[vix12345]

They cover more topics and prepare you better for A levels. I did IGCSE maths and found that when I went to do A level maths at a different school I was at such as advantage having done differentiation etc. Does anyone know if they count as a GCSE or not on UCAS?

[areyousure?]

IGCSEs are supposed to prepare you better for A Level which is why many school are now turning to them because the GCSEs are failing to do so. IGCSEs are the GCSE equivalent exams taken abroad however now student in the UK also take them.

[igohardondis]

(Original post by TheMeister)
I can't find one.

I've been looking over past papers from 2007 for CIE and Edexcel, and from what I've seen of their papers, it seems they're very similar to GCSE papers - yet, for some reason, because privately-educated children sit the exams, they are seen as more difficult. Does giving it a different name make the private schools feel more exclusive? Was it because children who attended comprehensive schools were achieving A*s that they decided to scrap it from their schools? It seems ridiculous to me that because it's from a different exam board and you have to pay to sit the exam, that it's seen as more challenging. I particularly dislike when the significance of the successes of state-school children is diminished because they sit the GCSE and not the IGCSE. They can't be harder than GCSEs if nearly all privately-educated children are achieving A*s in the vast majority of their subjects. Obviously, some subjects such as AQA Science has become more objective in recent years, but this idea that they are merely tick-box exercises should not be applied to every subject area. I realise this has been discussed on many occasions, but do you have an opinion?

stop being jealous u fassyhole

IGCSES PWNZOR YOUR STATE EDUCATED ASS

lol jk i go state school and i be taking igcses in maths and schienceez, much tuffa, titrations and all dat higgz bosezonz all dat differentiation that you gcses guys cant handle.

but for real, igcses pwn

[DontKnow00]

Im currently doing the IGCSE Mathematics B and, after a bit of research I found that the difference between the IGCSE and GCSE is as follows:

• Significant differences exist in syllabus content and schemes of assessment.
• Most IGCSE subjects have an optional coursework element, whereas with many GCSE subjects it is compulsory.
• The content of IGCSE subjects is tailored to the multi-cultural, multi-lingual audience they serve, in a way the UK GCSE does not.
• IGCSE subjects can be taken as individual subjects or as qualifications towards the International Certificate of Education, unlike UK GCSEs

[Phil12345]

I think that the igcses are harder than normal gcses, but it gives you a better grounding for a level. I've just finished my 2 biology papers and 2 chemistry papers and 1 physics paper (I've got the last tommorow). I feel that it's worth it doing the igcses.


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