Doing a FULL As/A2 in one year (year13)

Thanks.
My school don't do coursework in socio. If I do this is my timetable going to be more packed than last year?

Most likely because you would have the normal amount of AS lessons so lets say 5 lessons of AS sociology a week, then ANOTHER 5 lessons becuase you are doing A2.
Plus your lessons may clash with your other subjects etc. You would need to speak to the head of Sociology and see if you can fit it in, other wise you might have to do some private study at home and just do a few lessons at college if your subjects clash.

It can be done. My mate is now doing Eng Lit&Lang in Year13.

Thanks for the help, what is he doing this alongside?

If you like the subject, then yes. I did Physics in one year, and got a very high A.

Good luck!

Definitely go for it. I just did 3 A-levels in one year, and while it was ridiculously stressful at times, it was obviously doable! I'm also one of the unlucky ones who got swine flu near to exams, yet still managed to come out with what looks like will be AAB. Admittedly I'm having issues with my History A-level grade right now (got high A grades in all my modules, and then one random U...getting this remarked though as both teacher and my firm uni, KCL, believes a mistake's been made), but still managed to do really well in my other A-levels (English Lit - full marks in 3 modules, Politics- mostly As except for 1 module where I got a low B and another where I got a low C - couldn't revise for the A2 modules as much due to the swine flu).

I think the most important thing to be warned about before doing sociology in a year, though, is that you must try to attend every lesson, and I really mean that! In such an intensive course, going to every class meeting and taking notes is essential to getting a good grade. When I got swine flu, I obviously had to miss a few lessons and consequently didn't perform as well in the A2 part of Politics because of this, despite trying hard to catch up and even receiving a bit of extra help from my tutor. It was just so hard to balance out catching up for one subject, while simultaneously learning new material for the other A-levels, in addition to attempting to revise what was taught only a few weeks ago for the exams. But it'll be probably be a tad easier for you as you're only doing one in a year, alongside your A2s. So yeah, if you keep up with your work, go to classes, and make sure you don't get any potentially life-threatening illnesses along the way (lol), you really should be fine. Good luck!

Thanks a lot - how tough did you find the work load, did any of your classes clash etc?

So its possible then? I need an A!