<p>I did Edexcel A-levels. 4As 2Bs and yes, they are very much like Cambridge (which I did in O-level).</p>
<p>Edexcel is easier for maths and the sciences while CIE is easier for business and the social sciences. BTW, you guys with 5 A's, what did u get on the SAT and SAT2</p>
<p>I got 1A and 3Cs, and a A for GP.....(:_<) ......13 yrs ago though.....</p>
<p>Have long forgotten the disappointment and shame.....Life goes on.....</p>
<p>@limnieng: hey! we'd be interested in what went later on!</p>
<p>how highly to adcoms rate camridge a levels ?...cuz im currently dpong my cambridge a lvels in malaysia..is it harder than the AP system in US..??</p>
<p>All my friends did better than me then, most with 5As/4As/3As. However, it seems that going abroad wasn't much of thing then, so all of us did our undergrad locally.</p>
<p>Some of them got scholarships though, and after their degree, were bonded to their organization. Most of them are still there, in Housing Development Board, Economic Dev elopment Board; others couldn't stand working for the government any more and ventured into the public sector. These people mostly ended up in places like Merril Lynch and other investment businesses. As you can see, a great preoccupation with the accumulation of wealth, but it was a personal choice and a life they chose for themselves.</p>
<p>As for me, I went into a department that I actually like, study like mad for 4 years, did enough for them to offer me a bond-free scholarship to do a masters, therefore I did my masters locally too. After that, went into teaching for an additional 4 years, before deciding I like to study, applied for an university overseas, and am now doing my Ph.D. at UCLA.</p>
<p>Singapore A Level is much harder than any SAT/AP/IB courses</p>
<p>1 more wk to the end of As man!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>limnieng, thanks for sharing your story with us. I guess the path of succes is not the same for everyone. I'm interested to know, why going abroad wasn't of a thing back then? What course are you doing right now? :)</p>
<p>@limnieng: woah, you're an inspiration! I mean, thats just great. Its good to see how you could pursue what you really liked, are in an awesome uni now, bond free! And most of all, you are enjoying! Thanks for the story!</p>
<p>In addition to 1234d's post, all cambridge A levels, SG/HK or international, are way more harder than APs! Cornell grants more advanced placement credits for A levels than it does for IB!</p>
<p>Mimanchi: I really don't know why we didn't consider going abroad. I guess we're what Singaporean calls "heartlanders", pple who stick close to home. It's not that their grades didn't allow that option (By god, my school mates were scoring As and distinctions for H3 papers, in addition to Olympiads and stuff), it was just not something we were very obsessed with. I'm studying in the applied linguistics department now, with a focus on corpus linguistics, discourse analysis and conversation analysis, using Mandarin as a target language.</p>
<p>In retrospect, I am a firm believer of a Chinese saying: "Xiao shi liao liao, Da wei bi jia", which basically means "Even if you're incredible/great/gifted when young, you may amount to nothing later in life", and the philosophy works the other way round too.....</p>
<p>So in essence, another Chinese saying: "Rong Ru bu jing", meaning "Maintain your composure and a settled mind in the face of glory or humiliation regardless".</p>
<p>Another good one: The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, the optimist sees opportunity in very difficulty (Winston Churchill). </p>
<p>@Lemnieng: you've got a DREAM life story. Amazing..</p>