<li><p>If you had the choice of either, which one would you do?</p></li>
<li><p>Do american university admissions officers really give a sh.te which one you do as long as you get the highest? (although it is harder to get 45 on IB than 4As in A level</p></li>
<li><p>Do they give you an ‘offer’, such as you need at least 42 to enter, like Oxbridge does?</p></li>
<li><p>Im planning on doing HL - Maths, Eco, Phy // SL - Eng, Visual Arts, Fre … </p></li>
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<p>how difficult is it to get 7s in these subjects??? am i foolish in doing them?</p>
<p>1.Ib, No doubt about that. 2. It's easy to get A on A-levels but there is also a high chance that CIE will mess up with your result.[Singapore-Cambridge should be better than CIE, i guess] 3.No, that's ridiculous system.:rolleyes: 4.Dunno</p>
<p>2) I doubt most admissions officers know enough about the subtelties to care much one way or the other... or at least that's the impression I've gotten.</p>
<p>3)No. However, that's a good system imo, since it means you have to continue achieving highly - no senioritis.</p>
<p>4) Math is difficult, physics and econ are easy imo. English is difficult to get an obvious 7 in, but if you're good enough at writing and analysis, it comes along. French and art are similar, from what I hear.</p>
<p>1) Depends partly on where you want to study after high school. If it's the US, for example, IB is the better option; for UK it's naturally A'Levels. Both are pretty well recognised internationally though.</p>
<p>Eventhough i'm doing A Levels, I think IB is a lot better cuz you do a variety of subjects which is better...shows that you are "diverse"
Its VERY easy to get A's in A Levels. If you wanna do A Levels do a variety of subjects -- an ideal combination would be Physics, Economics, Maths, History, Literature -- universities like that.</p>
<p>I would prefer the A Levels.
I am doing the Abitur which is similar to the IB, and I hate having to take all those humanities classes. I really don't care about Kant or Vergil or Goethe or Mozart.
Even though I attend a school with a science based curriculum, 3/4 of my required classes are social sciences and humanities (and due to scheduling conflicts, I cannot even take additional science classes beyond the minimum requirement).</p>
<p>Since I have a little bit of experience in both:</p>
<p>1) A levels for sure. Doing, say, 4 A2s and 2 AEAs is far more challenging than doing the IB diploma. And the 4 subjects you choose, you'll be interested in them all, so obviously you'll perform better. IB forces you to take some subjects you're not interested in. And also, people say that CAS is really character-building and other ********, but I reckon that you would do more ECs in your own time anyways. CAS just means extra pointless paperwork. And in A levels, the TOK equivalent would be AS level Critical Thinking.</p>
<p>2) I don't think it particularly matters, tbh.</p>
<p>3) American universities do not give conditional offers. But they could rescind your offer if you do exceedingly badly in your A2s.</p>
<p>4) HL Maths is challenging, and very hard to get 7 - it's the hardest subject offered by the IBO. I'm told HL Physics is difficult too, but not so much as HL Maths. And HL Econ, I'm not too sure about. SL English isn't hard if you read all the stuff you're supposed to and have decent writing skills. SL Visual Arts, don't have a clue. SL French is easy enough if you do everything you're told by the teacher - but if you hate languages and don't try, you will do badly.</p>
<p>Do 4 A levels and take up 2 AEAs. OR if you think you're really up to it, another A2 or AS.</p>