What A-Levels did you take and which did you dread the most?
GERMAN!!!
Good god! I died at the thought of having to write my essays or speak in German.
It wasn't that I didn't enjoy learning a new language, it was just that the A2 topics were just so dull. One section of the course was literally, Pollution, Energy Sources and Recycling. DEAR GOD! WHY DID I DO GERMAN INSTEAD OF DRAMA!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? *promptly lies on bed, face first into a pillow and cries about regrets in life...*
I did maths and the sciences.. I don't really regret any, but if I had to pick one, then I'd say physics simply because I lost interest towards the end of the year and didn't put in as much work..
Would you mind telling me how you found A2 Further Maths? I am taking AS Further Maths and everyone I have spoken to says that the A2 is considerably harder than the AS. Why is this? (Also, did you take Maths at university?)
I did Maths and FM AS and A2 last year; this year I did Philosophy, and so I am not yet at University (my degree is comp sci single honours with extra maths modules).
As for A2 FM, it is harder because units FP2-3 are noticeably harder than every other unit, and also the more advanced applied modules (stats, mech) can get quite heavy going. AS FM only contains FP1 and some earlier applied modules, and so it is generally considered to be easier.
My experience of A2 FM was overwhelmingly positive: the extra pure modules bring added depth to your knowledge to the point where you start to feel that the subjects you have been looking at until that point are all inter-connected - it is a 'eureka' moment of sorts when that happens; it also gives you a chance to do a significant amount of applied maths - I did S1-4, and those last couple of modules confirmed to me that I wanted a career in financial mathematics.
If you have strong mathematical skills (with perhaps only the more conceptually unusual questions posing some difficulties), I strongly believe that A2 FM will give you great insight into how you wish to pursue the subject in the future.
English Language! It was an awful subject to learn as it was quite subjective, so if my teacher didn't agree with my ideas it would be wrong in her opinion! Complete waste of time!
I did Maths and FM AS and A2 last year; this year I did Philosophy, and so I am not yet at University (my degree is comp sci single honours with extra maths modules).
As for A2 FM, it is harder because units FP2-3 are noticeably harder than every other unit, and also the more advanced applied modules (stats, mech) can get quite heavy going. AS FM only contains FP1 and some earlier applied modules, and so it is generally considered to be easier.
My experience of A2 FM was overwhelmingly positive: the extra pure modules bring added depth to your knowledge to the point where you start to feel that the subjects you have been looking at until that point are all inter-connected - it is a 'eureka' moment of sorts when that happens; it also gives you a chance to do a significant amount of applied maths - I did S1-4, and those last couple of modules confirmed to me that I wanted a career in financial mathematics.
If you have strong mathematical skills (with perhaps only the more conceptually unusual questions posing some difficulties), I strongly believe that A2 FM will give you great insight into how you wish to pursue the subject in the future.
Thanks for your response. I was interested by your subject choice since in Year 13 I might well be doing Maths, FM and Philosophy and Ethics, providing I don't get ruined by AS FM.
What's philosophy like? Thinking of taking it for A-level.
I did philosophy and i'm now studying it at degree level in King's College! Its really tough (I wont lie) and a lot of reading involved. I'd say its a mixture between History, Politics, English Language & Law.