I Failed All Subjects. What Shouls I Do?

[ificouldtheniwud]

Today was my AS result and I failed all three subjects; physics, maths, and chemistry. I don't think I can even pass retakes so my parents suggested that I repeat the year. I think I should change my subjects because I don't believe that I'll be ever able to pass physics or chemistry. It's beyond my reach, goes over my head and lands somewhere I don't know the whereabouts of. Math, though, I understand it a little but the paper was very difficult. Should I change physics and chemistry to computer studies and economics? I really want to be an actuary, I know it's hard, but I did good at CS in O'Levels. I've never studied economics before. Please help.

[kvalidir]

Lots of route to be actuary, firstly don't panic and jump into doing something you might not gel with. Talk to your tutors and find out why you think you didn't do as well as you needed to and then take a while and thinks about whether you want to retake the year or switch, but lots of routes to what you want to do. x https://www.actuaries.org.uk/become-actuary/routes-qualifying

[sunny-dave]

Are you actually in the UK?

"O" Levels were replaced by GCSE many years ago and we call it 'Maths' not 'Math'

AS results day this year isn't until 16th August?

[Old_Geezer]

Talk to your teachers. They may have a better idea whether you are capable and simply not trying, or incapable and need to do something simple.

[sunny-dave]

I ask because it's difficult to give sensible answers unless we actually know the full situation.

[ificouldtheniwud]

spathiphyllum,
I'm sticking with maths. Economics is okay but will I be able to do it because I've never studied it before. Physics, I failed already. I don't think that it's needed for actuarial science, is it?

kvalidir,
I am private and don't go to college. I don't really have any tutors to talk to right now. Every tutor here is now money greedy and only tells solutions that will be beneficial to them in some way. Which is why I posted this here because there are so many people who go through the same around the world. Unfortunately, at my centre, I am the only one.

sunny dave,
I am from Pakistan. I don't really know, we still refer to it as O'Levels. It's was written on my exam paper as well. Though when I checked my AS result today; it did say GCSE. It might be because people generally don't understand. Yes, it's maths, not math. I thought it didn't matter(?)
It was today. At 6:01 BST.
I will tell you everything you need, all I need is help. Because I am crying salt.

Old_Geezer,
I had the same problem in O'Levels too, but I made it alive. Chemistry and Physics are not really my subjects :(
Like I said above, I don't have any tutors atm.

Also, is there any way to reply to the answers? I don't really get this website. I'm a noob.

[fiction-factory]

>Is there any way to reply to the answers?

Yes. You've just done it.

[scorpiojo]

You are already replying to the answers just by replying to your own question :-)

[ificouldtheniwud]

Oh, exactly.
I thought that there might be a way to reply to individual answers.
No wonder I failed.

[jourdain2]

How about changing to subjects you know you do well in and that you actually like? It may mean that a different career choice will open up before you. Not everyone is cut out for sciences and high-level maths, just the same as not everyone has the talent to be an artist or linguist. There are plenty of state-run 6th form colleges where at least you would get impartial advice and guidance. After that, it is up to you to do the work. It is easier to work at something you enjoy, in my experience. Horses for courses.

[fiction-factory]

In my experience the Actuarial exams are really tough and even those with a degree in maths will find them very challenging. My degree was in Maths and I decided I couldn't face the intense slog needed for these exams. Even 30+ years ago the actuarial students I knew tended to have top A level grades in Maths and Further Maths and a first class degree from one of the top universities.

I though AS levels were GCE not GCSE.

Maybe this link shows what your exams are. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GCE_Advanced_Level#Pakistan

[Canary42]

Similar to my experiences, but a long long time ago. Half-way through my A levels I dropped Chemistry as I was never going to get it. I took Physics and Mathematics, at A level, failed former, passed latter. Joined Insurance Co as Actuarial student but found work/study combination too arduous so dropped it. It does entail very hard work for 5 years (or it did in those days). Shortly afterwards my Insurance Company bought their first computer, and I then took an aptitude test for Computer Programming (a far different subject from today, it was then only just taking off in the commercial environment), passed it and enjoyed a successful 40-year career in IT as it is now called.

