<p>Hi I just joined cc and I have a question for people who might know about applying with A-levels</p>
<p>I am applying to Harvard with A-levels, but I am considering dropping A2 Further Maths to AS Further Maths. Right now I do A2 Psychology, A2 History, A2 Maths and A2 Further Maths. If I do drop A2 Further Maths, do you think I'd need to tell Harvard and do you think by dropping Further Maths, I'd really weaken my application?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Um... Further Math isn't offered in the modular system. Better confirm with CIE.</p>
<p>Im doing Edexcel which is modular</p>
<p>Hey, this is kind of off the topic, but whereabouts in the UK are you? (assuming you are). I'm doing A Levels at the moment too. Doing A2 English, Geography and Psychology (oh and General Studies :rolleyes:). I did AS history last year too. Are you applying to unis in England?</p>
<p>Hey</p>
<p>Sorry, Im in Hong Kong but I did apply to UK unis, LSE, KCL n UCL. What about you?</p>
<p>I applied to Exeter, Cardiff, Bristol, Warwick, Sheffield and Manchester. I wish I applied to some London ones now, but I wanted to get away from home really</p>
<p>yay brits!
wondered if there were any others lurking round here...
in any case waiting to hear from 'em american colleges! </p>
<p>HK8: back to your original question.. i don't think you need to tell harvard that you've dropped it because your a-level results aren't so much a requirement in the admissions process -- doing well in them will definitely help you but it's not like with UCAS where your offer will depend on what you get in the summer's exams (hence universities will need to know what exams you're taking in order to give you appropriate offer grades)! </p>
<p>admissions decisions are out in under two weeks anyway, so there is little much you can do now... and btw, AS further maths in PLENTY difficult, i don't think it will in any way weaken your application</p>
<p>good luck!</p>
<p>London_girl : I know what you mean, thats why I didn't apply to Hong Kong unis. Anyways, what did you apply for and which ones did you get offers from?</p>
<p>Squidgey : Thanks for the answer. Did you apply to UK?</p>
<p>wah, all these Alevel seem so diff from the ones in Singapore.. They are juz called A and AO, no AS... </p>
<p>are all Alevels by Cambridge Uni ??</p>
<p>hey nehe</p>
<p>No, there are different exam boards, I know there CIE (Cambridge), AQA, Edexcel and a few others. Do you guys do the O-levels or the GCSEs? I think they are the same</p>
<p>Hk8 - I applied for English and got offers from all except Manchester. I'm predicted AAA but English is so competative so I guess I can understand why I was rejected. I'm suprised I got as many offers as I did!</p>
<p>The main exam boards are Edexcel, AQA and OCR. We do GCSE's (usually about 10) and A Levels. GCSE's replaced O Levels over here about 20 years ago.</p>
<p>Squidgy - have you applied to any British unis too?</p>
<p>London_girl : thats cool, I applied Law and have only heard from LSE and Kings. Yeah I thought its all called GCSE now, but sometimes I come across stuff that says O-levels...mmm...Are you considering majoring English if you go ot US?</p>
<p>Is anyone else out there doing A-levels too?? What A-levels are you doing?</p>
<p>I havent applied directly to any US unis but if I go to Exeter (which is looking likely) I can go to America for my second year. I'd have to do English still, but would be able to do 25% of my classes in other subjects which sounds good. I really like Cardiff too though, it's going to be so hard to choose! And I only have like a month left</p>
<p>I see. The reason why I applied to the UL schools was for the LLB/JD programme with Columbia. I think the major advantage of the US system is the flexibility it gives to takes courses in subjects other than your major, thats a major plus for me</p>
<p>Yeah. That's why I like Cardiff because in the first year you can do three subjects, so you don't have to decide on your major straight away. If I went to Exeter i'd have to do straight English in the first year, and I really don't think I like it enough to do that!</p>
<p>What uni do you think you will end up going to? I was thinking of applying to US unis but it would have been so expensive compared to here where fees are only £1,100 a year</p>
<p>I think I'll end up in LSE, provided I get my AAA...mmm...it seems like half the people I know from school are going to LSE, KCL or UCL. I would choose Harvard and Stanford over LSE, but I think that's about it. The thing with me though is that Im going to be an overseas student, so it would be quite costly to study at LSE plus the cost of living in London is quite high.</p>
<p>I know someone going to LSE for Law. He has an AAA offer and was rejected by all his other choices (including UCL). Law is even more competative than English so you did really well!</p>
<p>Even though I would be really happy if I got into Harvard or Stanford, Im already very happy with my LSE offer. One of my friends also got into LSE, but got rejected by UCL, in fact her LSE offer was only AAB.</p>
<p>hey all,</p>
<p>yes, applied to english universities to read english, at oxford (st. johns), durham, york, UCL (wanted a london one...), st. andrews and newcastle... have heard from all but one of them, including an AAA offer to oxford so i'm psyched! (although the offer is pretty daunting)</p>
<p>am definitely excited to hear from america though... i'm not so sure if i still want to do english and i'd really like to explore other fields like psychology and philosophy so we'll have to wait and see... yeah definitely the US for the flexibility in deciding your course of study... although money wise, that's a different story... </p>
<p>a-level subjects:
english lit, music, history, french and maths</p>
<p>HK8: congratulations on the offers! LSE is in such a wonderful location -- i have friends there who love it and for Law you could do a LOT worse than the LSE... good luck with the american college admissions decisions though! <em>fingers crossed</em></p>
<p>London_girl: well done on all the offers as well! exeter is beautiful and of your offers, i hear that warwick has an excellent english programme (though location wise it's kind of crappy), as does cardiff. good luck with deciding!</p>