Aqa and ocr a chemistry alevel???

Are these courses really similar and what are the differences in specification?

I do ocr but my teachers always give us aqa questions. Chemistry is chemistry. Most of the content is the same and you need the exact same skills. Not sure about the differences tbh.

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Interea

Both relatively similar (I did AQA but tutor OCR A with just a bit of specification checking). Haven't come across anything major yet - just things like fragmentation in mass spec coming up in one but not the other so much, or a chunk of content from transition metals in AQA not appearing in the same topic in OCR A. They're different enough that you'd have to really practise to do well on an exam in one if you'd learnt the other, but you can understand all the theory for both whichever one you did.