One GCE A level option which I was unaware of at the time (my school advisers were totally useless), was to take Maths as two separate subjects Applied Maths and Pure Maths - if this option is still open then I suggest you try for it, perhaps with Economics to make up the three. Try to get good professional advice if you can.

Good luck in whatever path you decide to take.

[jourdain2]

^^^ Ah, sorry, thought you were of Pakistani origin living in UK. I don't know about the system there.

[New Judge]

"I Failed All Subjects. What Shouls I Do?"

"I don't believe that I'll be ever able to pass physics or chemistry. It's beyond my reach,..."

"Math, though, I understand it a little but the paper was very difficult."

How about investigating a career that does not require academic excellence. Do they need plumbers and electricians in Pakistan? In the UK a good plumber or electrician can earn more than a mediocre solicitor.

"Yes, it's maths, not math. I thought it didn't matter(?)"

Yes it does matter (at least to pedants like me). I hate the term "math". Maths is an abbreviated form of Mathematics, not Mathematic.

[Jennykenny]

I don’t know if it helps or not, but I repeated a year when I was in senior school. I was by far the youngest in the class, and completely out of my depth, and it was making me ill.
The following I came first in my class, and went on to train to be a teacher.
Take time to think about it. Talk to someone you trust. And I wish you the very best for the future.

[Canary42]

/// I hate the term "math".///

I expect you're already aware of this NJ, but I believe it's the American and Canadian designation. UK and Australia uses Maths (which I agree, is the correct version)

[johnny37]

speak to your carreers person about apprenticeships. There may be something which appeals to you that needs no GCSEs. you do on the job training and take 'exams' called a national vocational qualification called NVQ

[ificouldtheniwud]

jourdain2,
I do like CS but I don't like the work related to it. Coding, designing, softwares, I hate it. People who spend years learning programming etc, in the end, get jobs after going through a lot of difficulties. Even their salaries are really low, 30,000 rupees per month after such hard work and temple rubbing. Not worth it. I'd rather invest time and efforts in something that pays off.

fiction-factory,
I know people who are doing it too, but they applied in a foreign country. One told me to not worry, it is difficult, but one can make it through. Chemistry and physics can never be my subjects. Maths, on the other hand, is okay. I like it. It doesn't like me. But I like it.
The link doesn't really go in detail. We normally call it CIE here. That's it. Today when I checked my result online it had GCSE written beside the paper code.

spathiphyllum,
Physuxxx. I mean, I suck at it. My experience was horrible. Even at school, I was constantly taunted by my teacher. Guilt and embarrassment are the only things I have ever taken from this subject. I can never put two and two together to form an answer in the exam. V hard.

Canary42,
That's a lot of experience and struggle. I wont be able to walk properly had I gone through all of this. U da sicc man. As I mentioned above, every other person is doing the same these days. You get jobs very hardly. And a person working at a salon earns more than these workers, sadly.
I think my parents will be shook if I ask them about opting for Applied Maths. The thing is that teachers who are good at teaching Applied Maths or even Pure Maths are hardly available. These days people only run after money. From one institute to another, a dozen cup of teas, and seven cigarettes on a daily basis. My college advisers were the same, they didn't let me take economics or cs in the first place which is why I probably failed today. They degraded students. Rip.
Thank you.

judge,
Not really. Plus, I am a girl.
Oh. Some people say that it's math, some say that it's maths. Now, I just use a mixture of both. I will make sure to use maths now.

jennykenny,
This might just be the problem for me. I jumped one class too, even though everyone is as the same age as me, I am still one year ahead. Hmmmmm.

johnny37,
That might be tough in my country, I think.

[Souldarkness]

No point in doing things that you are not good at. Sounds like you need to be in a proper school or college where you will learn with others. It's not all about the facts and figures from tutors it's having friends to study with. If your parents want you to have tutors to stay isolated at home do you think they will want you to go and work in the big wide world later. Do what you love, not what you feel you should do. If maths doesn't like you I doubt you will ever be happy working with figures.