University work load compared to A Levels?

TO ALL THOSE AT UNIVERSITY or FINISHED UNIVERSITY!

I always had the view that A Levels were the hardest period of your life, and the general conception that University Life was a doss..

However, recently i've noticed, after talking to people at Uni, that University life is extremely demanding, lots and lots of work..

Just wandered how hard it was compared to A Levels - Im starting to wonder if i will be able to COPE!

Do the Poll, and also
1. Post your Course Name and Uni,
2. Your A Level Subjects, and
3. how your finding it, compared to A Levels

Thanks,

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Reply 1

Quiksilver

Economics at Uni is several times harder than ALevel :eek:

We have just skipped the basic crap and are currently doing hard things :frown:

WARNING TO PEOPLE WITHOUT ECON A LEVEL: read some books prior to going to uni! (some people find it extremely difficult)

Reply 2

fishpaste

2. Post your Course Name,
3. Your A Level Subjects, and
4. how your finding it, compared to A Levels

Maths at Cambridge.
Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Economics, Computing/Crit. Thinking ASes
Absolutely bloody solid. I have a supervision in a couple hours which I have not handed any work in for. It's not that I wasted my time on other things or didn't bother trying, i just literally couldn't do any of it. Very depressing. Makes me question my ability to remain here.

Reply 3

TheWolf

Quiksilver

Economics at Uni is several times harder than ALevel :eek:

We have just skipped the basic crap and are currently doing hard things :frown:

WARNING TO PEOPLE WITHOUT ECON A LEVEL: read some books prior to going to uni! (some people find it extremely difficult)

Enjoying uni then QS?

Reply 4

in_it_2_win_it

TheWolf

Enjoying uni then QS?

LoL.. tell me about it ... all four ppl voted Much Harder!!

What hope is there!! I was hoping if i worked hard this year, i could enjoy university!!

Isnt the first year "easier"? - because most university's dont count the first year, so as long as you pass you should be ok...

Reply 5

Helenia

1. Medicine at Cambridge
2. Maths, Chemistry, Biology and German
3. MUCH harder - the workload is massive (though to be fair my U6th was a bit of a doss) and conceptually it's a lot harder to grasp. Practicals are nowhere near as tame and spoonfed as even the A-Level ones, and if it goes wrong you can't always just make up the results. I suppose that if you wanted an easy life though, you wouldn't go for a) Medicine or b) Cambridge, but though it's incredibly tough at times, I wouldn't be anywhere else.

Reply 6

Soumak

Economics AT UCL
Maths, economics, chemistry and history

theres is quite a bit of work at uni - but then again u have more free time. so u can read when u want to - university stuff is harder but u r also more flexible.

Reply 7

frost105

The big difference is that at a-levels you have to meet a lot of school deadlines but your pretty much led through the course by your teachers where as with a degree its how much you personally put in.

Reply 8

Quiksilver

usman_psycho

TO ALL THOSE AT UNIVERSITY or FINISHED UNIVERSITY!

Do the Poll, and also
1. Post your Course Name and Uni,
2. Your A Level Subjects, and
3. how your finding it, compared to A Levels

Thanks,

Economics & Geography | University College London
Maths, Physics, Geography, Economics
arggggggggggggggggggggg :frown:

interesting, but the workload sucks :eek:

Reply 9

undiscovered

Quiksilver - How are you finding the Geography? Is it very different to A-level Geography?

Why is everyone saying university is much harder than A-levels *is struggling with A-levels*? :biggrin:

Actually, i should be ok now, i dropped my fourth A2 subject yesterday...

Reply 10

Ellie4

SiAnY

Quiksilver - How are you finding the Geography? Is it very different to A-level Geography?

Why is everyone saying university is much harder than A-levels *is struggling with A-levels*? :biggrin:

Actually, i should be ok now, i dropped my fourth A2 subject yesterday...

You dropped English?! D'ya have to write to UCAS?

Reply 11

Quiksilver

SiAnY

Quiksilver - How are you finding the Geography? Is it very different to A-level Geography?

Why is everyone saying university is much harder than A-levels *is struggling with A-levels*? :biggrin:

Actually, i should be ok now, i dropped my fourth A2 subject yesterday...

yes

its geography, but no as we know it - more like economics, history and politics (learning about Marxism lately)

Reply 12

undiscovered

Ellie4

You dropped English?! D'ya have to write to UCAS?

Yes and yes. :redface:

I'm going to wait a while though. :wink:

Reply 13

Quiksilver

Ellie4

You dropped English?! D'ya have to write to UCAS?

hey Ellie
what did you end up applying for?!
(my sis is called Ellie, and you look remarkably like her! :eek:

)

Reply 14

undiscovered

Quiksilver

yes

its geography, but no as we know it - more like economics, history and politics (learning about Marxism lately)

Interessant - I know quite a bit about Marxism from Sociology. :smile:

Reply 15

Quiksilver

hey Ellie
what did you end up applying for?!
(my sis is called Ellie, and you look remarkably like her! :eek:

)

ooops - just looked at ur sig :redface:

Reply 16

Quiksilver

SiAnY

Interessant - I know quite a bit about Marxism from Sociology. :smile:

at UCL, its all modular
- at the moment i do 50% econ (which will become 100% in 3rd year)
chosen to do:
~Human Ecology
~International Problems
~London
have to do:
~Writing and Analysis in Geog :frown:

Reply 17

undiscovered