I've heard of people getting an AS qualification in FM in their second year of A-levels. I'm currently taking AL Maths (OCR) and I've just done the AS exams. As far as I'm aware getting the AS qualification in FM you need to have done C1, C2 (compulsory core units), FP1 and 2 additional units. Given that I've already done C1, C2, and S1, and next year I'll be doing D1 anyway, if I decide to study FP1, I'm sure I can get the AS FM Qualification.
But have you heard of anyone actually switching to get the Full FM qualification? In my case, if I switched I'll be doing C3, C4 as usual, FP3 (for some reason my school chose FP3 over FP2??!), and S2+S3. The problem is that I still need to do 2 more additional courses for the Full FM qualification, as far as I'm aware. Given that my school is going to be hosting the D1 and FP1 exams, it makes sense that if I made such a switch, I should, theoretically, study these two in my free time - and that free time is precisely the summer holidays.
I would like your thoughts:
1) Is doing D1 (I heard it's relatively easy) and FP1 during the summer feasible? And how much time do you think it would take?
2) I'm a very hard worker, so do you think I could handle the switch which would ultimately mean doing 2 more units (Assuming I've perfected D1+FP1) than if I just did Normal Maths.
3) Have you heard of anyone doing this before? Were they successful or not?