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Edexcel or Cambridge

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MaNa:

--- Quote from: master786 on August 30, 2009, 06:25:45 pm ---yes mana :) :P
THTS RIGHT :P

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haha My friend did Edexcel n My bro is doing CIE so i have a vivid picture wot they both have gone through :D

master786:
i am doing both too :)
so i know it too :P...
where it was easier to get :)

anusha500:
i was wonder what the difference between the syllabus of cie math and statistics math was.
because i just started C1 at school. but i really wanna do my cie board exam.
so if i study statistics what do i need to catch up on so i can do as level cie math?

astarmathsandphysics:
what modules are you studying?

omega007:
It doesn't matter which you're studying because both are accepted by universities.

Course load: I agree that Cambridge has a greater course load and is more rigorous than Edexcel, BUT that existed till last year. This year all Edexcel specifications have been amended drastically (except for Mathematics) and the topics and testing procedures have become tougher and more complex, even tougher than Cambridge (You can dig the evidence if you compare syllabuses of both)

Recognition: Cambridge is more attractive to students due to the famous 'Brilliance Award'. High achieving students are honored through this system which unfortunately Edexcel doesn't provide.

Both have introduced the new A* system to distinguish 'true' students.

I think the biggest drawback of Edexcel is that it discloses all the marks to students which might create certain form of inferiority in certain students but also encourages students into competition (on the plus side) which might bring better results in the long run. Cambridge has a better system of working, everything is organized, there's teacher trainings, evaluations and yearly syllabus refinement and great choice which Edexcel lacks of. But I love Edexcel's BTEC and other programs plus the recently posed ResultsPlus. I actually used ResultsPlus and it was astounding!

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