lol Dave, nice idea, i forgot to add it to the CV i just took to the petrol station
Maybe they looked at me anyway and thought "damn, it's Brad pitt" lol.
Stu, the system is sooooo very different nowadays!
Firstly the A levels are now split into A/S and A2 --> A level in total. You do the A/S in year 12 and A2 in year 13. Each one is made up of 3 modules, so you do 3 modules for A/S and 3 for A2, hence 6 modules are required for an A level.
You can do the modules mainly in January or June, with some maths being available in November, they can be retaken any number of times (i think) but most examing boards only allow you to use your present result/your last result, so if you retake twice, your first result is lost. Each module can be just an exam or it can be coursework or a mixture of two. For example:
My maths A/S was: P1, M1, S1 (p=pure, m=mechanics, s=statistics) all of which were exams of 1.5 hours and taken in June.
My maths A2 has been: P2, P3, S2 (S2 was taken in January and the other two in the last week) all again 1.5 hours.
My physics however has:
A/S: 3 modules, 2 are exams only, the other one is a short 1 hour exam plus coursework (half a module each basically)
A/2: 3 modules, same as above
Chemistry:
2 module exams each year, 1 module each year on practical coursework (including half a module for "open book" report in y12 which means you have to use sources to write x words on a subject they give you using chemistry etc. - quite difficult to get right for some people.
Then again, my school choses this method, other schools other ways (i.e. all exams done at end of year, we do one for each subject in jan in y12. Or no cwk, all exams, or more cwk, less exams - it also depends on subjects)
My prediction for the next few years is an A* a level grade simply because an A grade at A level doesn't differentiate between clever people (like me, hardworking but not anything special) and VERY clever people who deserve more recognition that to be in a group with me - I know 3 in my year who deserve so much in maths. An A in A level isn't the same as a top grade in the Internation Bac. which is why Universities have so much difficulty picking the best students - so many comes out with so many A's.......
It's complicated in other words btw.
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