A2 is harder than AS

alexxxxx · 25-01-2010, 09:58 PM

anyone going into college/6th form next year, score loads of marks on AS and then your A2 won't need to be as high cause trust me it's so much harder but they're worth the same.

Smits · 25-01-2010, 10:01 PM

yeah it's pretty obvious really.

Even with this warning, most people will still end up needing more points come a2

alexxxxx · 25-01-2010, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by Smits

yeah it's pretty obvious really.

Even with this warning, most people will still end up needing more points come a2

when you're in this position now, looking at the exams in may/june with a million UMS points to get to your university, looks SOLID, trust me. I might start revising for my exams in may/june in feb. so so so so so hard.

i need to pull out AAB and i'm not sure how atm.

**Seatherny** · 25-01-2010, 10:06 PM

Well its the second year ... so its kind of obvious?

Smits · 25-01-2010, 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by alexxxxx

when you're in this position now, looking at the exams in may/june with a million UMS points to get to your university, looks SOLID, trust me. I might start revising for my exams in may/june in feb. so so so so so hard.

i need to pull out AAB and i'm not sure how atm.

To get onto what i want, i need at least bba

I mean i'm only in my AS year and i have a distinction in a btec i did for a year, but i'm really just wiaitng til march for the results of january exams.

luce · 25-01-2010, 10:19 PM

is that not the most obvious statement known to anyone who has any knowlage of what AS and A2 stand for LOL! If they weren't you wouldn't normally drop a subject going into A2 and A2 wouldn't come after AS really would it?

i see your point but i said that in year 10 for my GCSEs and in sept this year i spent a hell of a lot of time catching up like my year are finding out now after their poor mock results :eusa_clap

**Alkaz** · 25-01-2010, 10:22 PM

I dont think its obvious to anyone. The points system is new whn you read A Level and I never knew untill December that AS Retakes can affect your overall A2 grade. So ye its best to try and get the best grades at AS because you wont have much of a chance after that!

Hecktix · 25-01-2010, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by alexxxxx

when you're in this position now, looking at the exams in may/june with a million UMS points to get to your university, looks SOLID, trust me. I might start revising for my exams in may/june in feb. so so so so so hard.

i need to pull out AAB and i'm not sure how atm.

I'm in this same situation

Dunno how I'm gonna do it.

~~Immenseman~~ · 25-01-2010, 10:35 PM

No, it really isn't that obvious at all. When both years have equal weighting, it's very easy to think that the difficulty will be equal. It's a two year course, why should the latter part be harder? It's not really all that obvious and it was never made clear to me. It's not really at the forefront of your mind when you're revising and doing your AS year too, he's 100% right though. It gets a lot more difficult.