How many A - Levels?

Question

I'm in my last year of GCSEs and I have no idea what I need to do in A-levels.

How many A-levels is reasonable? I have been told between three and five, but I do not know if five is pushing the time boundaries.

I am wishing to go into marketing so are there any specific A-Levels I should do? I checked on John Moores uni website, but they were non specific.

In my GCSEs I am predicted 10 A/A*s, and a B if this helps.

Thank you, Ali

Answer 1

http://www.learndirect-advice.co.uk/helpwithyourcareer/jobprofiles/profiles/profile159/

this is the link to learndirect's job profile for a marketing executive - there are others. Business Studies, Economics, Mathematics and Computing are mentioned. I would add you could probably use statistics at GCSE level if it is offered.

Answer 2

Most places roccommend that you choose 4 subjects to study for As and then choose one to drop and carry on with the other 3. Some people do more or choose not to drop a subject but the majority of universities will only ask for 3 A levels so doing more is really unneccessary but it's a very personal decision. If you do less subjects you are more likely to do better in those subjects as you will have more time to devote to those subjects and also it is very important to allow yourself some chilling time because A levels can get very stressful especially towards the end when you are trying to sort out your university place whilst studying to get the grades you need to get there. If your school has careers advisors you should talk to them about all this and they should be able to help, I hope this helps a little, dont worry about it too much just have a good think about it and try and discuss it with people too as this can really help. Good luck with the future I hope you achieve all you want in your life.

Answer 3

Well you have to do a LOT of work, studying and course work for A levels and probably 5 A levels is pushing it abit,
you will find that you wont have enough time to finish your projects and if you do they wont be of the slandered to get the grade you will need.

However saying that if there are 5 subjects you really want to do then do them, you can always drop a subject if you are unable to keep up with the work.

If you want to do marketing do an A level in that with other relevant A levels which join this profession

You could probably go to a college opening evening and speak with the Marketing professor and ask for advise, they will be happy to tell you. Its better to be sure than sorry.

Answer 4

Do 4 AS-levels and 3 A-levels, if you can cope with 4 full A-levels, do so. But my advice is to concentrate on 3 and get the best grades you possibly can. 3 A's is better than 5 C's. If the uni's are non-specific, don't worry, do what you enjoy. I'm doing Accounting and Finance at uni and haven't done it before. Best of luck!

Answer 5

I'm predicted 10 A*s for my GCSEs, and I want to go into medicine, so I want to take 4 A-levels - all the Sciences and Maths; plus Music, as I've already begun my Music AS level performance and composition coursework. Which makes 5. My sister took 4 - Maths, Art, French and German - she's applied to study Architecture at several universities including Cambridge; and she finds that 4 are quite time consuming, especially Art and Maths.
I don't know what you need to go into Marketing, but I hope this helps!

Answer 6

The norm at most colleges is 4 set A/S levels - key skill ICT and General studies. In your A/2 (a level - second year) you drop this to three A levels and optional general studies.

For marketing - buisness studies can't go a miss and and course in advanced ICT would help as well. Other than that pick subjects that you are good at an will enjoy, other wise college is hell.

Answer 7

you could do 5 AS levels ad 4 A levels, if you want to go to uni its calcualted on points so the grade you get in an a level is transformed into points so if you do 4 A levels you have more chance of getting the right number ofpoints for uni for marketing you need a good grasp of maths, maybe ICT, business studies possibly english?