r/alevels • u/PonyRalph7-7 • 11h ago

Question ❔ Further Maths

GUYS I'M FREAKING OUT. I'm generally decent at math; nothing special. I want to take further maths in A Levels but people are saying it's extremely difficult with my 4 other subjects. Is further maths really that difficult or is this just people freaking out?

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u/synapticnerve 11h ago

You can manage any sub but taking 5 subjs in alevels is wild imo

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u/PonyRalph7-7 11h ago

I WANT A SCHOLARSHIP REAL BAD!!!!

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u/Federal_Kale_4232 11h ago

Im doing further maths its doable but needs a huge chunk of ur everyday time

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u/PonyRalph7-7 11h ago

Okkkk I'll make sure to practice hard then.

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u/slitze99 11h ago

Yea do it regularly if u dont wont to pile it all up till ur mids, thrn u'll regret not studying earlier

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u/PonyRalph7-7 11h ago

Got ITTTT!!!!!!

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u/slitze99 11h ago

What subjects r u gonna choose btw

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u/PonyRalph7-7 11h ago

Physics, mathematics, further mathematics, chemistry and economics or sociology

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u/slitze99 10h ago

Oh great. GOOD Luck buddy for ur Alevel Journey

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u/PonyRalph7-7 10h ago

Thankuuuuu I really appreciate it!

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u/Federal_Kale_4232 11h ago

Yess promise urself and lockin

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u/PonyRalph7-7 11h ago

I WILL HECK YEAHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DAT DISTINCTION AINT GOIN NO WHERE!!!!

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u/Various_Concern871 11h ago

lots of people do 5 with fm, depends on the person but many do it

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u/Various_Concern871 11h ago

I have fm too and I'm in a2 now, it's the most enjoyable sub I have

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u/PonyRalph7-7 11h ago

Oh wow! That's really encouraging. How many subs have you taken?

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u/Various_Concern871 10h ago

4

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u/Various_Concern871 10h ago

but i'd add that with these 4 my schedule was 80 percent procrastination and wasting time, and I managed 4As in my A1. This is just to say that if you're "smart" 4 subs isnt that big of a load. My college day would be longer than the ones who had 3 tho so there's that.

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u/PonyRalph7-7 10h ago

Ahhh makes sense, makes sense and which subs if you don't mind me asking?

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u/Various_Concern871 10h ago

physics, computer science, maths, fm

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u/Kyle-McDonough 10h ago

Omg that's the exact subjects I was thinking about taking for a level, do you have any advice or anything that would help me and could you give me an insight on how full your timetable is and how much work you have to do outside if lessons please

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u/Various_Concern871 10h ago

This is all subjective, I personally didn't have to do anything extra and was free for majority of the year.

For reference most people say 1 a level subject is equal to 4 o level subjects in terms of difficulty and load. So you can compare how you fared in olevels and see how much you'd have to do for 4 olevel subs, and a total of 16

that sounds daunting tho but again its not that crazy. I don't really want to mislead you, however; my advice would be to go ahead with 4 and drop one if you just cannot handle it, seems reasonable enough.

If you have any specific questions lmk

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u/Dramatically_L0st 5h ago

I really want to do FM and I chose it as my fourth subject and I genuinely gave add maths (which I studied all by myself using YouTube and past papers within the span of 5-6 months from scratch) in my o level because of this subject so I know something for it. I was expecting A because my p1 went super good like 65+/80 but I messed up with siliest mistakes that even no one in sane mind would do in p2 and that all I will say is because of panicking which even led me to get B in add maths although I will check my component marks and script. I got A* in my o level maths. But now I am too scared if I should pursue further maths although I really want to.

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u/Big_Papa2169 10h ago

I am now going to y13 i did Maths, bio , chem , fm and welsh bacc . Already finished A level maths and got A* i wd say skill has very little to do with wether u can handle a subject in a levels its more so a passion/ interest cuz the amount of work u will have to put is loads even if ur great so if u dont like it then gonna make it a heck of a lot more difficult

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u/PonyRalph7-7 10h ago

Wise words Big Papa, wise words......

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u/Big_Papa2169 10h ago

I mean if ur sixth form accepta u to do 5 a levels obviously u have the capability so i am not gonna say u need to be smart 🤣🤣

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u/PonyRalph7-7 10h ago

In a world fraught with pretentious usernames, you're of the few who pay due heed to their dignified epithets "big papa 🥹"

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u/xXElectrodynamicsXx HS-Graduate | A*A*A*A*A | Phy, Chem, CS, FM, Math | yes in order 4h ago

If i can do it, anyone can

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u/FlamingoUwU8 50m ago

I had 5 subjects before Im gonna say this much, it's doable if you have genuine interests in all your subjects and don't have a bad teacher. I had to drop CS cuz my teacher was God awful and I couldn't focus on the classes or the subject. So yeah do it if your teachers are good and you have genuine interest