To ask how many years you did at college/sixth form

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Was randomly talking to friends about this and most of them did three years which I’m quite surprised about

Two years, back in days of A levels when As levels were new and no-one did them.

Did they have to resit GCSEs? A few of my friends failed, resat and then went on to do A levels. Or did they do NVQs?

I did 3 years, 2000-2003.
I messed up my first year, should have dropped out really but didn’t.
Ended up only carrying on one A level into year 2 and started 3 new subjects then

1. Age 16-18 at a separate college to my school. Did 3 A Levels.

None. Left at 16, did an OU degree much later.

I went to a sixth form college. A levels were 2 years but I knew people who had to repeat lower sixth/switch courses. Mainly ones who were working in part time jobs a lot and missing classes.

Two years, 4 AS levels then 4 A levels, plus a language GCSE in a year. I had a part time job and so did most of my friends, for the PP who implied that's why people do longer....

3 but I did a resit (in a topic I now have a doctorate in ) but I don't know anyone else who did 3

2 years. I was in the era of the AS levels for a year, then A2s. (It was 5 AS levels than 3or4 A2s at the school I went to.) Only one person in my year did 3 years... She completely changed her AS levels between the first and second years.

I did three years. Fucked up the first year and got kicked out, changed college. In year two nearly got kicked out again but managed to scrape through. Third year did 3 a levels and an as level, few resits for failed modules and finally left to go to uni where I changed course after year one, and dropped out half way through my second year.

Would not recommend this as a route to success 😂

3 because I failed an A level.

Two, at grammar school. I'm old enough to have done O levels, then did two years in sixth form where I did 4 A levels. AS levels and sixth form colleges didn't exist then.

2 - I don't think I knew you COULD do 3!

3 years
1st year intermediate gnvq and a gcse resit
2nd and 3rd year advanced gnvq and 1 a level

I did 4 years, I started my second 2 year course and turned 18 in October of the first term so I got the full course for free

2

2years. I did meet a girl who did 3. Due to health issue that started in her first year, so she missed months on end & couldn't catch up.

2

2 is standard and what I did.

I guess my sister did 3, but she stopped going in her first year then started again the following year due to MH issues

2 years were standard for A-levels when I did them in the 80s. Three would be if there were resits.

2 - nobody in my year at sixth form did an extra year/had to repeat (although it was a small sixth form with high entry requirements so maybe not representative). My partner did 3, he was retaking some GCSEs in the first year, but at the college.

I did one year then dropped out at the start of my second unfortunately.

3 months. Hated it so left and got a job instead.