IGCSE/GCSE/O & A Level/IB/University Student Forum
Qualification => GCE AS & A2 Level => Queries => Topic started by: igext on September 03, 2010, 04:13:01 am
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Hello I just have some questions
- how many periods will i approxemetly have daily?
- are school times shorter than previous grades (i.e. will i go home early :D )
- when do the studying holidays for january session and may session begin?
- when do january exams begin and eng?
-when do june exams begin and end?
-is it harder or easier than IGCSE ( through personal experience)
Many thanx in advance ;)
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Most of these questions can only be answered by your school.
The January session lasts till Feb and the May session till early June.
AS Levels definitely means much more hard work is required and it definitely aint a walk in the park. But if you put your best foot forward all will be well.
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Can u answer my questions about your school?
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Ari's right. Since this is an international board and most people are from around Asia and Africa, it's a long shot to know how many schools would be in any way relevant to yours. Still, I would've done this too, ;D since I get excited at little things. If you're like me then :P Here's my school's scenario:
1) I used to have from 6 periods to 9 periods, sometimes less (and sometimes more due to staying back for extra classes). Each period was of 35-40 minutes.
2) I used to go home earlier than my previous school, most of the while. :)
3) We didn't have holidays for a January session, but usually holidays for our Mid-terms/Pre-mocks were...before the Mid-terms and Pre-mocks. Being an Islamic state, the holidays center around the religious holidays, so last year there were two weeks of vacations in end December before the mocks. Probably a little behind this year. For May/June, holidays were marked with our Mocks (17th April for me) though I kept going to school for practical preparation till May 3rd (my first exam was on May 12th). Other schools had been off since end February too.
4) Ari answered. :D
5) Ditto above.
6) It's much, much, much harder. If IGCSE was skydiving then AS-Level is...diving from Venus towards Earth. BUT, if you keep yourself at it and never give up, you can emerge with good results.
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It's much, much, much harder. If IGCSE was skydiving then AS-Level is...diving from Venus towards Earth.
Sounds scary... :P
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Thanx chingo but omg why 9 periods? aint it 3 subjs pls explain thanx :D
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Sounds scary... :P
Should be a piece of cake for an evil doctor who has a positive reputation of 647. :P
Thanx chingo but omg why 9 periods? aint it 3 subjs pls explain thanx :D
Oops, sorry, I forgot to mention. I had five subjects. So slice down a little where necessary. :P
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tbh schools where I'm livin normally give 8 periods wich r 45 minutes each ..but the school i'll be attending has extra classes -__- probably 2-3 ..Plus the break ;)
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U scared me :( im takin 3 :D
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tbh schools where I'm livin normally give 8 periods wich r 45 minutes each ..but the school i'll be attending has extra classes -__- probably 2-3 ..Plus the break ;)
Why 8? :S
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If it was me wo scared ya then srry tho my school is probably different than urs ;)
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Why 8? :S
I still haven't found out cuz school didn't start yet :D
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If it was me wo scared ya then srry tho my school is probably different than urs ;)
lol noo chingo did
But why 8 periods?
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lol noo chingo did
But why 8 periods?
Well i think it's the law idk ::) ....
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I still haven't found out cuz school didn't start yet :D
Aha... probably cuz of islamic studs. and so...
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Aha... probably cuz of islamic studs. and so...
Ya ova here it's compulsory to study Islamic & Arabic + Eng *eng for my NEW school :P *
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Ahhhh I'm really drunk this sehri. ::) Each period of mine was of 35-40 minutes too. :P
The recommended teaching hours for AS are 180. Also, if you have three subjects you should expect to study more than an hour a weekday for it i.e. two periods each subject.
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Just Dont Listen to Chingoo Dingoo Man :-\
She makes you feel dumb when you arent.
All these questions could be answered from School
And Chill AS is a piece of Cake
until the result comes out :P