Should I take more than 5 o levels?

[warm minnow]

Im doing 5 o levels and ill do 3 alevels. ill try to get a good SAT score and maybe some extra stuff from participating in school competitions and whatnot. Is this enough to get into a good university? Im targetting KFUPM in saudi arabia but if not that then idrk maybe somewhere in europe or the UK or something, because theyre not that into extracurriculars as compared to like the US. I havent really searched on them much yet. But i see people doing way more o level subjects than I am, so should I do more aswell or maybe take on another A level? i wanna do something related to cs and its either gonna be cyber sec or an AI engineer. iill prolly take Maths, cs, physics in a level.

[fresh olive]

how about like

one or two more o levels

i think min in uk is 7

and like

they dont really care about the 4th a level

unless its like further maths

[daring umbra]

hehe

[daring umbra]

In general the minimum igcse subjects for universities are 5/6 so no need to take more than 5, though if you feel like you can handle more then go for it. And yeah that is generally good enough to get into a good university because having work experience gives you a huge edge/advantage over people who don't have it.

If you are worried about your igcse subejcts not being enough then my advice is you go to multiple university websites and seeing their minimum igcse subject requirements. In general countries like the UK require way more than 5 subjects but on average 5/6 is the minimum / average. And your a level subjects are fine for the things you are interested in, if you really want an extra subject you can add further math .

(Before you enter your a levels its worth considering which board you should take because they are advantages and disadvantages of each board. The reason i say this is because one board it maybe easier for you to score marks/grades in while another board maybe harder. If you are having trouble deciding this then ask in the "as-al chat").

Hope that helped!

[odd narwhal]

Its okay to take 5 o levels i took 8 and it wasn't that bad

[warm minnow]

eh it just seems less

[blissful mason]

js do 9 or 10, 8 is aight tho

[strange onyx]

9-10 is a lot, but if u can handle it then the more the merrier, just try to align ur subjects to what your trying to get into

[blissful mason]

not really 9 is the average lowkey

[warm minnow]

i aint doing nun bro

i think ill just try to get really good marks in 3 a level subjects

or perhas 4

[strange onyx]

damn

[quasi gull]

I'm doing 12 😭😭😭😭

[strange onyx]

damn

i took up another so im doing 9 now

most people i know are doing 5 only 💔

[white hemlock]

Guys i need advice
I used to take 8 but i kept getting rlly stressed
So i dropped three
Now im having
Physics core math core second lang english extended chem and biology

Il be pickin up physics extended in a/as levels

Along with physc ,bio, chem , enviromental studies

For med

Is it okay or

[odd narwhal]

Idts i think uts better to know the o level lesson or u might not get the a level yk it will be much harder

[quasi gull]

Trust me , do not take core

[fresh olive]

if you cant handle extended physics in igcse how are u gonna do it in a levels...

[white hemlock]

I did
In mocks i didnt study properly

[white hemlock]

I dont have a choice bro

[quasi gull]

Oj

[strange onyx]

for medicine i dont really recommend environmental, wont come in as useful, unless you really want the extra subject. it will probably be much easier

[strange onyx]

btw maths core will only get you upto a C, it will annoy u later on

best to do extended, tho it will take much more time, it will be much more useful