon see in the next few weeks!

Thanks for all the help btw, much appreciated

There isn't all that much, nothing with mirrors on my syllabus anyway. You will probably look at refraction, diffraction and reflection of electromagnetic waves. You will look at polaroids that (surprise) polarise light - and by light I actually mean all EM waves . there will be questions to do with microwaves passing through a polariser and you may draw a graph of the intensity of the waves detected by a detector as either the polariser or the detector are rotated. Sounds complicated but it isn't!

[Ardemax]

There isn't all that much, nothing with mirrors on my syllabus anyway. You will probably look at refraction, diffraction and reflection of electromagnetic waves. You will look at polaroids that (surprise) polarise light - and by light I actually mean all EM waves . there will be questions to do with microwaves passing through a polariser and you may draw a graph of the intensity of the waves detected by a detector as either the polariser or the detector are rotated. Sounds complicated but it isn't!

Oh I see. So there's nothing like in crazy crazy detail and you don't have to be an Einstein to get an A?