Is Maths and further maths A level possible in one year?

I'm currently undertaking A levels in English literature and economics, and a Btec in music. I'm planning to take a gap year next year, and hopefully doing maths A level and further math A level in one year. However I won't wait till September to start, but will begin essentially straight after my year 13 exams. Is doing both maths A level and further math A level in one year possible, if so does anyone have any advice for this. I want to hopefully apply for computer science next year, and end up hypothetically at imperial or an elite university, would this be feasible? Cheers

Maths, definitely yes. Further maths is a whole new level of hell. Maths A level is very very easy in comparison to further maths. If you are only studying maths and further maths, it might technically be possible. But I will warn you that you may end up having a few existential crises.

Yeah I would solely be doing maths and further maths within the time frame. You're probably right though😅 further maths will be agonising, and I probably won't have a life while studying it.

Yeah I would solely be doing maths and further maths within the time frame. You're probably right though😅 further maths will be agonising, and I probably won't have a life while studying it.

Also I forgot to say - do stay on top of your maths during A levels! Even coping with the maths workload after a GCSE summer of not doing maths was hard for me. A break from maths for two years is going to be so so much worse.
Further maths is so much more fun than maths. Who needs a social life anyway? (And best of luck for Y13!).

wbf what grades would you need?

I mean I don't have anything in particular but there's no point doing the gap year if I get like 2 Cs(hyperbole of course), so I would aim for as well as I can do.

You mentioned imperial in the op which is about A*/A for m/fm as well as having to sit the tmua (jan?) and doing stuff that makes up a computing personal statement. Id say that Jun-Jun then doing the 2 a levels shouldnt be too bad (assuming a bit of support), though to do well and do the extra entrance stuff is going to keep you busy.

I appreciate the answer. Would you say that the October TMUA would not be feasible on top of everything else, if so is the January TMUA a disadvantage for my application. I don't know how manageable or realistic this is but I'll probably try and aim for around 8-hours of total work each day just to keep up an remain on top of everything, and yeah I would realistically need the very least A* and A in both A levels for Imperial.

Very much appreciate the feedback. In my spare time I have started the Harvard CS50 course online, however I am aware that I will have to do quite a bit more for a competitive edge. I will probably have to a bit more research for the TMUA, but I think you're right. Once again thanks for the advice mate.

No particular knowledge of that (other than a very quick google now), but there are some supercurriculars listed at cambridge and probably imperial and ... so google of them and think about what youd need to do. Bebras/bio are the usual competitions that typical student would do, euler project is fairly widely tackled as well as some programming tasks like advent of code ....

I'm currently undertaking A levels in English literature and economics, and a Btec in music. I'm planning to take a gap year next year, and hopefully doing maths A level and further math A level in one year. However I won't wait till September to start, but will begin essentially straight after my year 13 exams. Is doing both maths A level and further math A level in one year possible, if so does anyone have any advice for this. I want to hopefully apply for computer science next year, and end up hypothetically at imperial or an elite university, would this be feasible? Cheers

Oh I'll check them out. And look at that Cambridge super curricular list also

Two questions come to mind:
(1) What did you get in your maths GCSE?
(2) Why did you choose those A-levels and not M/FM?
The reason I ask is that although it's possible to do M/FM in one year, it's generally only done successfully by someone who is extremely talented at maths and also passionate about it. Of course, people who are extremely talented at maths and passionate about it tend not to get into situations where they need to do M/FM in one year in the first place!
I don't want to be negative about this, and I don't know your circumstances, but I would think very carefully about working out a "bail out strategy" if you decide this isn't going to work. I think it would make sense to do some M/FM work now, even if at a fairly small time commitment - it will both keep your hand in and give you a better idea whether this plan is even vaguely plausible while you still have time to change plans.

Just to say, Im closer to dfranklin's position (edit - there was another post after his, but its been removed ....) in terms of how hard it will be. Its not impossible, but it will be hard. You must have put a bit of thought into it already and aiming for comp sci imperial is "aspirational" and this and last year, there have been some very good "normal" candidates rejected and discussed it on this place.
Id probably put a plan together of the type of things youd do each month before june, so skilling up on gcse maths, some ukmt type preperation for tmua, some comp sci theory (like your course) and some programming (like the competitions mentioned). Also think about how youd get predicted grades for m/fm, as you wont really have completed the normal syllabus by that time.

Just to say, Im closer to dfranklin's position (edit - there was another post after his, but its been removed ....) in terms of how hard it will be. Its not impossible, but it will be hard. You must have put a bit of thought into it already and aiming for comp sci imperial is "aspirational" and this and last year, there have been some very good "normal" candidates rejected and discussed it on this place.
Id probably put a plan together of the type of things youd do each month before june, so skilling up on gcse maths, some ukmt type preperation for tmua, some comp sci theory (like your course) and some programming (like the competitions mentioned). Also think about how youd get predicted grades for m/fm, as you wont really have completed the normal syllabus by that time.

I did alright at GCSE and got an 8, and tbh at the start of year 12 I wasn't that fussed with education in general, and picked A levels that semi-interested me. However once in year 12, I realised how much I hate essays and missed maths. I do agree that it is possible, but I'm worried about starting and then not having the passion or motivation to commit 10 hours of solely maths a day, so I guess doing maths now and seeing if I'll be able to commit the 10 hours a day will definitely be beneficial. I do have an alternative I'm considering though, which is just doing maths A level in the gap year, and applying for Economics, as I do have a passion for economics also, further maths is required for a handful of economic courses also(LSE or Cambridge) so might improve my chances when just doing maths.