study A-level in UK

Fong2010

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?

CPU1995

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  ...

csk

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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CPU1995

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 ...

CPU1995

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  ...

csk

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

T-mama

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

csk

唔該晒!

T-mama

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 ...

csk

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。

Fong2010

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

T-mama

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  ...

T-mama

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?

lulusing

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?

dailam

Thank you for your sharing!

CPU1995

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?

dailam

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

T-mama

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。

Fong2010

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.

T-mama

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 ...

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