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Difficulty of 4 A at AS and 4 A*s at A2

I'm curious... How difficult is it really? What kind of stuff do you have to do?

I'm talking about the following subjects:

English Literature
History
French
Classical Civilisation

Thanks!



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It's easy, Just do nothing and you will be fine :h:
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Original post by ArtisticFlair
I'm curious... How difficult is it really? What kind of stuff do you have to do?

I'm talking about the following subjects:

English Literature
History
French
Classical Civilisation

Thanks!



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imo it would be quite difficult to achieve in 3 very different essay subjects and a language, the only people I know who got 4 A*s had mostly overlapping subjects (maths/f.maths/physics and something else). That's just me though, I'm sure it's possible but you'll have to put in a significant amount of effort into it. Your natural aptitude for these subjects will count for a lot as well.
I think very hard, last year in our college 1 guy out of the 1500 students got 4 A*s (they were all sciences and maths) and probably 5 tops got 3 A*s and an A


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I believe it's much harder in the arts to get A*s than in the sciences, but some would disagree. Nonetheless, the 4As at AS are quite simple to get relative to the A*s
It depends massively on the person, but 4As at AS is relatively achievable for most people that got mostly As or above at GCSE. 4A*s at A2 however would be incredibly difficult as you basically have to show exceptional knowledge in every single subject area. It's not out of the question but to achieve it you'd need a fair amount of natural talent and luck as well as just hard work.
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I believe it's much harder in the arts to get A*s than in the sciences, but some would disagree. Nonetheless, the 4As at AS are quite simple to get relative to the A*s


Correct.

With essay subjects the marking is subjective so a degree of luck is required for an A*
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Original post by ArtisticFlair
I'm curious... How difficult is it really? What kind of stuff do you have to do?

I'm talking about the following subjects:

English Literature
History
French
Classical Civilisation

Thanks!



This was posted from The Student Room's iPhone/iPad App


To get A's in English and History make sure you revise early, like from Easter if not already. that's my best bit of advice. Otherwise it gets a bit overwhelming. Subjects like English and History are subjective in year 12 several people who got C/D all year achieved A's in the exam and vice versa. However the grade is less important than the UMS in year 12, every little helps.


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If you're doing Maths and Sciences, not THAT hard, but with those subjects you'd better have excellent essay-writing skills.

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