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A Levels v GCSEs....

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BaconAndAvocado · 27/02/2014 20:54

DS1 currently in Year 11 with a view to study 4 A levels next year.

There seems to be lots of talk about how much harder they are than GCSEs and I wanted to know...in what way?

DS1 is doing very well, works hard and is motivated.....has he got lots to worry about?

Tia

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AtiaoftheJulii · 27/02/2014 21:24

I'm sure other people will have more to say, but from observing my dd1 (y12) it's not that it's necessarily harder but there's a lot of it, there's not much time for settling in and getting used to it, and everything's marked at A level standard straightaway. So it feels tougher, and there's really not much time between September and May when the AS's starts.