salam
I have recently appeared for cambridge Alevel exams with phy ,chem, math(i have also been to further maths for some good 1 and half years but later on dropped it) and now taking tests for local engineering universities. I have appeared for 3 tests already, PIEAS, AIR and GIKI. the problem im facing is that Fsc mathematics is far advanced, they have conics, hyperbolas, ellipses, sinh ,cosh, functions with limits etc. i have not studied anything in core maths which is not in the fsc book, but they also have a lot of additional stuff which i didn't come across in Alevels(not even in further math) more over, my own analysis of studying both fsc and alevel chemistry and physics is that there are things in CIE Alevels( mostly from applications and design sections) that are not being taught to fsc students, but there are also alot of other things that are being taught to them which i haven't studied at A level(just to give you a quick example, ever heard of compton effect in physics, steroids in chemistry?). also, though further mathematics is quite advanced (mainly in the stats and mechanics section) from both Alevel general math as well as fsc math, but still there are things which are not taught in further maths classes but present in fsc books. so my whole point is, if you do Alevel with math physics chemistry and even further math, you are still not prepared for entry tests as compared to someone who has done fsc with some hard work(ofcourse) since entry tests are primarily based in fsc syllabus. most of this problem is in maths, their maths has a lot of stuff which we dont study at Alevel(dont believe me? spend a few bucks buying fsc books and then compare it with your CIE standard ones). so if anyone has gone down a similar path,can i have some good advice as to how exactly should i tackle this problem? how do i go about studying all of the extra stuff and from where(since my personal opinion is, that Fsc books are not written to assist someone in their studies, they suite much better at samosa-pakora stalls rather than your book shelf). thanks alot in advance
I have recently appeared for cambridge Alevel exams with phy ,chem, math(i have also been to further maths for some good 1 and half years but later on dropped it) and now taking tests for local engineering universities. I have appeared for 3 tests already, PIEAS, AIR and GIKI. the problem im facing is that Fsc mathematics is far advanced, they have conics, hyperbolas, ellipses, sinh ,cosh, functions with limits etc. i have not studied anything in core maths which is not in the fsc book, but they also have a lot of additional stuff which i didn't come across in Alevels(not even in further math) more over, my own analysis of studying both fsc and alevel chemistry and physics is that there are things in CIE Alevels( mostly from applications and design sections) that are not being taught to fsc students, but there are also alot of other things that are being taught to them which i haven't studied at A level(just to give you a quick example, ever heard of compton effect in physics, steroids in chemistry?). also, though further mathematics is quite advanced (mainly in the stats and mechanics section) from both Alevel general math as well as fsc math, but still there are things which are not taught in further maths classes but present in fsc books. so my whole point is, if you do Alevel with math physics chemistry and even further math, you are still not prepared for entry tests as compared to someone who has done fsc with some hard work(ofcourse) since entry tests are primarily based in fsc syllabus. most of this problem is in maths, their maths has a lot of stuff which we dont study at Alevel(dont believe me? spend a few bucks buying fsc books and then compare it with your CIE standard ones). so if anyone has gone down a similar path,can i have some good advice as to how exactly should i tackle this problem? how do i go about studying all of the extra stuff and from where(since my personal opinion is, that Fsc books are not written to assist someone in their studies, they suite much better at samosa-pakora stalls rather than your book shelf). thanks alot in advance
