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If your son is within the top 10% of HK students, I’m sure that he can be admitted to the top notch boarding schools in UK and academics is not the main concern for studying in UK.
Since I have sent my son to UK boarding for about two weeks, I would just say that the boarding school life can train him to be tremendously disciplined and organized. No more procrastination, computer games and late sleep.
If you see the timetable of my son, the life here is very healthy: 7:00 am wake up, 1.5 hr compulsory sport time (rugby, cross country, hockey, gym, cricket), 2 hr self-study period, 10:15 pm go to bed; no more computer and study after bedtime.
So life here is different from HK which he may sleep late, play computer games and frequent web browsing. There is only 2 hour prep time for him to study and complete all homework during Mon to Sat. He has so many commitments in school such as music and sports. The two hour prep time is just enough for him to complete assignments from 10 different subjects. He can't be surreptitious to do anything after bedtime cos the housemaster will check it. The 1.5 hour sporting everyday keeps him tired yet healthy. Even your son is studying Grade 11, there is no exception to sports and two hour prep time may be the max studying time everyday for your son to prepare GCE A level.
Besides study, my son has made friends with many foreign students within these two weeks since there are only 4 Asian students in his year group. He may go out with them for meals and to town on Sunday.
Depending on what type of school you choose for your son, some top notch schools may not have only two-hour prep time per day and place more emphasize on academics rather than all round in music and sport. You may request the lesson timetable from school before you apply to see whether the school has so many non-academic activities.
What’s more, if you target your son to mix with local students, I would like to advise you that some top notch schools may absorb many top students from HK and they form a Chinese group such as DB group, La Salle group, St. Paul group in school which cannot mix with other local students. This is especially so for some top notch schools which have agency in HK. In addition, Grade 11 boarding room normally accommodates 1 to 2 students. If your son is shy, he may not grasp more opportunity to speak English.
If your son has interest in studying abroad and financial is not the problem, it is desirable to find a top ranking boarding school which has a few Asian students for him. For my friends I know whose children with around 25 marks in HKCEE, one got 6 A* and three got at least 3As in GCE A level. Besides A Level result, they got around 8 marks in IELTS. Two go to Cambridge while the others go to London U.
Of course, even a place in Oxbridge or London U cannot guarantee success in his career no matter he studies abroad or not. I think student studying in university in HK would seem to have advantage in written English and Chinese rather than those studying abroad.
Btw, I see you in other column to ask comments on Badminton School which is a girl school. One of my friends whose girl got 4A in A Level from Badminton. She was admitted by Imperial.
原帖由 Fong2010 於 10-8-31 15:11 發表
How about if the kid's academic performance in HK is within the top 10% of HK students but have no confidence in HK A-level and afraid cannot be accepted to his desired university programme in HK, wha ...
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