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Original post by MangoFreak
Original post by Dalek1099
How were you confused by Tail Chaser's statement about university?
How did it lead you to tell us how many terms we have left of high school? I'm sure everybody is aware of how long we have left.(edited 12 years ago)
Original post by Dalek1099
What do you mean by that?7 half-terms till the end of school plus some examination sessions.
EDIT: This post is kinda redundant, seeing as Mango summed it up
Original post by MangoFreak
How were you confused by Tail Chaser's statement about university? How did it lead you to tell us how many terms we have left of high school? I'm sure everybody is aware of how long we have left, although it's only 6 half terms in some places, my school for example should have study leave.
How did it lead you to tell us how many terms we have left of high school? I'm sure everybody is aware of how long we have left, although it's only 6 half terms in some places, my school for example should have study leave.Birth-Nursery-Primary School-Secondary School-College-University-Work-Retirement-Death -No starting over again
You go on study leave after easter,in Y11
-In my school,you have to do another half term!!!Original post by Dalek1099
Birth-Nursery-Primary School-Secondary School-College-University-Work-Retirement-Death -No starting over again
You go on study leave after easter,in Y11-In my school,you have to do another half term!!!
You go on study leave after easter,in Y11
-In my school,you have to do another half term!!!Ohhhhhhh. You're overthinking it way too much
I was referring to Jennifer.Tariah's post, where she mentioned 'repeating the cycle'. As in, being new into the school/sixth form/university, moving up throughout the years, and then moving on to wherever it is you're going next.
Hopefully that made a bit more sense!
(edited 12 years ago)
Original post by Dalek1099
Birth-Nursery-Primary School-Secondary School-College-University-Work-Retirement-Death -No starting over again
You go on study leave after easter,in Y11-In my school,you have to do another half term!!!
You go on study leave after easter,in Y11
-In my school,you have to do another half term!!!
Original post by MangoFreak
(he's counting like 3/4 BTECs as GCSEs 
)
)Oh that makes sense now
How many GCSEs ave you included your personal interests in,just wondered.So far:
German(Speaking)
French(Speaking)
English Language(Speaking)
English Literature(Ed Rita CA)
ICT(Unit 21)
I might be able to in Film Studies,from the looks of the specification.
German(Speaking)
French(Speaking)
English Language(Speaking)
English Literature(Ed Rita CA)
ICT(Unit 21)
I might be able to in Film Studies,from the looks of the specification.
Original post by MangoFreak
I'm super excited for 6th Form 
We can finally do subjects that we want to do.
I just wish I didn't have to take a +1 hours bus ride to get to the Sixth Form College I want to go to Oh well, excuse to take a day off from school for the open day 
We can finally do subjects that we want to do.I just wish I didn't have to take a +1 hours bus ride to get to the Sixth Form College I want to go to
Oh well, excuse to take a day off from school for the open day Oh wow why do you wanna travel that far?
Original post by Little Tail Chaser
I can't wait until 6th Form 
(Famous last words, ha ha 
)
Theeeeen after that we have 3+ years at university, and we start all over again
(Famous last words, ha ha )Theeeeen after that we have 3+ years at university, and we start all over again
yeah me too! i get to major in courses im good at! FINALLY!
i'm thinking of doing, Economics, Spanish.. Maybe- ICT or English Lang. Dunno yet.
What about you?
Original post by jennifer.tariah
yeah me too! i get to major in courses im good at! FINALLY!
i'm thinking of doing, Economics, Spanish.. Maybe- ICT or English Lang. Dunno yet.
What about you?
i'm thinking of doing, Economics, Spanish.. Maybe- ICT or English Lang. Dunno yet.
What about you?
I really don't know to be honest
I'm finding it difficult to narrow it down. I kinda want to do 5 AS Levels, but then that will just put extra pressure on me, plus that will mean I do 4 subjects at A2, which is pointless because apparently universities only look at 3. Decisions, decisions... Anyway, I'm thinking of taking Biology, Chemistry, Maths, Philosophy, Physics, ICT and Geography (and yes, I know I can't do all of them!
