[Jords]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Never did A levels but GCSES certainly should be tougher.

I did NO revision or anything, skipped best part of the last year of school, missed a load of coursework too, winged it on the day of the written exams and still ended up with As Bs and Cs in everything

I think they are fine. If they were harder with so many subjects I think brains would fry. That said if A Levels are made harder, GCSEs should be too else the jump would be crazy and many who coped with GCSEs may completely crumble at A Level. Wasting at least 1 year, perhaps 2, of their time.

[Boothy]

Originally Posted by Jords

I think they are fine. If they were harder with so many subjects I think brains would fry. That said if A Levels are made harder, GCSEs should be too else the jump would be crazy and many who coped with GCSEs may completely crumble at A Level. Wasting at least 1 year, perhaps 2, of their time.

This happened to me anyway. I pissed my GCSEs with no revision, thought I could get away with the same at A Level, ended up having to resit all but one of my AS summer exams in the A2 year. And the exam I didn't retake was because I dropped the subject.

Honestly don't think I'd have carried on at college if A Levels were any harder.