Friend making wrong choices for Alevel?

I am in a similar situation with my friend. He wants to take three sciences and maths. He's good at science, he could easily get an A, but the problem is his teachers have entered him for foundation, so the highest he can get is a C. And, he is quite bad at maths, he's trying very hard and resitting several modules to get his C. You can't make your friends mind up for him, but all I did is say to him "Given what you got in your mocks, are you really, really sure you want to take those subjects?" He said he did, so I just had to let him do it, even though I'm doubtful he'll succeed.

for A - Levels, i dont know about other schools, but ours usually offers us a place in a science alevel if we get a B or higher grade at gcse science, so i dont think your friend needs to worry about getting A*'s at gcse. but if he finds it difficult, maybe he should take an applied science alevel. its easier and after you'v taken that then your usually able to move onto the biologys, chemistrys and physics of the science world (:

I think you need to sit him down and tell him straight. Maybe involve his parents, or a teacher, or even just those 2 A* students you talked about. Either way he needs to know. You won't like it in a years time when he's stressed out and depressed over exams that he'll be struggling to cope in, let alone pass. A good friend won't just let it be, a good friend would tell him straight :) Good luck

If it was me, I would want to tell him, like you do. But you need to think about how he is going to react with this. Put yourself in his shoes, if someone tried to tell you you werent clever enough to do your options ( even in a nice way) you would feel really offended and let down especially if it was a friend. I think you should just let him do what he wants as it is not your job to say, evenr if it feels like it. Its just instinct, with you being his friend, for you to want to protect him from gettign himself into something he can't cope with. Honestley, if he doesnt have the right grades, or teachers dont think he will be able to cope, they wont let him on the courses. You never know, he might just surprise everyone and cope with it all fine. I'm sure whatever is best will happen for him in time. The worst thing that could happen was he would have to change his courses, and plenty of people do that, its not the end of the world, more like a minor hiccup in a small stage of life. Just think about wether tellign him is worth losing a friend for? Because if he took it the wrong way, then you could lose a vital friendship. Hope this helps and it all works out in the end :D Sam x

I am in a similar situation with my friend. He wants to take three sciences and maths. He's good at science, he could easily get an A, but the problem is his teachers have entered him for foundation, so the highest he can get is a C. And, he is quite bad at maths, he's trying very hard and resitting several modules to get his C. You can't make your friends mind up for him, but all I did is say to him "Given what you got in your mocks, are you really, really sure you want to take those subjects?" He said he did, so I just had to let him do it, even though I'm doubtful he'll succeed.

for A - Levels, i dont know about other schools, but ours usually offers us a place in a science alevel if we get a B or higher grade at gcse science, so i dont think your friend needs to worry about getting A*'s at gcse. but if he finds it difficult, maybe he should take an applied science alevel. its easier and after you'v taken that then your usually able to move onto the biologys, chemistrys and physics of the science world (:

I think you need to sit him down and tell him straight. Maybe involve his parents, or a teacher, or even just those 2 A* students you talked about. Either way he needs to know. You won't like it in a years time when he's stressed out and depressed over exams that he'll be struggling to cope in, let alone pass. A good friend won't just let it be, a good friend would tell him straight :) Good luck