I went straight into a history BA with no history since GCSE ten years before, and found it no handicap at all. The A-level syllabuses are so diverse that they can't assume prior knowledge and, often, the Uni course covers dates/material that wasn't covered at A-level, anyway.
Assuming you can write vaguely coherently, use a library, assemble an arguement etc you'll be fine (and ahead of many of your 18 year old colleagues.)
Seriously, if you want to do history A-level for itself, then fine. If you're thinking of it as a hurdle before starting the degree, then don't bother.
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Assuming you can write vaguely coherently, use a library, assemble an arguement etc you'll be fine (and ahead of many of your 18 year old colleagues.)
Seriously, if you want to do history A-level for itself, then fine. If you're thinking of it as a hurdle before starting the degree, then don't bother.
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I was worried no one would consider me without an A-level.
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The BDS - like with medicine - isn't graded, so I couldn't even say that I had a 2:1 or whatever.
I suggested at interview that the lack of History A Level might create problems, and was told it wouldn't. They were right.
It simply wasn't an issue.
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