Ocr or aqa chemistry a level?

I need help choosing which chemistry is better and easier. College A does OCR chemistry and college B does AQA chemistry. Which one should I choose? Is OCR hard or AQA. I need opinions

Reply 1

hotpud

No such thing as easier. Supposed easier exam boards require a higher percentage to pass so it evens out. Ofqual with exam boards do a lot of work to ensure fairness.

Reply 2

UtterlyUseless69

Original post by Urdhu

I need help choosing which chemistry is better and easier. College A does OCR chemistry and college B does AQA chemistry. Which one should I choose? Is OCR hard or AQA. I need opinions

Which OCR syllabus does college A follow - OCR has two: spec A and spec B.

If college A does the OCR B syllabus, you are better off going to college B as AQA has plenty of free resources you can find online and OCR B has comparatively few. If not, then either college is good as OCR A has plenty of excellent resources, too.

All boards for A level chemistry allocate the same proportions of grades and so your chances of getting an A/A* should theoretically be independent of the course you study, but the more resources you have at your disposal, the better your understanding of the subject as a whole at the end and so the better you can expect to do.

I suppose the best metric you can use to determine which course is easier would be the grade boundaries. OCR A consistently has the highest grade boundaries, suggesting they have the easiest papers and OCR B is consistently the course with the lowest grade boundaries. AQA is somewhere inbetween, but with grade boundaries typically closer to OCR A's than OCR B's.