there was a meeting earlier in the year about UK universities, that i missed. another mom missed it too, so she scheduled a meeting with the man at the school who is the specialist. she invited me and another mom to come along. it was very interesting, especially for me, who really doesn’t know anything about the UK system. some of the more interesting things he said:
- the UK university education is completely different from the US university education
- the last year at UK high schools is equivalent to the first year of US colleges and that is why the UK university education is only 3 years long. the UK students have already decided what subject they are going to study.
- a student should apply to the universities based on the subject that they want to study – because each university has its specialties.
- after each year at a UK university the students must pass an exam to be allowed to continue the next year there.
- students can go to the websites for the universities and there are pages that explain the majors and describes what they can do professionally with those majors. this seems to be such a logical idea – to give ideas of what one might like to do – by LISTING things, to help kids decide what path to take.
- he can quite accurately predict what score a student will get on the International Baccalaureate exam (at end of senior year) and therefore to what schools he/she can apply (because the schools have fixed score requirements for entry)
a UK education for jj is not something we would rule out. she could be eligible for it and it is MUCH cheaper than a US degree. just keeping our options open.
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