Students also use the results to decide which subjects to take as full A-levels.
In 2011 physics was the fourth most popular subject for A-levels for boys in England.
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Other re-marks and checks brought the total number of queries over A-levels to about 80, 000.
This was widely reported as "Tomlinson turned down", "GCSEs and A-levels to stay" and so on.
The positive statistics may not end the perennial debate over whether A-levels have been "dumbed down".
A-levels as a solid signal of achievement, but many now say they distrust them.
The directors' report blames them on the increased costs of developing and promoting the new A-levels.
Rizwan was preparing for his A-levels and had drawn up a plan for the future.
In Scotland, pupils take Standard Grades, Highers and Advanced Highers rather than GCSEs and A-levels.
A-levels, in that pupils will pick a handful of subjects to study in depth.
Mr Surtees had just finished his A-levels at Worth School, West Sussex, when he died.
Over recent years, critics have said A-levels are being "dumbed down", with grades continuing to rise.
He said there was no case for making A-levels harder because the pass rate was so high.
I'm not expressing a view about A-levels, nor - frankly - am I qualified to do so.
Grants are now only given to those students who achieve at least two A-Levels at grade C.
These comparisons are with students entering the workplace with A-levels - rather than those leaving after GCSEs.
He is studying for his A- levels and keen to go on to university and study international management.
A-levels no longer dovetail neatly into the intensive three-year degree course that is still British universities' main offering.
It would instead become a stand-alone qualification, taken alongside full A-levels after two years in the sixth form.
We hope this will prove to be a staging point towards our ultimate goal of rigorous vocational A-levels.
More young people were staying on at school to take A-levels, which was "something to celebrate", she added.
Mr Gove wants to shake up A-levels in England and for universities to be closely involved with this.
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Some maths students are likely to take maths A-levels at 15, anyway, so the extra help is useful.
For instance, in England in the early 1980s only about 10% of the year group achieved three A-levels.
She had been studying for business studies and PE A-Levels as well as a BTEC in animal science.
The Conservatives fired an early shot last week, saying they would award more league table points for "harder" A-levels.
Nonetheless universities will always remain committed to engaging with the development of A-levels.
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Over the same period an 18-percentage point gap opened up between pass rates in A-levels and the International Baccalaureate.
"This is about making A-levels better, " she said, rejecting accusations that the move was too focused on A-levels alone.
Teachers' unions say the changes to A-levels are being taken forward in a cavalier fashion based on thin evidence.
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