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Qualification => IGCSE/ GCSE => Queries => Topic started by: Freaked12 on May 19, 2009, 05:40:52 pm

Title: IS IT true
Post by: Freaked12 on May 19, 2009, 05:40:52 pm: i heard it from someone and its being confirmed by other people as well that its easier to score A in additional mathematics than Computer studies/ICT/IT/ because the curve in add maths is really low(i wonder why :P) and the curve in ICT/IT/COMPUTER STUDIES is really high.

tbh i am kinda fed up with this "depending upon others".they need to change this :-[
Title: Re: IS IT true
Post by: angell on May 19, 2009, 05:42:37 pm: yeah i guess its true

cuz ICT etc are much easier than ADD MATHS n stuff!!
Title: Re: IS IT true
Post by: theigstudent on May 19, 2009, 05:45:19 pm: Quote from: Freaked12 on May 19, 2009, 05:40:52 pm
i heard it from someone and its being confirmed by other people as well that its easier to score A in additional mathematics than Computer studies/ICT/IT/ because the curve in add maths is really low(i wonder why :P) and the curve in ICT/IT/COMPUTER STUDIES is really high.

tbh i am kinda fed up with this "depending upon others".they need to change this :-[

even i hate this stupid dependence :'(
Title: Re: IS IT true
Post by: Freaked12 on May 19, 2009, 06:34:56 pm: >:(
Title: Re: IS IT true
Post by: Shogun on May 19, 2009, 06:37:11 pm: lol its true the math curve are huge due to time and not everyone finish on time and so to make it fair.
Title: Re: IS IT true
Post by: angell on May 19, 2009, 06:41:36 pm: are u serious? people didnt finish the paper?????
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Post by: Ghost Of Highbury on May 19, 2009, 06:45:29 pm: lol...i have taken additional math and computer studies..
and let me tell u
additional math is damn difficult
100 times more difficult than computer studies..
a 1000 times more difficult than mathematics
but i find it interesting and challenging..
as i love maths
Title: Re: IS IT true
Post by: Anonymous on May 19, 2009, 06:50:51 pm: Fewer people take Additional Mathematics, and they are likely to be the clever ones. Therefore, the GTs aren't all that low. In fact, they're higher than Extended Maths. To get an A, you need 80% +
Title: Re: IS IT true
Post by: Ghost Of Highbury on May 19, 2009, 06:54:56 pm: i agree with anonymous..the GT's are actually very low..
Title: Re: IS IT true
Post by: Anonymous on May 19, 2009, 07:26:19 pm: Quote from: eddie_adi619 on May 19, 2009, 06:54:56 pm
i agree with anonymous..the GT's are actually very low..

Do you take Additional Mathematics from CIE?
Title: Re: IS IT true
Post by: Ghost Of Highbury on May 19, 2009, 07:31:09 pm: yup..
Title: Re: IS IT true
Post by: Anonymous on May 19, 2009, 07:32:22 pm: Are you also in Lahore?
Title: Re: IS IT true
Post by: Ghost Of Highbury on May 19, 2009, 07:32:58 pm: no...i live in INDIA
Title: Re: IS IT true
Post by: Anonymous on May 19, 2009, 07:34:25 pm: Quote from: eddie_adi619 on May 19, 2009, 07:32:58 pm
no...i live in INDIA

Hahahaha, how ironic.
Title: Re: IS IT true
Post by: X Abdulrahman X on May 19, 2009, 08:21:29 pm: The grade boundaries for Additional math are different that IGCSE Math Core and EXT.. Its still math but like 2 different subjects lol
Title: Re: IS IT true
Post by: ElectroTiger on August 01, 2010, 09:04:00 am: Theoretically speaking it should be easier to score an A in additional math due to the low grade boundaries. But the boundaries are low for a reason. Additional math is no doubt much harder than IT. To score 80% + in an IT exam is much easier to score than in additional math. In reality it is much harder to get an A in additional math because you have to be in the top percentage of all of those who took it.

:)