aqa vs cambridge

[raven canopy]

hey, so i will be doing a levels (in year 11 right now) and i was confused whether to go for cambridge or aqa? or even edexcel's an option. im taking all sciences and math, any suggestions on the board? and any pros and cons of each

[foggy ocean]

there's no pro and con to either board

i think you're aware of edexcel having only atp and cambridge having actual practicals

syllabus is almost identical

[fierce sand]

do you have to do the practicals in lab or something or can you do a paper like paper 6 in Olevel?

in cambridge i mean

[foggy ocean]

you must do practicals in lab

there's no sort of p6 in caie a level sciences

[fierce sand]

oh wow ok thanks

[raven canopy]

what about aqa tho?

[foggy ocean]

yw !

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[foggy ocean]

i know nothing about aqa because there's barely anyone who takes it outside of the UK

[atomic edge]

I think edexcel has practical but it’s not graded together

practical endorsement or smtn

but my school does GCE AL for science

[atomic edge]

Honestly edexcel IAL is quite liked by students

As you don’t need to do all exams in one go

and you can resit individual exams

I don’t think caie/aqa has that

[raven canopy]

ah alright thanks

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[raven canopy]

ah well my teacher said edexcel science is a little basic and straightforward compared to cie

[atomic edge]

that is igcse, not ial

[eternal hound]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7rGfB1CcKY&pp=ygUcY2hlbSBhbmQgYmlvIGNhaWUgdnMgZWRleGNlbA%3D%3D

watch this video it will make more sense

[eternal hound]

u r saying that u r taking the 3 sceinces as ur a level, if u r majouring in a science feild like medcine doing caie will be better beacuse u will be able to practice the parctical part which will definitely benift u over other boards

idk abt aqa sorry

but for the 3 sciences edexcel is definetely easier and more leaneat as the video says

and for math there is barely a difference

[foggy ocean]

tbf edexcel has 3 sessions

[raven canopy]

doesnt aqa have more practicals and coursework?

[raven canopy]

oh alright, no problem

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[raven canopy]

thank u so much @eternal hound @foggy ocean

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[red sun]

If you could take IB, and got the energy for it.... That's preferable

[raven canopy]

yea i was going to do that but my teacher said igcse to ib might be a big shift and theres not really much point