Is too late to change the AS subject??

[strictlovingmum]

In short, DS breezed on with his GCSE's no problems there, for A levels he had chosen maths, physics, chemistry and economics, recent internal test's were all A's (chemistry, physics and maths) all results of a very good standard, showing he is well in grips with covered ground so far, except economics, he got a week B, my and his question is: Can he change(drop) economics for further maths, or is too late?
Do sixth forms allow this?
Any advice is appreciated, thanks.

They'd normally give you around 3 weeks to change, but it may be possible. You'll probably need to be very determined and he'd have quite a lot to catch up.

I wouldn't have said that a B in economics is a disaster - so that shouldn't be a reason to change.

Further Maths, however, is possibly the best A Level out there and if your son wants to do Maths, Engineering or Physics it would be extremely useful.

Do you know if the school do Further Maths alongside Maths or after Maths A Level?

Thanks ninja I will def. ask, and as far as I know his school does maths and further maths parallel.
His reasons for choosing economics were little unclear, but it was sort of second option for future degree.

if he feels strongly about it and capable of getting a on AS in further maths he should go tomorrow and taklk to his college

I very much doubt a change will be allowed this late (my school would have a definite no at this stage) - the exams for the first units are in January and he would have missed a lot of teaching.

A B grade in a new subject is good going; I am sure that if he asks his teachers for guidance then he can learn from where he has missed marks and improve on this. But you and you son need to be realistic about A levels - they are a huge jump from GCSEs and sometimes there are skills/techniques etc that are needed which they didn't have to employ before.

I would say that at this stage those grades wouldn't be cause for concern. If economics is a subject he has just picked up for A level and he doesn't have the past knowledge like he does for maths, chemistry and physics then he has time to improve and get to grips with the course and subject. If it's any consolation my DS got a D in one of his A level subjects in some internal tests and went on to get an A - A levels are a big step up and if he is otherwise coping well with the subject and enjoys it then I would carry on working at it. Good luck to your DS in his A levels!

Its likely to be the timetabling thats the problem, rather than the level of Maths. And not all boards have January exams - neither my DD or my DS did any modules before summer in either AS or A2.

Depending on the Maths he's already doing (Mechanics or Statistics based) he'll have to back fill the other stream (ALOT of work). But the harder 'further' bit will come next year.

And you can do an Economics degree withut having done A level so he's still got that option.

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