3 AS can i still get into top unis ?

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3 AS here and got offers from Cambridge, Warwick, UCL and Imperial for maths. More than possible.That's completely false - Cambridge, at least, I know doesn't care about your fourth A-Level if it isn't relevant to your course choice.

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Hi, so do you think that I may as well take three AS levels instead of four because there'd be no point in taking an extra subject which I'm not very interested in or think I'd like (it would likely be Psychology), and it won't make the slightest difference?

In case you're wondering, here are my A-level choices:

my fourth choice would be Psychology (which I would drop after AS).I want to study Computer Science at university.

Also, did you study / are you studying at Cambridge?

Indeed, take a fourth AS only if you're interested in it. Not because you think it'll serve you well at applications stage - it won't. (with the obvious requisite that it's irrelevant to your course)



So you're set on taking four AS-Levels because the fourth one is an interest, yeah? Plus it's relevant to your course choice, so I'd say definitely take that fourth AS-Level and might help your application.



If you're not interested in Psych, then don't take it. It won't be relevant and won't help you at all.



I have an offer to study mathematics at Cambridge this October.

tl;dr: if your fourth choice is computing take it, if not, take three AS-levels only.

Hi, so do you think that I may as well take three AS levels instead of four because there'd be no point in taking an extra subject which I'm not very interested in or think I'd like (it would likely be Psychology), and it won't make the slightest difference?

In case you're wondering, here are my A-level choices:
Maths
Further Maths
Physics
Computing (preferably) (which I wouldn't like to drop after AS level), but unless I end up being able to go to another sixth form which is further away (and so there are complications), my fourth choice would be Psychology (which I would drop after AS).

I want to study Computer Science at university.

Also, did you study / are you studying at Cambridge?

that is literally the subjects im taking just without computing and i want to do comp sci too. you in year 11 ?

Yeah, I am. I'm scared about the exams. xD I need to revise but I'm so lazy that I'm just on TSR instead...

The ironic thing is that I think I'm going to fail / do very badly in my Computing GCSE exam because we've had no teaching except for some teaching in Year 10 (which was taught by an ICT teacher. In Year 11, we're spending the entire year doing both of our 20 hour controlled assessments (40 hours in total). I have so much to learn for Computing before the exams (from my revision guide). :/

Good luck bro . Hope you make your mind up for your a-levels . If youre doing maths why dont you self teach some of the stuff over the summer would make life much easier for you : )

Thanks, you too. I might prepare for Maths A-level, but I think I'll be wanting to spend a lot of time learning to code in various languages during the summer holidays, as I'm very inexperienced in programming at the moment.

me too a little but to be honest i heard tthat you dont need to know any as long as you know things about the subject so i think ill be fine

That sounds so stupid, do schools actually do this?

what about mechanical?

Ah, okay - in which case, go ahead.

So overall my 3 AS dont matter and i can drop the 4th AS im doing ? Honestly i wont be able to get more than an E/D in it and its not worth the trouble ...

Yes. Your 3 AS's do matter. Your fourth irrelevant one does not.

The forth one is still pretty strong . its a science. I mean for a top uni is it better to see AAAD or AAA ?

The forth one is still pretty strong . its a science. I mean for a top uni is it better to see AAAD or AAA ?

And ... no UK University asks for more than 3 A2s - and top grades in 3 will ALWAYS look better than mediocre grades in 4 or an obvious failure grade in a totally unnecessary 4th subject.