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Dosent like one of a levels in year 13

36 replies

Rox20 · 26/11/2024 16:21

My dd, does bio, chem and maths and she is quite a bright student who achieved mostly nines and a few eights at gcse. Although she is happy with bio and chem (wants to do dentistry), she wishes she did philosophy instead of maths as she would enjoy it more and find it easier. Often, she is angry and regretful about this choice. Is it worth retaking a year or not?

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yorktown · 26/11/2024 17:21

Has she looked at dentistry courses to apply to?
What subjects do they need and what grades?
Do you mean to take her out now, start philosophy and then sit those three in 2026?
Like others have said, I'd grin and bear it.

Hatty65 · 26/11/2024 17:18

She just needs to get her head down and work. She's got about 6 months before her A level exams.

Philosophy won't be any use for dentistry, so that's daft. It doesn't matter if she thinks it would have been 'easy' and 'enjoyable'.

4titude · 26/11/2024 16:56

Hasnt she pretty much finished the curriculum now? DS is finished at Christmas and then its just mocks and revision

Julie168 · 26/11/2024 16:53

I'd say no. She's so close to finishing now. It's fine not to enjoy maths, but just slog on and in 6 months she'll never have to think about it again. Starting a whole new A-level at this point that she thinks she'd probably like better is just a waste of time IMO. Maths is also recommended for dentistry.

Birdscratch · 26/11/2024 16:53

If she’s within reach of the grade she needs I’d look at the Oxford Easter residential revision courses.

HollyBollyBooBoo · 26/11/2024 16:50

She needs maths for dentistry so she just needs to stay focused on her goal and stick with what she's doing. Short term pain for long term gain.

MissRoseDurward · 26/11/2024 16:46

She's got just over a term's teaching to go, then the exams. She should just get her head down and get on with it. In dentistry, or whatever else she does, there will be aspects she doesn't enjoy. No part of education, no job, not even your dream job, is without its tedious or less enjoyable parts. Believe me, I'm old eough to know. You just have to get on with it.

Birdscratch · 26/11/2024 16:36

What grade is she likely to get for her maths? A levels are only really 5 terms worth of learning and she’s already done 3.5. Unless her maths grade will stop her from getting onto the degree course she wants it would seem a bit late to change things now.

LeedsUniPlanning · 26/11/2024 16:30

Won't she need maths for dentistry?

Sillysausage76 · 26/11/2024 16:27

Would she be able to just re take 1 year if already in year 13. I thought most a levelswere a 2 year couese

TeenToTwenties · 26/11/2024 16:26

How would it work?

Do you mean drop out of y13, go back to y12 a term late with 1 A level changed? Would a school/college even agree to that?

Or do you mean finish y13 with existing A levels then do maths in a year? In that case she wouldn't be 'full time' and would have A levels so you may need to self fund.

Or are you thinking of something else?

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