Hi everyone so A Level results day has come and gone.
Some of you are celebrating your recent achievements and some of you
are maybe in despair and pondering your next steps.
In this video I'll be looking at what your options are
available to you if you've recently received your AS Level
Maths results.
So congratulations to everyone who received their A Level results last week
without a doubt this year has been exceptionally challenging
due to the huge uncertainty around GCSE's and A Levels caused by the Corona-virus
students in Wales and Northern Ireland
who collected their AS Level results and received the grades that they wanted,
can rest a little easy now and start thinking about the next year
of study in the A2 year. Take note though, if you didn't get the
results that you wanted and maybe your grades weren't as good as
you expected, they won't count to your overall A Level
grade anyway. In any normal year your AS Level grade
will contribute to 40% of your overall final A Level grade.
Therefore if you've got an A, B, C or even D,
it won't count towards your final award. For those who didn't succeed in getting
the grades required to progress to the second year
of your A Level maths studies, you now have a difficult choice to make.
You can either retake the year that you've just done or
you can stop studying mathematics altogether.
The choice will depend on what your long-term goals are,
do you really need A Level Maths to progress further?
If you want to do a degree in mathematics, then yes
absolutely, you do need a good grade in A Level maths. Now if you want to study
to other subjects, you'll need to check that
if A Level Mathematics is a requirement. If you don't need a qualification then
perhaps leaving the course might be the best option for you. If you
are planning to quit studying A Level Mathematics and
not retake the AS Level year that you've just done, I will
say this. I am a mature student and I've had many
jobs in my lifetime. From my personal life experience of all
the A Level's that has been quoted as being the most
admired, it's actually A Level Maths. Sure there are other A Level's that are
more valuable in terms of earnings potential in the long term
there are perhaps other A Level's that are
as respected as A Level maths, however I think that there isn't any other
A Level that compares to the overall reputation of A Level maths. A Level maths
qualification will look after you in the long term and open so many doors
for you in your life. Just having the feeling of
having a A Level maths qualification in your back pocket as you go through
life and the job market, is a tremendous confidence booster.
So the choice is to retake your AS Level mathematics year,
or drop out of studying A Level mathematics altogether.
Before you make the decision I advise you to talk to your family,
to your friends, to talk to your maths tutor
about your possible decisions. However the most important person that you
should talk to is yourself, because you are your own
best advice and if you listen to your gut and you
listen to your heart, you will make the right decision. If you
do leave the course I wish you good luck for the future.
I hope you got as much value from studying mathematics
over the last year as much as I have. For those continuing their mathematics
journey and progressing to the A2 year of study
there's still a lot of hard work to be done.
As the difficulty and challenges will increase
once again.
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So wherever you are in the world, rest hard,
stay safe and I'll see you next week.