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irish education but english college?

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  • 06-06-2005 11:23am
    #1
    RoyalMarine
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    hi there.
    i did my leaving cert in 2003.

    i managed to get

    english higher lvl c1
    irish standard lvl c2
    maths standard lvl c1
    business higher lvl b3
    history higher lvl b1
    home ec higher lvl c3
    l.c.v.p distinction

    im now living in england and i want to go on with further education.
    im not 100% sure if anyone knows much about the english education system...

    i dont understand it myself. can someone help me determine what education level i am at in the uk?
    i want to go to college / uni but from my understanding, in the uk, you do your gcse's and then your A level's. then go to college. then to university.

    it the junior cert the same as the gcse's?
    and the leaving cert the same as A level's?

    thanks for your help lads.


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    #2
    pinkdaisy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭pinkdaisy


    www.ucas.co.uk is a good place to start if you're thinking of applying to some british universities. It's basically the british version of the cao. I applied for a few courses this year and you have to fill out a form saying why you want to do the course you want to do, and what makes you suitable, etc. Then you send that off to UCAS and they distribute it to different colleges. Then each individual college gets back to you when theyve decided whether to accept u or not. It might be different for you though, cos i think it depends on the course you want to do.

    afaik the GCSE's are roughly the same as the junior cert, as in the people who sit them are usually 15,16 years old. And the A levels are the same as the leaving, but i think they're a slightly higher standard and all of your subjects are more specialised. I know that some colleges won't equate your leaving cert results with a level results, but i think youve got to find out from each individual college.


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