Study in UK - I have many doubts

CPU1995

Last year, Loughborough required candidate to sit for entrance exam for only two papers: Maths (1 hr 15 mins) and English (1 hr 15 mins) without science subject paper and interview.

2boysmum

hi c.chiu, sent an email together with the school acadamic report to them and they will give you a response.  Anyway, The school informed that my son need to sit in the admission test in HK Britich Council althought which is arranged by the school.  Which class is your son going to?  Mine will be enter the Year 12 in 2013.

C.Chiu

My son will study F.6 in Sep 2013

C.Chiu

My son is currently in F4.  Are the admission tests difficult, pls let me have some ideas on that.

C.Chiu

CPU1995, are your son study or will study in that school?

2boysmum

C.chiu, if you son will study F6(in 2013) that means we might be the classmate together wow?  Will you get an agent to fix the visa and guardian svc for u?

C.Chiu

It's just in the very beginning.  My son has not yet made application to school.  Could you please let me have more information on the entrance exam?

CPU1995

原帖由 C.Chiu 於 12-05-24 發表
CPU1995, are your son study or will study in that school?

Loughbourgh is not the target school for my son though it's ranking is good and school fee is comparatively low.

My son's classmate is studying Grade 11 in this school but his mother reveals very little information on this school.

CPU1995

原帖由 2boysmum 於 12-05-23 發表
hi c.chiu, sent an email together with the school acadamic report to them and they will give you a r ...

Applying this school through agent can save you the exam audition fee of about 2k charging by British Council.

C.Chiu

CPU1995, Which agent you may recommend.  Can you please advise me more information regarding the exam?
I like this school because of its ranking and low fees

CPU1995

Grade 12 entrance exam may be different from lower forms.  

Some schools might only require school confidential report without exam for Grade 12 application.  For lower forms, most schools require science paper or reasoning papers apart from Maths and English.

You may consider approaching academic Asia, Cooper and Cooper,etc to obtain more details.

C.Chiu

Thanks CPU1995.  Academic Asia has not much information regarding Loughbourgh.  They said that very few students enter into this school through them.

Do you have any information regarding entrance exam of Loughbourgh?  I plan to make application by early July.

Which is the target school for your son and in which grade?

2boysmum

Hi C.Chiu, the school did highly recommend Academic Asia to me.. I didn't make any official application and I didn't locate the agent yet. But it will work on it in July after my son completed his school exam.

Agree that at the school didn't much updated information on its new....the reason I  I choose this school is  because of its lower fee and it's ranking as well.  

I did read the UK Inspection report for this boaridng school - overall is good but not excellent.  there is few areas need to be improved in order to the the national minimum standards.  i.e. quality and choice of meal / the medicication keep by the boarder / the old facilities in the boarding house  etc...   

2boysmum

C. Chiu, any target school on your mind?

CPU1995

I have no idea on the exam syllabus of loughborough.

Some schools have detailed entrance exam syllabus such as www.Tonbridge-school.co.uk/admission/introduction/ listing out the syllabus of entrance exam subjects.

My son is going to study Grade 12 in a boarding school with ranking below 20 in the coming Sept though I have not yet made up my mind on the offers on hand.

C.Chiu

CPU1995, thanks for your advice!  Your son must be an elite and very smart boy.

2boysmum
Loughbourgh Gramma School has verbally made offer to your son.  Have your son taken entrance exam?  If yes, would you mind giving some information regarding the exam?  Is your son currently studying F4 or F5?

FYI, there's UK Education Expo to be held 2 & 3 June which is organised by Academic Asia.  You may call it at tel: 28330919 for more information.

2boysmum

my son is now F5 and will enter to Year 12 in  2013.  We did not sit in the admission test yet as we might locate agenda for help.   

C chiu, you mentioned that you son is in in F4 and he will going to study Year 12 (= F6)  in 2013.    Do you think he can jump to it as Year 12 = A level syllbus...

The school called Ipswich school  is also my target school!

2boysmum

CPU1995, do you mind to tell u the school name of yr son?

C.Chiu

2boysmum
my son is currently in F4, he will study in F5 from Sep 2012 to July 2013, so he will study in F6 in UK.  

Will you son go to UK in Sept this year for F6?  If not, it should be F7 in Sep 2013

C.Chiu

2boymum
Your son has not taken the entrance exam but verbally confirm the offer by School? Or the school confirmed there will be exam for your son (not confirmed admission for him?)