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- AICE Diploma Program
About the AICE Diploma Program
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The Cambridge AICE Diploma is made up of individual Cambridge International AS & A Levels, which are widely recognized by universities and employers around the world. Students can be confident that their qualifications will be understood and valued throughout their education and career, in their home country and internationally.
By demanding knowledge from three different subject groups, plus the core compulsory subject, Cambridge International AS Level Global Perspectives & Research, the Cambridge AICE Diploma provides a broad curriculum with a balance of math and science, languages, arts and humanities, and interdisciplinary subjects. It maintains flexibility and choice by allowing students to choose subjects at different levels.
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What is the AICE/Cambridge Program?
The Cambridge Program, also known as the AICE (Advanced International Certificate of Education) Program, is an innovative and accelerated method of academic study that is offered solely through the University of Cambridge International Examinations, a division of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. AICE provides a flexible, broad-based curriculum that is offered worldwide at schools and colleges in over 160 countries. For over 170 years, the prestigious University of Cambridge has been setting worldwide curriculum standards through its examinations. High school students can earn up to 45 hours of college credit through the AICE program and can choose whether to take individual classes for college credit or to pursue the AICE Diploma.
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Why Cambridge?
The AICE program offers MANY benefits, some of them are:
- 6.0 GPA Points toward weighted GPA
- College credit for every AICE Exam that is successfully passed
- AICE Diploma and 100 service hours earn 100% tuition coverage for Florida State Universities plus a $300 stipend towards books each semester.
- Rigorous and advanced curriculum that is recognized internationally
- High distinction on college admissions applications
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What is the AICE Diploma?
The AICE Diploma is an academic curriculum that requires students to complete 7 AICE classes and pass their respective exams, also known as “papers,” within a 25-month testing period (3 school years). Although students can choose their seven classes, they are required to take at least one class from the three main subject groups (math and science, languages, and humanities) and must complete the core class, AICE Global Perspectives.
Students who complete the AICE Diploma and have 100 service hours before graduation qualify for the Florida Academic Scholarship, which is the highest level of the Bright Futures Scholarship program, regardless of their SAT/ACT score and GPA.
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Cambridge Grading
Cambridge has an international grading system for their exams. Below is a conversion chart to better understand what each grade means:
AICE Grading American/US Grading a A b B+ c B d C e D u* F *A grade of U stands for "Ungraded," meaning that the student did not receive enough points [marks] to receive a passing grade.