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Doing A levels when I'm already at University, a good idea?

Hi, I didn't do A levels because I was quite ill and had to leave school during my GCSEs. I am now doing an Access Course and will hopefully be going to university next year. Unfortunately many graduate schemes now require a certain number of UCAS points on top of a degree, so would it be a good idea to do some A levels whilst I am at uni (perhaps one a year)? Would it be too much work? Has anybody does this before?

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RibenaRockstar

It depends on the A-Level to be honest. If you can find one that is exam-only and mainly covered by your degree subject you should be able to do it quite easily, BUT check exam times. At my uni, all exams are finished by the end of May, so you might have clashage issues with the AS exam (soon not to be an issue, I think?) but not the A2 ones which tend to be in June.

But yes, check your uni term times and the exam timetables for the A-Level boards.