What A levels would you recommend for someone wanting to study product
design at uni?
Does A level Product Design count for much?
Serenity

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> What A levels would you recommend for someone wanting to study product
> design at uni?
> Does A level Product Design count for much?
> Serenity
>
>


A friend of mine who is doing product design at university chose the 
following a-levels:

AL ICT
AL Graphic Design
AL RE

and did an AS in Sociology and Art - both of which he dropped at A2.

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> What A levels would you recommend for someone wanting to study product
> design at uni?


Your best bet is to see what requirements the universities offering such a
course prefer.


> Does A level Product Design count for much?


Is there such an A level?


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John Porcella

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> "Serenity" <serenity@nospamserenitynyespam off.fslife.co.uk> wrote in 
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> > What A levels would you recommend for someone wanting to study product
> > design at uni?
> > Does A level Product Design count for much?
> > Serenity


Design courses vary considerably (in core and option units) in how
much maths/engineering and 'soft' graphics skills they contain.

I was going to apply for product design engineering with Maths,
Physics and Design Techology - apparenty a hardcore combination. I
ended up making a sudden decision to apply for econ/finance instead
(don't ask!), but i imagine they're after people with some ability to
think, design, innovate....i mean you can teach maths to the required
level, but i just don't think 'design' can really be taught, just
developed. There are people who have nothing there to develop, whether
they've studied it academically or not (as proven by several
classmates who got A's but were not good at the subject...as is often
the case with A Levels). To the honest, I think admissions tutors have
a heck of a job picking people for design courses...so ring 'em up and
ask!

I'd say design A-Level is good as it shows a comitment to the subject.
But I'd say pick maths no matter what you apply for as if you have a
sudden change of mind careers wise, you might be screwed without it!

Design is often considered an 'easy' option at A-Level and beyond. It
might well be -academically-, but all the advice i got was that it's a
seriously competitive industry after all that and you have to be
seriously sh*t hot to get somewhere good!

Good luck!
Mike

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> > Does A level Product Design count for much?
>
> Is there such an A level?


Yep,
I'd never heard of it either.
Seems to be an offshoot from DT.
S