How will the new science a level work?

I just finished my GCSE's I am hoping to do biology,chemistry and maths and maybe physics for a level.

For GCSE's the only biology content I can say I enjoyed was medical things like kidney's,heart and blood the plant bits were not that interesting.For chemistry I quite enjoyed it.For physics I did not really find it interesting.

I would like to know people's opinions,thoughts and feelings about the new science a level.I have heard there will no longer be AS if this is true do you think that it is a good thing or a bad thing?

Hi I'm currently in year 13 and I'm on the new spec course. They are very tough. Chemistry I dropped after a year and Biology I stuck with, the content isn't too bad for biology but this years exams have been pretty bad so far. Paper 1 was tough, I've got paper 2 on Tuesday and paper 3 the following monday. (I'l let you know how those papers are)

I think if you work hard enough you'll be fine, and you'll have the added bonus of past papers before you take your exams

The new A-levels are linear, rather than modular. AS levels exist but are a separate qualification; if you take the AS exams in year 12 for example, these results will have no bearing on your final A-level results as you'll be taking a full set of exams at the end of year 13 anyway. It's more similar to the IB style, where you may take mock exams in year 12 but all your actual exams will be at the end of year 13 and will cover the entire course (or significant amounts of it). The benefit of this is there is slightly less emphasis on "learning for the exam" and more on just mastering the complete syllabus. You won't be able to as easily engage in "targeted revision" and skip topics you're not interested in as they only form a part of a single module which averages out; you can't know if it will come up and if it does, how extensively it will be examined.

If you didn't particularly enjoy physics at GCSE I'd probably suggest avoiding it at A-level; it's really "more of the same", fairly unsophisticated mathematically and more of a "survey" type course. You may want to consider Further Mathematics A-level, and taking mechanics option(s) if you would like some physical background and have a good aptitude and enjoyment of maths; the mechanics content of Maths/FM is more mathematically sophisticated and closer to what you may encounter at university, and while less broad is thus more representative and interesting, in my mind. The main topic at A-level physics which isn't covered by the mechanics modules which is not completely developed from scratch at university usually is electricity/magnetism; in particular the basic circuit laws. This isn't universal however so do take that with a pinch of salt.

So the exams that are meant to be for AS do you only sit them as your mocks or do you have to do them again at A2 with the A2 exams for the real grade?If you know what I mean?

Why did you find chemistry hard?Whats the content like for chemistry and biology?Do you still do AS and get the grades and that contributes to your A2 grade?How will university application work,is it still the same?

You don't do AS exams, all the exams are in year 13.

Uni application is based on predicted grades from teacher.

Chemistry is alright for the first few topics and then it is a lot harder and I was doing 4 subjects so I had no time to do chemistry.

Biology content is quite good, There is a bit on human biology such as homeostasis, coordination and control, cardiac cycle, etc. But also a lot on plants like in energy and ecosystems, mendel and his peas, photosynthesis, mass flow, translocation, etc. Its a good balance but I hate studying plants because its not relevant to the degree i want to do.

the plant bits were not that interesting

But also a lot on plants like in energy and ecosystems, mendel and his peas, photosynthesis, mass flow, translocation, etc

What exam board did you do for chemistry and biology?So all the as content you would sit the exam for it in year 13 and sit the a2 content in year 13 a well?