At first, the word preparatory course was mainly used by schools in Europe and America. At present, in Britain and Australia, China students study certain languages and professional courses, but have no language scores. After reaching the credits, they take school exams, and after passing the exams, they can be promoted to sophomores to study professional courses, that is to say. The preparatory course is part of the university. Many parents told me about the preparatory course through the erosion of some students' subjective comments on the Internet? I really don't want to waste another year of children's time, okay? .
If we understand that the preparatory courses in Britain and Australia are? Freshman? So, actually, it's Canadian? Ready? Is it a real private school? Senior year? . Take the students who graduated from the second grade in China as an example. If they go to public high schools, it will take them at least two years to complete their high school courses. However, if you apply for the preparatory course, you can graduate in 8~ 12 months, get a Canadian high school diploma and apply for a university.
Advantages of preparatory courses:
In China, applying for a Canadian university requires students' high school grades. In recent years, colleges and universities have begun to explicitly require students to provide college entrance examination and test scores, in addition to IELTS 6.5 (high school students are generally around 4.5). Although in recent years, language+university. Double admission? It has become a safe choice for most students. However, the top universities in Canada, such as the University of Toronto, UBC University and McGill University, were temporarily closed, and no language was accepted. The advantages of the preparatory course are as follows:
1: It is convenient to apply for a university.
Students apply to universities with Canadian high school scores (this score consists of tests, attendance, classroom performance and exams). There is no need to provide the scores of China national examination and college entrance examination, and the requirements for college entrance English will be reduced accordingly.
Every year, the school invites admissions officers from various universities to communicate with students at close range to help students choose schools and majors. Most preparatory schools and prestigious schools also have priority admission agreements.
2. Guarantee of continuing education
Due to the relatively loose application conditions, the enrollment rate of major preparatory colleges is close to 100%, and more than 80% of students can successfully enter prestigious schools. Therefore, the enrollment rate of prestigious schools has also become the biggest advantage of preparatory courses. The reason why there is such a high enrollment rate is also related to the teaching and management of the school. Students who are studying give me feedback. There is a lot of homework to study here, as well as self-study in the evening, and the teachers are also very nervous, which is not as easy as expected. Compared with China's college entrance examination sprint, there is no pressure.
3. Smooth transition
Gradually adapt to the study and life in Canada before college. Prepare for the university wholeheartedly.
Shortcomings of preparatory course
1: private
Since Australian universities have closed down frequently, are China parents interested? Private? Universities are very sensitive. At present, almost all preparatory colleges applied by Canada are private. Although objectively evaluated, private public institutions have no influence on students, we must pay attention to applying for formal and qualified institutions.
There are many people in China.
This is an unavoidable problem. The target group of the Preparatory College is students from all over the world. In recent years, Asia is the main group studying abroad. Therefore, apart from teaching life in English, China students will inevitably get together in the dormitory to speak Chinese after class, and the language environment is not ideal. Recently, the children who applied for matriculation gave me a reply that the original ESL (Language) class was all China students except two foreigners.
3. The risk of further study
Although there is a 100% enrollment rate. No one can guarantee that you will go to a good university if you go to the preparatory school. After all, famous schools will still welcome students with real talent and practical learning to study. If they go to Canada, they will not study hard, finish their homework, apply for universities and graduate smoothly. What is more serious is that the report card is hung with a red light, and the visa cannot be renewed, so they have to be forced to return to China.
4. Heavy academic burden
Pre-school students should complete the course of senior three in Canada within one year and meet the requirements of IELTS 6.5. As you can imagine, the academic burden is also heavy, so I suggest that students with clear learning goals choose preparatory courses as the gateway to prestigious schools.