<p>guys…ku name out9…2 frm our batch got in(euta purano, arko naya)…CONGRATS!!!</p>
<p>@everyone</p>
<p>well… saw this +2 vs. A-levels thing going… so yeah. I think this might be of some help:</p>
<p>What I feel is, till everything is good, you have a fairly good chance of getting into college no matter whether you study A-lvls or +2. However, Colleges/Universities, if they do have a preference order, it would be:</p>
<p>IB > A-lvls / AP > +2 [although it depends on how many subjs you take - and diff colgs have diff attitudes about more subjs. But to a certain extent, cogls favor students with more subjs, ceteris paribus] as this is the general order of rigorousness of the three courses. Colleges regard A-lvls as high school + 1st year of preparatory college course (as per Cambridge suggests the US equiv. for A-lvls). </p>
<ol>
<li>A +2 student can not have a GPA above 4.0 but an A-level student can:</li>
</ol>
<p>This is because the A-level student has (as already mentioned) the advanced college credits and most colleges prefer students who take the more rigorous course.</p>
<p>For example, MIT grants 8 credits to any student who earns an “A” in A-level Physics. But even if you get 95 in Physics (in +2), the marks does not entitle you to a grant of advanced credits. Rather, you’d have to take a placement test for the credits. [BTW: This has NOTHING to do with A-level credits; college credits are a whole diff. business, apart from the fact that both are measures of your course completeness / requirements, to a certain extent]</p>
<ol>
<li>Instead of studying a generic and fixed course, you get more options @ A-levels:</li>
</ol>
<p>At most institutions, you can choose the individual subjs you want to study for your A-levels (if not the British Council is always there). Especially if in LA colleges, as far as I know, they do prefer a student with a wide variety of subjs.</p>
<ol>
<li>English tends to get much better with A-levels:
It does not matter whether you take GP or Lit or Lang in A-levels, if you follow through well, you have an overall better standard of English, than the standard you’d have with a +2 course in English [provided no extra courses are taken].</li>
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<p>Results? A possible implication could be a higher SAT score [esp. if you take language and work on commentaries very well]</p>
<p>And guys, do not try to debunk me by providing case studies of one or two applicants, for the sample size we have is very low to make a deduction. Even my comparisons, excluding the facts mentioned, are merely speculative.</p>
<p>@KU ko medical exam ko ho ani who are those people
Anyway congrats</p>
<p>Now here comes RBS people with full enthusiasm </p>
<p>@kyabaal
Because of problem in net al the posts are posted twice</p>
<p>@schofield</p>
<p>jhyaple is the owner of 9th wonder and if he wishes he can be there at f & n with her</p>
<p>but the problem is there is a new guy from 9 batch who is preceding the race</p>
<p>@schofield
How to do i send private message in the cc? I have read all the posts till last and i know much about study abroad but i don’t know how to use this site(technical part)?</p>
<p>@sarbaraj
LAC’s dont give credit(most colleges that i know) to As level subj. so wider range of subj, if that includes As level, may not be as helpful as you suggested.however, it may b true if A level subj is included. furthermore, engirennig college do give credit for As levels also, esp for “thinking skills”.</p>
<p>@glimpse,
one of them is the talented guy…for whom phx is a piece of cake(bujhis hola)
arko is an ex student…if you know.</p>
<p>@kayabaal
can u send my privately urs e-mail ad and schofield’s (if you know)?</p>
<p>Okay, after seeing the debate of +2 vs. A-level colleges for like the umpteenth time in this thread, I too would like to contribute my opinions.
