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作者: Fong2010 時間: 10-4-16 12:53 標題: study A-level in UK

Hi, can anyone share the pros and cons of studying A-level in UK? My girl is sitting at the last CE these months. She expects to have 20-24 scores. She is not confident to achieve good results in HK A-level but she wishes to study at top tier universities. Would it be better and easier for her to study A-level in UK? Or stay in HK?

作者: T-mama 時間: 10-4-16 13:49

因英國學生比香港學生細一年，即比香港學生讀少了一年課程。香港學生會着數好多。我仔会考26分，過到英國变最勁的學生，要入 top 10 大學絕對冇問題。

作者: Fong2010 時間: 10-4-16 14:56

Your reply cheers me up. I am sure you have made a right decision to send your son abroad.

作者: Fong2010 時間: 10-4-16 14:58

Does your son treat academic lessions, homework and exams not serious?

作者: T-mama 時間: 10-4-16 15:08

no la, he got the academic award. He said he was a role model in the school becasue he still studies very hard. The teacher gave him the A2 level books for him to study by his own. That is why he can take the AS level public exam in this May/June during Lower six. If he can get more A, then he can get the offer from the top Univeristy.

作者: Fong2010 時間: 10-4-19 15:10

Hi T-mama, do you mean your son can enter to university one year early? I am a bit confused by your response. To my knowledge, I know that Lower Six students need to sit in AS exams and Uppler Six students need to sit in A2 exams. Am I correct?
Your son is great. He is given A2 books, I am sure he is able to study well by himself. Will the school provide him extra support to raise his academic performance?

作者: T-mama 時間: 10-4-19 16:40

Normally, the Lower six students take AS level in Jan in Upper Six, only few students can take them in May/June in Lower Six.

作者: dailam 時間: 10-4-20 15:05

Hi T-mama,

your son study aboard after HKCEE, then, may I know when did your son apply for the school in UK, and did th school inUK assess your son by means of his school results or did he need to take entrance exam of the UK school?

作者: Fong2010 時間: 10-4-20 15:27

Hi T-mama, please can you share with me your son's HKCEE score? What is the timesonline ranking of your son's current school in UK?

作者: T-mama 時間: 10-4-20 16:28

My son get 3A,2B,3C,1D in his HKCEE (Science student). He goes overseas becasue he wantes to follow his father's step - to study in overseas, becasue his father is the hero in his eyes. Now, he studies psy ,triple maths, physics, music and music technology in UK. He likes music, it is also a good enviroment to study music in UK becasue there is no music A-level in HK now.
His school is called Oundle School, it is around in 59 position in UK school ranking. He said the stress is not as big as in HK. Therefore he can study happily. The class is in 小班教學 style. The relationship between the teachers and students are very close. He told me that he got the acadmic award again in last semester.
By the way, different child has different personality. Some students may have a home sick. Therefore the parent cannot force the child to study overseas. Like my elder son, he has no interest to go overseas. The child would be happy if it is his own decision. Luckily my son has no homesick at all.

[ 本帖最後由 T-mama 於 10-4-20 18:54 編輯 ]

作者: T-mama 時間: 10-4-20 16:54

Normally, we must apply one year in advance if you want to study in UK. My son is the very special case ,he applied it after HKCEE 放榜. One day, my husband brought him to see the exhibition becasue he wanted to find some Unveristies information for my elder son. However, the agent ask my 2nd son whether he likes to study overseas and what his HKCEE result is. Then he got 2 offers immediately from Concrod School and Oundle School. Later he goes through the telephone interview with the teacher in Admission dept and he decides to leave DBS and goes to UK to have a try.Actually, I prefer he stays in DBS than study in UK. However, it is his own decision and I can afford it. So I let him go. He is very happy now although I lost 6,000 留位費 for F.6 in DBS. The other reason is he does not like Chinese subject, he does not want to suffer 2 more year of Chinese.

原帖由 dailam 於 10-4-20 15:05 發表
Hi T-mama,

your son study aboard after HKCEE, then, may I know when did your son apply for the school in UK, and did th school inUK assess your son by means of his school results or did he need to ta ...

