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So I done single Award science at gcse and I wanted to do biology at a level but my school said no as I hadn't done it at GCSE yet two of my friends are doing A level business studies and they didn't do it at GCSE! Who should I ask about a swapping a subject for biology?
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head of sixth? how do you actually expect to handle it though assuming you did double science/btec? There will be massive gaps in your knowledge so you will be miles behind from the start and bio is tough.
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(Original post by Miss Charlie)
head of sixth? how do you actually expect to handle it though assuming you did double science/btec? There will be massive gaps in your knowledge so you will be miles behind from the start and bio is tough.
head of sixth? how do you actually expect to handle it though assuming you did double science/btec? There will be massive gaps in your knowledge so you will be miles behind from the start and bio is tough.
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done single science but done physics and chemistry at A level and got an A in both so definietly can be done with some hard work!
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Tough luck! head of sixth is your person. No offence but a level business is a piss take in comparison to biology, teachers would let someone take business without GCSE but not biology or at least give them a term and if their grades were crap they would be gone by xmas
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(Original post by anonymous)
so i done single award science at gcse and i wanted to do biology at a level but my school said no as i hadn't done it at gcse yet two of my friends are doing a level business studies and they didn't do it at gcse! Who should i ask about a swapping a subject for biology?
so i done single award science at gcse and i wanted to do biology at a level but my school said no as i hadn't done it at gcse yet two of my friends are doing a level business studies and they didn't do it at gcse! Who should i ask about a swapping a subject for biology?
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(Original post by Miss Charlie)
Tough luck! head of sixth is your person. No offence but a level business is a piss take in comparison to biology, teachers would let someone take business without GCSE but not biology or at least give them a term and if their grades were crap they would be gone by xmas
Tough luck! head of sixth is your person. No offence but a level business is a piss take in comparison to biology, teachers would let someone take business without GCSE but not biology or at least give them a term and if their grades were crap they would be gone by xmas
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(Original post by BigManMC)
dont do biology, seriously
dont do biology, seriously
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How many times do I need to say it, only head of sixth can do anything/or the teacher who teaches a level bio
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(Original post by Tom Downey)
done single science but done physics and chemistry at A level and got an A in both so definietly can be done with some hard work!
done single science but done physics and chemistry at A level and got an A in both so definietly can be done with some hard work!
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(Original post by Miss Charlie)
How many times do I need to say it, only head of sixth can do anything/or the teacher who teaches a level bio
How many times do I need to say it, only head of sixth can do anything/or the teacher who teaches a level bio
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Biology A-Level is designed for students who have at least double science, if not triple science.
Business Studies A-Level is designed to be accessible to students who have never studied it before.
They are not comparable.
Business Studies A-Level is designed to be accessible to students who have never studied it before.
They are not comparable.
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(Original post by Anonymous)
Why?? Surely it can't be that bad? I find it interesting!
Why?? Surely it can't be that bad? I find it interesting!
Business studies is completely different because it doesn't build on prior GCSE knowledge like A-level sciences do, they're not comparable in any way. You don't need any basis in business studies to do the A-level, it's taught from scratch whereas biology isn't. You have done either half or a third of the science the students who did double or triple science did at GCSE, it will be hard enough for them.
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Talk to the bio teacher then
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(Original post by Anonymous)
Fair enough but tbh she shouldn't be head of sixth it's either you do as she says or it's nothing at all and she obviously can't respect students needs. You'd think she was the principal!
Fair enough but tbh she shouldn't be head of sixth it's either you do as she says or it's nothing at all and she obviously can't respect students needs. You'd think she was the principal!
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A level Biology requires the knowledge of GCSE Biology, whereas A-level Business teaches you from scratch and include things from GCSE Business.
There's no way you'll be able to keep with A-level Bio if you don't even have the basic knowledge needed in the first place. You're practically leading yourself to failure.
Your only chance is to either sit the GCSE Bio, and then do A-level Bio next year, or maybe sit Bio ad a private candidate.
There's no way you'll be able to keep with A-level Bio if you don't even have the basic knowledge needed in the first place. You're practically leading yourself to failure.
Your only chance is to either sit the GCSE Bio, and then do A-level Bio next year, or maybe sit Bio ad a private candidate.
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(Original post by kkboyk)
A level Biology requires the knowledge of GCSE Biology, whereas A-level Business teaches you from scratch and include things from GCSE Business.
There's no way you'll be able to keep with A-level Bio if you don't even have the basic knowledge needed in the first place. You're practically leading yourself to failure.
Your only chance is to either sit the GCSE Bio, and then do A-level Bio next year, or maybe sit Bio ad a private candidate.
A level Biology requires the knowledge of GCSE Biology, whereas A-level Business teaches you from scratch and include things from GCSE Business.
There's no way you'll be able to keep with A-level Bio if you don't even have the basic knowledge needed in the first place. You're practically leading yourself to failure.
Your only chance is to either sit the GCSE Bio, and then do A-level Bio next year, or maybe sit Bio ad a private candidate.
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(Original post by Anonymous)
Geography is as challenging as biology surely? I'd say it is. They're allowing a person in my year to do geography as well and they didn't do gcse geography
Geography is as challenging as biology surely? I'd say it is. They're allowing a person in my year to do geography as well and they didn't do gcse geography
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#18
Single award science? Don't people normally either do Double (Core and Additional) or Triple (Biology, Chemistry, Physics)?
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(Original post by TheFame)
Single award science? Don't people normally either do Double (Core and Additional) or Triple (Biology, Chemistry, Physics)?
Single award science? Don't people normally either do Double (Core and Additional) or Triple (Biology, Chemistry, Physics)?
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(Original post by Glassapple)
People who do single award science are the bottom/second from bottom set students who need 2 years to complete the single award instead of 1. Every school and college in the country requires at least double science GCSE to do science A-levels. People who do double science do single science in year 1 and additional science in year 2, the OP has done half of the science these students have done and a third of the science people who did triple science (like myself), have done. There's no way their school will let them take A-level biology because they don't have the knowledge and basis to succeed.
People who do single award science are the bottom/second from bottom set students who need 2 years to complete the single award instead of 1. Every school and college in the country requires at least double science GCSE to do science A-levels. People who do double science do single science in year 1 and additional science in year 2, the OP has done half of the science these students have done and a third of the science people who did triple science (like myself), have done. There's no way their school will let them take A-level biology because they don't have the knowledge and basis to succeed.
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