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help choosing biology and chemistry syllabus!
hey guys,
[edit: the courses I refer to are the new courses -- the ones the current y12s, going to y13, sat this gone summer]
need a little help choosing which college to go to... I'm intending to take biochemistry/chemistry at uni and perhaps medicine should I get my predicted GCSEs.
I've tried to inspect the specification but can't make head or tail of any of it having had a really crappy watered out gcse course (OCR 21st Century Science + Additional Science) leaving me with very very poor foundations in pure scientific theory. I'd appreciate any help whatsoever about info on either of the courses.
College A offers the following:
WJEC AS/A2 Biology [spec] [papers]
WJEC AS/A2 Chemistry [spec] [papers]
College B offers:
OCR AS/A2 Biology [spec] [papers] --- the normal one, not SNAB or something else
AQA AS/A2 Chemistry [spec] [papers]
Can somebody please explain to me how the 'coursework' (unit 3 and 6) work in sciences?
Anybody on any of these courses, what are the pros and cons of the course?
Is one seemingly harder/got more content than the other?
Which course combo would recommend out of WJEC/WJEC or the OCR/AQA one?
I really really can't decide between two places and this is what it comes down to.
[edit: the courses I refer to are the new courses -- the ones the current y12s, going to y13, sat this gone summer]
need a little help choosing which college to go to... I'm intending to take biochemistry/chemistry at uni and perhaps medicine should I get my predicted GCSEs.
I've tried to inspect the specification but can't make head or tail of any of it having had a really crappy watered out gcse course (OCR 21st Century Science + Additional Science) leaving me with very very poor foundations in pure scientific theory. I'd appreciate any help whatsoever about info on either of the courses.
College A offers the following:
WJEC AS/A2 Biology [spec] [papers]
WJEC AS/A2 Chemistry [spec] [papers]
College B offers:
OCR AS/A2 Biology [spec] [papers] --- the normal one, not SNAB or something else
AQA AS/A2 Chemistry [spec] [papers]
Can somebody please explain to me how the 'coursework' (unit 3 and 6) work in sciences?
Anybody on any of these courses, what are the pros and cons of the course?
Is one seemingly harder/got more content than the other?
Which course combo would recommend out of WJEC/WJEC or the OCR/AQA one?
I really really can't decide between two places and this is what it comes down to.
This probably won't help, but I took chemistry at AS with OCR loved it! Even though I didn't think I would be any good at a science (my other subjects were history, english lit and geography) it was fun and challenging. Having said that, I dropped it at A2, new A Levels are replacing the old ones now and I had an AWESOME teacher... But still, I like the way OCR lays out their exam papers (lots of short answers), it makes it easier I think.
So perhaps you could consider chemistry with OCR.
So perhaps you could consider chemistry with OCR.
by the looks of things, the chemistry syllabuses are virtually identical - the WJEC might have a pinch more but its not a huge difference. this is just by inspection of the specs for the two AS units.
haven't gotten round to looking at the biology ones, so i can't comment on that.
don't know how the coursework/unit 3 and 6 works on either of them as im only going to start AS this september. I'm sure an A level student on one of the courses will be able to be of more help. though the chem specs are virtually the same.
haven't gotten round to looking at the biology ones, so i can't comment on that.
don't know how the coursework/unit 3 and 6 works on either of them as im only going to start AS this september. I'm sure an A level student on one of the courses will be able to be of more help. though the chem specs are virtually the same.
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