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Which is worse lower 6th year of upper 6th year

Brightstar

Is upper 6th better cos you drop a subject and have more frees and less time in school

Reply 1

Angelil

19

Irrelevant, we don't all drop a subject...!

Reply 2

wajiha

:dito:
Anyway why does it matter, you should make each year as good as the last. But in terms of academia, upper 6th, but thats only cos you've got a lot more to think about, and a lot more to do. Other then that neither.

Reply 3

Excalibur

15

I think both are rather good actually.... sixth form in general is great for me :smile:

Reply 4

yellow96

15

Angelil

Irrelevant, we don't all drop a subject...!

Or as is the case with some people, you drop your fourth AS in the first year because you're just that lazy.

I've found the 2nd year of college to be considerably worse in terms of the level of work and also my ability to concentrate. I just can't be bothered with my life the way it is anymore (with regards to living where I do, knowing who I do and so on) - I want a change!

Reply 5

amzable

6

y13 is definately worse- pressure of attaining grades to get into uni, harder exams....

Reply 6

insparato

15

They're both stressful but i think in different ways.

Year 12 - First few months are a massive jump academically speaking especially if you have January Exams. You have to be pretty good get AAAA. Again its all academic focus, the AS grades give some guidance to what you'll get in A2 especially when universities look at the UCAS application, you have to do well to get the predict grades that go on your UCAS application next year. At the end its time to start thinking about going to open days, university and personal statement

Year 13 - Personal Statement pretty much consumes people, i had to do mine before Oct 15th, its a pain. Lots of coursework at the start as well, had to devote time to do personal statement. Have to choose 6 universities, and the course you want to apply. Then if you know you're being interviewed like me, that took forever and can be costly. Thats very stressful, you worry about getting an offer for the course you want let alone doing well academically in A2. The academic studies get harder, the coursework is more involved, the subjects are. Although you get to drop some but have to keep 3 on. I switched one so i was still doing 4 subjects. The June exams have got to be the highlight stress wise. Then getting the results and heading off to uni.

Reply 7

Brightstar

OP

I want to do a gap year the year after but will I have to apply for unis in october etc or can I wait until the following year

Reply 8

Excalibur

15

Well, if you do well enough in your AS exams and possibly the January exams in Year 13, it may take some pressure off the A2 exams because you'll have something to lean back on (some of my friends only need Es on their final exams this summer to get an overall A!)

Reply 9

Red Dust

10

Upper 6th is better in that most of my frees are last lesson (I do 3 subjects at A2, and the subject I dropped after AS seems to be scheduled for last lesson a lot), so I can go home nice and early on most days :smile:

It was much better at the beginning of the year, though, when exams weren't looming.

Reply 10

Wedgie

1

I'm personally jsut coming to the end of yr 12, and I am seriously hoping things get better as I am not really enjoying sixth form at all. Perhaps it's the time of year as formal teaching has given over to revision, so I don't get taught anything new. Reguarding frees, to be honest you should really make the most of them to get work done, ok frees first and last get up lat/go home early but ones during the day use the time to get ahead on your work, catch up with teachers if you dont understand stuff. Spending all your frees in the cantine playing table footie or jenga isn't that helpful.

Reply 11

Brightstar

OP

Yeah I do use my frees for work but the problem is that I don't really learn much in the lessons because either the teachers go too fast or they are bad, so i have to teach myself everything so then I have to spend the evenings learning everything and it is like going to sixth form is a waste of time if I have to teach myself nearly everything. It's annoying me that's why I hope next year is better :smile:

Reply 12

kellywood_5

17

I didn't drop a subject and I decided to teach myself a GCSE in upper sixth, as well as the workload and difficulty increasing, so that was definitely worse for me, especially combined with UCAS application, writing a personal statement, Cambridge interview and pressure to meet offers. But if you drop a subject, it will probably be better, and as Excalibur said, you can take the pressure off by getting high marks at AS.

Reply 13

Wedgie

1

That is my view also, dropping one would be better as you an concentrate on doing well in three. If you do feel you have too much time an extra AS is always an option. Personally I'm planning on taking Critical Thinkin AS next year as uni's don't value it as an A-Level but it will help me with exam writing, etc

Reply 14

sim90

13

Angelil

Irrelevant, we don't all drop a subject...!

Yeah, and some people take up an AS Level along with their A2's.

Reply 15

kitty_koo

12

i think yr 13 is worse than yr 12, mainly coz theres no re-takes if you mess up in the exam, instead you have to re-do the whole year. So theres a lot more pressure to do well in the exams along with all the applying for uni stuff

Reply 16

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12

Im kinda hoping next year(13) will be better, this year lessons are way to slow.

Reply 17

Wildebeest

13

The lower sixth is good in that new sense of freedom, but I have found the work ethos of my school in general to be quite poor all of a sudden. I feel as though I would do better simply teaching myself the work at home as opposed to sitting through a lot of slow lessons which don't particularly help me.

Reply 18

BrainSaladSurgery

I honestly feel more relaxed in Year 13 than last year, even though I do 4 A2s, I haven't noticed the "workload" at all, it just feels like more of the same.

But then last year, I went into AS Maths not having a clue about algebra.

Reply 19

sozzberry

I want to do medicine and so I'll be applying in September, but I don't know whether to drop a subject or carry on with 4. Any ideas?

Which is worse lower 6th year of upper 6th year

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