Hey! Merry Christmas!
Here I am at 07:50 on Christmas morning reflecting about these things...
Anyway, let's get right to it.
I'm wondering what peoples' thoughts are regarding whether they found their Access to HE diploma adequate preparation for academic study?
A bit of background about me.
I did a Science Access to HE focusing on Biology and Chemistry and achieved 45D.
I was hoping to go on to do a Chemistry degree but I still felt, when I compared the Access to HE syllabus to the A Level Chemistry syllabus, there were major holes in the curriculum. As a result, I did a Foundation Year after my Access to HE.
Now, in my first year of Chemistry, I don't think I would have survived if I hadn't had done that Foundation Year (which was pretty much A Levels of A Level Biology, Chemistry and Maths condensed into 1 year).
Does anyone else have similar or opposite experiences? I suspect it may be different for different streams (Arts/Sciences) etc.