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i’m terrified for alevels

please help me! i’m an international student who’s taking alevels. my college is using the old alevel system meaning they combined both my AS and A2. i had a lot of personal problems during AS and i really didn’t try and i deeply regret it. i’ve been putting more effort and i’m quite confident that i’ll do good for A2. the problem here is that i always wanted to study in the top universities in uk and i heard that the A2 results are the most important. is this true ? and if it is, how do i just get my A2 results if my college is giving out the certificate with combined results ? can i request to my college or is there a website i could get my results separately ?

Reply 1

DevilRJ

I don't think I personally heard of A2s, there are only really A level, I am from Scotland so I am not sure, where I come from Advanced Highers are the highest national education certificate High Schools offer which is equivalent to A levels, however, there are higher national diplomas and higher national certificate. If you meant A2 as in the grade given in A levels then I guess that's what MOST (not all) universities in the United Kingdom want to see, it all depends on what you want to study. For medicine, just go no-kill all A levels and A grades. However for other universities, I have seen B grades and even Cs for some with A level, GCSE/National 5 etc. Whatever your college is offering should be up to standards and following your curriculum, by law, and that means you should have the experience, and a certificate to show your employability or/and personal knowledge and skills. So don't worry everything will work out!