Maths & further maths A level in one year

Thanks, I'm sure they are but I'm not really interested and I've already purchased the books.

Would it be safe to do so for c2, s1, s2? C3, c4 I will do properly because I need A*
(I'm self teaching whilst working so that's why I'm so time bound)

Has anyone here done both in one year (I met someone a long time ago on here) and I would like to know what's the best way to deal with all those exams?

I would advise against this, they way maths is, you have to do the easy things first, build up your foundation of knowledge and skills, then you do the harder stuff. You can't do FP2, FP3,C4 calculus or trig without having done it in c1-c3. Besides the later modules assume knowledge from the previous knowledge, so it's pretty hard to learn fp2 well if you don't know AS core maths etc.

True but for someone doing intensive maths and further maths this is the way to go. I go to an A level college so I see a lot of people doing different courses. Although I have done the conventional 2 years my friend has done it intensive and he went straight from GCSE into FP3. He found it hard at the start but he is very bright and motivated (unlike me) and we have a great teacher at the school (in the top 20 maths teachers in the UK or something). After the shock he was able to do FP2 and FP3 within 2 months and didnt even study C1, C2, C3 which saved him a lot of time. It depends on motivation and ability to quote m4ths and if you have the ability to make a massive jump in terms of difficulty and survive then you should do FP2/FP3 first. If not and you need the background then I'm afraid intensive is just not for you

You shouldn't be too quick to judge, s1 and s2 are very very very very easy A grades in the least. Besides if you plan to do something Maths at Uni, which I take you are. You will be disadvantaged if you don't do stats up to s2. Since YOU WILL have to do it at Uni, you can't exactly avoid it forever. It honestly get's interesting the more you do it (coming from a guy who did extra FP modules and m(1,2,3,5).) Ha you can even apply it to your daily life.

Stats is more useful to know than Decision and arguably more interesting. (no one like decision, I've seen uni lecturers including Cambridge one say Decision is useless and pointless at A-level)

Wow that sounds like a hell of a lot of modules, past papers and textbooks to get through. You ready for that? Its literally going to require full-time dedication from you. Make a practical decision is my advice

I'm going to do engineering, and decision is more useful as you use it to plan schedules, ect.

You shouldn't be too quick to judge, s1 and s2 are very very very very easy A grades in the least.

I can't help feeling that doing AS and A2 Maths and FM in one year will only look impressive if you do well in both. (By 'well', I mean AA or better) - in any event, some of the top unis will specify A* in Maths (and possibly Further Maths) and getting anything less will not get you into those unis, even if you did it all in one year.

Well I hope I do we'll, I'm sure I will as long as I work hard.

It just seems like a big gamble - I've only skim-read the rest of the thread, but if you've got two years to do it, why not do it in two years?

If you're after a challenge, you could take STEP and/or AEA Maths.

It just seems like a big gamble - I've only skim-read the rest of the thread, but if you've got two years to do it, why not do it in two years?

If you're after a challenge, you could take STEP and/or AEA Maths.

IMO all students who are aiming for A* at A Level should chuck in a little AEA (at least) into their work over the 2 years.
I firmly believe all of the 'nasty questions' that have cropped up in C3/C4 over the last 2 years could have been dealt with by students who had had a little AEA exposure (assuming they master it)

C4 vectors question in June 2013
C3 trig question in June 2013
C3 trig question in January 2012

These are all examples that students doing a little AEA would have been 'at ease' with.