Is it worth doing A-levels?

[asim1999]

How much harder is it than GCSE and is it worth it? I am in my final 2 weeks of highschool btw. 

[Guest]

How much harder is it than GCSE and is it worth it? I am in my final 2 weeks of highschool btw.

it's difficult, and it's is worth it.

[david cassar]

They are much harder than the GSCEs and where I come from the A levels you choose will basically determine what Job you will/can get in the future and what courses you will take in university. But they're worth it.

[NeatSquidYT]

1. It's secondary school, not high school

2. It's harder than GCSE, but you also have less subjects and more freedom than school. You could go to college, but I'm honestly not a fan (no offense), or leave school entirely if you wanted if you didn't want to do a levels.

3. A levels get you into university, and that's about it I think

[Oshino Shinobu]

Depends what you want to do. It's a big jump from GCSEs, much like the jump from A Levels to degree level. If you want to go to Uni, yes, it's worth it. 

[Bittenfleax]

@asim1999 I was at college for a while, well... 4/5 months. But got an IT Apprenticeship instead half way through. Totally worth it, try and get a good apprenticeship.

 

I have friends doing A-levels and they are struggling, one is doing French and History and the other is doing Physics and Maths, and they both say that all of it is really hard.

[Castdeath97]

I'd say go for it, you will feel the pain of A levels, but by the end you won't regret it.

[mlgtroller]

such luck much wow, haven't been here for a long time and this is the most recent post.

 

short answer: Yes (you should go to uni)

 

A-levels are not much harder, especially since you mave much fewer subjects, physics and computing seemed to be easier than last year(GCSE).

 

Maths is probably the main jump especially if you do further maths. Physics A2 is also much harder than physics AS

[Oshino Shinobu]

@asim1999 I was at college for a while, well... 4/5 months. But got an IT Apprenticeship instead half way through. Totally worth it, try and get a good apprenticeship.

I'd second going for an apprenticeship if you can. If you're looking at going into the tech industry, a lot of places will look for experience, not just qualifications.  

[SIGSEGV]

1. It's secondary school, not high school

High school = Secondary School

Secondary school != High school

Secondary School = High School+Middle School

[Bittenfleax]

I'd second going for an apprenticeship if you can. If you're looking at going into the tech industry, a lot of places will look for experience, not just qualifications.  

Yeah, and you get a bit of money on the side. Without the apprenticeship would have no money for a car or anything.

[brownninja97]

How much harder is it than GCSE and is it worth it? I am in my final 2 weeks of highschool btw. 

yes but if you are going into IT then do btecs. seriously its stupid how easy it is in comparison to A-levels. 

 

think about this, im getting offers from imperial and south hampton. I failed A-levels because i took on too many hard subjects but with the same work ethic im destroying these btecs, so much so that i managed to learn properly java, C# and nearly C++ in my spare time. Unis like people that have the ability to do something useful in their spare time. even if you arent going uni it will certainly open amny more doors for you. Btecs might be bad at GCSE tier but during yr12,13 its pretty awesome lol.

[Gamerjoe]

Its worth it if you choose the right subjects that can lead to a good job/ uni course. As mentioned above an apprenticeship can be just as good, do some research see whats available in your area.

[SeanAngelo]

1. It's secondary school, not high school

2. It's harder than GCSE, but you also have less subjects and more freedom than school. You could go to college, but I'm honestly not a fan (no offense), or leave school entirely if you wanted if you didn't want to do a levels.

3. A levels get you into university, and that's about it I think

Doing BTEC will also get you into University, you just need the grades that they state on the course you wanna do. For example, Distinction, Distinction, Merit etc.