<p>Having gone through the IB programme, I think it is better to do the ‘A’ levels. The ‘A’ levels is widely recognised and accepted, and is taken by many more students. Not necessary to do the IB which has much higher school fees because the school has to pay lots of money to the IB organisation to be allowed to run the IB. </p>
<p>IB or ‘A’ levels, US universities recognise them both. Additional requirement for US universities is the SAT.</p>
<p>Cost wise, more practical to do the ‘A’ levels. Not that much difference syllabus wise between IB and ‘A’ levels, but the IB has graded coursework which is very much more stressful, especially if the teachers don’t help very much. My opinion is that the Singapore ‘A’ levels seem to work fine.</p>