French a-level but I speak French

I am fluent in French and doing the French A-level. Will universities recognise it as an a-level? I've heard some unis dismiss language a-levels if you already speak the language.

Reply 1

Admit-One

Universities Forum Helper

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Some unis used to exclude native language subjects but that shouldn't be the case any more. They might exclude it for other reasons - because it's not accepted for a specific course, or if you took it early, but not whether it's your first language or whatever.

Probably a bit early, but you can always email some potential choices to confirm their policy.

Reply 2

BreadForce

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Somebody posted LSE's approved A-Levels list which was basically strong and weak A-Levels which LSE doesn't really like. MFL/Community languages was one of the strong ones.

Reply 3

hicweondksc

OP

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Original post by Admit-One

Some unis used to exclude native language subjects but that shouldn't be the case any more. They might exclude it for other reasons - because it's not accepted for a specific course, or if you took it early, but not whether it's your first language or whatever.

Probably a bit early, but you can always email some potential choices to confirm their policy.