# Does it matter whether you take Latin American Spanish courses to study for the IB and GCSE/GCE exams?

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**Created:** [August 8, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-matter-whether-you-take-latin-american-spanish-courses-to-study-for-the-ib-and-gcse-gce-exams/969286 "2022-08-08T03:16:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-matter-whether-you-take-latin-american-spanish-courses-to-study-for-the-ib-and-gcse-gce-exams/969286/1 "2022-08-08T03:16:33Z")

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I’ve recently looked at the issue of students taking Latin American Spanish courses in international schools offering IB and GCSE/GCE exams in Spanish. Some schools offer only Castilian Spanish. Which version of Spanish is better suited to score well on such exams?