[ 本帖最後由 T-mama 於 10-4-20 18:57 編輯 ]

作者: Fong2010 時間: 10-4-20 22:04

Hi T-mama, thanks for your share. Both Concord and Oundle are good schools in UK. I realise to study with UK top schools, we must apply at least a year ahead, however, our decision to study abroad was a bit late (this January). The agents told us that many good schools in UK were closed for Sixth Form application. We only got an offer from a UK school ranked 140. We are not sure if my daughter can share your son's luck to get an offer from one of the top schools in UK. She is sitting for HKCEE this year. She expects she is able to get 20-24 scores. She wishes to study abroad either in UK or US. It is really difficult for us as parents to make a right decision.

作者: T-mama 時間: 10-4-21 08:07

真是要早一点决定，因為我仔有英国護照才能都即取 offer即去英国，冇英国護照要搞簽證架，英国隨時簽不到證架，到時想去也不能去。

作者: dailam 時間: 10-4-21 15:10

may I know why you choose the present school but not Concord?

作者: CPU1995 時間: 10-4-21 22:14

My friend said that Oundle has the most advanced science lab out of all UK boarding schools in UK and last year over 20 students went to Oxbridge while 33 Oundle students went to Oxbridge in 2008. My son is also on the waiting list of Year 10 in Oundle though I only applied for this school during December last year.

原帖由 dailam 於 10-4-21 15:10 發表
may I know why you choose the present school but not Concord?

作者: dailam 時間: 10-4-21 22:16

Thank you for your sharing!

作者: lulusing 時間: 10-4-22 13:37

原帖由 CPU1995 於 10-4-21 22:14 發表
My friend said that Oundle has the most advanced science lab out of all UK boarding schools in UK and last year over 20 students went to Oxbridge while 33 Oundle students went to Oxbridge in 2008. My ...

Hi T-mama and CPU1995,

It is really good that T-mama's son is going on the right track and have been doing very well.
Do you think usually a child can get used to the life in UK if he/she goes for A-level study? Or he/she should go off earlier, e.g. aged 11 for grade7 or 13 for grade 9, for better adaptation?

作者: T-mama 時間: 10-4-22 14:00

阿仔自己喜歡的，他在電話 interview 談了一小時，他本來喜歡作曲，那校老師對他說有一科 music technology 很適合他，他們有好設備，老師透過 utube 看過阿仔作的曲，對他說他一定喜歡這科，咁阿仔就選了這间。他剛考了編曲，老師對他讚不絕口。英国老師常讚學生架！推動力好大，孩子自動自覺努力。

原帖由 dailam 於 10-4-21 15:10 發表
may I know why you choose the present school but not Concord?

作者: T-mama 時間: 10-4-22 14:04

我本人覺得孩子大一點才去外國好些，自理能力强些。

原帖由 lulusing 於 10-4-22 13:37 發表

Hi T-mama and CPU1995,

It is really good that T-mama's son is going on the right track and have been doing very well.
Do you think usually a child can get used to the life in UK if he/she goes for ...

作者: Fong2010 時間: 10-4-22 14:44

Hi T-mama, can you tell me which agent you had contacted for your son's application for uk schools?

作者: csk 時間: 10-4-22 16:32

原帖由 T-mama 於 10-4-22 14:04 發表
我本人覺得孩子大一點才去外國好些，自理能力强些。

十分認同和多謝妳的分享！

小兒今年中一，心目中希望他起碼夠十六歲才到外國讀書較理想，一來自理能力較高，最重要是我能陪著他成長，了解他的性格多一些。考完會考到英國讀預科，我覺得是最好的選擇。主要是能體會不同的學習模式兼生活文化，又能學到獨立。但是今年已是末代會考，阿囝想學你兒子的路亦行不通了!

請問你兒子考Concord和Oundle時主要是考甚麼科目？可以請你的兒子問問學校，如果新高中課程下，海外學生想報讀A-Level有甚麼要求？他們需要用IGCSE成績，或純粹根據校內成績和入學試成績？還要最好由F. 4開始入讀考GCSE？希望他能幫忙!謝謝。

作者: T-mama 時間: 10-4-22 16:59

兒子是通過电話 interview,不知他們傾什麼，你的新高中問題不如問 Agent 啦，等我老公放工我問他取 Agent 的資料，再 PM給你們啦。因為是他搞手續的。

原帖由 csk 於 10-4-22 16:32 發表

十分認同和多謝妳的分享！

小兒今年中一，心目中希望他起碼夠十六歲才到外國讀書較理想，一來自理能力較高，最重要是我能陪著他成長，了解他的性格多一些。考完會考到英國讀預科，我覺得是最好的選擇。主要是能體會不同的學習 ...

