What are the benefits of A Level Maths?

Just a thread so I can come to for motivation for those ups and downs and know that I'm not going to fight a pointless battle.

Reply 1

Dsk10911

Some parts of A level maths are actually quite interesting. The challenging aspect of problem solving also made it enjoyable for me. I think the most important benefit is that you will have many more doors open for yourself when you apply to Uni as many courses need A level maths. A lot of my friends wanted to apply for certain courses but weren't able to due to them not having A level maths. Despite the papers this year being quite tough, studying A level maths will never be something I regret. (This is coming from someone who is planning on doing a humanities degree where A level maths is not required)

Reply 2

sachinihimara

you wont be getting the 2019 Edexcel papers?

Reply 3

Hiro2468

Original post by sachinihimara

you wont be getting the 2019 Edexcel papers?

😂😂 fair point

Reply 4

mnot

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Original post by Hiro2468

Just a thread so I can come to for motivation for those ups and downs and know that I'm not going to fight a pointless battle.

you start learning the basics behind calculus, otherwise known as the most powerful tool known to man.

Reply 5

Hiro2468

Original post by Dsk10911

That sounds nice, I'm interested in mostly algebra which fortunately is most of the pure section. I've always wanted to know/understand how to do logarithms and differentiation so I guess I have an excuse to learn it now.

Reply 6

riekeleah

If you enjoy Maths I would definitely encourage you to take it as one of your options. If you know that your uni course doesn’t need it but does need certain subjects, I would advise you to prioritise the subjects you definitely need, but if you have options left over, maths is a great choice.

There is a lot of differentiation and integration (the reverse of differentiation) and you also use logarithms in the statistics section at points. The mechanics also has applied differentiation and integration so I think you’ll enjoy these sections too.

Good luck!