Lewk Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Any fellow Britain-ians (see what I did there) on here? If so, what did you pick for your GCSE Options in High School (Or 'O Levels' as they used to be called). My choice will be in less than 2 weeks and I'm still sweating with what I should pick. Seriously, I'm thinking: -Art & Design (Always liked Art, but my skills have deteriated over the years) -Media Studies (Everyone we do is basically stuff I do as a hobby, no problems here) -AS Level ICT (I like computers and have experience but I'm still not too sure) I have higher levels in History and Geography then in those, so my parents want me to take them instead. But History is support to be ridiculously hard and Geography is really boring. I'm scared of failing them. ): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Ash Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Media Studies was fairly cool. Practical stuff made it worthwhile. ICT is a joke, it will look good on paper but you could easily self-teach yourself most of the stuff on there. Anything else you learn is pointless. Didn't take Art & Design, was never good enough at it in the first place. My brother took (and is failing) History, but thats mainly due to him being a moron and not paying attention in class. I chose: - Media Studies - ICT - Public Services (was a BTEC) And yes, I'm [i]Britain-ian[/i]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chedbonlahor Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 I did: -Spanish -French -Eng Lit -Eng Lang -Bio -Chem -Latin -Maths (at I.G.C.S.E) -History Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Griffin Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Depends what you're looking for in life. Some Universities don't consider Media Studies very strongly (valid reasoning behind that or not is a different issue). Any ICT below Uni level is worthless - they have to dumb the specification down so that any idiot can manage it, so they aren't able to teach you anything someone half-competent would have trouble doing through intuition. I took Math/English/English/IT(non-optional at my school )/History/Geography/Drama/Chemistry/Physics/Biology/RS I have a feeling I forgot something, but might not have done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizzi Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 I took IT Diploma and business (with electronics as my DT option). I also already have an A* in Media Studies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewk Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 [quote name='-Griffin' timestamp='1294611138' post='4923712'] IT(non-optional at my school ) [/quote] Same, I'll be taking an ICT GCSE anyway, but I also wanna take it as an AS level as one of my options. [quote name='Kizzi' timestamp='1294612253' post='4923762'] I also already have an A* in Media Studies. [/quote] Basically, what I'm aiming for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeezus Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 I'm currently doing my A2 Levels and have been accepted by Oxford for maths, can I play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewk Posted January 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 [quote name='Placido.' timestamp='1294613929' post='4923819'] I'm currently doing my A2 Levels and have been accepted by Oxford for maths, can I play? [/quote] [img]http://www.deviantart.com/download/87649389/HELL_YEAH_by_Hemi_427.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cin Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 Don't dis Geography, I really enjoyed it especially as A Level. (Yay my C) My sister did IT and I still know more than her. I did: German (1 Language was Core and I did German since Yr 7 so I was forced to continue) Geography (Option) French (Option, I original choose IT, but it was over filled, and History as option had too few students. I failed at failing French) Science (Double Award, Core) Music (Option) English (Core, Lit and Lang) Math (Core) Graphics (Technology Option) R.E (Half Core, Other Half optional) Oxford nice. A Level is really where the subjects you study count, (appart from Maths and English at GCSE A-C in them are vital at all stages esp in jobs), remember to look at courses in what you want to do and get those subjects for A Level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kotaro Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 I picked and had to do : ICT Product Design (Basically Graphics and wood tech) History Geography Maths, English literature and language, Science, Spanish, Citizenship (Had to do) And P.E. I didnt choose P.E. But still had to do 2 lessons a week. If I had picked it, something like 4 lor 5 lessons a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewk Posted January 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 [quote name='Kotaro' timestamp='1294670227' post='4925239'] But still had to do 2 lessons a week. If I had picked it, something like 4 lor 5 lessons a week. [/quote] Yeah, PE is still a Core subject due to the whole "Health & Fitness Curriculum". But if you'd have taken it as a Foundation subject, you'd have to have done loads. Kinda like taking Triple Science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tin Trooper Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 Do History. You will not regret it. It is f***ing fantastic. And count your lucky stars for now. A-Levels determine your life, and I'm failing them, so good times. <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kotaro Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 [quote name='Lewk' timestamp='1294678284' post='4925395'] Yeah, PE is still a Core subject due to the whole "Health & Fitness Curriculum". But if you'd have taken it as a Foundation subject, you'd have to have done loads. Kinda like taking Triple Science. [/quote] Yeah, but I hated science, all 3 of them. I would have picked P.E if theory wasnt apart of it. [quote name='The Unwritten Law' timestamp='1294689192' post='4925582'] Do History. You will not regret it. It is f***ing fantastic. And count your lucky stars for now. A-Levels determine your life, and I'm failing them, so good times. <3 [/quote] I didnt like History, I found it boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cin Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 I would have done History as Core, but I dislike continuously learning about WWs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizzi Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 [quote name='Lewk' timestamp='1294613107' post='4923794'] Basically, what I'm aiming for. [/quote] Really, at GCSE level at least, it's pretty easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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