Background, as briefly as possible:
DS is in year 11 and has chosen to do Maths, English, Geography and Biology in year 12. He knows it's possible to change his mind, particularly in the light of GCSE results in the summer and he is starting to have second thoughts about maths.
He did his maths GCSE at the start of year 10 and got an A. He was immediately expected to start AS maths which he struggled with (I never really felt he'd consolidated GCSE maths and wasn't happy with him doing it so early). He got an E in C1 at the end of year 10. So he is redoing C1 this year and the plan is to complete the AS (by doing C2 and D1) in year 12.
He has got it into his head that he ought to have AS maths (doesn't plan to do A2) as this will look good on his CV. I think, as long as he's got GCSE maths, that's enough and I'm worried about him taking a subject that doesn't come easily to him when lots of other subjects do (he's predicted A/A* in all GCSE subjects).
So my question is, is there much advantage in having AS rather than just GCSE maths? His real interest is Geography and he wants to do that at university. Even if he decided to go into some sort of financial job surely GCSE maths would be enough? Anybody got any advice?
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