Rank your A-levels in order of difficulty
Discussion for A-Level students and for those choosing their A-Level subjects.
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Re: Rank your A-levels in order of difficultyHardest-Easiest:
Physics-found mechanics easy (got an A in it in January) and have also got an overall of an A in my practicals, BUT, I'm currently studying for the final exam which is "Electrons, Waves and Photons" which covers roughly twice as much content as mechanics and involves generally harder content like quantum physics and worst of all...ELECTRICITY, which is boring as hell and requires you to explain alot. (currently working at an A)
Geography- A surprise considering physical geography really isnt that bad (rivers and coasts) but then the other half which is human is horrid. I study population and health for it and our teacher is the harshest marker in the universe. The subject also requires you to give evidence for pretty much everything which means remembering alot of random facts and figures. (currently working at an D/C)
Maths- The topics themselves are easy to understand as you go over it more, but some of the exams (I do AQA) can throw some very hard applications that have never been seen before in past papers. I think they have been criticised for making the exams too easy in the past, which is why ive been getting high marks in past papers, but recently they have made a massive change and is taking alot of students by suprise. (Currently working at an A/B)
Graphics (Product Design)- Mainly coursework and content for end of year exam is fairly easy and not that much harder than GCSE tbh, however, there is alot to remember which is reasonably hard no matter how easy each thing is. For example there are roughly 50 specific materials that you must remember the advantages and disadvantages for and their applications etc. which is hard for everyone. You must do it too becuase they are very specific in the exam asking about specific materials and processes. (Currently working at an A) -
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Re: Rank your A-levels in order of difficultyA2s
Further Maths -Hardest concepts, and the modules we're doing are all pure, which isn't my strongest point...
Maths -I find the work easy (especially Mechanics) but I tend to make silly mistakes in the exams, so I suppose it's 'hard' in that I may not get the top grade because of those mistakes.
Citizenship Studies -We've split the AS over two years at my college (compulsory), but I'm doing the A2 (optional) as well. One lesson per week, for a subject I have little interest in, and having to remember case studies and law terminology just melts my brain. Most of the questions are based on common sense though, so if you get the terminology down it's pretty much ok.
Graphics (Product Design) -The exam is easy, just remembering facts/processes and regurgitating them in the exam. Trickiest part is remembering to put in the terms, as marks are fairly easy to drop if you miss out a little bit.
Coursework is a b***h though, although that may be more due to the lack of support from our teacher... Still, easy enough, just a lot to do.
English Language -Not much to say really. Quite a few theorists to remember, but I've always found it fairly easy to apply the knowledge, and my writing style seems to work in getting me top marks. Coursework is also easy, with plenty of time to make changes and improvements.
I'm already on a grade C before taking the final exam... (60% will get me an A* )
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Re: Rank your A-levels in order of difficultyi agree(Original post by Jamie T)
Hardest-Easiest:
Physics-found mechanics easy (got an A in it in January) and have also got an overall of an A in my practicals, BUT, I'm currently studying for the final exam which is "Electrons, Waves and Photons" which covers roughly twice as much content as mechanics and involves generally harder content like quantum physics and worst of all...ELECTRICITY, which is boring as hell and requires you to explain alot. (currently working at an A)
Geography- A surprise considering physical geography really isnt that bad (rivers and coasts) but then the other half which is human is horrid. I study population and health for it and our teacher is the harshest marker in the universe. The subject also requires you to give evidence for pretty much everything which means remembering alot of random facts and figures. (currently working at an D/C)
Maths- The topics themselves are easy to understand as you go over it more, but some of the exams (I do AQA) can throw some very hard applications that have never been seen before in past papers. I think they have been criticised for making the exams too easy in the past, which is why ive been getting high marks in past papers, but recently they have made a massive change and is taking alot of students by suprise. (Currently working at an A/B)
Graphics (Product Design)- Mainly coursework and content for end of year exam is fairly easy and not that much harder than GCSE tbh, however, there is alot to remember which is reasonably hard no matter how easy each thing is. For example there are roughly 50 specific materials that you must remember the advantages and disadvantages for and their applications etc. which is hard for everyone. You must do it too becuase they are very specific in the exam asking about specific materials and processes. (Currently working at an A)
I'm in y12,
hardest to easiest
1 Psychology-so much stuff, overly weird sometimes
2 Graphics-not fantastic at cw
3 French-surprisingly!
4 Biology
5 Gen Studies-exam tomorrow
