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Opinions on 6 ALevels?

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My friend is taking 3 sciences, maths and further maths. On top of that he is thinking of doing Polish as a 6th A Level, because he is from Poland so speaks fluent Polish!

What are people's opinions on this? Personally, this makes me slightly mad and upset!

He will end up with 6 A Levels which I think is crazy.

School is allowing him to do it since Polish will be a guaranteed good grade.

Opinions?

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Reply 1

Manny_khalae

I'm jealous is my opinion :smile:

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Reply 2

Firenze26

Original post by UNDECIDEDFUTURE

What! 6 A-levels?! Are you serious? That's a bit too much right?

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Reply 3

rxns_00

Original post by UNDECIDEDFUTURE

I did a language a year early with no revision and got an A. Tell him to go for it because speaking a language fluently he doesn't have to do a single bit of work and he can get a free A.
As for the other A levels I'm doing the exact same, but instead of further maths this year I'm doing general studies and THEN FM next year. It's doable. If he's good at maths he'll be absolutely fine, and I find the three sciences tend to interlink so it's actually really good doing all three.
If he's capable, cheer him on!

Reply 4

dyslexicvegie

Don't let him do it he will die of exhaustion by the end of the second term.

Reply 5

karmacrunch

Original post by UNDECIDEDFUTURE

I'm not saying that doing 6 A-Levels won't be lot of work, it will be! It's probably difficult for people who do your friend's options without Polish anyway. However, I don't understand why you're "slightly mad and upset"? :lolwut:

They're not your options and I doubt your school would let him do 6 whilst knowing that he wouldn't do any work or wasn't 'capable' etc. :redface:

Reply 6

PerplexedBird

I did 5. 6 is a bit too much.

Reply 7

IAmYourdog

Original post by RonnieRJ

d I find the three sciences tend to interlink so it's actually really good doing all three.
If he's capable, cheer him on!

How does biology interlink with physics and chemistry lol?

(except for the 2 out of the 300 pages in the text book)

NERDDD

what's the point? Universities only ask for 3, plus further maths if the degree is maths-related

Reply 10

constantino_chr

Pointless, utterly pointless.

And no matter how cocky/clever your friend is, there's no way they can pull that off. Good luck to 'em though :tongue:

I remember how invincible I felt when I was choosing my 4...

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Reply 11

kkboyk

Original post by UNDECIDEDFUTURE

I did 5 and also done one of my subjects for A2. Its VERY time consuming, and its quite pointless if he is doing it to make his uni application look better, since all courses require less than 4.

its better for him to do the subjects he needs and like as it mean he'll get more time tounderstand it fully. He could perhaps do the language A-level along with 4 of his orther subject, but he should be aware that just because he speaks the language will not mean he will easily get good grade.

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Reply 12

rxns_00

Original post by IAmYourdog

How does biology interlink with physics and chemistry lol?

(except for the 2 out of the 300 pages in the text book)

Biology overlaps chemistry and chemistry overlaps physics. Simples :smile:

Reply 13

IAmYourdog

Original post by RonnieRJ

Biology overlaps chemistry and chemistry overlaps physics. Simples :smile:

which exam board?

does he have a life?

Original post by IAmYourdog

which exam board?

AQA. Off the top of my head - physics and chem share mass spectrometry, bio requires you to learn the displayed formulas for alpha and beta glucose. There are more overlaps and the sciences definitely support each other. In fact, error calculations can come up in any of the three sciences, and having done physics, where there is a lot of emphasis on those, I was usually the only one in the class to know how to calculate them.

Reply 16

Octohedral

Original post by dyslexicvegie

Don't let him do it he will die of exhaustion by the end of the second term.

Not quite true (at least not for everyone). My friend did 6, alongside a part time job. It's actually quite common to do more if one of them is further maths, and one is not a challenge (i.e. Polish).

OP, why on earth are you slightly mad and upset??? :smile:

Reply 17

lukejoshjames

AS or A2, or both? tbh if he's Polish, and speaks fluent Polish it's really only 5 isn't it?

Reply 18

Lovinlife2

I practically just about survived doing 3.. so doing double the amount is a) a huge workload and b) unnecessary as universities only ask for 3 full A levels.

Good luck to your friend for his A levels though :smile:

Reply 19

HMPD97

He'll manage fine I think. Especially as Polish doesn't really count as his '6th A level' as he's fluent anyway. Although, unis won't count it.

I'm fluent in Spanish and I'm taking it as an A level and the uni I've firmed have said they won't take it into consideration.