Is further maths work it?

Original post by Regi Vaineikis

Hello, i have just started sixth form and i am thinking of dropping chemistry for further maths but is further maths worth switching to or should i just do 3 A-levels or stick to the current 4?
(Current - Maths, Physics, chemistry, computer science)

Maybe swap computer science for further maths as even if you want to do computer science at university, which is what i assume you want to do, then it will help your application a lot more than computer science at A-level.

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Original post by Charliewiz

Maybe swap computer science for further maths as even if you want to do computer science at university, which is what i assume you want to do, then it will help your application a lot more than computer science at A-level.

Im loving comp science at i can easily get a hight grade in it think, (im good at chem but i find it kinda boring but idk weather it would be worth just dropping it for further maths.)

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Original post by Regi Vaineikis

Im loving comp science at i can easily get a hight grade in it think, (im good at chem but i find it kinda boring but idk weather it would be worth just dropping it for further maths.)

DO you want to do computer science at university?

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Original post by Charliewiz

DO you want to do computer science at university?

Yes, probably

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Original post by Regi Vaineikis

Yes, probably

Further maths would be really useful for computer science so it'd probably be better if you switched chemistry for further maths.

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If you want to do compsci at uni and you think you can handle further maths then definitely do it instead of chem. You have to be able to handle it though, what did you get at GCSE?

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Original post by Charliewiz

Further maths would be really useful for computer science so it'd probably be better if you switched chemistry for further maths.

Ok, ty. do you think it would be worth doing those 4 (maths, further, physics and comp) or just doing 3(maths, physics adn comp) because i have heard that doing 4 has not much real value. some people also say that getting A*AA is better than getting AAAB/A*AAB.

is this true?

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Original post by D3LLI5

If you want to do compsci at uni and you think you can handle further maths then definitely do it instead of chem. You have to be able to handle it though, what did you get at GCSE?

A* in maths and physics, A in Biology and chem, B in R.E, Geography, ICT (messed up test i think :/ cos i got A* in mocks and A i cw), German, C in eng lang and d in eng lit

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Original post by Regi Vaineikis

Ok, ty. do you think it would be worth doing those 4 (maths, further, physics and comp) or just doing 3(maths, physics adn comp) because i have heard that doing 4 has not much real value. some people also say that getting A*AA is better than getting AAAB/A*AAB.

is this true?

It all depends really on what you can handle. Maths and further maths are linked quite heavily and they lead on from one and another so doing 4 including further maths and maths would be less work than doing four different subjects.

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Original post by Regi Vaineikis

A* in maths and physics, A in Biology and chem, B in R.E, Geography, ICT (messed up test i think :/ cos i got A* in mocks and A i cw), German, C in eng lang and d in eng lit

Why did you get the lower grades in the non-mathsy subjects?

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Original post by D3LLI5

Why did you get the lower grades in the non-mathsy subjects?

Because people are good at different things??? I find maths and science easier than other subjects.

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