) I enjoy Biology and Chemistry, so I'm 99.9% sure that I'll take both of them, but the others I'm less decided on. Maths would be good, but I don't really enjoy it that much if I'm honest. I find Philosophy fun and interesting, but I don't really want to take an essay subject, plus I don't think it's as highly respected as other subjects. ICT I think would be fun and not too difficult, and it would also be appropriate as so much these days relies on computers. My Geography teacher keeps trying to make me take Geography, and I am a bit tempted, but I don't really enjoy it that much at GCSE level. TL;DR: I have no idea
Original post by Little Tail Chaser
I really don't know to be honest I'm finding it difficult to narrow it down. I kinda want to do 5 AS Levels, but then that will just put extra pressure on me, plus that will mean I do 4 subjects at A2, which is pointless because apparently universities only look at 3. Decisions, decisions...
Anyway, I'm thinking of taking Biology, Chemistry, Maths, Philosophy, Physics, ICT and Geography (and yes, I know I can't do all of them!) I enjoy Biology and Chemistry, so I'm 99.9% sure that I'll take both of them, but the others I'm less decided on. Maths would be good, but I don't really enjoy it that much if I'm honest. I find Philosophy fun and interesting, but I don't really want to take an essay subject, plus I don't think it's as highly respected as other subjects. ICT I think would be fun and not too difficult, and it would also be appropriate as so much these days relies on computers. My Geography teacher keeps trying to make me take Geography, and I am a bit tempted, but I don't really enjoy it that much at GCSE level.
TL;DR: I have no idea
I'm finding it difficult to narrow it down. I kinda want to do 5 AS Levels, but then that will just put extra pressure on me, plus that will mean I do 4 subjects at A2, which is pointless because apparently universities only look at 3. Decisions, decisions... Anyway, I'm thinking of taking Biology, Chemistry, Maths, Philosophy, Physics, ICT and Geography (and yes, I know I can't do all of them!
) I enjoy Biology and Chemistry, so I'm 99.9% sure that I'll take both of them, but the others I'm less decided on. Maths would be good, but I don't really enjoy it that much if I'm honest. I find Philosophy fun and interesting, but I don't really want to take an essay subject, plus I don't think it's as highly respected as other subjects. ICT I think would be fun and not too difficult, and it would also be appropriate as so much these days relies on computers. My Geography teacher keeps trying to make me take Geography, and I am a bit tempted, but I don't really enjoy it that much at GCSE level. TL;DR: I have no idea
In ICT,you have to do some coursework on a real life situation-very tough,I like ICT but I won't be taking it anyway.I'm pretty sure on Maths,Further Maths,Business and Geography maybe RE or Physics,only if I improve my Physics incredibly though(low B at the moment),Physics just can't be that linked to Maths.My College doesn't do Philosophy.If I was you I wouldn't bother taking Maths or Geography if you didn't enjoy it and replace Philosophy with RE,much more respected-you will probably need an essay subject for a good application because all university degrees require essay writing even maths and you should do the three sciences and RE-Science and RE go well together
Original post by Little Tail Chaser
I really don't know to be honest I'm finding it difficult to narrow it down. I kinda want to do 5 AS Levels, but then that will just put extra pressure on me, plus that will mean I do 4 subjects at A2, which is pointless because apparently universities only look at 3. Decisions, decisions...
Anyway, I'm thinking of taking Biology, Chemistry, Maths, Philosophy, Physics, ICT and Geography (and yes, I know I can't do all of them!) I enjoy Biology and Chemistry, so I'm 99.9% sure that I'll take both of them, but the others I'm less decided on. Maths would be good, but I don't really enjoy it that much if I'm honest. I find Philosophy fun and interesting, but I don't really want to take an essay subject, plus I don't think it's as highly respected as other subjects. ICT I think would be fun and not too difficult, and it would also be appropriate as so much these days relies on computers. My Geography teacher keeps trying to make me take Geography, and I am a bit tempted, but I don't really enjoy it that much at GCSE level.
