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"phwoar 5 A-Levels man just drop 2 of em cause Unis don't care cause they just look at 3"
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"man that's too much work"
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"waste of time"
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too hard"
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What are your opinions on the matter?
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What A-Levels did you do?
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If you did 5 A-Levels, what was it like?
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What are some tips if I do end up doing 5 A-Levels?
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I don't think it's worth it. I do Medicine and frankly it's not worth burning yourself out now, because Year 1 (and 0 if you do it) are brutal. You have to be extremely passionate and, honestly just stubborn, to get through it. You're going to spread yourself thin and become a master of nothing without extreme care. The ONLY things relevant to Medicine are Biology, Chemistry and potentially one of either Math/Phys. You don't need more and you're not going to get brownie points for doing so; the only thing it'd really help for is UKCAT and BMAT. And even then, not really.
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I took English, History, Sociology, Biology and Physics, along with First Language Welsh and Irish. I did AL Chemistry by myself a year later.
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As you can see, I did seven subjects (though only 5 were really work). It was hell. I didn't have a social life, my relationship soured extremely quickly, I was constantly tired and depressed, and felt like I was juggling a million things at once without enough hours in the day. It wasn't conducive to my mental health nor the health of anyone else I knew that did 5. You don't need to do it and I don't recommend it at all.
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Manage your time in a schedule and stick to it RIGIDLY. Free up plenty of time to relax your brain, and I can't stress enough the importance of exercise. When exams are near draw up a table of things to cover for every single day, up to the hours you spend on each thing if need be. Keep links with friends, talk with family, do not isolate yourself under any circumstances. Have strong conviction and remind yourself every day why you're doing this. Flashcards are your best friend and mindmaps help too. Do a revision paper for each subject each week if you can. And may the gods give you strength.
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