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Doing extra A-levels during gap year?
just wanna know whether anyone has ever taken extra A-levels during their gap-year... and can it in anyway disadvantage you??
i'm thinking of taking a gap year and reapplying for med, but not studying for a whole year would kill me!....so i'm thinking of doing a couple of A-levels during the year...
i'm thinking of taking a gap year and reapplying for med, but not studying for a whole year would kill me!....so i'm thinking of doing a couple of A-levels during the year...
ooh, i don't know of anyone who has - but if i'd taken a gap year i think i might have taken some for interest actually.. 
more social sciences perhaps. & definitely don't see why it would disadvantage you at all..
but if the weakness in your application (any useful feedback from the universities?) wasn't academic then i don't necessarily see that it would advantage you that much either from a getting-into-med-school-perspective! whereas things like more work experience, sustained caring employment / voluntary work pretty much universally would..
so my 2p - if you fancy doing some more, then why not.
but if it's to the detriment of strengthening your application (through too much of a time commitment impinging on gaining relevant vocational experience) or to earning money to help fund your university study & this is a consideration, then i'd think more carefully about it.. HTH.
more social sciences perhaps. & definitely don't see why it would disadvantage you at all..but if the weakness in your application (any useful feedback from the universities?) wasn't academic then i don't necessarily see that it would advantage you that much either from a getting-into-med-school-perspective! whereas things like more work experience, sustained caring employment / voluntary work pretty much universally would..
so my 2p - if you fancy doing some more, then why not.
but if it's to the detriment of strengthening your application (through too much of a time commitment impinging on gaining relevant vocational experience) or to earning money to help fund your university study & this is a consideration, then i'd think more carefully about it.. HTH.
Well, if you would enjoy it! It wouldn't disadvantage you per se. I'd say doing an A-level during a gap year, if it fits in well with your other plans, might be a way to keep up the practice of studying and might be a brain-saver if you end up earning money on the tills. Perhaps not something uber-academic if you've got lots else planned though.
A gap year is a good opportunity to get extended work experience, travel, earn money, just generally grow up I guess. So if studying pins you down too much, you may not be able to take that three-month trip across Asia (tho money may also be a factor in that too ... !). Generally, I don't see a problem if you're sensible with time, just make sure you plan what you're going to do.
A gap year is a good opportunity to get extended work experience, travel, earn money, just generally grow up I guess. So if studying pins you down too much, you may not be able to take that three-month trip across Asia (tho money may also be a factor in that too ... !). Generally, I don't see a problem if you're sensible with time, just make sure you plan what you're going to do.
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just wanna know whether anyone has ever taken extra A-levels during their gap-year... and can it in anyway disadvantage you??
i'm thinking of taking a gap year and reapplying for med, but not studying for a whole year would kill me!....so i'm thinking of doing a couple of A-levels during the year...
i'm thinking of taking a gap year and reapplying for med, but not studying for a whole year would kill me!....so i'm thinking of doing a couple of A-levels during the year...
I am on a gap year currently re-applying for medicine and I'm doing A level Physics. Even if most medical schools obviously won't require you to be doing anything strictly academic in your gap year and can't see it counting against you. Plus, I can certainly say it has kept me more focused on studying etc. as well as allowing you to learn things at your own pace which is fun
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what extra A Levels are you thinking of taking?
If I get rejected from everywhere (have you been or are ya being pessimistic btw?) I might take more... lots of subs I'd have liked to have continued. But you'd only really be able to do AS Levels, or rush an A Level.
(I'd do art, english, will have enough science at uni
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If I get rejected from everywhere (have you been or are ya being pessimistic btw?) I might take more... lots of subs I'd have liked to have continued. But you'd only really be able to do AS Levels, or rush an A Level.
(I'd do art, english, will have enough science at uni
)
i would have studied more subjects, if only to keep my brain ticking over. i looked at doing it locally at a college, but the cost was astronomical, and so i couldn't. But i found other ways to defrost my brain!
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i would have studied more subjects, if only to keep my brain ticking over. i looked at doing it locally at a college, but the cost was astronomical, and so i couldn't. But i found other ways to defrost my brain!
I'm doing it via distance-learning. It depends on the person, but I think it's quite a good way to work in an independent way and it's at your own pace etc.
I'm with NEC (National Extension College). Take a look at the site they offer quite a few courses and I can confirm that they are really well done
.I am doing A levels in my gap year, and so is my friend... But, for me it is because I'm doing Chemistry and Biology (pretty essential really ) -because I applied for a different course last year. And my friend is doing Biology, because she got four rejections last year -because she didn't do Biology (the rest of her application is amazing!).
So yeah, its a totally different situation to you, but I have enjoyed studying them this year and I think I probably would have got a bit bored if I hadn't had any academic work to do... maybe. Certainly if the alternative had been working full time at the hospital -as a nursing assistant which I am doing part time -and enjoy, but I would get bored if it was for the whole time. Really it depends I think on what you would be doing as an alternative.
I'm sure doing extra A levels won't hurt your application directly -it shows will to work etc, but perhaps it could cost you in terms of what you could do with the time otherwise? I mean, you could use your time to do things that would improve your application more as well as providing you with new and valuable life experience. Something I thought about doing was a placement in a health care centre in Africa. I guess you do have to stick around for a while, for interviews and things, but after about March you could be free to do whatever you wanted if you weren't stuck at home doing A levels? Also perhaps time away from work may mean you are even more raring to go at the beginning of your long medicine course -you don't want to get bored of studying!
) -because I applied for a different course last year. And my friend is doing Biology, because she got four rejections last year -because she didn't do Biology (the rest of her application is amazing!).So yeah, its a totally different situation to you, but I have enjoyed studying them this year and I think I probably would have got a bit bored if I hadn't had any academic work to do... maybe. Certainly if the alternative had been working full time at the hospital -as a nursing assistant which I am doing part time -and enjoy, but I would get bored if it was for the whole time. Really it depends I think on what you would be doing as an alternative.
I'm sure doing extra A levels won't hurt your application directly -it shows will to work etc, but perhaps it could cost you in terms of what you could do with the time otherwise? I mean, you could use your time to do things that would improve your application more as well as providing you with new and valuable life experience. Something I thought about doing was a placement in a health care centre in Africa. I guess you do have to stick around for a while, for interviews and things, but after about March you could be free to do whatever you wanted if you weren't stuck at home doing A levels? Also perhaps time away from work may mean you are even more raring to go at the beginning of your long medicine course -you don't want to get bored of studying!
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