Choosing A-Levels in general

Choosing which subjects to take at A level can be a daunting experience. With schools and colleges offering more and more subjects for students to chose from, narrowing it down to four or five can be extremely difficult. It is important though to consider certain things when picking which subjects you wish to study. 1. Where The Subjects Can Lead You There is no point choosing to take all art, language and humanity subjects (such as English, History, Philosophy and French) if you are planning to study a Science subject at University or to go into a science based employment area. Many people think that it doesn't matter which A levels you pick with ...  Read the complete review

Choosing A Levels is a tricky business - I know I've done it myself and had two children who have had to do it. Firstly; do you know what you want to do when you leave school? If you don't then I think the best course of action is to take a broad spectrum of A Levels or subjects that you enjoyed at GCSE (O Level). In my case I knew that I wanted to teach music (I don't but thats another story!) so I did A levels in Music, Maths and Physics - a strange combination but for the Music degree that I wanted to take it was essential to have an undertanding about sound. Secondly; If you are thinking about University - do you know what course ...  Read the complete review

Choosing A Levels is sometimes extremely easy, but other people may find it a very difficult task. There are several points to bear in mind when making the decision and I hope to cover the main ones in this review. 1. What do you want to do post A level? If you want to be a Doctor, it's probably wise to take the A level subjects requested by most Medical Universities. The same with any other course, whether it is vocational or not. Obviously you will like the subject, otherwise you would not have chosen to pursue it, so in theory you should like the related A levels. 2. What do you enjoy? Even if you have absoloutely no clue ...  Read the complete review

When choosing my A Levels I took a realistic approach. I got 13 higher grades in the GCSE's so I thought it best to select A Levels which I was good at, but would also be interesting, and useful when applying for a job. There are a vast number of subjects to study, ranging from your typical English, Maths and Sciences - right up to more specialist subjects such as Law, Physcology and Media Studies. In most schools and some colleges, it is common for each student to have to study and sit and exam for General Studies. This usually consists of several modules including Politics and Scientific Maths. This subject usually only requires on lesson a week of study time, ...  Read the complete review

Britain does not have the best education system in the world and it shows its flaws quite obviously in A-levels and GCSE's. The flaw that in A-levels is that 25% of A-level students have at least one A in their subjects and 10% have at least 3 A's. This should not be possible at all with the exam board way of marking the papers. There should be a certain number of people having achieved the raw UMS marks and above, marking the threshold of A grade for example. Why has it gone wrong? This has become such a big problem that exam boards will be implementing the A* grade which is 90% and above in a few years time. I suspect that the rising number of A's is due to ...  Read the complete review