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Qualification => GCE AS & A2 Level => Queries => Topic started by: The_Last_Dragon on February 01, 2011, 11:32:55 am

Title: getting an A* in A levels
Post by: The_Last_Dragon on February 01, 2011, 11:32:55 am
Hey guys - it seems a long while since i last visited, during my IGCSE...i'm now doing my A levels, through things aren't as simple as they used to be for IGCSE

i know that you can split your A levels into two - AS and A2 sections and do the papers in separate exam sessions

my real worries stem from this fact - is it possible to get an A* if you split your A levels and do the papers in separate sessions?  - or do you have to do all the papers in a single session to get A*?

Thanks in advance
Title: Re: getting an A* in A levels
Post by: Freaked12 on February 01, 2011, 01:45:21 pm
Duh.

Depends on how you do those papers no? :p

But yeah man i am doing all A levels in one session to get A*s.
Title: Re: getting an A* in A levels
Post by: HUSH1994 on February 01, 2011, 01:56:47 pm
so can u or not get an A* in seperate sessions?
Title: Re: getting an A* in A levels
Post by: username on February 01, 2011, 03:07:43 pm
Quote from: ~~!$!HUSH!$!~~ on February 01, 2011, 01:56:47 pm
so can u or not get an A* in seperate sessions?
u can
u defnitely can
no wries:)
Title: Re: getting an A* in A levels
Post by: The_Last_Dragon on February 01, 2011, 04:09:08 pm
yeah, Requiem - i know, nothing in life comes easy

username - could you confirm it? - do you have a link to where the official Cambridge exam rules state this?

sorry for asking for all this, but this is a serious issue i'm facing and i need some hard evidence to support my choice
Title: Re: getting an A* in A levels
Post by: elemis on February 01, 2011, 04:11:14 pm
Quote from: The_Last_Dragon on February 01, 2011, 04:09:08 pm
yeah, Requiem - i know, nothing in life comes easy

username - could you confirm it? - do you have a link to where the official Cambridge exam rules state this?

sorry for asking for all this, but this is a serious issue i'm facing and i need some hard evidence to support my choice

I'm telling you its possible.

Its dependent on HOW well you do the papers not WHICH SESSION you do them in.

Title: Re: getting an A* in A levels
Post by: username on February 01, 2011, 04:34:46 pm
Quote from: The_Last_Dragon on February 01, 2011, 04:09:08 pm
yeah, Requiem - i know, nothing in life comes easy

username - could you confirm it? - do you have a link to where the official Cambridge exam rules state this?

sorry for asking for all this, but this is a serious issue i'm facing and i need some hard evidence to support my choice

cant find it on cie web
but heres sumthin i found online
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1533780


while ur at it
this is helpful aswell
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=815293

hope it helps:D
Title: Re: getting an A* in A levels
Post by: The_Last_Dragon on February 01, 2011, 04:52:19 pm
that's good to hear, thanks :) - i seem to have been mis-led by a senior, who told me that an A* is only possible if you do all the papers together, just because she didn't get good marks herself

oh well, should just have gone by my school's original recommendation

Is there anything important regarding the A levels which i've got to keep in mind?

EDIT: Thanks a lot, username :D