2 GCSE's with my A levels. Too much?

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  1. iSoftie's Avatar
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    2 GCSE's with my A levels. Too much?
    Basically, I went to a real shabby school with rubbish resources (honestly a language college that doesn't offer Latin like my old school had). So unfortunately I had to drop Latin GCSE yet I bloody loved it, (that's why I'l be changing yet again!). I also had to drop Triple Science because the school thought I couldn't catch up on C3 or w/e. There's a real error in the government schools imo but hey.. We aren't here to discuss that.

    Anyway to compensate for the Triple Science I decided to take on a GCSE in Astronomy and progress is slow but I aim to finish it during December 2012 and leave it for revision for until the exam begins.

    Problem is I'll be doing this (and self-studying my Latin GCSE) during my sixth form years. When I'm doing a lot of AS levels in Yr. 12:

    Further Mathematics
    Mathematics
    Biology
    Chemistry

    Also I'll be doing an AS in French over the course of 2 years - don't worry about that -.

    And if I do well in a Latin GCSE I'll be wanting to squeeze in an AS in Latin at Yr. 13 but I'm just wondering if I'm burdening myself?!?!? D:

    I really do like these subjects literally: all of them!

    I just don't know what to do and obviously I won't like it if I start in August this year ridden with so much work. Because I do this for pleasure in that all these subjects are rewarding.

    Thinking about it as well. It's in theory 5 A levels? I heard that's suicide.

    Please TSR you loving people! Help D:
  2. MarshmallowBob's Avatar
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    Re: 2 GCSE's with my A levels. Too much?
    That is sucide!! Why do you want to take so many subjects? is it because you like them, or you like qualifications?
    regardless of you intention, i have a couple of egyption friends, and its pretty much routine to take two igcses with 3 A-levels. (three A-levels not 5!!)
    If i were you, id just focus on my A-levels, because in the end thats what your applying to unis with. im not saying its impossible, im just saying its going to be an awfull amount of work, making you hate the subjects rather than enjoying them. But hey that just me.
    Last edited by MarshmallowBob; 06-04-2012 at 15:52.
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