Confused

hiya i just wanted to know how similar is the igcse and gce o level syllabus? and which one do UK universities prefer?
thanks! :smile:

Reply 1

Chlorophile

I assume you mean iGCSE and GCSE? There isn't a huge amount of difference. The main difference used to be that iGCSEs were all linear, but now GCSEs are all linear too. iGCSEs are supposed to be more difficult and a lot of independent schools use them, but to be perfectly honest you're not going to get any tangible benefits when applying to university. They're much more interested in your AS results anyway; GCSEs only take up a small proportion of the selection process.