Rank your a levels from easiest to hardest

I’m going into Year 12 and wanted to know what A levels people struggled in and which ones they found easy to give me a better overview.

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Reply 1

Howie_2114

Original post by Apple16

I’m going into Year 12 and wanted to know what A levels people struggled in and which ones they found easy to give me a better overview.

Maths (easiest)
Religious studies
Further maths (hardest)
Economics (I dropped this at the end of year 12)

Reply 2

UrbanIncentive

Economics
Biology
Maths
Chemistry

Reply 3

isiaiah d

Original post by Apple16

I’m going into Year 12 and wanted to know what A levels people struggled in and which ones they found easy to give me a better overview.

Maths
Chemistry
(Further Maths) did a few modules so can comment on them
Physics

Although my results went
Maths,Physics,Chemistry for some reason

Reply 4

lucabrasi98

I know this will be a recurring topic. So I'd like to point out that statistically, Maths is the easiest subject to get a high grade in at University. With Law/general humanities being hardest.

So there's no reason to believe sixth forms any different

Reply 5

zooloowarrier

Original post by lucabrasi98

Except university maths is nothing like sixth form maths.

Reply 6

DontJudgeImANerd

easy to hard:

maths
CompSci
physics
further maths

Reply 7

maymuna manti

Original post by Apple16

I’m going into Year 12 and wanted to know what A levels people struggled in and which ones they found easy to give me a better overview.

Sociology
psychology
Biology ( mad hard )

Reply 8

lucabrasi98

Original post by zooloowarrier

Except university maths is nothing like sixth form maths.

Makes no difference to my point whatsoever. If anything it strengthens it. A level maths is even easier. Look at grade breakdowns for each subject.

Maths and further maths constantly lead in A*/A grades given. And through this thread you'll see more people saying Maths was their easiest.

It was my easiest too and I'm definitely not a maths whiz

Reply 9

Shadowdraconis

Original post by Apple16

I’m going into Year 12 and wanted to know what A levels people struggled in and which ones they found easy to give me a better overview.

EASIEST
Computer Science
Pure Maths
Maths (statistics and mechanics) & Biology (i found these both hard)
HARDEST

(edited 5 years ago)

Reply 10

Lechatn0ir

So far,
Economics
Maths/history- maths is low maintenance but i can see it as being ‘harder’ whilst history has a ton of work

Reply 11

Tegan.joy

Original post by DontJudgeImANerd

easy to hard:

maths
CompSci
physics
further maths

I’m doing the same a-Levels and I would just swap physics and further maths.

Reply 12

stirkee

Easiest to hardest:

Economics
Maths
History (did Pre-U history, not A level)
Further Maths

Finished mine in 2014 though.

Reply 13

username3731912

Easiest to hardest --
Sociology
Maths
Further Maths
French

Reply 14

/JR/

Easiest to Hardest:
Government & Politics
History
Philosophy
English Literature

Reply 15

E--

Maths
Chemistry
Biology

Reply 16

Crow_M

Easiest to Hardest:
Portuguese
Mathematics
Spanish
Chemistry
Further Mathematics
Physics
Biology

Reply 17

Htn_02

Maths easiest, Chem then Physics.
BUT it’s easier to get the same grade in Physics (lets say an A) than Chem in my opinion, but easier in Chem to get a better mark if ygm.

Reply 18

Its_Shannon_7

Easiest to hardest:
German
Economics
Accounting
Maths
Idk Y maths is kinda my weakness at least for now

Reply 19

jemlucybowie

Easiest: geography
RS
English and biology joint hardest.
The essay style at A-Level is so different for English lit, so it’s difficult to begin with. I don’t do biology anymore because we can’t do AS so I dropped it this term - it was nothing to do with the difficulty, but my friends say it is a huge workload.