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A-Level's
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Elaine | Report | 10 Jun 2006 00:33 |
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Don´t know anything about the Scottish sytstem .. but the current English A level system is great. Each A level is generally made up of 6 modules, each one of which can be taken as many times as you like - you then have the option of accepting that mark or retaking the exam to get a a higher grade - and so you carry on until you achieve the highest grade possible. Certainly different to my days ( in the late 1960/1970´s - where you had one shot at it - and the marks you got were the final result!) |
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Luciacw | Report | 10 Jun 2006 00:29 |
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I thought it was for the sake of being different lol Advanced Higher's are equivalent to a full A-Level I'm told, and Higher is equivalent to AS. I did my standard grades last year. In Scotland we have the option of taking A Levels at university, which incidentally I can't do because I started school a year early. :-) |
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Rachel | Report | 10 Jun 2006 00:27 |
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In England and Wales the Goverment changed the A'levels for the courses started in Sept 2000. The new A'levels were comprised of 6 units taken over 2 years. the first 3 units are AS's (Advanced Sub - something ot other) anf the last 3 units are A2's. All 6 units together are A'levels. I can't understand why Scotland has a different system to the rest of the main land - even the school system is structured diferently. We seem to get GCSE's and A'levels whiles you get a more complex system (from memory:- Standard Grade [Access3, Int 1, Int 2] Higher grade and Advanced Higher Grade) If the above is right, then approx:- Standard Grade = GCSE Higher = AS level Advanced Higher = A2 |
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Luciacw | Report | 10 Jun 2006 00:24 |
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Thanks Elaine :-) In a different system so wouldn't really understand lol |
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Elaine | Report | 10 Jun 2006 00:23 |
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Basically: A2 = A level AS = half an A level |
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Luciacw | Report | 10 Jun 2006 00:09 |
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I'm in Scotland and it's a different system here, I don't know why lol I chose to do: Advanced English (about eight of us doing it) Advanced Modern Studies (I'm the only one!) Advanced History (three of us) And in addition, I'm doing Higher Chemistry. What is A2? I've never heard of it before. |
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Rachel | Report | 10 Jun 2006 00:05 |
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in school: Biology, Chemisry and Maths (Maths droped after a year) in college: Physics and Maths (Maths picked up as an AS but ended up with an A2) |
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Luciacw | Report | 9 Jun 2006 23:55 |
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What did you do? I've just chosen my courses for next year. Oh dear I have a lot of work ahead of me. :-) |
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