TL;DR: I have no idea
I'm finding it difficult to narrow it down. I kinda want to do 5 AS Levels, but then that will just put extra pressure on me, plus that will mean I do 4 subjects at A2, which is pointless because apparently universities only look at 3. Decisions, decisions... Anyway, I'm thinking of taking Biology, Chemistry, Maths, Philosophy, Physics, ICT and Geography (and yes, I know I can't do all of them!
) I enjoy Biology and Chemistry, so I'm 99.9% sure that I'll take both of them, but the others I'm less decided on. Maths would be good, but I don't really enjoy it that much if I'm honest. I find Philosophy fun and interesting, but I don't really want to take an essay subject, plus I don't think it's as highly respected as other subjects. ICT I think would be fun and not too difficult, and it would also be appropriate as so much these days relies on computers. My Geography teacher keeps trying to make me take Geography, and I am a bit tempted, but I don't really enjoy it that much at GCSE level. TL;DR: I have no idea
Yay! A fellow ICT Taker! haha, well its apparent that ICT is not highly value unless its OCR but i school doesn't do OCR so that is what is making me edgy with ICT.
Original post by Dalek1099
In ICT,you have to do some coursework on a real life situation-very tough,I like ICT but I won't be taking it anyway.I'm pretty sure on Maths,Further Maths,Business and Geography maybe RE or Physics,only if I improve my Physics incredibly though(low B at the moment),Physics just can't be that linked to Maths.My College doesn't do Philosophy.If I was you I wouldn't bother taking Maths or Geography if you didn't enjoy it and replace Philosophy with RE,much more respected-you will probably need an essay subject for a good application because all university degrees require essay writing even maths and you should do the three sciences and RE-Science and RE go well together
And once again, seeing as your a top student, you should do Economics instead of business, i know you are already doing 2 Maths subjects, but Economics has bearable maths e.g percentages, stats and others..
Original post by Dalek1099
In ICT,you have to do some coursework on a real life situation-very tough,I like ICT but I won't be taking it anyway.I'm pretty sure on Maths,Further Maths,Business and Geography maybe RE or Physics,only if I improve my Physics incredibly though(low B at the moment),Physics just can't be that linked to Maths.My College doesn't do Philosophy.If I was you I wouldn't bother taking Maths or Geography if you didn't enjoy it and replace Philosophy with RE,much more respected-you will probably need an essay subject for a good application because all university degrees require essay writing even maths and you should do the three sciences and RE-Science and RE go well together
Thing is, I enjoy Philosophy a lot more than I enjoy RS. I don't quite see how RS goes better with Science than Philosophy does
I would have thought that Philosophy covers stuff like medical ethics, which would link well with Biology (I'd just like to point out that I definitely don't want to be a doctor, I'm just making an example ) I see your point about needing an essay subject though, especially as I have no intention of taking English. I think the subjects I'm most likely to take are Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Philosophy. It's a toss up between Phys and Maths, but I think that Phys is more applied than Maths is (if that makes sense?
I don't really know how to describe it. What I mean is that I think I'm more likely to actually use Physics when I'm older than Maths. Obviously I'll use Maths as well, but I think that A-Level Maths is the quite complicated stuff that doesn't really have a practical use beyond studying Maths at a higher level. Blehh, I can't really explain what I'm trying to say, I hope it's clear enough )Original post by jennifer.tariah
Yay! A fellow ICT Taker! haha, well its apparent that ICT is not highly value unless its OCR but i school doesn't do OCR so that is what is making me edgy with ICT.
I think my school does Edexcel, can't really remember though
(edited 12 years ago)
Original post by Little Tail Chaser
Thing is, I enjoy Philosophy a lot more than I enjoy RS. I don't quite see how RS goes better with Science than Philosophy does I would have thought that Philosophy covers stuff like medical ethics, which would link well with Biology (I'd just like to point out that I definitely don't want to be a doctor, I'm just making an example ) I see your point about needing an essay subject though, especially as I have no intention of taking English.
