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[The Dogmother]

A friend's teen is making their A level choices soon-ish and has been pointed in the direction of Headstart uni courses, which seem to be one week tasters as various unis and covering various subjects, although the list of topics is fairly limited by the looks of things.

 

Does anyone on here have any experience of them and/or have any advice to someone making their A level decisions soon?

[helenc]

We looked at those for my daughter they are aimed at Year 12 students to attend during the Year 12 - 13 summer break and are specifically aimed at the students who want to pursue a science/engingeering/technology career. There are also 2 that are available for Year 11 students towards the end of the summer term and they are specifically for girls- to try to encourage them into sciences. To apply they ask for certain grades and subjects to be considered.

 

My daughter had to choose her subjects last year (she has just finished GCSE's) and the school advised them to choose subjects that they enjoyed and that they were good at, they also had an evening where we could attend talks about the different subjects available.

 

Its a lot easier if they have a clear career in mind as you can just look on the University websites to check the subject requirements.

 

My daughter loves Physics so also needs to do Maths also as she is thinking of doing a Physics degree she was advised to take Further Maths as the school offers it so it would stand her in better stead than another science as there are mechanics modules in it, she chose Ethics and Philosophy as her last subject just because she enjoys that subject now.

 

There is a forum called The Student Room and there is quite a lot of information there.

 

I hope that helps

 

Helen

[Chucky Mama]

The Student Room is a great resource. She should choose the subjects that she enjoys doing but if she has an idea of what she wants to do she should find out what is a complete no no to take. She could post this question on The Student Room for advise.

[The Dogmother]

Thanks, I'll pass that information on.

[jlo]

My son did one earlier this year. He is really interested in maths and wants to study it at uni. He has one more year to go at college.

 

He had a great time at Royal Holloway College and met some good people. He thought that they would all be geeks but they weren't!

 

How useful it will be when it comes to applying to university remains to be seen but he would certainly recommend it.

[ubereglu]

It might be too late for this year, but there are also lots of london uni taster days. It might be worth looking that up and seeing if any spaces become available, as occasionally people drop out at very short notice.

[jam]

As far as choosing what subjects to do, as I had that joyous task this time last year but for the IB diploma which is different to A levels, is not to make career and employability prospects your main motivation for choosing what subjects (and eventually what uni course) to do. Choose what you love, and that way you'll be funnelled into the direction of doing something you'll enjoy.

[merlina]

I'm a Uni lecturer - most Unis have some sort of taster event, called all sorts of different things.

It really helps to have choices narrowed down a little before embarking on something so specific.

Or go to an individual University's general open day where there's a chance to try out all sorts of things - they're a good idea as school curricula are very narrow and you can trip over all sorts of courses you never knew existed!