Sharing of IB vs NSS

ANChan59

My son sent emails to different universities both local and overseas to ask languages requirements.

Does local university recognise IB Chinese Syllabus B equivalent to pass in Chinese.....? No reply yet.........

[ 本帖最後由 ANChan59 於 11-9-15 19:08 編輯 ]

slamai

My understanding is that the local Us' admission requirements in Chinese language for non-JUPAS (IB) applicants are not the same and Chinese B should be acceptable in most cases.

原帖由 ANChan59 於 11-9-9 15:41 發表
My son sent emails to different universities both local and overseas to ask languages requirements, like LSE recognised IB English L&LS SL and no need to take IELTS.

Does local university recognise I ...

ANChan59

原帖由 slamai 於 11-9-9 18:03 發表
My understanding is that the local Us' admission requirements in Chinese language for non-JUPAS (IB) applicants are not the same and Chinese B should be acceptable in most cases.

We read those requirements, we have the same understanding as you said. But we talked to the further study adviser, she recommended us to double check with university, particularly for the target programs. She said one of her students in another IS was rejected by a hot ptogram becasue he is local boy and only took syllabus B.

Interesting, no one (I mean Big 3) can confirm that......... may be too subjective. Admission office Ok about that, but faculties may have other views in sorting and interview.

[ 本帖最後由 ANChan59 於 11-9-9 18:12 編輯 ]

slamai

Local Us often adopt a more flexible approach in their admission of non-JUPAS applicants, e.g. some courses will only interview non-JUPAS applicants but not their JUPAS counterparts whose academic performance will be the sole criterion for admission. As faculties/departments have high autonomy in admission of undergraduates and it is difficult to generalise all the individual requirements, it is more 'effort' effective to focus on the requirements of those target courses of your kid.

原帖由 ANChan59 於 11-9-9 18:10 發表


We read those requirements, we have the same understanding as you said. But we talked to the further study adviser, she recommended us to double check with university, particularly for the target pr ...

ANChan59

slamai

Thanks for your reminder. He will double confirm with admission officers of targeted programs.

Yes, non-JUPAS has more varieties of exam board and academic standards; interviews and higher predicted grade to get better students, e.g. GCE AL...

last week, I heard an EAS student through iGCSE was out of CUHK medicine at yr 1 and back to UK for AL again.

ANChan59

ANChan59

Annie 123

Yes, the professor asked the "XIS" student why only took B not A2 SL at least ..... just cheating (other parents said it's tactics).

I know some high flying IS(s) using IBDP Chinese B and Maths Studies, tactically to get better grades. That's why I also check their university destinations as another yardsticks.

ANChan59

ANChan59

原帖由 Annie123 於 11-9-15 12:10 發表
There is no such thing as "tactics" for Group 2 language. All depends on your experience with the language.

However, deciding which Math to take is tactics, I agree.

I just reminded parents to look at the IS and other DSS schools running IBDP in details. Like DBS, some boys studied French for years, now they changed to Chinese B in IBDP - Bilingual Diploma is understandable.

mattsmum

i heard about a similar case of a medicine student through early admission scheme but out after first year because he does not like it.

mattsmum

the 45 point xsa girl took chinese B hl and was accepted to both cu/hku medicine. if you have 45, chinese b or not is nothng.

ycl

AnChan59,

I checked the LSE web site and it didn't mention that IB English could fulfill the English requirement for International student. I sent LSE an email and they replied with an official answer as in the web site.

ANChan59

ycl

Thanks for your reminder, I will double check with my son on this case.

ANChan59

ANChan59

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[ 本帖最後由 ANChan59 於 11-9-17 15:23 編輯 ]

ANChan59

ycl

My son received the official reply from LSE this afternoon and the reply not the same as you said, interesting....

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To whom it may concern,

I would like to know that if I am an IB student, do I need to take the IELTS Exams while I am taking English as Mother Language in IB exams.

Best Regards,

XXX

*******************

Dear XXX

Thank you for your email.

If you are studying the IB qualification then you will not be required to take an additional English Language qualification.

I hope this answers your questions however if you require any further assistance please do not hesitate in contacting me.

Kind Regards

Mary-Ellen Paul
Admissions Administrator
Undergraduate Admissions
London School of Economics and Political Science

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ANChan59

mattsmum

IB's EE/TOK are lenghy paper works, but in english, anybody getting a good grade would ofcourse be qualified as good at english, that is my guess.