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Resitting A levels - is it worth it? |
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21/07/09 (438 review reads) |
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Advantages: Higher grade, greater personal achievement
Disadvantages: Can be a waste of money
A levels are often the bench mark for students hoping to go onto University. Often Universities will make graded offers or point offers, such as AAB or 280 points. Often, if students do not achieve this, they will be unable to attend their desired Unviersity.
Throught a 2 year period, students will usualy sit up to 6 modules for each subject they take. This may be less due to coursework, or sometimes more. Sometimes though, students don;t attain the grades they were hoping for or required.
1. Should I resit after AS?
Students take their exams ove a 2 year period, and will usually sit exams in the two Januarys, May and Junes that occur within the period. After your AS January and June results it is important to consider whether or not you should resit. AS exams tend to be easier than A2 exams, and a lot of what you have studied will be reinforced during your A2 course. If you did not get the grade you were hoping for, resitting now is a good move. It will cost you money, unless you school offers to pay for you, but this isn't usually more than £15, unless you miss the resit application deadline, when it tends to double in price.
2. Resitting After A2
Sometimes students will msis their university offer after they complete their A levels. Some may choose to go to their Insurance choice or go through clearing, but others may have set their heart or a particular University. In this case it is possible to return to college or school. Some colleges and schools may not allow you to return, but most will. You can apply though at most places for private sitting, and this won;t affect the college's or school's results.
3. I Don't Need The Grades...Should I Bother?
Even if you don't need higher grades, if you feel that you can achieve them, then it is certainly worthwhile resitting one of two modules to get a higher grade. It may not seem that it will hel you, but in the long term, employers are much more likely to favour someone with higher grades. Your own personal sense of achievements will also benefit.
4. Exam Time Table
When to resit is important. I know friend sof mine who have resat modules when they should've resat them at a different time, and have ended up with about 20 A level exams as a result. This is no easy task and will put a lot of pressure on you. Try to resit exams when you won't have too many to cope with.
Overall resits can certainly be worthwhile, but there is no point paying to resit a module if you aren't going to put the time and effort into achieving a better mark, or feel you are unable to do better.
Summary: Resit if you feel you can do better, but don't if you can't
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- 14/08/09 To the person above (or below?) - I think she was on about resitting modules, or AS levels (which are modules) rather than the entire 2 years. That means you have bonus marks, so are less likely to miss a grade at the end (always a good thing) and even better - employers have absoloutely no clue how many times you take certain modules.
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- 22/07/09 Good review, the bit I didn't agree with was that it might be a good idea to re-sit purely to have the better grades on paper but not for any compelling reason, like to gain enough points for first choice university for example. I feel re-sitting would be quite off-putting to that first employer after university and I do speak from experience. Later on in one's career and A level results get less and less relevant anyway. |
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