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本帖最後由 Chole 於 15-11-2 17:16 編輯

Struggling between IB and A Level. Do IB students got competitive edge inuniversity applications?

Appreciate your views. Thanks!

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Chole 發表於 15-11-2 10:51
Strugglingbetween IB and A Level. Do IB students got competitive edge inuniversity applications?
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For UK, GCE A level is more common. But a few years later, UK may restructure GCE A level, you need to consider too ......

For Oxbridge, they may consider IB marginally over A level, as Cambridge did a research to monitor the performance of IB students vs A level students, from the research, IB students graduation honour are higher than GCE A level in general.

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Before talking about competitive edge, the workload of IB DP is definitely heavier than GCE A level. For the former, good in English is also a must. Try to (i) evaluate the student's strengths & weaknesses and (ii) check against these exam frameworks for 'fitness'.

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Chole Thanks! 發表於 15-11-2 17:13

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本帖最後由 Chole 於 15-11-2 17:12 編輯

I buy the concepts of IB education and I think it is very good for the students' long term development. However, my kid is not all rounded. She's very good at English/Humanities but has major issues in Math/Science. If she takes IB, she has to struggle with at least 2 subjects.

There will be changes in A Level / AS exams as well as the UCAS tariff system. Starting from 2017, A Level A* = IB High Level 7. A = 6 etc. Based on statistics, %age of getting A* is lower than getting 7. Nonetheless, workload of IB is much much heavier in my mind.

A lot to consider so I wish to pick your brains here.

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ANChan59 發表於 15-11-2 13:25
For UK, GCE A level is more common. But a few years later, UK may restructure GCE A level, you need ...

Thanks for your reply.

Not surprised that IB students perform better in their undergraduate education.

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If the target is higher scores in IB, Math Studies and Bio SL will be good choices for Math/Science group of subjects. But need to check against the preferred courses and universities if these choices will limit the chances of admission. If Math/Science are real weaknesses that even a score of 5 cannot be obtained, better go for a narrow choice of subjects from GCE A level and exclude the weak subjects instead.

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A very good reminder to me! Thank you.

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Thank you for your advice! Certainly will take it into consideration.

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If you prefer to enroll top 10 universities, I would suggest you choose IB, otherwise choose AL, but you have to spend double time in IB comparing with AL

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I would consider IB having a competitive edge over A level in providing an all-rounded education which will be more obvious at the university and beyond rather than at admission stage, in particular for UK universities.

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外地升讀大學, AP或IB是否對入U讀doctor 和lawyer等較有用和好處?
如果 major in Eng writing 或 arts 是否分别不大?

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I know some of the students who want to study Engineering in Cambridge, it requires the subject of Further Maths. But most of the IB schools will offer only IB maths instead of Further Maths. So if you are a case like this, you better choose GCEAL

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slamai "Further Mathematics is strongly encouraged (required by some Colleges). " 發表於 15-11-4 16:35

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I think AP is, same as IB and AL, an entrance qualification to universities.
Each year, more than 2 millions of students take the AP examination. The number of students who take the IB examination is about 0.15 million and AL is about 0.4 to 0.5 million.

So AP is widely accepted as an entrance qualification to universities by most, if not all, universities in UK. I understand that all universities in Hong Kong would accept AP as entrance qualification.