Any ex-O Levels students continuing education in US/Canada?

sybbie719
Sun, 16 Aug 2015 23:52:05 +0000

Regarding grade placement:

you will be dealing with 2 separate issues:

grade placement will be based on the number of credits you have
Your cohort placement will be important because the school as a whole are evaluated on their graduation rate. They will want as many students as possible graduating with their cohort

You will in a cohort based on where you started 9th grade any where in the world. For example: If you started 9th grade in 2012 and are expected to graduate in June 2016, you are part of Cohort R in the DOE. IF you started school in 2013 with an expected graduation date of 2017, you will be part of cohort S.

It sounds like you are expecting to go to 12th grade and graduate in June 2016, placing you in cohort R.

If you are entering in 12th grade, you will be waived from the global history and science regents. However, you will need the requisite credits to meet the graduation requirements.

Your challenges will be if you have global/world history credits and meeting the Lab requirements (even though you have already taken some of the sciences).

Even though you feel that you should be placed in 12th grade, you may ultimately not be placed in 12th grade once your transcripts are evaluated because of the social studies credits.

You may need 4 credits in social studies. In order to get promoted from 10th grade to 11th grade, you must have a minimum of 20 credits (which I believe that you will have), where you must have 4 credits in English and 4 credits in social studies. Although you would be part of the 12th grade cohort, the office of student enrollment may state that you are in 12th grade, you may end up being in either the 10th or 11th grade once your transcript is evaluated by the school guidance counselor.

About schools, i’m thinking of going to Manhattan Center for Science & Math. Is it a good choice and would i be able to get in at this stage of secondary education that i’ve completed? Like, i looked up their website and they have placement tests rather than specialized exams. I’m okay with getting into 11th or 12th but i want to avoid 10th by any means. AS LITTLE REDUNDANCY LIKE THAT AS POSSIBLE.

you may not have a lot of choice as to where you are placed in school.

You must go to the enrollment office in the borough that you live in for placement

Challenges you may face regarding admissions to Manhattan Center:

Admissions priority is first to students in district 4. District 4 extends from East 96th Street and Second Avenue to East 125th Street and the Harlem River. Although mostly in East Harlem, it also includes Ward’s Island and Randall’s Island. If you are not living in this area, it will be very hard for you to attend Manhattan Center. Just like college admissions, rules are different for transfers.

It will be extremely hard for you to gain admissions if you are not a first time 9th grade student. Admissions to upper grades will be based on seat availability

Because the Manhattan Center is a screened school if the office of enrollment should send you there (meaning they have available seats for your grade), they will review your transcript and give you a placement test before deciding whether to admit you. If you are not on track credit wise to graduate with your cohort, it could impede your admissions because they may not want to take the ding for you not being able to graduate with the cohort.

Have a couple of schools lined up. Manhattan is the only borough where there are not zoned schools. If you do not live in manhattan, you may need to look up what school zone you live in and try to find some matches in the school zone in which you live.