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A level Equivalent?

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  • 24-01-2012 9:59pm
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    kellybus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭


    Is the leaving Certificate the Equivalent of A levels in the UK and GCSEs are equivalent to the Junior Cert? Need to clarify for an application asap.


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    PowKitty
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭PowKitty


    Yes they are.


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    MathsManiac
    Registered Users Posts: 1,595 ✭✭✭MathsManiac


    This link might help you - it gives information on the "UCAS tarriff" in the UK. The UCAS is the closest equivalent in the UK to our CAO. As well as assigning points to the various UK awards, such as A-levels, they have also researched and placed various foreign qualification on the same scale, including the Irish Leaving Cert.
    http://www.ucas.com/students/ucas_tariff/tarifftables/

    If you scroll down, you'll see, for example, that a higher-level A1 in the Leaving Cert is worth 90 UCAS tarriff points. By comparison, an A at A-level is worth 120 points, and an A* is worth 140 points.

    For example, if you did 3 A-levels and got an A*, an A, and a B, you'd have 360 points. (typically, you might possibly have an AS grade to add on as well.) If you did the Leaving Cert and got, say, two A2s, 4 B2s and a C2, you'd have 455 points.

    The UCAS tarriff isn't as deterministic as the CAO points system - it's more of a guideline than a rigid criterion, and not all colleges use it.

    Still, if you're looking for an authoritative source to support your claim that a certain set of LC grades should be regarded as satisfying some requirement that's expressed in terms of A-levels, this is your best bet.

    Neither the Junior Cert nor the GCSEs are on the tarriff, as they are not regarded as qualifications of a sufficient level to be considered as criteria in their own right for entry to third level.


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