Yes, colleges do prefer A-level over +2 but not because the A-level courses are more “rigorous” or “tougher” than +2 courses but because A-level is much more recognized worldwide. Yes, many places might grant credits for various courses taken in A-level because they know exactly what the A-levels’ courses’ syllabi contain. However, I believe if the colleges went through the trouble of evaluating +2 subjects’ syllabi then the +2 students would also receive credits.</p>
<p>So, basically A-level is preferable over +2 only and only because A-level is much more well-known to the adcoms.</p>
<p>
I’m sorry but I didn’t get this point of yours. I thought that the max. anyone could get when calculating UW GPA was 4.</p>
<p>@ccprofile</p>
<p>Yeah, i totally agree with you. +2 have capacity but they r usually unaware of ways to apply abroad and most have poor English. So they end up with low SAT scores and don’t receive admission in nice colleges.</p>
<p>Of course the students in +2 colleges are going to have poorer english, in general, when compared to the students in A-level colleges. We need to understand the type of students going to +2 colleges. Let’s be honest the majority of students in Nepal can’t afford an A-level education. As a result, the poorer students coming out of the government schools, where there are hardly any decent teachers, have to go to a +2 college. Some of these students can’t even afford to buy and read a single novel or watch some english drama/movie at homes in their television. So, it would be pretty foolish to compare these students’ english comprehension/reading/writing skills with those students in the A-level colleges. However, if you remove those students from the equation then the students in +2 colleges have english skills just as good as students from A-level colleges.</p>
<p>@ccprofile</p>
<p>Yes, the A-levels is indeed more recognized. And lets not even bother how the +2 examination works. The syllabus is good I do admit, but what about the exam patterns? Rather than evolving critical thinking individuals, +2 generally develops people with a better ability to mug up facts, for the questions are predictable to a very high scale, and even repetitive. What about A-levels? We barely do have repeated questions.</p>
<p>I do not wish to offend ccprofile, but </p>
<p>
</p>
<p>is really far from the truth. Check out the syllabuses + exam questions of the A-level English courses. And I do not want to compare affordable / not affordable, I just was speculating +2 / A-levels objectively.</p>
<p>How can GPA be more than 4.0? Well… if anyone takes ONLY high school courses, the GPA at max is 4.0 but if a student has Advanced College credits (i.e. they studies portions of the college course in High School itself), then the GPA rises above 4.0 Please do note that A-level to GPA conversion is handled differently by different institutions, but according to Cambridge specifications, 1 A-level subj is equivalent to 2 yrs. of High School subj + AP/Honors in that subj. [and BTW, I never mentioned UWGPA in my post, I am talking about the Weighted GPA.]</p>
<p>@unitedacademy</p>
<p>Yes, they do have capacity, obviously. But taking up an A-levels course, whenever available and feasible, would be more appropriate than taking a +2 course, as it is generally the more rigorous one.</p>
<p>@kyabaal</p>
<p>That maybe the case. I am merely being speculative as we do not have enough information to find that out experimentally, with a great deal of confidence. But as far as I have heard of, and seen in the websites, they (LAC) want people with knowledge in diverse fields. And BTW, thinking skills is more readily accepted by colleges than the GP course. Depends on the individual institution actually. These are some courses that do not grant you Advanced Placement but can definitely help you in your freshman year of college, for ex. you can breeze through Philosophy, if you take the thinking skills course. Ani engineering colleges maa nai apply garne ho bhane, you can always take Further Mathematics; the colleges love it.</p>
<p>YO YO YO… Just focus on whatever talent/speciality you have. Academic rigor on your side and the commitment and passion to study things is all that a college requires. There is no such thing as I prefer A level student over +2 colleges…and just more the silly statement that the more subjects you take the better. A level students just have a more ‘COMPETITIVE EDGE’ over their +2 counterparts…Stressing it is necessarily…that both the students demonstrate equal stats…</p>
<p>I may want to remind you of a bro in BNKS who took 10 subjects in A levels and ended up getting a bad placement and getting rejected from goood ones…+2 students have been admitted in as good institutions as A level students have. (MIT, harvard, Stan) name it…
We have one dai with 3 A’s get in Stanford in 2007 from BNKS…
Of course there are students with more than 6 A’s who are attending prestigious institutions but I think its not solely because of thier academic diversity…CONCLUSION: Unless you are passionate about studying subjects out of the generic curriculum and you’re confident you may succeed in doing so…plz don’t immerse into unnecessary academic load(the worse you might end up faring bad in most of them than what you would have if you focussed well on a few particular subjects and performed very well in that) </p>
<p>but I do really feel UWC students or IB students have a better ‘COMPETITIVE EDGE’ over others because i have seen many colleges that provide scholarship merely based on their IB curiculum.But yes i amit, IB is a rigorous course than A levels and +2.</p>
<p>ALL THE BEST BRO’s…PLZ DONT ARGUE…what’s better and what’s not…</p>
<p>If you go through the policies of colleges. They clearly state that they consider within your environment meaning what was available for you. A student in rbs may have the option of studying any course he wants but other colleges may not provide the same freedom to choose courses…
Say ram took dammi course load of 10 subjects and say he even got a’s in all of them…but his eca’s are no good…he’s just a nerd.
