Taking 3 years to get 1 A-Level?

[StreakLittle]

Hiya,

DD has been working since she left school and has being doing maths on the side.

It's taken 3 years to get 1 a-level and plans on doing this for the next 6 years? So she'll have 3 in total. Then go to uni and 25.

Will unis look down on this???

Depends on the university and on the course.
IMO, it is impressive to be working FT and taking A-levels in 'spare time' - it shows determination and commitment and a real desire to want to do the course rather than so many youngsters who drift into University because they don't really know what they want.

I don't know the answer, but one option to do it quicker is to do fast-track courses at college (do a course that would normally take 2 years but do it in one). DD's college certainly offer this for BTECs, but not sure about A levels.

Alternatively she could do a BTEC extended diploma or 2 BTEC single diplomas (equivalent to A levels) which don't involve exams, just coursework. DD has been doing single diploma BTECs which are 5 hours a week each, and working in addition to that. Some of the lessons are for doing coursework, so she doesn't have to do all the coursework in her own time.

She should contact the universities for the courses she wants to do and find out their requirements for mature applicants. These are often less than for school leavers in recognition of the fact that it's so much harder when you are working alongside. She may find she only needs two a levels or less, depending on the course/university.

This is a duplicate thread, isn't it? The other was deleted by MNHQ for some reason.

I was a mature student and did my A levels at night class - one per year (it was possible to do that then.) All the universities I applied to were very keen - they loved the fact I'd spent years studying.

Yes you posted this a few days ago, I'm not sure why you've repeated it.

What's the point though? Do A levels for the sake of learning but if you just want them to go to uni, it's quicker to just do an access course.

She has proved that she can work independently which is good but there are faster routes such as trying an OU Foundation course in the area she is interested in studying.
A relative obtained an OU degree in less than 6 years through home study while working.