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A Level grades should be considered with the Exam board in question.

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Just my opinion but I feel the whole A Level system is quite flawed. The Papers people give inside the UK through Edexcel, OCR, AQA and so on are a total joke. Firstly they answer the papers through modules which makes resits quite easy compared to CIE. Also, I mean seriously have you compared the cie papers with those exam boards? I felt like I was reading one of the weekly tests my teacher use to give me. ( Talking about economics here ). I've heard maths is also way harder in CIE compared to boards inside the UK. Oh and I feel I should mention majority of the other boards give A* and A's much easier to students. If you dont believe me try to find out how many students at say Edexcel get A* and how many at CIE. The last time I checked it was 25% vs 8%

Whats your opinion on all this? Do university's need to start considering the board a person does his/her exams in after seeing his grades?
 
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