Say hari took just 5 subjects…his eca’s well-rounded and he’s a package…</p>
<p>Whom would you prefer out of the both?</p>
<p>i forgot hari also got str8 A’s</p>
<p>Ap is a waste of time and money for students…you are not required to appear for a test…besides its more than affordable to appear on more than one subject…if youre a guy with bucks go for it…</p>
<p>@gurung
prefer hari.</p>
<p>now that a genuine RBS student is here…</p>
<p>i’d like to ask where RBS students are aiming for in their ED’s???</p>
<p>I just want to share some stories…ma bhanda 6 batch senior, a dai of BNKS…he was the topper, with all A, took 2 extra including further, tesma pani A…6 ho ki 7 A + gp a. He scored 1540…tyo bela ko SAT ma. He applied for Brown only but was rejected (6 ho ki 7 barsa agadi ko kura) for both junior and after one year gap. He got in Pulchowk and studied there.</p>
<p>I really respect the guy whom i’m talking about now…yes, its the guy who topped Nepal in all the subjects (jun jun ma dinthyo) except GP. HE had 5APs, 4A, 2a, 1c(in GP). And, he had satisfactory ECAs…but more than of 500 hours atleast if no of hours is to be counted. He was such a guy, jasko cubical agadi always used to be a lamo line. But, that generous guy helped each one, even his bhais, like i, even in the time of his exams…my hat off for u dai…tyo dai ley afule matra ramro garnu bhayena, but aru dherai lai pani ramro garna nikai maddat garnu bho.(juniors lai pani)
Yo dai had to be in 2nd position for most of the times (internals ma) just because of GP…else no one even dared to think about tyo dai ko jati marks hanna, in any of the remaining 4 subjects. “He was a genius. He deserved Princeton”…i heard this sentence from one of the teachers whom i respect the most. He scored 2400 SAT 2 (PCM2), 1460/1600 SAT, must have got the one of the strongest recos in the history (he is a genius bhanney ta sabai lekhya chan…i bet). If anyone ask about the 7 batch, sab bhanda paila “oho…yo ta boarde dai ko batch ho” bhanney sunna ma aucha. But he was rejected from all except Jacobs and U South…went to U South. Still he is happy.</p>
<p>So, everyone, there is no guarentee that u will get an excellent college. Mind this thing. Mero batch ko placement pani ramro thyo bhanera ma bhandina. For ivyies, and top universities like MIT and Caltech, ekchoti socha…how many applicants will be there who would have 1600/1600 composite, perfect gpa, 2400 sat2?? I checked MIT’s site, and got that the acceptance rate for 750+ CR is just 15%(tara international lai ta jhan kati ho kati kam hola). SATs ra academics dami hundai ma babbal college pauchu bhanney asha choddiye huncha. Just find out and address something in u that dazzles the admin oficer (like said in movie “21”)…its more important. But if LACs, high SAT score is highly appreciated.
And +2 dami ki A-Level? Dubai ko importance afnai afnai thau ma cha…but kina i dont know, may be just its a cambridge course, A-Level gets preference in admission in foreign institutions…this is the fact and there is no need for argument.
ib dami ki a level?
“A 7 batch dd got failed in mathematics and physics in a level mid year but got Dartmouth after IB”…check out this fact in our alumni website… Which one is rigorous?? To find out this we need the views of many students who must have taken a level finals and ib both. Aru bhagwan jaaney!
Tara coll pauna obviously ib…</p>
<p>AP ko kura…if u can score 5s, go for it (given that u have budget). Else no need to. BUT, it obviously counts, only a little though (if done international courses like A Level, ib, …). But in case of national courses, (+2 and ISc), it would be good to take it (though not necessary). But, Ceteris Peribus, the one who gets good AP scores, are benefitted. So, if u can get 5 and have budget, TAKE IT…5 5s may be waiting for u…</p>
<p>@Gurung</p>
<p>ok bro :)</p>
<p>@Duke 99</p>
<p>as far as I know, gurung bro’s list is correct. just add Gettysburg there. Ahile samma malai thaha vayeko pani tetti nai ho. Some are still undecided about their EDs.</p>
<p>@sarbaraj
i checked ur all posts…if u really r going to get around 2340 SAT, straight A in 15 credits, Perfect SAT 2, Why dont u opt for Stanford SCEA??</p>