IGCSE/GCSE/O & A Level/IB/University Student Forum
Qualification => GCE AS & A2 Level => Queries => Topic started by: Saladin on August 30, 2009, 01:29:18 pm
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Please write your thoughts about which exam board is better whether Edexcel or Cambridge..
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Edexcel exams are easy and their credibility is low
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Edexcel exams are harder for A Level but they are better for you when entering a university
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edexcel is easier in AS level for maths :)
cambridge is harder :)
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Only maths maybe but the others no. CIE can be easy while correcting the papers but Edexcel no, they do correct spelling, sentence structure, grammar.....etc
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no they dont :P....
edexcel ...hav u seen the mark schemes ?
they let u off the hook for a lot of things ... :)
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Are you making fun of me?
I'm not saying stuff from my mind, its something the British systems co-ordinators and the teachers who say it..
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i hav experienced edexcel... not heard from ppl... this is my own experience:)
edexcel is much easier than CIE ... :)
nd By the way how did my previous posts make fun of u :P
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ya i dont think master 786 made fun of u sweetsh....
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master786 how dare u make fun of sweetsh >:( :P
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Haha forget it =P
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Haha forget it =P
haha...but its hard to forget :P
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wat is everyone trying to forget here :o
or finding it hard to forget :P
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Cie is lengthier (coarse wise)
Edexcel is Easier....
N about the math well yes CIE is harder i see my bros.
in his schoolthe headboy got a C after re appearing again :-\
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yes mana :) :P
THTS RIGHT :P
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yes mana :) :P
THTS RIGHT :P
haha My friend did Edexcel n My bro is doing CIE so i have a vivid picture wot they both have gone through :D
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i am doing both too :)
so i know it too :P...
where it was easier to get :)
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i was wonder what the difference between the syllabus of cie math and statistics math was.
because i just started C1 at school. but i really wanna do my cie board exam.
so if i study statistics what do i need to catch up on so i can do as level cie math?
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what modules are you studying?
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It doesn't matter which you're studying because both are accepted by universities.
Course load: I agree that Cambridge has a greater course load and is more rigorous than Edexcel, BUT that existed till last year. This year all Edexcel specifications have been amended drastically (except for Mathematics) and the topics and testing procedures have become tougher and more complex, even tougher than Cambridge (You can dig the evidence if you compare syllabuses of both)
Recognition: Cambridge is more attractive to students due to the famous 'Brilliance Award'. High achieving students are honored through this system which unfortunately Edexcel doesn't provide.
Both have introduced the new A* system to distinguish 'true' students.
I think the biggest drawback of Edexcel is that it discloses all the marks to students which might create certain form of inferiority in certain students but also encourages students into competition (on the plus side) which might bring better results in the long run. Cambridge has a better system of working, everything is organized, there's teacher trainings, evaluations and yearly syllabus refinement and great choice which Edexcel lacks of. But I love Edexcel's BTEC and other programs plus the recently posed ResultsPlus. I actually used ResultsPlus and it was astounding!
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But howver, does this mean that the books have changed, from the previous years. And more importantly, does this mean that only a certain range of pastpapers from previous can be used?
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Yes books have changed drastically, syllabus has become longer and tougher and some new topics don't have past papers at all :o (Example: Green Chemistry in AS Chemistry, Stem cells in AS Biology, Viscosity in Physics, etc). Past papers need to be carefully selected and that means a lot of work. You basically have to work your @$$ off!
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Thanx for dat....
LOL and by the way u guy or gal, ur nickname sounds familiar...
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;D Gal ;D