ABB vs AAB - bit of help please

Are you doing it through a fast track A level course & is it online/distance learning? Because I'm thinking of doing that with A2 psychology which I flopped but I'm aiming better this time!

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After leaving college 3 years ago with BB at A-level, when I didn't have the drive or direction necessary. I've enrolled in a distance learning philosophy course with NEC, 1 year for a whole A-level, so I can get ABB and get into a good uni.

However, I'm wondering whether I should retake the A2 module of one of my B grades so I can hopefully get AAB. I've got a couple of questions.

Is the difference between ABB and AAB worth it?

Will doing an entire A-level plus an A2 module in one year be too much?

I'm planning on doing philosophy with film or psychology at uni if that helps.

I'm doing it through NEC which is distance learning and it's technically not a fast track course according to them, their fast tracks courses are more expensive and are for people doing what I'm doing but starting after November.

So I'm starting one A-level from scratch in a year and I'm really tempted to do redo my A2 English Language and get an A, I'll chat with them on Monday and depending on how it goes, I'll probably do an A2 English Language course on top of the AS/A2 Philosophy course.

Is there any reason you can't just self-teach the English Language unit and sit the exam at your old school, in exchange for the entrance fee (of about £20 or something)? I sat AS and A2 Maths at my old school, 7 years after leaving, that way.

NEC is expensive. Don't do anything through them that you could have done on your own. You're self-teaching, after all, and all you'll get from them is a folder of stuff you would have known already from downloading the specification and buying a textbook or two. I signed up for AS Biology through them and never bothered going through with it, but I would have needed to go through someone because of the practical. Expensive mistake.

Is it possible to resit a module from an A Level that you sat three years ago????

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So do the complete philosophy a-level through NEC but do the A2 english language module myself? If it's the same syllabus, I'll probably do that.

I'm planning on doing that AS WELL as doing a new A-level.

Well, I personally would self-teach Philosophy as well these days, but then I've already been to uni and self-taught various things so I'm not in the least intimidated by that prospect and think I would get a good grade (and would probably pay a tutor for one or two sessions to check I was on the right track, much cheaper than paying NEC for the whole qualification).

If the specification has changed then I don't think you'll be able to resit the unit and have it fit with the other units at all anyway, regardless of whether you do it on your own or through NEC. So basically - find out whether it's possible first (some of the teachers on here probably know that kind of detail, I think there's at least one very helpful English teacher). I really, really think it'd be a waste of money to pay anything to NEC to resit a unit you got teaching for, studied for and sat already. You should have a really good idea of what you need to do to improve already. If not, pay a tutor for a session or two. So much cheaper, and so much more useful. You won't get that kind of help from NEC.

Im kinda confused. What I'm trying to say is, can you resit one module from an A Level that you sat all the modules for three years ago?

I'm doing it through NEC which is distance learning and it's technically not a fast track course according to them, their fast tracks courses are more expensive and are for people doing what I'm doing but starting after November.

So I'm starting one A-level from scratch in a year and I'm really tempted to do redo my A2 English Language and get an A, I'll chat with them on Monday and depending on how it goes, I'll probably do an A2 English Language course on top of the AS/A2 Philosophy course.

Same with English !!! But I did well in exams and flopped the coursework! ! That's what I'm going to retake

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I want to re-do the coursework as well... Are you doing English language, not literature? Which exam board are you on?

AQA A and English language! It's actually not even that hard! What about you?

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Edexcel English Language. I wish I was on AQA as most sixth forms/colleges are on that exam board, I literally don't think I can find any centre where I can resit the coursework. I don't understand how it works, does it have to be a centre that's local to you where you enter yourself or can it be in another part of England?