关于英国名校偏爱的科目选择,小U之前曾经为大家详细整理过,一般来说,备受偏爱的科目中,往往不乏数学等科目的身影。
但你知道英国大学不接受的A-level选课有哪些吗?今天,小U就以G5大学为例,给大家整理下G5大学不喜欢的那些A-level科目!
根据牛津大学官方公布信息:只要满足了具体专业的要求,所有A-level科目都可用于申请,但是General Studies除外!
除此以外,针对申请医学类专业的申请者,学生收到con-offer后需要在同场次考试中满足offer要求的分数,且不认可Critical Thinking和General Studies的成绩。
根据剑桥大学官网公布信息:所有专业都不接受Critical Thinking作为第三门A-level来申请。但是!如果以第四门成绩作为补充参考,学校还是会进行综合考虑的,但这不会成为你conditional offer的条件。
另外,Key Skills和General Studies,也不会影响或成为你学术评估的一部分。
帝国理工大学并没有整理出很普遍的专业偏爱或拒绝的要求,大家可以针对具体专业去衡量自己的课程选择是否对口。
当然,这里也以几个专业举个例子:
MEng Aeronautical Engineering
General Studies成绩不被认可
BEng Computing
ICT, Business Studies, General Studies, Critical Thinking成绩不被认可
LSE给的倾向比较明确,其将科目接受倾向分为了preferred、non-preferred和excluded三个列表清单。
Common traditional academic/'generally preferred' subjects:
Common "non-preferred" subjects
一般来说,申请者在进行专业申请时,除了要满足专业的基本要求,也建议学生用Common traditional academic/'generally preferred' subjects清单中的科目成绩进行申请,至多可以包含一门non-preferred" subjects的成绩。
而Normally excluded subjects就是我们今天讨论的“不接受科目”了!具体包含:
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General Studies
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Critical Thinking
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Thinking Skills
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Knowledge and Enquiry
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Global Perspectives and Research
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Project Work
UCL也给出了Preferred Subjects List,具体如下:
Preferred A level subjects
A
Ancient History
Anthropology
Arabic
Archaeology
Art and Design
Art and Design: 3D Design
Art and Design: Art, Craft and Design
Art and Design: Critical and Contextual Studies
Art and Design: Fine Art
Art and Design: Graphic Communication
Art and Design: Graphic Design
Art and Design: Photography
Art and Design: Textiles
B
Bengali
Biblical Hebrew
Biology
Biology (Salters-Nuffield)
Biology (Human)
Biology B
Business
C
Cantonese
Chemistry
Chemistry (Nuffield)
Chemistry (Salters)
Chinese
Classical Civilisation
Classical Greek
Computer Science
D
Drama (WJEC specification)
Drama and Theatre Studies
Dutch
E
Economics
Economics B
Economics and Business
Economics and Business Studies (Nuffield)
English Language
English Language and Literature
English Literature (specifications A or B where applicable)
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
F
Film Studies
French
G
Geography A
Geography B
Geology
German
Government and Politics
Greek
Gujarati
H
Hindi
History
History of Art
History of Art and Design
I
Information and Communication Technology
Irish
Italian
J
Japanese
L
Latin
Law
M
Mathematics
Mathematics (MEI)
Further Mathematics
Pure Mathematics
Modern Greek
Modern Hebrew
Moving Image Arts (CCEA specification)
Music
P
Panjabi
Persian
Philosophy
Physics
Physics (Advancing Physics)
Physics (Salters-Horners)
Polish
Politics
Portuguese
Psychology
Psychology A
Psychology B
R
Religious Studies
Russian
S
Sociology
Spanish
Statistics
T
Tamil
Turkish
U
Urdu
W
Welsh
Welsh (Second Language)
对于不接受的科目,UCL明确标注:General Studies 和Critical Thinking的成绩在申请受理中不予接受。
所以总结下:无论是哪所学校的申请,General Studies 和Critical Thinking的成绩都不能在申请受理中被接受起到应有的作用。
除此以外,在选择院校专业时,也一定要注意课程介绍页面下的入学要求详情,确保自己选择的A-level科目是否与该专业的要求一致。