Butdidudie (Offline)

Thanks, my dad is a professor at cambridge....

I apologize for the very long post but I just wanted to share my experience with someone else in the same situation I was in a year ago and help them prevent making the mistakes that I did.

By the way, if you do decide to take 6 A-levels, don't be discouraged by the stress you might have to undergo in the end. No matter how competent you are, if you let the anxiety and stress get to you, there is a possibility of a mental block or a nervous breakdown.
Naturally you would feel some stress and the trick is to simply acknowledge the stress you feel but not let it affect you.

I know there are so many people on TSR telling you how useless it is taking 6 subjects and it's not worth it in the end. However, it is your decision to make and if you feel confident in taking the challenge, then go ahead and do so.
When I was deciding how many subjects I was going to take, I spent too much time listening to people who kept discouraging me about my decision but in all honesty, I wish I hadn't listened to them. I ended up taking economics way too late as a result. I only realised how much I loved that subject during the final term of A2.

Hi, I got 2A*s, 3As and a C(further maths LOL). I learnt economics and further maths independantly. I got occasional help for maths from school teachers though. Most of it is just doing past papers and getting a hang of exam technique, although there are times when they can trick you in chemistry though. A persevering work ethic is very beneficial as in the end you'll end up with like 30 exams crammed in a short time period. I remember last year I had 2 exams every day for a whole week during the final week of exams and I'm not going to lie, it was pretty exhausting. I'm not exactly sure whether universities care too much about your extra grades. I think it just shows that you are very hard working, not afraid to take risks and love to learn. It depends on the universities and courses you apply for. Some courses and universities pay more attention to your grades while others focus on your interpersonal skills to see if you would fit in with their student community.