Is it true that a U.S. degree is no greater than a U.K. GCSE "O" level?

Answer 1

In the UK they have O levels and A levels

I went to an international school that had a similar system to America. They tend to have a high school diploma, graduating high school when you are 17 or 18. Some people also do the Advanced Placement classes, which are first year university courses (as in university in America for the first year, you usually attend a range of general classes before you declare your major in the second year).

A U.S degree, as in a degree from university is the equivalent as the UK's degree at the end of undergraduate degree.

It is a bit still to say that an O level is the same as a university degree from lets say Harvard university or Yale

Answer 2

No, they are not the same. A US bachelor's degree is the same as a university degree from the UK. However, a US degree takes an extra year. That's because young kids in the UK start their schooling a year earlier than kids in the US do. Thus, by the time they graduate from secondary school, they have basically completed one more year of schooling than US students have.

In fact, when a US student applies to Oxford, they need to either have done the IB (instead of a regular highschool diploma) or else have competed one year at a US university.

In the US, university studies take one more year than in the UK, and include a wider variety of courses than UK students study. In the UK, university studies are more focused on one area (in the US, we'd call that a major) with fewer non-major, yet required courses, and fewer electives.

But by the time a student graduates from uni in either the UK or the US, they have basically the same level of education.

A master's degree is a whole other story...

Answer 3

The short answer is no.

All of the employers and graduate schools I've spoken to about it have been thrilled to hear about my Ivy League Honors degree, and they certainly consider it to be the equivalent of a UK 1st class hons degree.

Oh, and I'm a UK citizen and resident with top class GCSE and A Level results who turned down a place at Oxford to get what I consider to be a better education in the US.

Answer 4

Sorry, I don't know what the different 'levels' are in your educational system. However, if you're insinutating it's a high school degree or something, consider how many students from the UK come to the US every year to get a college degree.

Answer 5

I doubt it very much. It's got to be fairly equivalent. The Americans get a high school diploma, don't they? (forgive me if I'm wrong, I don't really understand the American education system, just what I see on TV). That would be the equivalent of an O-level, which incidentally, is equivalent to a GCSE.

Answer 6

i do no longer understand. yet i'm analyzing for my A-ranges and that they are ok yet from time to time the examination questions are quite complicated...this could be because of the fact i'm taking sciences and math. My pals who take essay based matters, or the humanities are coping lots extra suitable; they have some lesson according to day while I would desire to do the total day (I did extra suitable than them at GCSE yet now we are getting comparable grades in our own respective matters).

Answer 7

Either is best in its "homes".GCSE "O" level degree will make admissions to any UK university easier likewise a degree from US will facilitate an easy admission into Universities in US. However,when you leave for UK or US you will take English proficiency course because both country have difference in the English language.

Answer 8

Not true.

Answer 9

ha! so that explains why george bush is so stupid!

Answer 10

LOL - more than likely!