Resitting A levels - is it worth it? Reviews

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 ...  Read the complete review

For a percentage of the teenage population, after sitting mandatory GCSE's A-Levels tend to be the next step in the education they undertake before they decide whether to break into the world of work or head off to the boozy delights of that thing called University.. However for some it isn't that simple, myself included.. ...  Read the complete review

ohhh err....I think I may get some negative comments here, but as someone who decided to re-sit A Levels and then didn't so much re-sit them, but concentrated on a career...and it has all worked out fine (for me). I am about to give a big fat no to re-sitting your A-Levels (in certain circumstances). I know that if ...  Read the complete review

If you're someone who hasn't done A levels, never believe anyone that says that they're easy, they're either lying, they haven't done them, or they paid someone else to do them. It's not just about the actual course (though it is an awful lot of hard work), it's also about the time in your life that ...  Read the complete review

Confession time to start with. I never actually re-sat an A Level, BUT I did re-sit one of my modules that I'd taken at the end of Lower 6th. I did 3 A Levels and 3 A/S Levels during my 2 years, and 2 of my A/S Levels were taken after less than a year of studying - I did German in June 1999 and, at the school's ...  Read the complete review

Well, if you failed your A levels and you needed to pass then you have little option. But I do think you really have to sit down and think about what you're doing. Why did you fail them in the first place? And then there is the matter of re-sitting modules that you do throughout the course. I just did my A-levels, and ...  Read the complete review

Most A level student who have sat their exams will finish soon, and since I only took my A level exams a couple of years a go, I have good experience. They have to be the worst exams possible because so much counts on it. I was really happy with the grades that I obtained and was able to go to the university of my choice, but some of my ...  Read the complete review

I opened that life changing bit of paper and felt my heart sink to my feet, 2 E's and an N stared back at me. That day I made one of the biggest decisions in my life. I knew I really wanted to go to University and study a History degree. I was not going to be able to that on 4 points. My Head of Sixth Form who was not ...  Read the complete review

You need a whole lot more facts at your fingertips before you decide whether resits are going to help. Much of the important stuff has been covered by someone else here, so I'll just add a few thoughts. Firstly, for many jobs and for any degree course, you do need two A levels at a minimum of E grade (anything below that ...  Read the complete review

If you want to get ahead in life then its not entirely necessary to have a good education as I have a lot of friends who dont have any A levels and have gone on to do really well. BUT, it does make things easier if you do have a sound education to fall back on. It also opens more doors and leads to more oppertunities. If your ...  Read the complete review

Resits are often the first thought that springs to mind when you've not done too well, but they're not necessarily the answer. The first thing to do is look around and see if there's another course you might want to do through clearing. But if you've got your heart set on a particular course at a particular University, ...  Read the complete review