drop a-levels and do an apprenticeship?

i got 3As, 3Bs and 4Cs and the As were in IGCSE..
my mum is pretty much forcing me to do a-levels and doesn't listen when i tell her how hard they are

What career do you want to go into?

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my school made it seem like there was no other option for an A-Level student).

I've been looking at accountancy apprenticeships

I've been looking at accountancy apprenticeships

Study the AAT qualification!

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do an apprenticeship now if you think you will fail

i looked at those, there are about 6 vacancies near me, i just have to decide a-levels or apprenticeship!!
I'm going to do some tests at central college nottingham on monday, then speak to a recruitment advisor, hopefully have come to a decision by then :/

Let me explain what AAT is to you. It's a direct route into accountancy.

Level 2 - GCSE equivalent.
Level 3 - A level standard (160 ucas)
Level 4 - foundation degree. Some universities accept you into the second year of an accounting and finance degree.

After this you can go onto becoming a charted accountant if you didn't want to go university. I don't see the need to go after level 4 tbh. And the level 4 exempts you from some of the modules for ACCA I think.

One thing I will suggest is get an apprenticeship as experience is everything.

I found AAT level 2 very easy. Completed it in a month. And level 3 was more challenging but not a lot to learn compared to 3 A levels.

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I would agree, do AAT. Employers often look for people studying towards level 3. Level 2 is easy, in fact it isn't even needed at all colleges because very little carries to level 3 other than double entry and most people can pick that up in a couple of months and get up to speed.

I haven't studied A-levels since 2000, but Level 3 was much easier than any of the A-Levels I ever studied (the old Cambridge history project, law, government and politics and sociology). Perhaps it is because it is modular and you get the pass or fail uploaded online within 15 minutes. I don't see why it is graded as highly as A-levels for difficulty but the UCAS points would definitely be handy for some people.

I am sitting a module off completing level 4 for future funding reasons on other courses. But it was a big jump from level 3 for me, especially as they keep throwing more and more professional ethics questions in to the exams at random.

Even if you get an ACCA exemption, I have read a few articles from ACCA qualified accountants advising against it because you are exempted from easier, but still solid hard exams, that will get you in gear for later ones.

I really can't imagine somebody unable to cope with A-levels on diffculty grounds managing CIMA or ACCA. Especially given the intensive pattern of teaching for days on end then no teaching for weeks which is the standard for Kaplan and BPP. Maybe I am wrong. Another one to look at afterwards is ATT if you want to specialise in tax. It's closer in difficulty to AAT and there are definitely some exemptions to be had if you do one or both of the the two taxation modules in AAT level 4.

Yeah AAT was easy for me. Passed everything first time. But level 2 just gave me extra confidence and was a good foundation to work on. Level 3 was also easy compared to A levels. Because the practice exams are almost identical to the actual exams. Level 4 is where it gets hard. But I decided not to do it. I enjoyed accounting but changed career paths.

Yeah the exemptions are there but not advisable. But AAT is a good career path. With placement experience.

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