Hiyya,
Just wondering if there's anyone who's done both or if anyone knows the sorta comparison level between the two. Are they both equal or is one slightly tougher?
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Comparing Highers and As levels
Started by dfx, Jun 02 2005 12:53 PM
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Posted 02 June 2005 - 01:01 PM
The nearest thing you can compare a Higher to is an AS, but Highers are still officially a bit harder. For instance, a B at Higher gets you 60 UCAS points whereas a B at AS gets you 50 UCAS points.
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Posted 02 June 2005 - 06:23 PM
AsTheMiester said, some Highers can be a joke compared to they're AS counterparts. Itis similar to Intermediates and Standard Grades, English Int 2 is alot harder than Standard Grade Credit, though in Maths, In2 is easier than Standard Grade Credit.
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Posted 02 June 2005 - 06:26 PM
QUOTE(TheMesiter @ Jun 2 2005, 07:13 PM)
i dont go around, in my spare time, comparing the difficulty of exams
QUOTE(TheMesiter @ Jun 2 2005, 02:22 PM)
AS history is harder than higher history, more boring
AS exams r much harder
AS exams r much harder
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Posted 02 June 2005 - 06:30 PM
AHAHAHAHAHA! Ladies and gentlemen, I believe this calls for...
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Posted 02 June 2005 - 06:51 PM
is it just me bein thick 
or is that a bit random 
or is that a bit random
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Posted 02 June 2005 - 07:09 PM
I think its a bit of both, i reckon what hes is trying to say is implied by the picture, though the picture itself is random.
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Posted 02 June 2005 - 07:14 PM
or maybe hes just trying to confuse us all because im the kinda person that will think about what that means alll night and it probably is just a ploy?!? 
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Posted 02 June 2005 - 08:29 PM
Wow. I thought A level = Higher and AS level = Adv H!
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Posted 02 June 2005 - 08:36 PM
And to my recollection, I have read many times of A levels and GCSE's being 'too easy'. You never here things like this about the SQA.
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Posted 02 June 2005 - 08:38 PM
is it not that as level= higher and a level= adv higher
coz is as level not the thing you get after you leave at the equvilent of 5th year and then a level 6th year??
coz is as level not the thing you get after you leave at the equvilent of 5th year and then a level 6th year??
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Posted 02 June 2005 - 08:40 PM
QUOTE(dondon @ Jun 2 2005, 09:38 PM)
is it not that as level= higher and a level= adv higher
coz is as level not the thing you get after you leave at the equvilent of 5th year and then a level 6th year??
coz is as level not the thing you get after you leave at the equvilent of 5th year and then a level 6th year??
That is what I always thought but then what do I know?
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Posted 02 June 2005 - 08:44 PM
Yeah... so.. Highers = 5th year, Adv H = 6th year... same thing? 
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Posted 02 June 2005 - 08:48 PM
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Yeah... so.. Highers = 5th year, Adv H = 6th year... same thing?
I think its like that coz my cousin lives in wales and she is doin her gcses just now and will be doin her as levels next year
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Posted 03 June 2005 - 04:13 PM
What you have to remember is that with AS and A-Levels, most candidates are 17 and 18.
I sat my Standard Grades when I wasn't 15 and a half and then my Highers when I wasn't even 16 and a half.
When we do Highers, English students do GSCE's. That shows Scottish students are more capable (?) at a younger age.
I sat my Standard Grades when I wasn't 15 and a half and then my Highers when I wasn't even 16 and a half.
When we do Highers, English students do GSCE's. That shows Scottish students are more capable (?) at a younger age.
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Posted 03 June 2005 - 04:22 PM
QUOTE(Kevin_Kilbane @ Jun 3 2005, 04:13 PM)
What you have to remember is that with AS and A-Levels, most candidates are 17 and 18.
I sat my Standard Grades when I wasn't 15 and a half and then my Highers when I wasn't even 16 and a half.
When we do Highers, English students do GSCE's. That shows Scottish students are more capable (?) at a younger age.
I sat my Standard Grades when I wasn't 15 and a half and then my Highers when I wasn't even 16 and a half.
When we do Highers, English students do GSCE's. That shows Scottish students are more capable (?) at a younger age.
are you sure about that coz my cousin that lives in wales was born in april 1989 and she is doin her gcses just now and if she were here she would be doin her sgs
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Posted 03 June 2005 - 04:26 PM
1989....16?
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Posted 03 June 2005 - 04:31 PM
yip but thats just coz of when her birthday is
coz my birthdays in january so im one of the youngest in my year and if your birthdays in march/april your one of the oldest
i take it your birthdays january/february too?!?
coz my birthdays in january so im one of the youngest in my year and if your birthdays in march/april your one of the oldest
i take it your birthdays january/february too?!?
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Posted 03 June 2005 - 06:08 PM
December 24th 
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Posted 03 June 2005 - 10:37 PM
QUOTE(dfx @ Jun 2 2005, 07:30 PM)
AHAHAHAHAHA! Ladies and gentlemen, I believe this calls for...
Hahaha... good pic!
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