Take the top Eton College in Britain as an example:
Application process
Admission at the age of 13: If you want to enroll at the age of 13, students must register before June 30th of the year of 5 years (9- 10), that is:
* If you want to study in 20021,you must register before June 30th, 20 18;
* If you want to study in 2022, you must register before June 30, 20 19;
* The deadline is very strict, and some students apply for scholarships with exceptions;
* The earliest time recommended by the school to prepare an application is 8 years old;
Assessment and evaluation
It consists of two parts. The first is online preparation, which is conducted in June or1October when students are in the sixth grade (10-11), that is, ordinary pre-test; For junior high school students in Britain. There is also a school report, which is a report issued by the school about students' grades, hobbies and personality characteristics;
The second part of the exam is in April and summer semester of Eton's sixth grade (according to the student's date of birth), including online test, group activities and interview. The entrance examination was jointly developed with experts from Cambridge University, and it is called Eton List Examination. In order to ensure fairness, Eaton will not publish the problems of previous years.
After passing the above exams, students will be admitted conditionally, and the school will inform them to choose a room and pay the admission fee (currently about? 2000)
Students need to pass CE in private schools or Eton Entrance Examination for Grade 8 (12- 13) to get the official offer；;
In short, if you want to enter an elite school like Eton, your grades are very important, but they are not the only criterion. The competition is fierce. Once the admission rate was only 23%, so be careful before applying.
What are the "iseb", "ce" and "joint pre-test" of "1+"13+"that parents often hear? Test what? How to take the exam?
There are two kinds of junior high schools in Britain: sat and 1 1+ (Grade 7). I have introduced the related contents of sat before (poke it), which is a compulsory exam for all students in public schools, and is suitable for students aged 6, 10, 13.
In Britain, the 1 1+ exam is an exam for children to enter the seventh grade in the last year of primary school, and it is a means for private schools in Britain to select students. Here 1 1+ refers to the age of the students. You must take this exam if you want to apply for public key middle schools and private middle schools.
The examination is organized by the Examination Culture Committee (ISEB) of British private schools, and the invigilator appointed by the ISEB board of directors gives questions.
Common pretest
In the application requirements of most aristocratic private schools, students are required to participate in Comm.
Including Eaton and Hello. This is a pre-entrance exam administered by ISEB. Its purpose is to screen students who want to apply and whether they have the learning ability and potential to enter our school.
The general pre-examination is the first "dragon gate" to enter the elite education in Britain.
Generally speaking, the applying private school will inform parents whether they need to take the pre-entrance examination and register the students. Parents do not need to register their children.
The exam is online, about one * * * two and a half hours. It can be done at one time or separately. This is basically a multiple-choice question, and the topics include:
English (25 minutes);
Math (50 minutes);
Oral reasoning (32 minutes);
Nonverbal reasoning (36 minutes);
The examination time is 1 1 or May 6, but the school suggests to take the examination as soon as possible, that is, 1 1-65438+2 months, and the school will receive the examination results after the end.
ISEB's official suggestion is that no special preparation is needed, and the official will not provide any exercises. Specific examples and exercises will be provided during the exam, so that candidates can clearly understand how to answer questions.
The general pre-test is a screening test, and different schools have different requirements. Many private schools require students to take the preliminary examination in the sixth year. If they pass, they can apply for the next step.
Some schools use ordinary pretest.
Unified entrance examination
General Entrance Examination (ce) is an examination that children aged 1 1 or above need to take in order to enter private secondary schools.
It is divided into 1 1+ exam and 13+ exam. The examination questions are given by the invigilator appointed by the board of directors of ISEB, but ISEB is not responsible for marking and marking papers. After the students complete the answers, they will be handed over to the middle school where the students apply.
The CE examination place is generally located in the primary school where the students are currently studying. 1 1+ (entering the seventh grade) candidates need to take English, math and science exams. The examination time is generally in the sixth grade (10 years old). Candidates who take the 13+ (entering the ninth grade) also need to take these core subjects, plus humanities, languages and classical subjects.
Students who have completed the pre-admission and passed will participate in interviews, visits, entrance examinations and other evaluations of the school. If they pass, they will get a conditional Offer, and finally they can pass the CE exam, and those who meet the standards can finally enter the school.
In fact, the final CE exam is not difficult, the focus is on a series of screening before the exam, and the competition is fierce. Often 4-5 students compete for an admission quota.
However, not all British private schools need to take the unified examination of ISEB, and some schools have their own entrance examinations.
General admission is the last "dragon gate" to enter elite education in Britain.
Parents are familiar with "1 1+" and "13+", which are a kind of CE, because the content of examination age is different.
1 1+ exam
1 1 refers to the age, because the examination time is about the school year when the fifth grade ends and the sixth grade begins in British primary schools, that is, students take the examination around 1 1 year old.
The content and structure of the exam vary from region to region, but it generally includes four main subjects:
English English;
Mathematical mathematics;
Speech reasoning; speech reasoning;
Nonverbal reasoning;
English and mathematics are the contents of the national standard outline. Private and public primary schools are basic courses, but general schools do not teach verbal/nonverbal reasoning.
Not all English students have to attend. 1 1+ exam is not a unified exam in Britain, nor is it a compulsory exam for students, but a selective exam for students who want to go to some grammar schools and private schools.
If you go to a comprehensive school in Britain, children don't need to take the 1 1+ exam.
Schools that use the unified 1 1+ exam.
13+ exam
13+ is the entrance examination that students take in the eighth grade to prepare for the ninth grade (13 years old). Only some schools recruit 13+ students, especially some top public schools in Britain, which requires parents to pay attention to the examination time of each school.
13+ takes English, mathematics and science as compulsory subjects, while some schools take verbal reasoning (VR) and nonverbal reasoning (NVR) as examination subjects. Candidates can also choose other make-up subjects, such as foreign languages, geography, history and religion.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: Will all private schools in Britain adopt the CE test?
A: No. Most secondary schools in the UK require students to take exams and get certain results when applying, but not all schools, some schools have their own customized entrance exams. Therefore, when choosing a school, parents must make clear whether the school needs to prepare for the CE exam, and if so, at what age and at what level (for example, when entering the seventh grade, prepare before the age of 0/11+; )。
Q: Who is the problem?
A: It is composed of a group of excellent and experienced teachers, all of whom come from the best public schools and preparatory schools in Britain. Teachers have very professional subject knowledge and fully understand the abilities of students of a certain age.
Q: Who will judge/grade the paper?
There is no unified marking organization for exams. For example, the joint examination of ISEB Committee provides schools with the freedom to correct papers according to their own conditions. If a student's first choice middle school decides not to admit him, his test paper will be sent to the second choice school for evaluation and decide whether to admit the student, which can greatly improve the student's admission rate.
There is no such thing as "failing" in the exam. Each school will set its own score line according to the situation, and each private middle school will learn to set its own marking standard and score line. For example, the passing scores of Harrow College and Chekhouse College are at least 60%, and that of Westminster College is 70%.
Q: Can international students take the CE exam?
Of course. Many students take exams every year, mostly to apply for private schools in Britain, and some to apply for international schools in other countries. Students can take exams in local schools and examination bureaus, including Chinese mainland and Hongkong, the United States, the Russian Federation and Kenya.