I think the subjects I'm most likely to take are Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Philosophy. It's a toss up between Phys and Maths, but I think that Phys is more applied than Maths is (if that makes sense? I don't really know how to describe it. What I mean is that I think I'm more likely to actually use Physics when I'm older than Maths. Obviously I'll use Maths as well, but I think that A-Level Maths is the quite complicated stuff that doesn't really have a practical use beyond studying Maths at a higher level. Blehh, I can't really explain what I'm trying to say, I hope it's clear enough )
I think my school does Edexcel, can't really remember though
I would have thought that Philosophy covers stuff like medical ethics, which would link well with Biology (I'd just like to point out that I definitely don't want to be a doctor, I'm just making an example ) I see your point about needing an essay subject though, especially as I have no intention of taking English. I think the subjects I'm most likely to take are Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Philosophy. It's a toss up between Phys and Maths, but I think that Phys is more applied than Maths is (if that makes sense?
I don't really know how to describe it. What I mean is that I think I'm more likely to actually use Physics when I'm older than Maths. Obviously I'll use Maths as well, but I think that A-Level Maths is the quite complicated stuff that doesn't really have a practical use beyond studying Maths at a higher level. Blehh, I can't really explain what I'm trying to say, I hope it's clear enough )I think my school does Edexcel, can't really remember though
In pretty much the same week at school I was learning Religion in Science and vice versa-very linked,with contradicting and occasionally complimenting ideas.Religous Studies is far more respected than Philosophy.
Original post by Dalek1099
In pretty much the same week at school I was learning Religion in Science and vice versa-very linked,with contradicting and occasionally complimenting ideas.Religous Studies is far more respected than Philosophy.
Meh, I don't really care about whether or not it's respected. The other three (Bio, Chem, Phys) are respected enough, so it will be nice to have something a little easier that I can relax in
To be honest Philosophy and RS are similar, I still think that Philosophy is closer to Science than RS is.Original post by Little Tail Chaser
Meh, I don't really care about whether or not it's respected. The other three (Bio, Chem, Phys) are respected enough, so it will be nice to have something a little easier that I can relax in To be honest Philosophy and RS are similar, I still think that Philosophy is closer to Science than RS is.
To be honest Philosophy and RS are similar, I still think that Philosophy is closer to Science than RS is.My college doesn't offer Philosophy
Original post by Dalek1099
My college doesn't offer Philosophy
As you've said before
Original post by Little Tail Chaser
As you've said before
Are you sure your college does?
Original post by Dalek1099
Are you sure your college does?
Yep
Also, just done a bit of Googling... this is from Cambridge's website:
LIST A1
Generally Suitable Science A-levels
Biology
Chemistry
Mathematics
Further Mathematics
Physics
LIST A2
Generally Suitable Arts A-levels
Art History
Chinese
Classical Civilisation
Economics
English Literature
French
Geography
German
Greek
History
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Latin
Music
Philosophy
Religious Studies
Russian
Spanish
Welsh
LIST B
A-levels of More Limited Suitability
Archaeology (Arch & Anth)
Art & Design (Arts)
Business Studies (Economics)
Computing (Computer Science)
Design & Technology (Architecture)
Drama/Theatre Studies (Arts)
Electronics (Engineering)
English Language (Arts)
Film Studies (Arts)
Government & Politics (Arts)
Law (Land Economy & Law)
Media Studies (Arts)
Psychology (Arts)
Sociology (Arts)
LIST C
A-levels Suitable Only As Fourth Subjects
Accounting
Applied Science
Citizenship
Communication Studies
Critical Thinking
Dance
Environmental Science
General Studies
Health & Social Care
Home Economics
ICT
Leisure Studies
Music Technology
Performance Studies
Performing Arts
Perspectives on Science
Photography
Physical Education
Science
Science for Public Understanding
Sports Studies
Travel & Tourism
World Development
Looks like Philosophy is just as respected as RS
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