A Level tutors, by subject specialists only

Subjects and boards

Cambridge International and Edexcel, AS and A2.

• ✓Mathematics, Further Mathematics and Statistics
• ✓Physics, Chemistry and Biology, including practical and planning papers
• ✓Economics, Business and Accounting
• ✓Computer Science, Psychology and English Literature

What separates an A from an A*

Rarely more content. Almost always precision: the exact phrasing an examiner rewards, the working shown rather than assumed, the planning paper answered to the structure the scheme expects.

This is the least self-teachable part of A Level, and it is where a specialist tutor earns their fee. It is also why we insist on tutors who have actually marked to these schemes rather than simply studied the subject.

University applications

A Level tuition rarely stops at the syllabus. Our tutors regularly advise on subject combinations for medicine and engineering, on the grades specific universities in Pakistan and abroad actually require, and on how an AS result should change the A2 strategy.

AS and A2: how the two halves differ

AS is the first year and A2 the second, and they are assessed differently enough that students who coast through AS are regularly caught out. AS rewards accurate recall and clean method. A2 adds synthesis — questions that span two topics, extended responses, and planning or data-analysis papers that cannot be answered by remembering.

The practical consequence is that an AS grade is a weak predictor of an A2 grade on its own. What predicts A2 is whether the student can apply the AS content to something they have not seen before, which is exactly what our tutors test for in the first few lessons.

AS results also arrive in time to change the plan. A weak AS in one subject is worth acting on immediately — either by resitting it alongside A2 or by redistributing effort — and that decision is much better made in August than in March.

A Level equivalence and university entry in Pakistan

As with O Level, A Level results are converted by IBCC — into FSc (HSSC) marks — and admission forms in Pakistan expect the certificate. For FSc (HSSC) equivalence, IBCC asks for three relevant A Levels, each at grade E or above: Physics, Chemistry and Biology for Pre-Medical; Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics for Pre-Engineering; any three elective subjects for Humanities.

Subject requirements are strict for the competitive degrees: medicine expects Biology, Chemistry and Physics; engineering expects Maths, Physics and Chemistry. A subject combination that omits one of these can close a degree off entirely, whatever the grades, and it cannot be fixed at application time.

IBCC converts each grade to marks on a fixed table — A 85, B 75, C 65, D 55, E 45 — and an A* is worth above 90, at a figure IBCC sets for each subject and exam session. Our IBCC equivalence guide has the full tables and how to apply.

Entry tests are separate from A Level and are examined differently: PMDC's MDCAT, for one, is 180 multiple-choice questions in 3 hours with no negative marking. Students aiming at MDCAT or ECAT should be preparing for those alongside A2 rather than after it — see our MDCAT preparation guide.

Fees

One-to-one runs PKR 20,000–38,000 per subject per month. Our A Level batches of 10–20 students are PKR 12,000–18,000 per subject and include the same recordings, tests and reports. The estimator on our pricing page will narrow it to your subject count and schedule.