is it hard to switch from different exam boards from GCSE to A-LEVEL?
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is it hard to switch from different exam boards from GCSE to A-LEVEL?The new sixth form I am going to has different exam boards to the ones I studied at GCSE. I was just wondering whether it is hard to adjust between the change in content, exam technique, style etc ... Or does it not make much difference? By the way, at GCSE I had OCR for a majority of subjects and now Im going to be doing AQA.
Subjects I chose at A-level include:
Chemistry
Biology
Business studies
Psychology
Thanks in advance
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Re: is it hard to switch from different exam boards from GCSE to A-LEVEL?All the A level exam boards will have similar content. It really wont make much difference I wouldn't worry too much.(Original post by iluvmuzik52)
The new sixth form I am going to has different exam boards to the ones I studied at GCSE. I was just wondering whether it is hard to adjust between the change in content, exam technique, style etc ... Or does it not make much difference? By the way, at GCSE I had OCR for a majority of subjects and now Im going to be doing AQA.
Subjects I chose at A-level include:
Chemistry
Biology
Business studies
Psychology
Thanks in advance
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Re: is it hard to switch from different exam boards from GCSE to A-LEVEL?Some people say AQA tends to be quite a difficult exam board for science. Especially chemistry and biology where the mark schemes are awful. AQA Psychology is also supposed to be quite difficult compared to other boards, but I'm not sure about business studies. You'll pull through though, just make sure you work hard.
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Re: is it hard to switch from different exam boards from GCSE to A-LEVEL?I did Psychology GCSE on OCR and then moved to WJEC for AS and A Level, I found it really beneficial because a lot of the stuff covered at WJEC A Level is covered at OCR GCSE, so for a fair bit of the syllabus I could relax because I knew a lot of it, whereas the others in the class who didn't do GCSE Psychology at all, were completely new to all the terminology and a lot of the studies - Asch and Milgram are both covered on OCR GCSE and WJEC A Level, as well as Gibson & Walk and a few other concepts and topics. Studying Memory at GCSE on OCR really helped me in last month's A2 Level exam!
