A level help :(

Hi everyone,

So i'm going to be staring my a levels in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths in sixth form this September and would like to study an engineering science at uni. I'm debating whether to do further maths as a fifth A level. My school only allows a max of 4 subjects at AS because that is what they can fit into time slots on top of Core PE, frees and supervised study, so taking an additional a level, in my case Further Maths would mean that I would have to self study and just do the exam(s).

Is it Do-able? and is it even worth it?

Further Maths is highly regarded for engineering degrees, and I worry that this may cost my entrance into a good uni, such as Imperial or Cambridge.

Thoughts/ comments/ experiences are appreciated.

Thank you in advance

Hey, I'm starting my A-levels in september too. I'm also going to be taking FM, and it looks quite challenging.. So my advice is, you might want to drop biology as doing both physics and chemistry would still put you in a good place

The only reason i'm doing bio is just in case i change my mind and decide to go into medicine hahah, I enjoy it as well, but being the indecisive person I am means that I need some sort of back up lol.

But since FM is quite challenging I don't think i'll be able to self-teach :/

Hi everyone,

So i'm going to be staring my a levels in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths in sixth form this September and would like to study an engineering science at uni. I'm debating whether to do further maths as a fifth A level. My school only allows a max of 4 subjects at AS because that is what they can fit into time slots on top of Core PE, frees and supervised study, so taking an additional a level, in my case Further Maths would mean that I would have to self study and just do the exam(s).

Is it Do-able? and is it even worth it?

Further Maths is highly regarded for engineering degrees, and I worry that this may cost my entrance into a good uni, such as Imperial or Cambridge.

Thoughts/ comments/ experiences are appreciated.

Thank you in advance

Hi everyone,

So i'm going to be staring my a levels in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths in sixth form this September and would like to study an engineering science at uni. I'm debating whether to do further maths as a fifth A level. My school only allows a max of 4 subjects at AS because that is what they can fit into time slots on top of Core PE, frees and supervised study, so taking an additional a level, in my case Further Maths would mean that I would have to self study and just do the exam(s).

Is it Do-able? and is it even worth it?

Further Maths is highly regarded for engineering degrees, and I worry that this may cost my entrance into a good uni, such as Imperial or Cambridge.

Thoughts/ comments/ experiences are appreciated.

Thank you in advance

The only reason i'm doing bio is just in case i change my mind and decide to go into medicine hahah, I enjoy it as well, but being the indecisive person I am means that I need some sort of back up lol.

But since FM is quite challenging I don't think i'll be able to self-teach :/

Again, I'm pretty sure biology isn't necessary (although very useful) to do medicine as long as you have chemistry and another science? correct me if i'm wrong

Hey im currently doing 5 a levels including bio chem and maths and i wouldnt encourage it
further maths is the hardest alevel imo, there are only 2 people doing it at my school , they are very smart girls but they struggled to get Ds in the mocks(and that is with a teacher)

maybe you could get a tutor and do it but this is costly and time consuming
id say focus on the alevels youve got or take fm as an alternative to one of them

good luck with it

p.s if you want to do 5 do arabic as a fifth

It is doable and if you're applying to Cambridge I would recommend further maths. However, I think you're better of dropping Biology. I'm applying to Cambridge medicine and they did say having 5 AS levels made no difference and honestly - it's not worth the drain. Especially considering you want to get the highest UMS score possible. Best of luck x

Thank you

What subjects are you taking?

Thank youu

I looked at an edexcel arabic past paper and died! I don't think my vocab is good enough. But I might do it and just learn a bunch of words haha

Yep further maths is recommended for most engineering subjects at uni's such as imperial and Cambridge . I'd suggest that you switch bio for FM because its not as important . However you could do 5 AS subjects, it's do-able but you would have to put in a lot of hard work over the course of the year and not just towards the start of your Exams .

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nah honestly youll be good at it!
AS is easy, a2 is a bit harder because its arabic literature but youre fluent so dw about it

Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths.

I haven't done FM at GCSE, would that put me at a disadvantage if i do decide to take the course at AS?

I haven't done FM at GCSE, would that put me at a disadvantage if i do decide to take the course at AS?