I took all pretty hard subjects for AS. IT, Maths, Physics and Product Design. I dropped Maths by christmas, then dropped the rest just after the exams. I had a nice, 11 week stretch on here getting depressed about being unemployed. I thought I could handle it though because I did really well in my GCSEs, (IT: A, Science: AA, Maths: B, RE: B, English Lit/lang: BB, Geography: C, Engineering: CC, Key Skills IT: , but I failed completely at AS, (IT: E, Product Design: D, Physics: U, Maths: Dropped). College is brilliant, so much fun, we all have a laugh constantly and I learn new stuff every day. Not retaking AS has definately been the best thing I ever did in education, I'm doing a course I really enjoy that will get me a big old lump of UCAS points, and I can go to Uni with it, or go and get a job doing something in IT. If your not a, "sit down and study", kinda guy, don't do A levels. I know a few guys who worked like mad for AS and dropped out, it just drives you crazy.