作者: csk 時間: 10-4-22 17:12

唔該晒!

作者: T-mama 時間: 10-4-22 18:37

Hi Fong2010, csk
I send the agent information to you, please check pm

作者: csk 時間: 10-4-22 19:55

原帖由 T-mama 於 10-4-22 18:37 發表
Hi Fong2010, csk
I send the agent information to you, please check pm

收到啦！唔該

作者: CPU1995 時間: 10-4-22 21:00

My son is studying F.3 now and I'm not sure whether he can adapt to UK school life in the coming Sept. In fact, I've not yet made up my mind whether I would choose Monmouth School, King's School Canterbury or Oundle School for him.

原帖由 lulusing 於 10-4-22 13:37 發表

Hi T-mama and CPU1995,

It is really good that T-mama's son is going on the right track and have been doing very well.
Do you think usually a child can get used to the life in UK if he/she goes for ...

作者: CPU1995 時間: 10-4-22 21:17

As far as I know, the place available for Year 10 in Oundle is 1 in 2010. You'd better apply either Year 7, 9 or 12 which is the main entry. You may browse the following to see the entrance papers of Oundle:
http://www.oundleschool.org.uk/admissions/scholarships/index.php

I applied Oundle on last year's December by writing direct to the school. Personally, I don't trust agency in HK as they just receive commission from school for successful case. So most advice from them on boarding schools are biased or even giving you false information!

Since I am a little bit too late to start searching school and Yr 10's place is very limited, you'd better submit application one year beforehand for more choices of schools.

原帖由 csk 於 10-4-22 16:32 發表

十分認同和多謝妳的分享！

小兒今年中一，心目中希望他起碼夠十六歲才到外國讀書較理想，一來自理能力較高，最重要是我能陪著他成長，了解他的性格多一些。考完會考到英國讀預科，我覺得是最好的選擇。主要是能體會不同的學習 ...

作者: csk 時間: 10-4-23 16:16

CPU1995

Thanks very much for your information.

Did your son sit for Oundle's extrance exam? I noticed there is also test on foreign language ( French, Spanish or Latin), what if the applicant does not have any knowledge on the language, will the school allow exemption?

I started gathering information on UK schools since last year. I hope my son will go to UK to study F. 4 in 2012. Do you have any recommendations?

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作者: CPU1995 時間: 10-4-23 22:27

My son sat for Oundle exam in the British Council in Jan and he said that the papers were very simple and the Maths papers was of Form 1 standard. The papers were as follows:
Time (AM)    Subject Time (AM)    Subject
10.00 - 11.00   Maths – 1 hr 11.15 - 12.15   English – 1hr
Time (PM)    Subject Time (PM)    Subject
2.00 - 3.00 pm Science – 1hr   3.15 - 4.00 pm Ability Test – 45 mins

For Oundle, there is 8 HK/China students out of 196 in Year 10 and 10 HK/China students out of 215 in Year 12 in this year. The class size is about 18. The requirements to be admitted to Sixth Form is at least 3 A grades and 3 B grades in HKCEE/GCSE.

Personally I only have friends whose children are studying in Monmouth School and Shrewsbury School. They highly recommend these two boarding schools for student discipline, caring and accommodation.

In fact I am asking all around to seek advice from others. My recommendation is that you would consider writing direct to school to establish relationship with Registrar and Headmaster. From this you would know which school is sincere or otherwise bureaucratic and get the first hand information. In one case, the Registrar invites us to visit him in case he comes to Hong Kong in the coming Sept though there is no place available at the moment.

According to two DB and DG parents, they recommend the following Oxbridge boarding schools whereas the DB/DG students have been successfully admitted to Oxbridge:
Abington/ Brighton/ Badminton/ Cheltehham Ladies/ Charterhouse/ Harrow/ Oundle/ Tonbridge/ Shrewsbury/ Winchester

Hopes this can help you.

原帖由 csk 於 10-4-23 16:16 發表
CPU1995

Thanks very much for your information.

Did your son sit for Oundle's extrance exam? I noticed there is also test on foreign language ( French, Spanish or Latin), what if the applicant does ...

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