Which is harder, a=level or Ap?

Resistance
Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:28:38 +0000

I have never done AP before. I am am currently doing my A-levels, in my second year infact. A-levels are tough and it is not very easy getting the top grades. For example I am doing A-level maths and there are 6 papers altogether accounting for 6 different modules and the papers last for 1h30 minutes each with the exception of one which is 2h30! A few people cannot handle the pressure and they do drop out, but if you stay focussed with what you have to do, they are relatively straight forward. It also depends how many subjects you do, on average it’s around 3-4 subjects, for example I am doing Maths, French, Economics and Geography. A few exceptional students can take 5 or even 6, depending on how brilliant you are. Universities only require 3 A-levels normally so if you choose to do more, you only do them because you want to (and your school lets you!) or because you think you will not do so well in one of the subjects or something like that. I am not 100% sure, but is AP just a score that you are given? I guess A-levels are quite good because you get given a grade from A to U so whether you scraped the A grade by 1% or got 100%, it’s still an A.