It depends on what preparatory course you study. If you study a public preparatory class, that is, the school's own preparatory class, it is not difficult to pass, but if you study a private preparatory class, the institution will lower your score in order to make money and make you pay more for rereading the preparatory class. It's dark, and it's strongly recommended not to study private education. In Britain, 40% subjects are pass and 50% scores are merit. Generally, you can graduate if you pass the exam and have a grade point, but the premise is the public preparatory course, because the relationship between private preparatory courses and universities is very bad ~ universities outsource private preparatory courses every year, and you may not be able to go to college if your grades are enough. The preparatory course in the university headquarters is good, and you can enter the undergraduate course if you study hard.
3. Quote a friend's reference ~ Speak responsibly
"Now, for example, students studying abroad for undergraduate and master's degree, you choose the following schools:
According to the 20 10 ranking, the top 50 schools are selected as examples.
9 Exeter University of Exeter
15 Leicester University
16 University of Southampton
18 University of Sheffield
19 Glasgow University
2 1 Newcastle Newcastle University
23 Lancaster Lancaster University
University of Manchester
University of Liverpool
29 University of East Anglia
queen's university belfast
University of Sussex
University of Surrey
Hervath Hervath University
42 University of Kilkiel
48 Stirling university of stirling
49 City University
Do you know the above 17 school? Did you get the recommendation from these schools from the agency? Well, congratulations, you chose these private schools.
Don't you think these are famous schools? How can it be personal?
Then I'll tell you now. Of course, you will be required to pay a deposit when you choose the preparatory courses of these schools. This deposit will be paid by draft or telegraphic transfer. When you do this, you must know the name of the payee. Then I'll tell you, none of the money is from these universities, but from the company.
I classified the preparatory courses of the above schools:
Kaplan Education Group: including Sheffield University, Liverpool University, Glasgow University and Southampton University.
Education Group: including Exeter University, Newcastle University, University of East Anglia, University of Manchester, Queen's University of Belfast and City University.
Study Group Education Group: Leicester University, Lancaster University, Sussex University, Surrey University, Heriot Watt University, Kiel University, university of stirling.
If you doubt what I said, then look at their website introduction:
Kaplan:: www.kic.org.cn
Become:
Research group:
There will be introductions of these schools on it, and then you will know if these are the introductions when you go to the preparatory courses of these universities.
The above-mentioned preparatory universities were established in 2004, and some universities have started school one after another.
So why don't I suggest you take these preparatory courses?
1, there is something wrong with the teaching staff:
The above three institutions are all born in language training, and the preparatory courses offered by universities are normal. The key point is that many preparatory teachers are not from universities, but are hired from the society. In order to save money, teachers often change. Some teachers' mother tongue is not English, and that accent makes it more difficult for people with poor foundation to understand.
The language and preparatory courses below the regular university are all university teachers, with fixed staff and public nature, and all have many years of educational experience.
2. There are many students in China, and the language environment is poor.
Most of the above institutions recruit students in China and do not control the proportion and scale of domestic students. Some classes are more than 70% from China, and they are all from China. Chinese is sometimes the official language. For students with poor language performance in such an environment, the improvement will not be great. Although other universities also have such problems, many good schools in China strictly control the proportion of students.
3. The course is flawed.
Most of these language institutions copy the same textbooks. Due to the lack of teaching experience, many schools often change teachers, and the examination admission is opaque. For example, in the International College of the University of Sheffield, only three students have passed one course, so they have to retake the exam, which costs 800 pounds. Although students have learning ability problems, it is doubtful whether it is because they are afraid of transferring, so if they fail, it will be difficult to transfer and they can collect some money. For example, INTO Exeter University, the examination results were published late, and the language achievement threshold for transferring to university was not stated in advance. Instead, the scores are set according to the number of people required for enrollment. Admission to universities is not open and transparent, leaving many students who fail to meet the standards with no time to apply to other schools. Students in preschool feel like post-children.
4. The enrollment rate is low, and there are few schools with recognized results.
Although students will enter a university when they enter school, there are very few students studying in this school. Once the students in this school fail to pass the exam, they will face the problem that there is no school to go to. Because there are few schools with recognized matriculation results, many students can only go to poor schools.
Although the quality of students admitted is generally low, there are not many accredited schools because of the low quality of education, most of which are internal schools. The score given by the school is too low, which makes many students learn in vain. Although I studied in the preparatory course of a prestigious school, it is understandable that these prestigious schools are not admitted high. However, there are few accredited schools, leaving these students with no way out. The admission rate of some schools is only 10-25%, and a large number of students are facing disillusionment.
For example, the preparatory course of Warwick University, although the admission rate of our school is only 25%, other students can basically go to Manda, Buda, York and other schools. Students from these training institutions can only go to individual schools after 50. I don't know if your choice is correct.
