Cambridge A-Levels as a private student

I am just surprised you would not have taken Physics at A Level.

CIE A Levels are just a different exam board to my knowledge.

I'm not very knowledgeable in this area but I wish you the BEST of luck!

You might be best off ringing the exam board tomorrow and entering yourself, it's cheaper than someone else (you're paying for admin rather than effort or the ACTUAL exam)

Haha well, I thought about taking physics as one of them, but the practicals are too expensive. What do you mean by ringing the exam board? Does Cambridge apply the exams independently as well?

1)CIE A-Levels are equivalent to normal A-Levels, right

2)Do you think that this combination of subjects is adequate?

3)If you know of any private centres I could book my tests in the Midlands or even in London It would help a lot, the best one I found was this one - https://www.tutorsandexams.uk/ - but it is pretty expensive.

4)Since I am considered a mature student (21 yo), are there any differences in the way universities handle my application?

5)I have been studying for all subjects through the Cambridge books for the A-Levels, Am I on the right path?

You might be best off ringing the exam board tomorrow and entering yourself, it's cheaper than someone else (you're paying for admin rather than effort or the ACTUAL exam)

I'm pretty certain that no exam board accepts entries directly. You have to find an exam centre willing to accept you as a private candidate.

OP - I'm afraid finding somewhere to accept you for the Autumn Cambridge exams is going to be difficult in England as they are exams for the international market (the exam board is the international arm of OCR, a domestic exam board) and not generally taken in the UK so you're going to have to be prepared to travel and/or pay a lot.

I don't think I explaned myself clearly. What I meant to say was to contact the exam board and be advised on where to go to be entered. !

What advice they provide is on their websites. There's little point contacting them directly.

I don't know myself, I just thought they would be aware where their accredited exam centres were.

Thanks, though

The info is in my post above:
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showpost.php?p=77735660&postcount=5

I don't know myself, I just thought they would be aware where their accredited exam centres were

They have lots of accredited centres (even in the UK) but very few accept private candidates - they cause a lot of extra work at the busiest times. However, all the boards get lots of enquiries about being a private candidate and so put the information on their websites: http://www.cambridgeinternational.org/cambridge-for/parents-and-students/exams-and-results/private-candidates/ If you ring they'll just tell you to look at it.

Thanks for making this a lot clearer by the way!

I didn't really know, I saw this had no replies and just advised in the way I thought suitable. Glad you could help!

That's fine - none of us knows everything - but after 14 years as an exams officer I'm fairly well informed on this bit.

Yes


Yes, although LSE (if you were considering applying there) only accepts FM as a 4th A-level for Economics. But that's unusual, for other universities your choices are fine.


Have you checked here?
http://www.cambridgeinternational.org/i-want-to/find-a-cambridge-school/
NB. The search tells you all the centres in a particular area, and whether or not they take private candidates.


Not significantly, no.


Yes, also TSR has Study Help forums for most subjects.
e.g.
* Maths
* Economics study help


Also, do you have funds to pay for your university tuition? From what you have said you will be treated as an International student and fees are relatively high in the UK...

Here's a list of typical tuition fees for internationals.

And just to add, you don't need to have completed your exams in order to apply to university. Any university offer will (usually) be conditional on achieving the requirements by the end of August 2019.

So rushing to do them earlier isn't necessary.

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I'm pretty certain that no exam board accepts entries directly. You have to find an exam centre willing to accept you as a private candidate.

OP - I'm afraid finding somewhere to accept you for the Autumn Cambridge exams is going to be difficult in England as they are exams for the international market (the exam board is the international arm of OCR, a domestic exam board) and not generally taken in the UK so you're going to have to be prepared to travel and/or pay a lot.