Are 5Alevels a good idea?

I am currently in Year 11 and initially I was going to take 4 alevels:
-Maths
-Further Maths
-Physics
-Computing
(I want to become a Software Engineer in the future)
I also really want to do Spanish because I have always wanted to learn a second language, I currently do Spanish at GCSE and am targeted an A.

Would all these Alevels be too much for me, I believe am capable and really enjoy Maths, Computing and Physics (Targeted A*'s).

Is Spanish at Alevel time consuming? Would it be a good idea?

If you think you've got a good chance of getting 4A*'s, then I wouldn't.

You could always do spanish to AS if you really want to.

You can always build on your GCSE and go from there reading the news, financial news, watching programmes on youtube in spanish, travelling to Barcelona for £20 with megabus to use your language and getting a english speaking job in Spain to get your language going and see how it goes from there.

would you willing to be spending all your free time studying, consider how you may not be able to partake in extra curricular activities - universities love that stuff!
also, if you want to do spanish as you like it as a subject why dont you just do it at AS and not take it onto A2 as the stress levels tend to double up whilst doing A2, speaking from experience..

Hello! I would really just say its down to you. I did 5 AS levels last year and if I'm completely honest it was a lot of work. I've dropped down to 3 this year simply because more than that is unnecessary. To do 5 A levels well you have to be good and VERY dedicated to your studies. I spent countless hours revising and ultimately scored average across the board (2 As 2Bs 1 c). I personally regretted doing 5 because I spent a lot more time on other subjects which I didn't even need and I now I'm going to need to work a lot harder this year. At one point I did feel like I was going to go crazy. On saying this I don't want to be all NO and put you off because its your decision but it'll be hard. The upsides are that you'll be an all rounder so you can put it on your personal statement and that further maths pretty much makes normal maths a walk in the park. I do know someone who got 5A*s at a level so its not impossible. Just really difficult haha

If I was to do Spanish at AS would I have grasped the language?

I did AS German and A2 Italian and found that by the end of the German AS I had a grasp of the majority of the grammar and much more vocab. From my experience the A2 is more focused on the study of literature and I learned very little new grammar and a bit of new vocab. I would say do the AS then working on it in your free time afterwards is probably the best way to learn the language. There will be less pressure learning it in your own time and you will learn stuff relevant to you.

Yeah a fair amount to be honest, since you've studied until GCSE anyways it'll just be a build up - based on the exam board and curriculum you follow that is. why dont you have a look at the spec in advance?

Thank you very much!

You can't drop maths and keep further maths. If you drop one of them - it has to be further maths.

1) You don't need more than 3 A levels to be accepted by ANY UK University.

2) A*A*A* will always look better than BBBBB.

Way way way too much.


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would you willing to be spending all your free time studying, consider how you may not be able to partake in extra curricular activities - universities love that stuff!
also, if you want to do spanish as you like it as a subject why dont you just do it at AS and not take it onto A2 as the stress levels tend to double up whilst doing A2, speaking from experience..