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Will my AS kill my A?

So I have an AS Maths from a couple of years ago. I'm planning to take Maths a an A-level in college this September. Wat du?

Does my AS just get thrown away? What about its UCAS value?
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No the AS mark for the subject you keep is added onto your overall A-level mark in the end for that subject. Thats what happened to me and everyone else when I was doing A-levels
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No the AS mark for the subject you keep is added onto your overall A-level mark in the end for that subject. Thats what happened to me and everyone else when I was doing A-levels


So I'll retake the AS + A2 and complete it, and then my old AS UCAS value will add onto my AS + A2 UCAS value?
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So I'll retake the AS + A2 and complete it, and then my old AS UCAS value will add onto my AS + A2 UCAS value?



Why are you going to retake the AS?
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Why are you going to retake the AS?


I did the AS back in 2015(or16?) through the British Council in Saudi Arabia. Now I'm planning on taking Maths as an A-level in college.
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Original post by theartofblanks
I did the AS back in 2015(or16?) through the British Council in Saudi Arabia. Now I'm planning on taking Maths as an A-level in college.


Oh okay, have you been told you need to redo the AS? I would assume you didn't need to and you would just need to do the A2 so the two marks can be added together for your final A-level grade.
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Original post by theartofblanks
So I have an AS Maths from a couple of years ago. I'm planning to take Maths a an A-level in college this September. Wat du?

Does my AS just get thrown away? What about its UCAS value?


I think it should be fine I'm retaking my C3 and C4 this year too since I did all Maths modules in one year. You jst need to retake it, if you want a better grade I think and AS modules are usually easier to gain more marks than A2.
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Oh okay, have you been told you need to redo the AS? I would assume you didn't need to and you would just need to do the A2 so the two marks can be added together for your final A-level grade.


Ohh can I do that? I don't know how it works tbh lol.
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Original post by theartofblanks
Ohh can I do that? I don't know how it works tbh lol.


Yes I'm pretty sure. I don't see why you'd have to retake the AS. However you might have to retake it because its been 2 years since you did it, I don't know! When I was doing my A-levels I did the AS for the subject e.g Politics, then the AS mark I got was added onto my A2 mark for politics to get my overall A-level grade. Thats how A-levels usually work.
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Yes I'm pretty sure. I don't see why you'd have to retake the AS. However you might have to retake it because its been 2 years since you did it, I don't know! When I was doing my A-levels I did the AS for the subject e.g Politics, then the AS mark I got was added onto my A2 mark for politics to get my overall A-level grade. Thats how A-levels usually work.


I think it'd be safer to hahah. I've probs forgotten most of it...

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