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staceyboy3:
Ye im doing CIE Computing, not ICT
http://www.cie.org.uk/qualifications/academic/uppersec/alevel/subject?assdef_id=738

Isn't it in A2 you have another exam + project?

For the project do you need to learn a programming language? What kind of project are they expecting, and at what standard (how complex is)?

saifalan:
If u dont have a good programmer of a teacher, they dont Computing. The crseworks are largely based on their ability to teach u programming. I did my crseworks with Visual Basic 6.0

MaNi_DaDuDe:
My bad.

I didn't know the AS project was actually "paper 2". lol.

The project was easy really. I had a few problems here and there; but Google (everyone's best friend) helped me out with most of my issues.

Is there a specific programming language that should be used for the Project?
Candidates may use any high level language. (I used Visual Basic

When does the students’ work for the Projects have to be submitted to CIE?
By 30 April for the June session and 31 October for the November session.

Make sure your teacher can teach you some high level programming language (for the project). Give him a copy of the syllabus and ask him if he can cover everything.

Paper 1, the theory bit, is cake. Just tires you (2hr 30mins). 

Good Luck.


-MaNi

staceyboy3:
Dude, no one in my area knows anything about Computing. There is no way a teacher could teach me this stuff.
There is one teacher, but he has tonnes of work delayed/has a family; i don't think he would be fond of helping me.

Is it bad to study independently? I've got books which cover the material in the syllabus, and i've got a step by step guide to visual basic (why is everyone so interested in VB? :)). I've pretty much got less than six months before the next exam sessions... will i manage?

stacey

lonelyboy:
Where do you want to apply?

And are you talking about AS or A2?

If you're doing just 3, 3 hard subjects like Maths, Physics, Economics, French, Chemistry, Further Maths, English Literature are good choices.

Computing is seen as soft.


I suggest Further Maths (extremely hard) or Economics (hard but very useful everywhere.)


Cheers mate.
  :)

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