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Qualification => GCE AS & A2 Level => Queries => Topic started by: yinyang on December 04, 2009, 10:19:34 am

Title: AS & A2 Level (CIE , EDEXCEL, OCR)
Post by: yinyang on December 04, 2009, 10:19:34 am
Which is the most similar examination board to CIE - EDEXCEL or OCR?

and

Which board is the hardest of the three?
Title: Re: AS & A2 Level (CIE , EDEXCEL, OCR)
Post by: MaNi_DaDuDe on December 04, 2009, 05:40:11 pm
Quote from: yinyang on December 04, 2009, 10:19:34 am
Which is the most similar examination board to CIE - EDEXCEL or OCR?

and

Which board is the hardest of the three?

OCR resembles CIE.

In my opinion, all are hard. However this is my way of putting it:

CIE>EDEXCEL>OCR

From hardest to easiest.
Title: Re: AS & A2 Level (CIE , EDEXCEL, OCR)
Post by: staceyboy3 on December 04, 2009, 06:26:01 pm
Quote from: MaNi_DaDuDe on December 04, 2009, 05:40:11 pm
OCR resembles CIE.

In my opinion, all are hard. However this is my way of putting it:

CIE>EDEXCEL>OCR

From hardest to easiest.

Do universities know this difference in difficulty between the syllabuses? Cause what is a B in CIE could be an A in OCR...?
Title: Re: AS & A2 Level (CIE , EDEXCEL, OCR)
Post by: MaNi_DaDuDe on December 04, 2009, 06:32:02 pm
Quote from: staceyboy3 on December 04, 2009, 06:26:01 pm
Do universities know this difference in difficulty between the syllabuses? Cause what is a B in CIE could be an A in OCR...?

NOT AT ALL.

A Levels are all equal.

It's just the recognition of the board. Like some boards may have more recognition than the latter, etc.

Cambridge and Edexcel have a lot of global recognition.

I'm sure AQA, OCR, WJEC and others do too.
Title: Re: AS & A2 Level (CIE , EDEXCEL, OCR)
Post by: sladoled on December 07, 2009, 09:57:20 pm
hey guys, maybe this is not right place to ask this, but...
i am taking AS level now and after that i will apply to A2 level chemistry
everybody says that it is really hard, but is it so-i am interesting in exams A level-chemistry???
thy a lot
Title: Re: AS & A2 Level (CIE , EDEXCEL, OCR)
Post by: MaNi_DaDuDe on December 08, 2009, 03:13:32 pm
Quote from: sladoled on December 07, 2009, 09:57:20 pm
hey guys, maybe this is not right place to ask this, but...
i am taking AS level now and after that i will apply to A2 level chemistry
everybody says that it is really hard, but is it so-i am interesting in exams A level-chemistry???
thy a lot

????

Rephrase that please.
Title: Re: AS & A2 Level (CIE , EDEXCEL, OCR)
Post by: Saladin on December 27, 2009, 04:14:17 pm
OCR

OCR means Oxford and Cambridge RSA Examinations. The professors that make OCR QPs are the same as CIE, so use OCR to revise. That will help u quite a lot.

For people stufying Edexcel, use AQA, they are the closest thing u will find. Infact, AQA is good for all, because its topic are made much shorter and categorised.

Hope this helps.

The Dude 321