Hardest A-levels

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  1. CJM13's Avatar
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    Re: Hardest A-levels
    Naturally, everyone finds particular subjects harder or easier than someone else. An A* Maths student may struggle to write a good essay, and an A* History student may have no clue about differentiation.

    If I had to choose two subjects that I think the largest number of people would struggle with, I'd have to go with English Literature and Philosophy. Might throw Chemistry in there too.

    Just my opinion though.
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    Sociology, media, drama, sports science and business studies...NOT.

    F maths, chem, physics, French , Russian
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    IB!
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    maths bio chem
  5. Lsei's Avatar
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    Wow guys seriously?
    Do you not know how tough General studies is.....
    last time i take that exam.
    Last edited by Lsei; 20-05-2012 at 13:43.
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    i take maths, further maths, chemistry and biology
    and find biology the hardest tbh
  7. itsdyo's Avatar
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    Maths physics chemistry... Math and chemistry are driving me crazy. Ive had it!!
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    German definitely, level of grammar is so hard! But i still love it! Only pick if you really like german!
    And the English Lit exams for AQA Lit B can be quite difficult and very unpredictable...
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    maths and chemistry = DEATH
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    Anything WJEC.

    POOR exam board, should be investigated by the department of education tbh.
    Inconsistent mark schemes, inconsistent markers and generally poorly written and random exam papers.
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    I'd say the most difficult are:

    Maths - Very high level required
    Chemistry - There is a large amount of content
    French - All languages are hard but French would be particularly difficult grammar wise
    English - It's pretty much all dependant on how you perform on the day so you need to be prepared perfectly for the exams and it's very difficult to get everything in whilst trying not to go off the point
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    Further Maths is the hardest subject by far. It requires a dynamic understanding of the whole of maths, and other a minority of student even have the capacity to understand any of the subject!
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    (Original post by CharliePhillips)
    Further Maths is the hardest subject by far. It requires a dynamic understanding of the whole of maths, and other a minority of student even have the capacity to understand any of the subject!
    Mathematic is easy to understand, if you are a person with a logical mind. In my opinion everyone who has such an one has a great advantage in this subject.
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    Honestly, the easiest AS for me was Latin, followed by French and then Maths. Erm, English was the hardest because I can't focus for an entire hour on an essay; I end up taking several mini breaks during the exam and not finishing. Then Art was huge pain....
    I guess it depends on the person, though, because I'm pretty that I wouldn't be able to do psychology, Bio or history. History would have torn me apart to shreds.
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    For me, Law!
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    (Original post by adamrules247)
    Physics
    This
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    I think the consensus in my school was Chemistry, or a language. I didn't take either but I definitely struggled with these at GCSE, and from the amount people complained you start to question the difficulty of your own subjects. :p:
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    Maths, Chemistry and Physics, although I find Physics enjoyable even if I do have to put extra work in.

    But honestly Art is such a bitch not because it's hard but it's the amount of time you have to put into it.

    Languages seem pretty hard too.
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    (Original post by thescientist17)
    (...) Languages seem pretty hard too.
    In my opinion Romanic languages (French, Italian, Spanisch, Portuguese and so on) are the difficulties ones. Non Romanic ones (German and English for example) are okay.
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    Core Maths... and this is coming from someone who does Further Maths and Physics.
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