Resitting A Levels while in university

Is it possible?
My degree is in humanities and I plan to resit my A Levels as the grad job I am looking to get has higher A Level requirements and I’m ready to dedicated a crazy amount of time studying both my BA and A Levels at the same time.

Hello,

While possible yes, it is an incredible amount of work to accomplish. It really depends on how much time you can actually spend studying without burning out. What about social life and events? What about looking after yourself--cooking, getting outside etc.?

You don't want to sacrifice your degree grade for A level results in the grand scheme of things.

Does your first year of university count to your degree? Or are you done with first year? That'll also be useful to know when deciding if what you've suggested will be doable or incredibly stress-inducing.

Hope this helps,
Dom

Thank you for your response . I am actually doing a foundation year and I need a 40 per cent to get onto the undergraduate degree.
I am a mature student as well (21 tomorrow) as I took a couple of gap years. I didn’t resit in the gap years because I had a lot going on and I didn’t think my A Level grades would matter that much for what I want to do. I got BCC and knew I could do better but I was part of the 2021 cohort so the grades for that year were also based on first year tests.

Is it possible?
My degree is in humanities and I plan to resit my A Levels as the grad job I am looking to get has higher A Level requirements and I’m ready to dedicated a crazy amount of time studying both my BA and A Levels at the same time.

Its it possible? Theoretically, yes. In practice, no.

What will you do if your A level exams clash with your university exams? Neither will be rescheduled to accommodate you.

You're running the risk that you'll do poorly in either your A level resits, or your degree course.

You mention below that you're doing a foundation year at university. I'd say that you should concentrate on your degree course and make sure you do really well on that. Don't take the risk of doing poorly in your foundation year because you're potentially spending time on your A level resits that on your university studies.

For the career, I am planning on they require on average AAA. And I want to give myself more options as my current grades mean I am very limited for choice on where I can apply. And it is already VERY competitive

Is it possible?
My degree is in humanities and I plan to resit my A Levels as the grad job I am looking to get has higher A Level requirements and I’m ready to dedicated a crazy amount of time studying both my BA and A Levels at the same time.

Which career is it that’s going to demand AAA from A levels taken at 18 from a graduate who’s 25?
(because quite frankly they sound stupid)

It would be a lot cheaper to retake A levels and then go straight on to a degree course, skipping the foundation year.

It doesn't work like that. There are two options.

Option A you are applying to an employer who uses rigid structures to filter down the number of applicants. One of those rigidities is that A levels are an indicator of academic ability aged 18, so resitting them at 21/22 shows nothing. You still dinged them at 18 and aren't showing the academic potential they want to see.

Option B you are applying to a more flexible employer who doesn't give detailed credit to any A level grades taken 2020-23 because they are all a load of nonsense.

In either case, resitting A levels is a completely pointless exercise with employers in mind, unless you are 30+ and starting/changing a career that is qualification based.

Ok, so would you recommend that I take a gap year to resit my A Levels and apply for an LLB for next year instead of doing a foundation year?

I'd recommend resitting A-level instead of foundation year as resitting is much less costly. BCC really ain't great. If you can turn the Cs into A/A* then it's AAB or A*AB and you can apply for a stronger LLB for next year.

You're gonna have to do a foundation year anyway for an LLB worth doing - might as well just resit. And you can even do something else in your gap year.

I'd recommend resitting A-level instead of foundation year as resitting is much less costly. BCC really ain't great. If you can turn the Cs into A/A* then it's AAB or A*AB and you can apply for a stronger LLB for next year.

You're gonna have to do a foundation year anyway for an LLB worth doing - might as well just resit. And you can even do something else in your gap year.

I am 21 by the way.
I’m 21 and I just don’t have time to waste. People are telling me to just take the year off and not go to university for the foundation year but I know I won’t be able to focus in my home environment as its a chaotic and loud household and I would be better off doing it at university away from home.

In that case, go to the foundation year.

Good luck with your studies. I guess if you do quite well in the foundation year you can transfer to other universities.

You don’t have to go to university to leave home if your home environment isn’t suited to resitting?