Can I go to university with 5 igcse's

[astarmathsandphysics]

ok I did 5 igcse subjects
and am doing IELTS later do you know any university accept 5 igcse subjects if you dont know where can I know

Someone pmd me this question and I don't know the answer. Does anyone know?

[whittaker]

Well the straight answer is, yes. How do I know?

Well my school only allows 5 IGCSE's, probably due to the fact that it mirrors what domestic students do in New Zealand (although having said that my school is not an international one nor am I an international student). Regardless, the point is we only do 5 subjects in 5th form so we only take 5 IGCSE's. I know that all schools that offer CIE in New Zealand, including AGS (my school ) have a system where you take 6 or 7 subjects in the 4th form, drop a few (usually compulsory subjects like latin) and only study for 5 subjects in IGCSE.

So this is a pretty normal thing. Regarding university entrance (I will assume UK) last year 2 students from my school went to Cambridge (1 for economics and the other for English). Plus I think my friend's brother is going to Manchester in 2010. So the straight answer is yes, it is possible. However, at AGS, we also do 5 subjects at a-level (for A2 we do 4). Although not compulsory, most students take 4 A2's in their final year at school (although the guy who's doing eco at Cam did 3A2 and 1 new AS).


Thus, I think the point is, yes IGCSE is important but it seems a-levels take precedence, which they should in my opinion as IGCSE's are too easy.


Hope that helps! (sorry for the long, rather personal post)


*If anyone wanted to know, the two Cambridge guys were straight A students as well as being senior prefects (I think the eco guy was deputy head prefect - he was a bit of a legend)

[wentworth]

Hello whittaker thanks for your consideration also thanks to astarmathsandphysics for posting my question.Speaking about the IGCSE subjects so I can register to  universites can you name me some universites please that would be appreciated

[SGVaibhav]

well depends on the university

in my case, they were accepting me, if i did IGs, but they required 7 subjects if i do IGs.
and required 2 subjects if i did AS or A2

[Khey [Rainbow]]

Cambrigde guys..u mean cambridGE skool in Abudhabi/Dubai???

[whittaker]

I meant the all mighty Cambridge as in Oxbridge Cambridge.

[wentworth]

till now no one answered my question which university accepts 5 igcse subjects or which does so please response 

[SGVaibhav]

can u wait.
it takes time to answer,
dont force anyone to respond fast, otherwise that could lead to less accurate responses.

[MaNa]

there are some university in Uk which accepts it
but certainly its not a good idea to go to university with5 passes of igs
are there any specific university u looking for?
if so email them..contact them and ask them they will give the correct answers

[SGVaibhav]

also tell which field ur interested to go in

[wentworth]

I can wait   

[wentworth]

Civil engineering sgvaibhav and Mana which universites in uk accept that can you tell me please

[MaNa]

sure give me time ill  come back to u cuz my friend is doing Chem engineering n he did igs n got accepted

[astarmathsandphysics]

I think civil engineering in uk is a 4 year degree, so the 1st yeat will be very basic. Wentworth will do what he wants to do but still better he do A levels.

[Zain-Xa]

Wentworth No double posting Please

Thank you