Is self-studying AS Latin in 2 years feasible/worth it?

I did the SQCF Higher Latin, A+ —
I have an old book called Hayes and Masom’s Tutorial Latin Grammar I would swear by, particularly the mnemonics/rhymes.
Loeb Classical Library for the texts.
If you’re doing Maths and Further Maths, I wonder if there’s a student edition of the Principia Mathematica? Napier’s work on logarithms? I was always a bit of a holy Joe and it helped to bring Latin to life by talking in the language with the local RC priest, a very elderly man who could remember the Latin services before 1969. He lent me a book called the Breviary, the old Latin church office, so I taught myself some of the hymns. If you’re not a Classicist by interest (I’m not), tying Latin into your interests brings a “dead” language to life.
But yes, talk to your teacher. You’re certainly driven, which is a great help. It’s a massive help in Biology, so is Greek come to that, as it’s much easier to tie in what terms mean if you know their etymologies — to take an example you probably already know, the British birches are pubescens, alba and nana, which is enough to pick them out.

thank youu the resources seem really good so far
I'm already interested in classics by itself but that sounds really good for further reading.
Also if you don't mind me asking, what did you go on to study at uni? I picked bio and chem at the start of the year because I thought I wanted to do medicine, would only having AS Latin put me at a disadvantage if applying for classics? (I probably won't do it in the UK tbh because I want to do a dual degree in cs and classics)

thank youu the resources seem really good so far
I'm already interested in classics by itself but that sounds really good for further reading.
Also if you don't mind me asking, what did you go on to study at uni? I picked bio and chem at the start of the year because I thought I wanted to do medicine, would only having AS Latin put me at a disadvantage if applying for classics? (I probably won't do it in the UK tbh because I want to do a dual degree in cs and classics)

yh you can totally teach yourself. i can send you the cambridge pre term learning pack if u like - it has a condensed version of like all the a level language content. I think Latin is something that's actually more fun to self study cos it's fun escape, and then you can read loads of cool stuff in the original

best yt channel for grammar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA0CPJZfoI4&list=PLI76N29qybf-o5U6tvD-8VPILacttSaM3
latin summer camp if ur rly keen (you basically read texts the whole 2 weeks): https://latincamp.co.uk/
i think you can apply for funding from ur local authority for it
great page of resources from cambridge latin and greek teacher and prof (has the pre term language pack): https://www.charlieslanguagepage.com/

at cambridge you can apply for the 4 year course which is for ppl studying latin and greek from scratch or who have AS level or less (you spend the first year just learning latin).

yess I'd really like to apply for that but I don't know if it would reflect on me badly because my school do offer latin and classics A level, I just didn't choose it because I thought I wanted to do something else at the start of the year. Idk if that would end up just being auto reject then?? I'm hoping that this would be enough to show my interest along with supercurriculars, because I already did latin and classical greek gcse anyway

no I know ppl who did the 4 year course even tho their school offered latin a level (including ppl from independent schools). ik that would probs be an issue with further maths if you were applying for maths, but in the case of latin cambridge rly just want ppl who love latin and classics and will be super happy if you have self studied

oh ok that's actually really cool ty for telling me I thought classics was a lost cause for me!! dyk any supercurriculars your friends did for that (apart from reading)?

actually most of the ppl i know who did the 4 year course did almost nothing classics related before applying. But the girl who came top of tripos (cambridge exams) like every year was a 4 year student and i think she studied classical civilisation a level so could be worth looking at the content for that (you'd defo find it interesting anyway) cos that gives you a rly good overview of lots of classical stuff. and she won some classics essay competitions (run by like cambridge and oxford colleges). Anyone in year 12 can apply so you could too if you have time probs.
Also stuff like volunteering running the Minimus programme (an initiative to teach latin in primary school and write a latin play for them to perform) if there's any primary schools in your area that do that. You can actually help teach minimus with rly limited latin knowledge yourself.
In terms of events and stuff to go to you can see if there's any public lectures run by universities, just check the classics page on their websites in the news section. And UCL put on a Greek play every year I think.
But yh reading and discussing as much raw classical content (as in the text itself, not a commentary, preferably in latin) as you can would prepare you best for the course.
Also just explore around as much as you can and have a look at the papers offered in each year of the course for cam/oxford or wherever you like to get ideas of what to read. It isn't just literature tbf - you study linguistics, philosophy, art and archaeology, and ancient history as well at cambridge anyway.

oh ok thank youu ur literally saving my life here
do you think it would look bad because I have no essay subjects apart from latin either?
also can u send me that pre term learning pack when you have time

yh you can totally teach yourself. i can send you the cambridge pre term learning pack if u like - it has a condensed version of like all the a level language content. I think Latin is something that's actually more fun to self study cos it's fun escape, and then you can read loads of cool stuff in the original

I just joined TSR, so can't send messages yet, but would love the learning pack if you don't mind sharing. Thanks.