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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 :P) 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???
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