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I was pushed into doing the equivalent (ie picking up an entire new a-level in my final year), and now I'm snowed under with coursework and finding it hard to cope :frown:

Reply 21

Dr. Blazed

michaela_banana

Some people i know have 23 frees out of a maximum of 50 lessons a fortnight. This is a ridiculous waste of time and nothing is accomplished.

Really ? I had half my time free in Year 13, and I spent it doing art, rehearsing in a whole bunch of bands, working, helping the younger kids do French and assisting in the arranging of a music tour abroad.

If you want to stand out in the UCAS process, you need to do something away from academic work, not just innumerable A Levels.

Reply 22

gianthead

JBacon

No your capped at 360 points, with 18 units ( 3 A Levels) so no points benefit whatsoever.

You aren't capped at 360! Maths at Leicester demands 300-400 ucas points for entry.

Reply 23

Talya

Oxbridge offers definitely aren't capped at 360!

Reply 24

sarforaz

Looks more impressive on the application, esp if your applying for a very competitive course...

That's a myth, extra work in your subjects and extra-curricular stuff looks a lot better.

Reply 25

kellywood_5

Whether or not doing 4 A2s has an advantage in terms of UCAS points depends on what the offer is. Most universities, or at least the top ones, ask for certain grades rather than points, and even the ones that ask for points sometimes want them to be gained from 3 subjects, so doing an extra A-level would be of no benefit whatsoever. However, it does look quite good on an application, although it doesn't make that much difference. I carried on with 4 because I enjoyed all my subjects at AS, got good grades in them and was quite confident I could cope with the work. Also, I didn't want to have loads more frees at school because I knew it would be very difficult to use them wisely.

Reply 26

JBacon

gianthead

You aren't capped at 360! Maths at Leicester demands 300-400 ucas points for entry.

The majority of universities will only ever ask for 3 A Levels, This is standard practice. The maximum points score is therefore 360. I look set to get 650 but there is nobody that needs that many to get into university.

How on earth can Leicester demand 400 points. Its Leicester enough said, it doesn't even appear on the Times league tables(if it was any good you would think it would at least make an appearance). Where has Demand and Supply gone?

Reply 27

gianthead

League tables are confusing and not always accurate - entry standards are a much truer measure in my view
unis will sometimes ask for as many Alevels as you're doing
lots of unis prefer an extra AS level