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Original post by Talkative Toad
I’m referring to the dude who did A-levels and not GCSEs
I’m referring to this and not the GCSEs sorry.

yeah in alevles he did 8 got 8 a stars at 2017 or 16 not fully sure and is the same guy who did 16 subjects
Original post by Netscapevo
yeah in alevles he did 8 got 8 a stars at 2017 or 16 not fully sure and is the same guy who did 16 subjects

So he mostly likely did the modular A-level syllabus for many of his subjects and not the linear one.

That’s why I asked the question. For the modular syllabus you weren’t required to know everything in a single exam and exams were more spaced out AFAIK.

With the new syllabus (if you do A-levels in England or you choose to do exam boards like AQA, OCR, Edexcel non-international, Eduqas etc which are linear) all of the exams are taken at the end of Y13 and you’re assessed on several modules within a single exam (in some cases all modules in a single exam). I dislike this system but that’s how it is so I especially wouldn’t recommend aiming for that many A-levels for this reason alone, 3-4 is plenty.

In the old (modular) system and in Wales (WJEC Wales) and Northern Ireland (CCEA) and for Edexcel international a-levels, you’re assessed on one unit/module/topic at a time and you’d have exams in both Y12 and Y13 that would count towards your grade. So it was probably easier under such system to do that many A-levels unlike in the current English system in my opinion.

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