PPRuNe Forums - Equivalent Qualifications.

Hi all, just a quick question which I have had spinning around my head for the last few days. When I was seventeen I was at school doing A levels in Physics, Chemestry, Biology and History but being a bit of an immature pratt I droped out and learnt to fly instead. Not much wrong with that I suppose but the day dawned when I realised that I had given up the remote possibility of gaining that elusive sponsorship. I had made a mistake and decided to do something about it last year by enrolling at Norwich City College and started 2 fast track, part time A levels in Human Biology and History. Good so far......until yesterday when I sat my first History exam. I reckon I flunked it, not because I did not know the answers but because I knew too much, a lack of essay writing practice (due to limited time working at my local airfield) was the primary reason for the problem. Although I am aware that I may have done really well and I still have one paper to go I doubt if I will achieve the required 'C'. On the other hand my Human Biology is going really well and I still have one paper to go and I reckon I will get either an A or B. Sooooooo my question is this, I really, really want to have a crack at BA but one A level is not acceptable, however, my two A levels were part time, fast track A levels; infact I only started them at the end of September last year which meant that I had only eight months of study.....for two A levels.

Now BA ask quite clearly for two GCE A levels at grade C or above OR equivalent. So who thinks that achieving at least one A level in Human Biology in eight months, while holding down a job and practicaly teaching yourself as well as studying for an A level in history is equivalent to two A levels in the normal two year period??? My tutor told me that the amount of work that I was undertaking was the equivalent to four A levels in the normal period.What do you all reckon of my chances if I got a letter from my tutor stating that my qualifications are the equivalent of two 'normal' A levels???

LE. :)