3 or 4 A levels? EPQ? Cambridge Admissions Tutor gives his advice

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  • Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
  • Our Admissions Tutor, Dr Chris Scott, gives brief answers to two of the most common questions we get asked by students on programmes and at events. They're questions best answered individually - there are no absolute, general right answers! - so do feel free to ask your own questions in the comments down below! For more on A level choices, have a look at our other video on 'How to choose your A levels', especially if you're currently deciding! • 3 or 4 A levels? EPQ? ...
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  • @dac8939
    @dac8939 2 роки тому +80

    Do 5 to be safe

    • @wk1215
      @wk1215 Рік тому +27

      i think 10 would be better, maybe 50

    • @grassytramtracks
      @grassytramtracks 8 місяців тому +1

      If you do more, it's a lot harder to keep on top of them all, getting A*A*A doing 3 is immeasurably better than AABBB doing 5

    • @RAYHANUDDIN-fh3mh
      @RAYHANUDDIN-fh3mh 4 місяці тому

      Lol it just distracts our focus

    • @bumba5897
      @bumba5897 Місяць тому

      @@grassytramtracks he was joking 😭

  • @xornanbu
    @xornanbu 10 місяців тому +20

    He’s interviewing me next month and I’m frightened to death

  • @notacademicallyperfect4183
    @notacademicallyperfect4183 Рік тому +54

    What about doing 22 A levels?
    Am I advantaged if I'm doing 12 A levels?

    • @wk1215
      @wk1215 Рік тому +50

      22 perhaps may not be sufficient for applying to major Unis. My son tried applying for only 25 a levels, but he was convinced after advice from school to take 43 a levels and 10 BTEC qualifications and an additional 18 AP classes in an external course. With this, he only managed to graduate from Oxford and Stanford and Cambridge and TU delft and Imperial with only 30 different diplomas, really disappointing. To be safe, 50 a levels would be enough to get 50 diplomas from 10 unis.

    • @liangchen4679
      @liangchen4679 Рік тому

      @@wk1215

    • @RAYHANUDDIN-fh3mh
      @RAYHANUDDIN-fh3mh 4 місяці тому

      ​@@wk1215😂😂😂

  • @seungseungminji
    @seungseungminji Рік тому +16

    I'm taking maths, biology, physics, and chemistry, AND an IPQ (Like the EPQ, but for international students) and I am terrified. I have not yet started, and I know I will do great, but I am still scared. Wish me luck! (I will need it lol)

    • @seungseungminji
      @seungseungminji Рік тому

      Update: Things are going well

    • @STUDY-c7s
      @STUDY-c7s Рік тому

      @@seungseungminji hey! that's the options i want to take, how are you finding them so far? i'm worried it would be too much lol

    • @seungseungminji
      @seungseungminji Рік тому +4

      @@STUDY-c7s So far really good, but you do have to be quite confident in all the subjects… There’s a lot to do, and you have to be really consistent or you’ll fall behind. But it has been really fun learning so many things! Also, if you took further maths last year, maths is so easy! I don’t know why people make it out to be so hard…

    • @vivianebajjani
      @vivianebajjani 10 місяців тому

      @@seungseungminji
      where are you planning on applying to?

    • @seungseungminji
      @seungseungminji 10 місяців тому +1

      @@vivianebajjani My dream colleges are Harvard, Stanford and Hopkins. Also Trinity college, Amsterdam university and some other ones in Europe. All for medicine

  • @sturgereign5460
    @sturgereign5460 2 роки тому +9

    So I get a C on EPQ do they admissions officer not care

    • @Vreonix
      @Vreonix Місяць тому

      you dont need to mention it