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The entry criteria aren't based on something like the SAT, although International Baccelaureate perhaps comes close in Europe? Not sure, maybe someone else can
by grkvlt 12y ago
The entry criteria aren't based on something like the SAT, although International Baccelaureate perhaps comes close in Europe? Not sure, maybe someone else can explain?
So there are no prep classes or anything like that in the UK. Everyone sits the same set of exams (modulo being Scottish or English/Welsh/NI, which have different types of qualification) and those results dictate whether you can go to University or not. I suppose you could study more if you wanted?
- ryandrake 12y agoSurely anywhere there are exams, there are rich parents paying for exam prep in order to gain an advantage.
- chronial 12y agoIn Germany, university admission is based on your final grades in school, which are an accumulation of your grades of the last two years. Rich parents can of course help their kids be better in school, but there is no efficient exam prepping.
- eru 12y agoGrades only really matter for medicine, psychology, and perhaps law. If you want to be an engineer or physicist or mathematician etc, they take everyone.