A Levels vs IB | r/IGCSE | Page 1

fervent blaze Oct 24, 2024, 7:29 AM

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My school have just introduced a program where we can choose to ditch the whole IB thing they promised us and choose A Levels for our y12y13 curriculum and as a slightly struggling IGCSE student (6 7 7 7 7 A A) who cant do any maths or sciences i kinda wanna go that path but it looks much less interesting and doesn’t have a film studies subject which i really wanted to do when i joined my current school. Really struggling with this choice pls help

Also i aim to goto an US or Hong Kong college, not considering UK that much

cunning ocean Oct 25, 2024, 12:34 AM

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fervent blaze My school have just introduced a program where we can choose to ditch the whole ...

if you can't do maths or sciences, a levels is definitely the better choice

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because in IB, you'd have to take at least AI SL and maybe CS SL asw (?)

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so you'd struggle because of that

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what course are you planning on doing in university?

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doing a levels would be fine for HK

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for US it's mostly about your extracurricular activities anyways

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there is a level media studies but it depends on whether or not your school offers it

fervent blaze Oct 25, 2024, 5:57 AM

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cunning ocean there is a level media studies but it depends on whether or not your school offe...

my school only doesnt do media studies

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if i choose alevels im going to have to do 4 essay subjects

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history psychology english and epq

cunning ocean Oct 25, 2024, 6:18 AM

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fervent blaze history psychology english and epq

oh 3 subjects + epq

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i mean this works out

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are you planning on pursuing law or social sciences?

fervent blaze Oct 25, 2024, 6:19 AM

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nah i want to do film

cunning ocean Oct 25, 2024, 6:19 AM

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oh

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are you sure you want to take history then

fervent blaze Oct 25, 2024, 6:20 AM

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or journalism

cunning ocean Oct 25, 2024, 6:20 AM

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unless the film course in uni has no required subjects

cunning ocean Oct 25, 2024, 6:20 AM

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fervent blaze history psychology english and epq

your combo will be interesting when you learn it

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but definitely difficult

fervent blaze Oct 25, 2024, 6:22 AM

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cunning ocean are you sure you want to take history then

i got an 9 on my report last year for history

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its gonna be a shame if i dont do it and get that A*

cunning ocean Oct 25, 2024, 6:22 AM

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fervent blaze its gonna be a shame if i dont do it and get that A*

in a levels? 💀

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if you take history in igcse it's okay

fervent blaze Oct 25, 2024, 6:23 AM

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Yeah i take igcse history

cunning ocean Oct 25, 2024, 6:23 AM

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a level history is another form of demon spawn

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but i don't want to deter you from taking it!

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it's a really fun and interesting subject but horrible to score in

fervent blaze Oct 25, 2024, 6:24 AM

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😨

fervent blaze Oct 25, 2024, 6:25 AM

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cunning ocean your combo will be interesting when you learn it

all three are my interests and i want to write an epq essay about film but true people are telling me that its difficult

cunning ocean Oct 25, 2024, 6:26 AM

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fervent blaze 😨

i take al history and it is not very uhm great 😭

fervent blaze Oct 25, 2024, 6:27 AM

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man…

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😭

cunning ocean Oct 25, 2024, 6:30 AM

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fervent blaze all three are my interests and i want to write an epq essay about film but true ...

dw it's just a lot of reading and writing and wrist pain..

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will you be taking english language or literature?

fervent blaze Oct 25, 2024, 7:40 AM

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i think language

pseudo forum Oct 25, 2024, 8:17 AM

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If you are not planning uk

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Ib is just so much better

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Do ib

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