S2 or M1 : urgent decison

I need to decide soon whether I should do M1 or S2 for the applied module, as I will be doing maths by myself with edexcel exam board.

I don't know because in S1 I got a D last year and altough the concept was easy the exam was really difficult. So I was more tempted to do M1 but a lot people are saying M1 is harder. It's only easier if you do physics and I don't do physics . There's more to learn for M1 I have heard but then Further Maths student do S2 and I have it's also very hard and grade boundaries are high.

I might have to teach the module to myself, so I am confused. And I don't know whether a D grade is enough understanding for me to carry it on to A2 if it means I have to learn less.

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Reply 1

Danpai

do s2, it will help you understand some of the s1 concepts better if you are doing a retake and it is a lot easier than M1

Reply 2

Notnek

Original post by Nikstarz

I need to decide soon whether I should do M1 or S2 for the applied module, as I will be doing maths by myself.

I don't know because in S1 I got a D last year and altough the concept was easy the exam was really difficult. So I was more tempted to do M1 but a lot people are saying M1 is harder. It's only easier if you do physics and I don't do physics . There's more to learn for M1 I have heard but then Further Maths student do S2 and I have it's also very hard and grade boundaries are high.

I might have to teach the module to myself, so I am confused. And I don't know whether a D grade is enough understanding for me to carry it on to A2 if it means I have to learn less.

Can I ask how you did in the core modules?

Reply 3

Nikstarz

Original post by Notnek

Can I ask how you did in the core modules?

I did better than S1in them, mostly Cs.

Reply 4

Nikstarz

Original post by Danpai

do s2, it will help you understand some of the s1 concepts better if you are doing a retake and it is a lot easier than M1

So is M1 harder even for edexcel ? Also can I just add the only people who can help me with applied modules know M1 and not S2. I don't think I will be doing a S1 retake as I already did a retake in it and I found normal distribution hard. I'm much better at core modules.

Reply 5

Talk213456

Original post by Nikstarz

M1 is fairly straightforward and is an AS module so should be easier.

Reply 6

Nikstarz

Original post by Talk213456

M1 is fairly straightforward and is an AS module so should be easier.

Have you done M1 yourself ?

Reply 7

Talk213456

Original post by Nikstarz

Have you done M1 yourself ?

Yep

Reply 8

Cxletteee

I sat S1 and M1 last year and found S1 so so much easier (I don't easily understand physics by the way). I'm learning S2 at the moment and definitely prefer it to M1, but it should be harder as M1 is an AS module. I do OCR though so the exam board may differ in content.