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Subject: Re: Susan starts posting Author: Rob [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 09:40:46 12/21/12 Fri In reply to: Boyd Percy 's message, "Re: Susan starts posting" on 00:00:53 12/21/12 Fri >This was another good story. It would be good to read >about Susan a few years down the road. Being out on >your own has a way of shifting one's priorities >without a safety net of parents or family to pick you >up when life knocks you down. Ditto. I have had some experiences of changing schools between two countries. In a few cases, I had to do extra projects and take some tests since the curriculum for one country included some subjects that were not included in the other one. Most of the time, for those courses I actually took, I had to get an official translation of my transcript - along with an explanation of exactly what was covered in a particular course. Most of the time it was arranged that the official translation would be done by someone approved by an consulate from the country I needed the grades. Gingrich not wanting to accept Susan's grades overseas was a type of situation I didn't encounter personally. I do know of one exchange student who went to class, but they just sat quietly in her chair reading or writing some letters. In remembering conversations with them, I got the impression they had fulfilled most of the graduation requirements by the end of her sophomore year. I later met other former exchange students who were better equipped to function in another country. In Brazil there is a test called Vestibular that serves as an entrance exam for all universities. When enrolling for that test you have to declare a major. For each major there are a predefined number of slots, and only the top candidates for each major can enroll. For instance, one year in a certain university there were 35 slots but over 350 candidates for a certain major. The first phase of the Vestibular eliminated all but the top 105 candidates by testing their general knowledge of the high school curriculum using a multiple choice type test in covering ten subjects. The remaining candidates were tested in three subjects that were more related to that particular major, and they had to write an essay about an given topic "Artificial insemination creates fatherless children" for instance. The results of both rounds of testing were then used to place the candidates in order, with the first 35 candidates being accepted into the program. The candidate that scored 36th on the list would have a chance to enroll if one of the first 35 informed the university that they were going elsewhere. One year, in one of the most competitive programs one of the candidates who got in was a former exchange student from the US. Rob [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> Subject: Re: Susan starts posting Author: Doug [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:54:55 12/24/12 Mon it was bad enough changing schools between provinces in Canada several times - I would have had to do that between countries ;) and I did it 4 times

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Susan starts posting Author: Doug [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 20:56:24 12/24/12 Mon >it was bad enough changing schools between provinces >in Canada several times - I would have had to do that >between countries ;) and I did it 4 times I should look at what I type .. I would have hated to do that between countries ...........