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From Scottish high schools to university
Aug. 17th, 2018 06:34 pmI grew up in England: for my last two years in
( Here in Scotland university admission mostly depends on Highers taken in eleventh grade (and maybe twelfth) for entry to Year 1 or Advanced Highers taken in twelfth grade for entry to Year 2. )
( I had not expected qualification level to be so associated with year of entry. Advanced Highers seem to be thought to be at a level akin to one's freshman year. )
In short, conditional offers based on A-levels feel much easier to plan for than what my children will be facing here. By comparison, even my admission to postgraduate study in the US was easy: I mostly just had to do well in the Graduate Record Examination General Test which turned out to be fun.
sixth formbefore university I studied for A-levels. I applied for undergraduate courses, I visited campuses, attended interviews, universities made me offers conditional on my A-level grades, then I actually took those examinations at the end of my last school year.
( Here in Scotland university admission mostly depends on Highers taken in eleventh grade (and maybe twelfth) for entry to Year 1 or Advanced Highers taken in twelfth grade for entry to Year 2. )
( I had not expected qualification level to be so associated with year of entry. Advanced Highers seem to be thought to be at a level akin to one's freshman year. )
In short, conditional offers based on A-levels feel much easier to plan for than what my children will be facing here. By comparison, even my admission to postgraduate study in the US was easy: I mostly just had to do well in the Graduate Record Examination General Test which turned out to be fun.
