Is 3 years at sixth form worth it?

I did the full maths A Level in Year 13 (old A Level system). I was placed in the Year 12 group with students who would take Maths A Level in Year 12 and then do Further Maths A Level in year 13, so we were scheduled double the hours of a normal subject.

Assuming your sixth form is offering you the same, I'd say you should give it a go!
If you find it's too difficult or too high a workload, you can always switch to doing the A Level over two years like normal.

In terms of applying to uni:
Some courses do prefer or even stipulate that you should achieve the 3 A Levels in the same sitting - if you have any particular unis in mind it may be worth checking with them now. For the most part I believe unis use that rule as either they don't like students to do resits and/or they want students to prove they can cope with the workload of 3 subjects. Given your situation, where you'd have a normal 3 subject workload and wouldn't be resitting maths if you were to do a "year 14", unis may be flexible on this.

How did you find doing full maths in year 13? How easy would you say it is to achieve an A/A*? And yes, I would be sitting with year 12 further maths next year!
Thank you for the help, I already emailed a few of the universities I wanted to go to and they said staying an extra year wouldn’t affect my application.

I found it fine - it was my easiest A Level and my only A*.... but as I say, I sat under the old system so I had 3 exams in January (Core 1, Core 2, Statistics 1) and 3 in June (Core 3, Core 4, Mechanics 1), and maths was always my best subject in high school.

For me, the maths was easier as it's more about memory - like I knew exactly what they'd be testing on each paper, I just had to remember how to do it. Whereas my other A Levels were French, German and Italian.... where I was a little more reliant on getting a good essay question to answer on the day.

I'm not sure how the new A Level compares... fewer exams as they're all in June, but presumably you'd have to remember a lot more for them!

It also helped that my maths teachers were super supportive. We moved onto Mechanics 2 content around April as everyone else would sit M2 in January of Year 13... given I wasn't continuing they were happy for me to skip those couple of classes or come to class and use it as revision time. Very helpful as I was always pretty bad at finding the motivation to study at home!

Wow you found maths easy and got an a* in a year! That’s actually so good
Luckily my maths teachers are really supportive aswell but unfortunately, the new spec is so demanding and much harder so yeah I might try the two years in one for a couple months and change if i find it too hard

Thanks for the help!

Good luck - your teachers must think it’s possible if they’ll let you try it so might as well give it a go!

I am in year 12 and recently realised I need a level maths for the course I want to do at uni. I am confused as to whether or not I should complete a level maths in one year in year 13 or take an extra year out (year14) to finish it in 2 years.
Im also doing biology, chemistry and I dropped sociology for maths. Although Maths in one year will be a lot of work and may reduce my time spent on my other subjects, is it worth wasting a year?

if you don't want to be a degenerate, yes.

I am in year 12 and recently realised I need a level maths for the course I want to do at uni. I am confused as to whether or not I should complete a level maths in one year in year 13 or take an extra year out (year14) to finish it in 2 years.
Im also doing biology, chemistry and I dropped sociology for maths. Although Maths in one year will be a lot of work and may reduce my time spent on my other subjects, is it worth wasting a year?

I started sixth form again because I simply hated my subject combination, I changed my subjects and started year 12 again, BEST decision I have EVER made. Not only would you get a proper understanding of the course rather than rushing it and panicking, and potentially not doing well, the subjects you keep, you'll perform SO much better! I went from a D to an A in History because I took the year again. I'm now able to apply and get places at all 5 Russel group unis, which I definitely couldn't before... Of course, nobody wants to do an extra year, but I mean do the negatives really outweigh? the positives? The benefits were enough for me It's not actually that much of a delay if you think about it. It goes so quick you don't even notice in my experience!

I think this just helped me to confirm my choice and now I don’t feel as bad for having to stay an extra year. I didn’t want to feel like I was left behind all my friends who will be going to university next year, but you’re right I shouldn’t rush. Thank you so much !

Thank you so much for the help. What subjects do you do now if you don’t mind me asking?
Also I think the one year thing was what put me off but I agree, it’s not even that long!

I don't do the same subjects as you. I started off doing Biology, Chemistry, Sociology, and history with wanting to make a decision between dropping sociology or history. I now do Sociology, History, and English. Even though our subject combination is different I think you'll still find the doing better due to the extra year is still applicable! Honestly, I think you should g for it. I've never met anyone that has regret it going into uni as of course with the right work ethic you'll do even better, and presumably, go to a better uni. I think the only negative is that you think you have ALL this extra time, and you'll be okay to relax, etc, but as I found out you don't haha! So as long as you understand that you'll be fine. Sorry for the late reply, A-levels have dominated all my time. Did you perhaps make a decision?

I am in year 12 and recently realised I need a level maths for the course I want to do at uni. I am confused as to whether or not I should complete a level maths in one year in year 13 or take an extra year out (year14) to finish it in 2 years.
Im also doing biology, chemistry and I dropped sociology for maths. Although Maths in one year will be a lot of work and may reduce my time spent on my other subjects, is it worth wasting a year?