Eng Lit A level?

Hi

I'm doing maths further maths physics and history but am finding history quite boring - does anyone know if Eng Lit would be a good alternative? Is it very hard to get top marks, like an A at AS? Is it interesting? Will it be quite time consuming?

Thanks

Reply 1

Changing Skies

Original post by quamquam

I found english literature easier than history, even though I preferred history :tongue:

I felt it required less effort, there's less to memorise, for example. If you know your texts well and stick to the assessment objectives, you should breeze through it :smile:

I put barely any work into literature and still got an A. Perhaps have a look at the texts you'd be studying to ensure you'd be okay on the course :smile:

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Reply 2

Arkasia

It's very time consuming, with essays, coursework and reading taking up a large portion of your day. That being said, it is by far my favourite A-level, and wouldn't drop it for the world.

Reply 3

JackBlack

Its deceivingly time consuming. But if you like analysing things, you'll like it.

Reply 4

Changing Skies

Original post by Arkasia

It's very time consuming, with essays, coursework and reading taking up a large portion of your day. That being said, it is by far my favourite A-level, and wouldn't drop it for the world.

Just shows how much my teachers didn't care, oops :rofl:

I never had work for it, did a couple of essays across the two years.

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Reply 5

quamquam

Original post by Changing Skies

I found english literature easier than history, even though I preferred history :tongue:

I felt it required less effort, there's less to memorise, for example. If you know your texts well and stick to the assessment objectives, you should breeze through it :smile:

I put barely any work into literature and still got an A. Perhaps have a look at the texts you'd be studying to ensure you'd be okay on the course :smile:

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Thanks!

Did you do AQA eng lit? And you say you preferred history - did you still find eng lit interesting though? Or did it get a bit boring? Cheers! :smile:

Reply 6

Changing Skies

Original post by quamquam

Thanks!

Did you do AQA eng lit? And you say you preferred history - did you still find eng lit interesting though? Or did it get a bit boring? Cheers! :smile:

No problem :h:

Yeah I did :smile:

I loved literature! So much, so I'd definitely recommend it :h:

I did prefer A2 though because I did gothic literature :love:

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Reply 7

quamquam

Original post by Changing Skies

No problem :h:

Yeah I did :smile:

I loved literature! So much, so I'd definitely recommend it :h:

I did prefer A2 though because I did gothic literature :love:

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Aha thanks :smile:

Also, is there a big step up from GCSE? :smile:

Reply 8

ByronicHero

Not particularly difficult.

Somewhat interesting.

Not particularly time consuming.

Reply 9

Arkasia

Original post by Changing Skies

Just shows how much my teachers didn't care, oops :rofl:

I never had work for it, did a couple of essays across the two years.

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Yeah that does seem a little relaxed of them, but its fine as long as you came out with good grades.

Reply 10

Changing Skies

Original post by quamquam

Aha thanks :smile:

Also, is there a big step up from GCSE? :smile:

I actually didn't find it too bad! The way you style your answers and the depth of them is different, but I wouldn't say I found it more difficult :smile: