how important are gcses and AS levels?

[short spear]

Your final results for AL are based on 50% of your AS and another 50% from your A2 results. So both hold equal importance

At least this is what I'm aware off

[tiny bobcat]

whats AL?

[unique mirage]

The whole a level

[short spear]

A level

[unique mirage]

Its a 2 year course, AS being the first year, A2 being the second

[short spear]

First year is AS, second year is A2

[tiny bobcat]

ohh i see

[short spear]

The whole thing is called A level

[unique mirage]

A level being when u complete both years and get a final grade

[tiny bobcat]

so AS is half ur a level grade?

[short spear]

Pretty much

[tiny bobcat]

i dont think thats that case for me. my a lvls r linear so it all comes down to my final exams. does AS serve any other importance then??

[short spear]

Yes, it comes done to final exams for your Entire A levels

A levels is a 2 year course

First half is Advanced subsidiary

Then is advanced second

[unique mirage]

For the linear subjects, i believe u wont get a qualification for AS, u need to comeplete both years to get a grade [At least for edexcel]

[tiny bobcat]

yeah but the AS won't matter unless you do well in the a levels?

[short spear]

Which board are you doing?

[tiny bobcat]

fair enough so its not very important as long as you do well in the a level exams

[tiny bobcat]

im doing 3 diff exam boards for a levels

[short spear]

Do you mean A2 exams?

[tiny bobcat]

OCR edexcel and AQA

[short spear]

Or like A in general

[short spear]

That's interesting, why did you decide that?

[tiny bobcat]

my school decided it not me lmao

[short spear]

Strange, I thought schools usually just sticked to one single board

[tiny bobcat]

my school is a bit different. depending on the subject u do, teachers can pick the exam board

for that subject

but idk why its still a qualification at the end

[tiny bobcat]

i dont think its for me. because im doing 3 papers for each subject

1 paper covers AS stuff. another covers A2 and the third covers everything

and they add it up to give a score

n then a grade

[short spear]

3 papers in one session?

Also AS content still comes in A2

[tiny bobcat]

nope different days. u think im gna be sitting there for 3-4 hours 🤣

[short spear]

I thought youd normally do 4 in one session

[short spear]

Session =/= day

[tiny bobcat]

wdym?

[short spear]

O/N session

It's a period in which exams are conducted

2 months

[tiny bobcat]

you mean exam season?

yeah we do all 3 in one session

for each subject

[short spear]

Didn't you do the same for AS

[tiny bobcat]

we did but it was 2 for each subject

but we have to do another AS paper for our final a level exams

that will be part of our A level grade but not the AS i did

im just asking like whether AS rlly affects anything such as uni admission nthat

[short spear]

Normally it does. It's counted as 50% of your grade

However you say your situation is different. I wouldn't know tbh. You should probably research more on your specific situation

[tiny bobcat]

yeah i get u

thats calm then

did u do gcses?

[short spear]

Not done with it yet

That's why I'm not too aware of the details for AL

[tiny bobcat]

ohh i see thats fine

so ur in the middle of revising for it?

or have u already done sum exams

[short spear]

Mhm

[short spear]

Some, most remain

[tiny bobcat]

huh rlly

what type of gcses do u do? 💀 cus they r usually done in may/june

[short spear]

Every year 2 sessions for exams are held

may/June and then another one in October/November

[tiny bobcat]

oh wow ur lucky

[short spear]

It's done everwhere

[tiny bobcat]

i had to do all mine in 1 month

[short spear]

Your school might just be conducted them in a specific session

[short spear]

That's how lots usually do

[tiny bobcat]

yep

i hope u do well then

what u planning to do with ur gcse grades

[short spear]

trying to do well with them

hoping it works out

[tiny bobcat]

youll be fine

good luck