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can i do alevels at school and privately ?

I’m currently doing A-levels in school RE, politics and English combined however i want to do biology and chemistry privately, can i do all 5?

Reply 1

flowersinmyhair

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Original post by T_jo

I’m currently doing A-levels in school RE, politics and English combined however i want to do biology and chemistry privately, can i do all 5?

That would be an awful lot of work so I would advise against doing that

Reply 2

melancollege

There isn't much stopping you, provided there are no exam clashes and you can organise the practical component. However, doing 5 is a lot of work and Chemistry and Biology are quite difficult to self-teach, as so much of the exam is, unfortunately, familiarity with how the examiners want you to answer and it happened to me when I did Chemistry (I didn't do Biology) that I would lose marks for missing out something specific from the mark scheme even though my answer was otherwise correct and sufficient.