What A Levels did you do?

What A Levels did you study?

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If any, obviously. Or whatever your country's equivalent is for the period around 16-18 before University.
 
I took the classically useless creative arts/gay dosser trio of English Lit, Theatre Studies and Ethics & Philosophy. Sunak would SPIT :disco:
 
I did English Lit, History and Media Studies. I also did Psychology and French to AS Level but my results were DISASTROUS.
 
French, Maths and Geography three subjects that complimented each other in no way AT ALL.
 
we don’t have a separation between English Language and Literature in Scotland. It’s just ‘English’.
 
I did a BTEC in Performing Arts

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I think in retrospect I wish I'd carried Spanish through A Level as well and did English/Spanish joint honours at uni.

But I was chronically shy and hated the speaking classes with the sassy Spanish assistant so dropped it in mid October. :(
 
I LOVED History for a while but our GCSE was really dry shit about CORN LAWS and I subsequently underperformed at my GCSE and dropped it at A Level, which is a minor regret.

I took Sociology at AS level but hated it and talked my teachers into letting me drop out early and just do the three subjects. Amazed I got away with that in retrospect.
 
English Language
English Literature
History
Religious Studies
General Studies

I really wanted to do Spanish instead of English Language, but the stupid timetable wouldn’t allow it.
 
Dark Carnival said:
I really don't understand your education system, so I'm not sure what that means.
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Up until the age of 16 you have to study all the 'core subjects' > English, Maths, Combined sciences, History, Geography, PE etc.

From 16-18 if you stay in education you choose 3-4 subjects to specialise in and drop the others. These are your A Levels.

Then at 18+ you generally go on to university to just study one thing. Or enter the workforce/an apprenticeship.
 
5th Year - Higher English, Biology, History, French and RMPS (Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies)
6th Year - Higher Modern Studies, Art & Design, Human Biology and Advanced Higher RMPS.
 
I was dropped into the UK system from Holland at 17 and none of it made sense.

It was a horrible experience actually.
 
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We also have Modern Studies in Scotland which is unique to us. It’s a mixture of Politics and sociology.
 
Dark Carnival said:
I really don't understand your education system, so I'm not sure what that means.
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Think of it as an entry requirement to get to a Uni. If one of the last or the last 2-3 years of education focus more on some of the subjects rather than all, or if there is a specific exam you have to sit to get through to a university, that's your corresponding A levels procedure.
 
VoR said:
Up until the age of 16 you have to study all the 'core subjects' > English, Maths, Combined sciences, History, Geography, PE etc.

From 16-18 if you stay in education you choose 3-4 subjects to specialise in and drop the others. These are your A Levels.

Then at 18+ you generally go on to university to just study one thing. Or enter the workforce/an apprenticeship.
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I understand now, that's the equivalent of our baccalauréat.

Like @Queen of the Bethlehem 🌟 we still studied all core subjects from 16 - 18, but in my case I went into the scientific branch and focused on Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
 
I think the closest equivalent here is AP classes. I took

Statistics
Computer science
Government
Economics
Calculus
World history
 
I didn't complete my A-Levels.

I did do History, Media Studies and Politics while I was there.

Then I did English and Sociology on my Access course years later.
 
An interesting poll!

I did
English Literature (also my degree)
History
Politics
French

Politics was one year UK politics and one year US politics, which was probably the most interesting course of all of them.
 
ICT to AS (absolutely dire - horrifically taught)
History, Economics and French to A-Level, then did my degree in the one I got the worst result in 🙃
Also GENERAL STUDIES thank you
 
I’m surprised by how many some of you have done. Most did three and you could do four max at the sixth form I went to.
 
I had such disdain for General Studies that in the exam (which was all multiple choice questions) I just filled in every question randomly, was done within 5 minutes and still scrapped a passing grade.
 
I forgot but I also did Psychology for two weeks which I dropped in favour of Economics. It was awful and I think many people from my school saw it a "doss" choice. Economics was much better, and although I didn't carry on with it, the absolute basics of it I still use in everyday thought.
 
VoR said:
I had such disdain for General Studies that in the exam (which was all multiple choice questions) I just filled in every question randomly, was done within 5 minutes and still scrapped a passing grade.
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I remember I got a B in it, but I couldn't tell you a thing about it. I don't remember the teacher, the class, what we learnt, how I found the exam, literally nothing at all.
 
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Media Studies (A)
English Language (B)
Sociology (C)

Geography (AS, D)

interesting how all my A2s have kind of come into play in my current career (writing for brands) in one way or another, despite ALL feeling very much like useless choices at the time and thereafter.
 
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