A-level Computer Science Study Group

Hi - I'm year 12 but thought it would be interesting to see other cs students' experiences.

I am doing AQA and I have no clue how I'll be assessed for my a level but I have EOYs now. I'm aiming for an A/A* (I'm currently at about a B according my tests in Feb/March time). Revision wise, I'm making notes/flashcards and doing practice questions.

Y13 here. Course isnt very difficult - just a lot of stuff to remember like most A levels. Honestly if you tick off everything day by day on the specification should be fairly stress-free. However there is a programming project in second year. I would suggest to start this over the summer, we started in december and it was exhausting to say the least.

Awesome, thanks! We've started the programming already and we're actually almost done with the course - I think the plan is to finish everything but the project by the end of the summer term and then use next year for our project and revision. However, my teacher who is supposed to be teaching us programming isn't that good - *in sarcastic tone* yaaaay.

I hope everything goes well for you and your grades!

Thanks ! Yeah i get you. We werent really taught anything in the programing side of things which was frustrating, perhaps because everyone was using different languages for their project. However, most of the marks are in the write-up as opposed to creating the most amazing, sophisticated project. In the end, i just used python to create my project, watching youtube tutorials to implement each new feature i want - its best to stick to a language you are perhaps familiar with and easy to code (since you have ample time you could easily look into other languages you may want to learn - like c# unity if you want to build a game). The key is to not look for complete mastery of a language, just google all the bits you need using stackoverflow.

Thanks ! Yeah i get you. We werent really taught anything in the programing side of things which was frustrating, perhaps because everyone was using different languages for their project. However, most of the marks are in the write-up as opposed to creating the most amazing, sophisticated project. In the end, i just used python to create my project, watching youtube tutorials to implement each new feature i want - its best to stick to a language you are perhaps familiar with and easy to code (since you have ample time you could easily look into other languages you may want to learn - like c# unity if you want to build a game). The key is to not look for complete mastery of a language, just google all the bits you need using stackoverflow.