A level newbie!!

Hehe im so ashamed about my spelling of various things:o. I got a b in english:eek::eek:

I got 4 a's 6 b's and 2 cs. As include maths chemistry and biology.

Im goin to a good college so hopefully that should give me the best chance of doing well.

Whats the best thing to do with study time when i dont have homework, do early revision?

Ben m you did chemistry didnt you? What parts did you find hard and what advice would you give?

Im thinking of a degree in biochemistry or something along those lines.
 
Biochem is for failed chemists :P

Focus on the organic and just memorise everything they tell you. I honest can't remember everything we did back then. Do you learn some basic rates and pH calculations?

If you do the work set and actually plan your revision and re-write your notes after you get them you will be fine! Do practice questions as you cover the material etc all the obvious things which you may feel too lazy to do.
 
Kearney_1988 said:
i think i officially done the hardest subjects ever - Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Biology, Chemistry and Psycology :/
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6 A levels and you cant make sense, whats this guy on?


i didnt do them because they suck but loads of people i know didnt do well at chemisty and biology, so im guessing they need some effort. i personally didnt find normal maths hard.

in the second year even if you think you can do four subjects it really isnt worth it so drop one if you havnt already (unless you want a challenge/applying for oxbridge), then concentrate on your three left
 
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Biology and geography are fine.. Maths is fine if you have an OK teacher and do a reasonable amount of work outside the classroom.

And Chemistry if you don't value your social life ;)
 
Im not sure if id like to do chem as career but ill see how a levels pan out i suppose.What related career would you recommend?

College recommendations say match study time with classroom time so ill have 5 hours homework per subject per week. But they mean reading journals etc.

Im not sure which one id drop.
 
redporshe said:
Ben m you did chemistry didnt you? What parts did you find hard and what advice would you give?
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I didn't find any of the concepts hard, the mechanisms, thermodynamics and other calculations I grasped easily, but I guess that could be because it's what I'm good at; some people did have to work to understand parts of it.

There are some tedius learning parts at As- learning the names of shapes, and tedius parts at A2- learning lots of colours. I learnt the As ones, there weren't that many, but colours of lots of transitional metal complexes for A2 I just didn't bother with, it wasn't worth the time for the few marks that I lost overall.

Biology is the most frustrating A level you can take; the concepts, again, I found easy, the difficult part was learning how to answer the questions. There are two parts to gettting a good A level in biology, one is knowing the material, the other is knowing what's on the mark schemes. The former isn't too bad, and the latter is just memorising, and isn't difficult, simply tedius.

the syllabus is changing this year, but not in a big way, so what I've said should remain true.
 
redporshe said:
Im not sure if id like to do chem as career but ill see how a levels pan out i suppose.What related career would you recommend?

College recommendations say match study time with classroom time so ill have 5 hours homework per subject per week. But they mean reading journals etc.

Im not sure which one id drop.
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Well it shows universitys your good.. but other than that it's not special. (chemisty)
 
Wait to see what your A levels are like before you even think about your career. You might not enjoy some subjects as much as you thought you would. I went to college wanting to do medicine and did A levels in Maths, Chemistry, Biology and History(History only AS level). Now I'm going to do Chemistry!
If you want to do biochemistry though, I doubt you'll need Geography.
Biology is definitely the easiest of your science choices, and also the least fun in my opinion :D
 
Lots of places like you to have a hard science, if you are considering biochem/chemistry then its worthwhile. Most biochem is the easier parts of chemistry mixed with biology. Generally considering macro dynamics in drug design.

I disliked organic chem, but found inorganic and physical easy. Just depends how you work. If you like to memorise lots of reactions organic/bio chem all the way. If you like to work things out physical/ inorganic is more suitable.

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I would drop geography out of the selected a-levels. The others will be accepted for most courses you could want to apply to with more weight than geography.
 
i did double maths, physics and chemistry.

only one i couldnt stand was chemistry others I kinda enjoyed (physics is good)

We did a crummy chem course with crummy teachers though so you may like it :P
 
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