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Project Maths Higher or A level?

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  • 25-04-2012 3:54pm
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    questiontime2
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    Hi there,

    I would appreciate anybody who could offer any insight on the choice between these two courses. I completed my Leaving Cert back in 2006, but I want to raise my Maths knowledge by completing another exam.

    The Project Maths course appears to be compromised in the opinion of many on this board, would it make more sense to study for the UK A level Maths course instread? An A* in A level gets you 150 points, whereas an A1 in Project Maths will nab you 125.


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    ride-the-spiral
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    Well purely because of the UK system in which you study less subjects, studying A level maths should bring you up to a higher level than LC maths.

    And if you wanted to do even more you could do further maths. :pac:


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    questiontime2
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    ride-the-spiral wrote: »
    Well purely because of the UK system in which you study less subjects, studying A level maths should bring you up to a higher level than LC maths.

    And if you wanted to do even more you could do further maths. :pac:

    These are very valid points:) Not to mention the syllabus is pretty much set in stone at this point. I have no doubt the project maths couse will get better with time, but the lack of exam material and the layout of the course at present is...a mess. Too experimental at present.

    Anybody else who is in this situtation, I have found a couple of brilliant links to all past papers and material for A Level Maths. Royalty free of course provided it's for private use. http://www.mathspapers.co.uk/ and http://www.examsolutions.co.uk/maths-revision/index.php#Core


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