Author Topic: Can I go to university with 5 igcse's  (Read 3516 times)

Offline whittaker

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Re: Can I go to university with 5 igcse's
« Reply #15 on: November 13, 2009, 11:19:32 am »
I asked my dean today and although he's no expert on uk uni entrance, he had some kind of idea. Basically in past years, when guys from our school applied to uk unis, they couldn't really care much for IGCSE's, especially since most of us have 5 a-levels. The only exception seems to be medicine. So regarding your question of which specific unis accept 5 IGs, well it depends entirely on your situation (what marks you got, what degree you want to do, a-levels ....... etc).


But he did tell me that since people have gone to Oxbridge with only 5 IGCSE's, it seems highly unlikely any university would turn down an applicant solely because of IG's (except of course the already mentioned medicine category).

Nonetheless if you do insist, I managed to get a list of my school's uk entrances (everyone had only 5 IGCSE's) in 2008.

Cambridge (I mean the UK one if anyone is still unsure).
Oxford
Manchester
Imperial



If your interested, all universities in NZ accept 5 IGCSE's. In fact all you really need is a C in AS English to get into NZ unis, and maybe half a brain :)

And finally, if that isn't enough, here are the following US unis/colleges that have accepted 5 IG people from our school, again it is the 2008 list:

Columbia University
Cornell
Florida
Stanford ? (Not sure on this one, dean insisted one guy applied and got in but I never heard of him so meh..)



Hopefully that list is enough although I do remind you that everyone in our school does 5 alevels so maybe that's why unis have been a bit lax on IGCSE's to us.



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Re: Can I go to university with 5 igcse's
« Reply #16 on: November 13, 2009, 11:25:34 am »
Zainy thats double posting
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Re: Can I go to university with 5 igcse's
« Reply #17 on: November 13, 2009, 10:16:26 pm »
From my understanding, IG's are not usually taken into consideration at all EXCEPT, IG Maths, which is the minimum requirement for Numeracy for entry into university (well for nz unis anyway..)
If they did consider IG marks, they would have put it in the entry requirements for specific courses, which I haven't seen done before.
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Re: Can I go to university with 5 igcse's
« Reply #18 on: November 14, 2009, 02:27:57 pm »
so new zealand 5 igs and English A-level minimum grade...
what about Malaysia any idea 

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Re: Can I go to university with 5 igcse's
« Reply #19 on: November 14, 2009, 09:53:24 pm »
sry cant help you there
im not sure whether malaysia does cie or not..
they probs do.. better check out some of the better malaysian unis and go to their websites and check it out urself :P :P
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