5. Studying abroad is risky.
These institutions are private training institutions and programs developed by universities, but universities do not assume responsibility. In other words, the main body of the law is these training institutions. Because the fees, teaching and accommodation of this preparatory course are all training institutions, the university only provides a venue and a bridge. Once there is a problem, the training institution is first responsible for compensation. At present, some of these institutions have invested a lot of money to build office and student dormitory facilities. Education is a long industrial chain. The income is very slow. The crazy investment of every institution has brought great risks. Once the number of students in China drops sharply, these schools will go bankrupt.
For example, InInto was founded by Andrew Colin):in INTO was founded in 2005, and he is an adventurous entrepreneur. He also did the study group above. Before 2005, he sold the study group international to the Daily Mail Group, and the Daily Mail Group sold him to another language center, the embassy CES, and repackaged it into the current study group, so from the above, he made the above two training institutions. It is hard to imagine that a person who manages education as an investment project will have a long-term education plan. The Union of Universities and Colleges (UCU) in the United Kingdom did not give high evaluation to this, which also caused legal disputes between the two sides. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTO_University_Partnerships.
Because of the short operation time of the project, the commission given by the school to the intermediary is very high, and domestic intermediaries are promoting these projects. Students will fall into this trap if they are not careful. These preparatory programs with prestigious schools are very attractive. Ask any intermediary if you don't believe me.
Now if you want to know the history of these institutions, you will find that some websites have nothing, no lists recognized by other schools, and no graduates go. Compared with preparatory graduates such as Warwick and SOAS, they are all famous schools, and they are not so shabby.
The following are other top 50 schools. Some schools have no preparatory courses at all. Some of them are good.
Schools without their own preparatory courses:
1 Oxford University
Cambridge Cambridge University
Imperial College of Imperial University of Technology
7 LSE London School of Economics and Political Science
General matriculation: well-known schools with good matriculation: these are recognized by many schools. This school has an accreditation list.
4 St. Andrews University of St. Andrews: It is best not to enter a Scottish university for undergraduate preparation. Scotland is a four-year program.
5 University College London University College London
Warwick University
King's College London
13 University of Bath
School of Asian-African Studies
Directed entrustment: these preparatory courses are entrusted to the following colleges and sent directly to the university. But other schools don't recognize it.
1 1 York York university and York college, now called York university preparatory course, there are only undergraduate preparatory courses here.
14 The University of Edinburgh entrusted the following Stevenson College to do it.
Loughborough University commissioned Loughborough College to do it.
Note that the undergraduate education system of Edinburgh University is four years, which is longer than that of England and Wales 1 year. The following schools will have to study for another four years, which is not cost-effective. China high school students can directly apply for freshman courses in these schools.
University of Aberdeen
Strathclyde university of strathclyde
4 1 Dundee university of dundee
IBT, an Australian education group, has also participated in the preparatory education market in the UK, and has started preparatory education with six schools. The characteristics of these schools are: the ranking of schools is relatively low, because their undergraduate requirements are not high, so the enrollment rate is relatively high.
CRIC, Ruskin University, UK
University of Hertfordshire HIBT
LIBT, brunel university
ICWS, Swansea University
Portsmouth International College
PDIC, Plymouth University
The university's own preparatory course: the preparatory course here refers to the undergraduate preparatory course. The preparatory course of our school is only for the application of our school, which belongs to a better preparatory course.
10 University of Bristol: I just started school, mainly entering our school, and the enrollment rate is good. Undergraduate preparatory course only
Nottingham University
22 Birmingham University of Birmingham
Aston Aston University
Cardiff Cardiff University
University of Leeds
Royal University of holloway
3 1 University of Reading Reading
Queen Mary College
39 University of Kent
Essex University of Essex
Hull University
45 Golden Smith College Golden Smith College
Aberystwyth University
The above is mainly aimed at undergraduate preparatory courses.
The advantages of pre-master degree are: the schools are good, and some only offer a few professional directions. There are not many choices.
School of Asian and African Studies, University of London, St Andrews University, Royal Lodge College, King's College, University of London.
Due to my limited level, I hope everyone can express their opinions more, and please correct me if there is anything wrong. "
4. For details of the preparatory courses, please refer to the description of official website University, which generally involves English skills, English for academic purposes and professional basic knowledge. It's not difficult. Generally, preparatory courses will offer several directions, such as business law and so on.
5. There are many Chinese in private preparatory courses, and the language environment is poor. The proportion of preparatory students in public courses is reasonable and the language environment is good ~ ~
6. The preparatory courses of Cardiff University and Bath University rank high in business. When you look at the rankings, please look at the professional rankings instead of the school rankings. Universities in Britain are different from those in China. There are many comprehensive universities. Every school has its own advantages. Don't blindly believe in the top 20~ this is very bad. In addition, the top 20 preparatory courses are basically occupied by private schools.
In addition, you can also study in the highly recognized general preparatory course mentioned above and enter other universities. Please consider this way, because many people do it and it is effective, and they can enter schools such as Mandrake Exeter.
The above answers are all serious and responsible. Intermediaries often send students to private preparatory schools to get kickbacks, and they are greedy. No matter whether the students live or die, please beware of three points!
In addition, when you are a freshman, you can directly apply for the undergraduate course, just like the children's shoes above said, but it depends on your choice.
Hand, give the best ~