2018 海外讀大學

FortuneR

小兒今年讀F5，傳統名校成績中上，想考完DSE去UK/US升學，幾時要開始申請大學？要攞定conditional offer 嗎？要搵AA幫手定係自己申請都得？請各位多多指教，刨咗好多文但都係無乜頭緒，又怕誤咗deadline 🙏🙏

slamai

mummy911 發表於 16-9-7 23:27
其實DSE 的 "5**" 和 "5*" 是否等於A level 的 "A*" 和 "A"，有人説"A" 只是 = 4，沒有差這麼遠呀? 英國考A ...

Top UK universities tend to adopt 3 DSE electives and take 5* & 5 as equivalent to GCE AL A* & A while UCAS tariff is not commonly used.

馬媽媽

DKmum 發表於 16-9-7 20:14
Since UCAS is a backup plan, we do not spend too much time on the preparation works.  We just google ...

Thank you for your sharing.

Your son did not choose Med. in England. Any reasons?

Besides, I find that not too many universities in UK provide Medical Laboratory Science. If they have to practise as Medical Laboratory Professionals, which subject they have to take in UK?

阿飯

DKmum 發表於 16-9-7 20:14
Since UCAS is a backup plan, we do not spend too much time on the preparation works.  We just google ...

That's interesting as far as I know only Edinburgh may give an offer without an interview all the medical schools you mentioned will reject anyone without an interview. Did your son actually travel four times separately ( hard to imagine that their interviews would all happen on the same day or even a few days apart ) to England to attend such interview and secure an offer each ?
I remember vaguely your past mentioning of your visit to England last December with your son to attend an interview at Cambridge ......

brother4

看番舊post*申請英學大學conditional offer考Al有否優勢*會明白分數

brother4

佢有佢講，大學有自己計算，看番舊post入医平均低要dse 三個5**+一個5*+其它，見在家長講佢朋友三個A*+一個A有offer，計番差不多，5**=A*,5*=A

mummy911

其實DSE 的 "5**" 和 "5*" 是否等於A level 的 "A*" 和 "A"，有人説"A" 只是 = 4，沒有差這麼遠呀? 英國考A level 都不是係人都A 啦! 應該只是有限人考得到A*，好像也是有quota及拉curve制, 對嗎？同香港5**，5*，5的distribution 近似，咁咪應該:
A*=5**
A=5*
B=5
C=4
D=3
E=2
U=1 (fail)

請問有沒有人清楚DSE/A level 轉換法及英國A level 計分法？

DKmum

馬媽媽 發表於 16-9-6 10:02
I want to gather more information about Med. 報UCAS做backup, and your son is studying Med in HKU. Ca ...

Since UCAS is a backup plan, we do not spend too much time on the preparation works.  We just googled the univeristy ranking & the subject ranking, excluded those in the north, then chose 5 within the top 10.   He got 4 conditional offers except Cambridge.  His firm choice is Imperial while insurance choice is UCL.  The condition was not difficult to meet,  3 electives scored min "5" in the DSE.   
My son chose Biological Sciences in UCAS.   Apart from having genuine interest in this subject,  he has taken different exposure related to Medicine during the previous summer holiday, so it's easier for him to relate this experience to the subject in his personal statement.   Hope the sharing helps.

馬媽媽

DKmum 發表於 16-9-2 18:19
我仔9／2016剛入大学，去年9月報UCAS做backup, 佢大概30/9 submit applications,  10月中已开始收condition ...

I want to gather more information about Med. 報UCAS做backup, and your son is studying Med in HKU. Can you share which England University your son has applied for backup? Which faculty? What are the conditional offers?

DKmum

原帖由 kswong37 於 16-09-05 發表
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請問邊間agent會幫手報oxbridge?

我不太清楚！

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Ruby1219

原帖由 FortuneR 於 16-09-03 發表
佢依家喺香港讀，Maths 係必修科

That's good then !

3b

原帖由 DKmum 於 16-09-02 發表
我仔入左港大醫科, 你仔出年加油呀！

恭喜，阿仔好叻!

FortuneR

原帖由 Ruby1219 於 16-09-03 發表
你個仔冇讀math? 好似好多大學科目even history 都要睇AL math?

佢依家喺香港讀，Maths 係必修科

Ruby1219

原帖由 DKmum 於 16-09-03 發表
你策略正確呀，讀5科可能真的太多了！我仔DSE 本來讀8科，佢亦有能力handle 到！但S6上學期佢決定drop M2,  ...

係呀！5科係吾必要同太多。但阿仔一時一樣，尋晚話drop, 晏d上完history 堂又話吾drop 住。仔大仔世界，我由得佢自己決定。我哋做父母只提供意見比佢參考。

亮燈

原帖由 DKmum 於 16-09-03 發表
多謝！大仔我就功成身退啦，宜家轉心做細女嘅經理人，佢很想2019 年non jupas 回港讀大學，仲有一兩年做準 ...

謝謝！大家都要努力！子女各展所長，父母就功成身退，飲得杯落喇！

DKmum

Ruby1219 發表於 16-9-2 22:03
Wow! 好勁呀！
我個仔明年報大學，佢對醫科冇興趣。可能揀math, chem, physics.
經剛剛GCSE 一役，佢明白不 ...

你策略正確呀，讀5科可能真的太多了！我仔DSE 本來讀8科，佢亦有能力handle 到！但S6上學期佢決定drop M2, focus 多d中文同通識！對不起，有點離題了！

DKmum

亮燈 發表於 16-9-3 09:50
恭喜你！努力呀！

多謝！大仔我就功成身退啦，宜家轉心做細女嘅經理人，佢很想2019 年non jupas 回港讀大學，仲有一兩年做準備！你大細仔都要加油啊！

Ruby1219

原帖由 FortuneR 於 16-09-03 發表
明白曬🙏恭喜你仔仔👏🏻👏🏻實在好勁呀👍👍亞仔依家讀 ...

你個仔冇讀math? 好似好多大學科目even history 都要睇AL math?

亮燈

原帖由 DKmum 於 16-09-02 發表
我仔入左港大醫科, 你仔出年加油呀！

恭喜你！努力呀！