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Calling All Brits!! Need help with US UK grades!?

  • Okay, so right now I live in the US and am in High School, high school is 4 years, grade 9-12, ages 13-17 (mostly). I am a sophomore to be exact which is 10th grade here. Now my family has been thinking about going to UK like moving there so what would my grade be there since we are two years ahead..i think? If I were to stay in the US until my high school has been completed then I would graduate when I'm 17yrs old and then start college. I was also thinking about going to college in UK like Oxford or Cambridge but my family is still thinking about moving. Also, what about O-Levels and A-Levels? What grade do you take them in and would I have to take them also? PLEASE HELP!!

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    At the age of 17 you would be in year 13 and in your last year before going to University (College) Using my haphazard calculations I think you are 15 years old (correct me if I'm wrong) In which case you'd be in your first year of your GCSEs (the post 1980s name for O-Levels). Getting your GCSEs would (depending on your grades) allow you to get into the final two years of School (called 6th form or college). Once you get in to 6th form you then do your A-Levels which (depending on grades obviously) will allow you to get into a University. Different Universities have different grade requirements to get in. The top ten universities in the country usually require between three A grades and one A grade and two B grades, universities outside the top ten can vary greatly. To get into Oxford or Cambridge (the joint second best Universities in the world) you would need three As just to get your foot in the door, it's very difficult, but you sound like you're up to the challenge... I'll add to my previous response by saying firstly that GCSEs are exams taken in many subjects (eg. History, Maths, English etc.) Each subject that you take at GCSE level counts as one GCSE which you must pass an exam on. I got 10 GCSEs, 2 at A* level, 5 at A and 3 at B. I am now doing my A levels which are in the same format as GCSEs but are much harder. I'm doing History, Politics and Religious studies. I have absolutley no idea how the American qualifications system works and so I'm unable to comment on how the different systems translate to each other. Hope that helps....

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Here are Oxford University's US qualifications: Successful candidates would typically have an excellent High School record supplemented by SAT I scores of at least 1,400 in Critical Reading and Mathematics and preferably also 700 or more in the Writing Paper, giving a combined score of at least 2,100, or ACT with a score of at least 32 out of 36. They would also expect three Advanced Placement tests in appropriate subjects with two at grade 5 and one at grade 4 or SAT II two or three appropriate subjects at 700 or better. Here are the English Qualifications: Conditional offers for A-level students are likely to be AAA. Providing that any specific subject requirements have been met, all A-levels are approved for admissions purposes, with the exception of General Studies. Hope this helps, good luck. :-)

Anne H

well, i live in the uk, and let me tell you, the name O levels went out in the late 80's or sumthin, it's all now standard grades, that's all you need to worry about in high school over here! so forgot A levels and o levels, everything is standard grades, then u can worry about college grades when u get over here. there is so many places you can go to to find out info on grades and everything, one of them is the careers office A.K.A Careers scotland, well it might vary depending on where you and ur family are going to be living, but as i said b4 no worrys about olevels n stuff, everything is sandard grades now, untill you get to college. then it's all NQ'S AND HNC'S n stuff!

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