we are keeping our fingers crossed and assuming we will get our 175 visa soon.....in the meantime my daughter is choosing her A level courses to start next week.....we have decided to stay in the UK until she completes these and then she can go to Uni in Queensland (which she is keen to do) BUT......looking at the enrty requirements for the courses she is interested in Science/genetics/medicine they want English to Year 12 level.... Does anyone know whether her GCSE grades will count (she got an A in English Lang and an A* in English Lit) or will she need to do an A or AS level? She really doesnt want to do any more than an AS level (ie one more year)but cant do anything other than English Literature as English Lit/Lang clashes on the option choices with Maths....I am really concerned that they will want an A level in English Lit/lang which is going to struggle to get.....i have e mailed the Uni but wondered if anyone on here has had similar issues? Thanks
Sorry but I think you will find that she will need to do A levels. I have a friend who came here with her daughter having done AS levels, which got her into TAFE, she needed to do a TAFE course first to get her into Uni. Both my sons got into Uni, but were much younger when we got here. I know here in QLD you can do a course at TAFE which will give you equivalent to year 12 which may be an option (takes 6 months or a year dependant). Some Uni's also do pathway courses, at the local Uni here, you have to do 4 courses over the year, each course takes a semester, so it can be done over 6 or 12 months. If you do this. our local Uni here recommends that you check if you want to go to a different Uni they accept the pathway course that you have taken. That way you enter on your ranking rather than your OP which you get from school. Hope this makes sense and helps? Good luck.
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Sorry but I think you will find that she will need to do A levels. I have a friend who came here with her daughter having done AS levels, which got her into TAFE, she needed to do a TAFE course first to get her into Uni. Both my sons got into Uni, but were much younger when we got here. I know here in QLD you can do a course at TAFE which will give you equivalent to year 12 which may be an option (takes 6 months or a year dependant). Some Uni's also do pathway courses, at the local Uni here, you have to do 4 courses over the year, each course takes a semester, so it can be done over 6 or 12 months. If you do this. our local Uni here recommends that you check if you want to go to a different Uni they accept the pathway course that you have taken. That way you enter on your ranking rather than your OP which you get from school. Hope this makes sense and helps? Good luck.
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(I think - similar to college in the UK)