Edexcel. Apparently Edexcel is harder than OCR. That's the general opinion of sixth formers I've talked to.
Ah, but on TSR people seem to moan on and on about OCR Salters. OCR A is another matter; people seem favourable of that.
I'll compare between the subjects - I've Edexcel for Physics, OCR for Biology and OCR B Salters for Chemistry. I like Chemistry - and you're right, AS doesn't look difficult... but it's a shame how 'easy' some of the organic chemistry seems to be
A-Levels are exciting because there is no more Citizenship for me. It's not exciting because I have to self-study two A-Levels ;(
Good luck with that! Which ones? I'm self-studying the mechanics modules for maths; due to the way my school's 'option' pools were structured I had to pick Maths(STATS) as opposed to Maths(MECH) which was irritating because a). I enjoy mechanics more than statistics and b). I'm doing Physics - so the mechanics is really reccomended.
This year was stressful; ontop of all the GCSEs I self-studied most of my AS-French and ALL of AS-Fine Art. They're not lying when they moan about the 'jump' from GCSE to AS/A-level; the workload is huge!
Ah, but on TSR people seem to moan on and on about OCR Salters. OCR A is another matter; people seem favourable of that.
I'll compare between the subjects - I've Edexcel for Physics, OCR for Biology and OCR B Salters for Chemistry. I like Chemistry - and you're right, AS doesn't look difficult... but it's a shame how 'easy' some of the organic chemistry seems to be
Good luck with that! Which ones? I'm self-studying the mechanics modules for maths; due to the way my school's 'option' pools were structured I had to pick Maths(STATS) as opposed to Maths(MECH) which was irritating because a). I enjoy mechanics more than statistics and b). I'm doing Physics - so the mechanics is really reccomended.
This year was stressful; ontop of all the GCSEs I self-studied most of my AS-French and ALL of AS-Fine Art. They're not lying when they moan about the 'jump' from GCSE to AS/A-level; the workload is huge!
I'll have to do all of Further Maths myself so : FP1, FP2, D1, S1, S2, M3 on top of normal Maths which will be : C1-C4, M1, M2. Additionally, I'll have to do Chemistry AS by myself. I've already started Maths AS alongside GCSE so it's relieved a unit or two of work.
I'm going to be Edexcel for Maths, FMaths, Physics, Chemistry and AQA for Economics. Yeah, our school is Edexcel's bitch but the course does look pretty good.
Well the sixth form college I'm going to are mega strict on not changing subjects after your interview, so I know for sure I'm doing Maths, Chemistry, Biology, and Geology. If I get the grades of course
If you don't mind me asking, how hard is self-studying AS French? Because I'm going to have to self-study most of it next year. I took AS maths alongside my GCSEs this year, so I guess I feel like I have a general idea about the workload, but how hard is the actual content / doing it with very little help?
If you don't mind me asking, how hard is self-studying AS French? Because I'm going to have to self-study most of it next year. I took AS maths alongside my GCSEs this year, so I guess I feel like I have a general idea about the workload, but how hard is the actual content / doing it with very little help?
My French teacher has told me that your grammar has to be spot on at AS/A2 level. I'd also recommend you read French books, watch shows, newspapers, films or whatever that is related to the language. Read up words in the dictionary to expand your vocabulary and learn new and practice old grammatical techniques. This summer is the best time to get a head start in my opinion.
My French teacher has told me that your grammar has to be spot on at AS/A2 level. I'd also recommend you read French books, watch shows, newspapers, films or whatever that is related to the language. Read up words in the dictionary to expand your vocabulary and learn new and practice old grammatical techniques. This summer is the best time to get a head start in my opinion.
I already feel pretty confident about the grammar we've covered at GCSE, so I guess over the summer I'll just try watching films in French and reading French books. I don't want to do too much work over the Summer though, as I'd hate to burn myself out before beginning next year
I love the Further Maths syllabus. It's so interesting and I need to do M3 if I want to do Physical Sciences at NatSci in Cambridge.
You only need 3 mechanics modules if you aren't taking physics. Though I'd still recommend lots of mechanics they are the best applied modules (especially for physics).
I'd recommend Maths over Physics if that is the options you have for the last block. You'll learn a lot more content in Maths which you can apply to other fields in comparison to Physics. However, Physics is more applied so it tends to be a bit more interesting to most people.