British A levels

[shadowheron]

I got BBB, GP U, PW B and Econs C in my normal A levels. I'm thinking of studying medicine overseas in UK, Australia or New Zealand. Should I take the British A levels? I heard that it is easier than the Singapore-Cambridge A levels, would I be able to get the AAA that I need for the course I want?

 

[MrSinkie95]

Will be considered under international qualification. Meaning u will be taken into consideration as a foreigner

 

[schoolboyz]

Die die MUST be a doc haha

 

[dominicliman72]

I got BBB, GP U, PW B and Econs C in my normal A levels. I'm thinking of studying medicine overseas in UK, Australia or New Zealand. Should I take the British A levels? I heard that it is easier than the Singapore-Cambridge A levels, would I be able to get the AAA that I need for the course I want?

Coming from a perspective of a person that did UK A Levels, the test itself was really easy if your aim is to get good scores like A. Even thou I am not familiar with the exact materials of Sing A Levels, I know for one thing that the UK A Levels is much much easier. You can see in the Cambridge website in the results statistics section, that for example 50% of the participants taking Biology got a B.

 

[MrSinkie95]

Did you managed to go into a local uni with your results?

Coming from a perspective of a person that did UK A Levels, the test itself was really easy if your aim is to get good scores like A. Even thou I am not familiar with the exact materials of Sing A Levels, I know for one thing that the UK A Levels is much much easier. You can see in the Cambridge website in the results statistics section, that for example 50% of the participants taking Biology got a B.

 

[Davet71]

Have to check if you are taking the International A levels or the UK A levels. The UK A levels has changed to a structure similar to Spore's GCE A levels & the so called Staged Assessment is no longer allowed.

The International A levels still allow a Staged Assessment i.e if you got a good score in the AS (like our H1) paper, the grade can be combined to the second full A level paper (second part, usually a Paper 2, to make it full A level like H2) . 2 chances within 13 months are allowed to score in an H1 subject (2 exams in 1 year) and then take the second stage that adds to become an H2. You can try up to 2 AS (or equiv H1) results & take the best result & combine with the second Paper to get the best score for H2.

 

[anpontan]

Is the U.K. A levels recognised in sg?

 

[anpontan]

For local uni I mean

 

[Davet71]

For local uni I mean

Better to check w Uni admin for both UK and Int. But why do UK when International may be much easier to chalk up a combined A/B grade? Int is used by most international schools besides IB.

 

[dominicliman72]

Did you managed to go into a local uni with your results?

Nope. Applied in November but till now havent received any further information. I dont think any news will come thou.