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Qualification => GCE AS & A2 Level => Queries => Topic started by: superduper2009 on June 14, 2010, 09:35:04 pm

Title: collegeboard AP's vs CIE A levels
Post by: superduper2009 on June 14, 2010, 09:35:04 pm
Which are harder... Collegeboard AP's or CIE A levels in the following subjects
AP-
i. physics B
ii. Physics C
iii. chemistry
iv. Calculus AB
v. Calculus BC
vi. biology
vii. Economics

CIE A levels
i. Physics
ii. Chemistry
iii. Biology
iv. Maths
v. Further Maths
vi. Economics
Title: Re: collegeboard AP's vs CIE A levels
Post by: Saladin on June 14, 2010, 09:51:56 pm
Quote from: superduper2009 on June 14, 2010, 09:35:04 pm
Which are harder... Collegeboard AP's or CIE A levels in the following subjects
AP-
i. physics B
ii. Physics C
iii. chemistry
iv. Calculus AB
v. Calculus BC
vi. biology
vii. Economics

CIE A levels
i. Physics
ii. Chemistry
iii. Biology
iv. Maths
v. Further Maths
vi. Economics

With no doubt, CIE A-Levels. The one in bold is a REAL killer.
Title: Re: collegeboard AP's vs CIE A levels
Post by: Meticulous on June 14, 2010, 10:13:37 pm
Quote from: Engraved on June 14, 2010, 09:51:56 pm
With no doubt, CIE A-Levels. The one in bold is a REAL killer.

It's more advanced than University work.
Title: Re: collegeboard AP's vs CIE A levels
Post by: Saladin on June 14, 2010, 10:18:04 pm
Quote from: Meticulous on June 14, 2010, 10:13:37 pm
It's more advanced than University work.

Depends on which Uni you are talking about, of-course it will be harder than general mathematics at Uni...

But people who are going to take mathematics as a prime subject will have something much harder than this.
Title: Re: collegeboard AP's vs CIE A levels
Post by: bilal920 on June 17, 2010, 03:59:59 pm
well a friend of mine went to Australia and he said tht the first year of uni is always easier than A level
Title: Re: collegeboard AP's vs CIE A levels
Post by: Saladin on June 17, 2010, 05:00:55 pm
Quote from: bilal920 on June 17, 2010, 03:59:59 pm
well a friend of mine went to Australia and he said tht the first year of uni is always easier than A level

It HAS to be, Uni has to be easy for the first two years, I mean we are humans NOT machines!