A levels?

anksta · 24 Mar 2008 at 11:57

I'm 21 and got my A levels a few years ago, I've got them in Maths, Physics and Computing. However, I've regretted picking them for a while now and wished I'd not done such a science based selection. I want to do an A level in English I think and was wondering whats the best way to do it. I want to do it as quick as possible, when the A level results came out last time I read about this girl who had done 9 including one in Psychology that she'd done in the space of a month and got a C. Obviously this girl was a bit on the special side having done so well but I'm not stupid and reckon I could do one in a month fi that was all I was doin, which it would be.

Is there a way I can smash through one pretty quickly? I had a look at ICS but it doesnt say how long it will take and its about 300 quid to do as well. Just wondering if anyone has done any A levels at home and how much they cost etc.

anksta · 24 Mar 2008 at 12:03

Solac said:
£300 sounds about right considering theres about 6exam + coursework marking + study material.

I dont know howd you go by doing it over a month, most places would only accept you if you did it for at least a year.

at least a year? :eek:

thats a joke. why do they say "in your own time" if theres a limit on how quickly you do do it.

As I said that girl did one in a month so it must be possible. In college it took me 2 years to get 3 (4 including general studies) and I did another AS level in the first year, that was such a bigger workload, plus you only had like 4 hours a week contact time, if you spent 4 hours a day on it you could easily get through the material loads quicker.

anksta · 24 Mar 2008 at 12:32

daz said:
Why do you need to do more A-levels?

I want to move over to somethin along the lines of a journalism/writing aspect from the scientific one I've been rotting in since I did A levels the first time round. I know I could just do a journalism diploma or somethin but I think an English A level would better. Like how when you're applying for medicine they regard Chemistry higher than Biology.

anksta · 24 Mar 2008 at 13:25

Moses99p said:
You can do an English literature A level without doing coursework, just six examined modules. Isn't a massive amount of reading either, six books isn't a huge amount...

how can you do that?

anksta · 24 Mar 2008 at 19:01

Nitefly said:
Did you get on your creative writing course in the end?

I'm an elephant. I never forget.

wow, cheers mate. Na I didn't, the guy said I had to have stuff published or some work on a newspaper or somethin. Bit of a joke really. Appreciate the fact that you remembered though thanks again.