Ormorof
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Good thing or bad thing? seems a lot are now forcing "aptitude" tests on students:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/educatio...orced-to-sit-university-admissions-tests.html
personally i like the idea, it would allow A-levels and GCSEs (or whatever they will be called) to be taught to actually teach the subject rather than to try and pass the exam (which is all we did in Sixth form), if you then want to pass the entrance exam you would need to study by yourself or know the subject well enough to get away with it
They have entrance exams here in Finland but the "final" grade is mixed between your High school grades (A-level equivelant) and the entrance exam up to a certain point when it becomes purely entrance exam (i think its after you turn 21 and thus become an "independent" adult legally speaking)
makes a bit of a mockery of the UCAS system though if you have to do the aptitude test anyway
edit: i spelt university wrong - captain fail
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/educatio...orced-to-sit-university-admissions-tests.html
personally i like the idea, it would allow A-levels and GCSEs (or whatever they will be called) to be taught to actually teach the subject rather than to try and pass the exam (which is all we did in Sixth form), if you then want to pass the entrance exam you would need to study by yourself or know the subject well enough to get away with it
They have entrance exams here in Finland but the "final" grade is mixed between your High school grades (A-level equivelant) and the entrance exam up to a certain point when it becomes purely entrance exam (i think its after you turn 21 and thus become an "independent" adult legally speaking)
makes a bit of a mockery of the UCAS system though if you have to do the aptitude test anyway
edit: i spelt university wrong - captain fail
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