Originally Posted by linakemp

why does he need to retake his A-levels?? Plenty of people get into Uni both here and in the UK without straight A's

Originally Posted by Tracym

D's and E's ?

Originally Posted by linakemp

obviously it depends on what you want to study but you can get into plenty of unis with D's and E's, sometimes the school system doesnt work for everyone but then they go on and excel at university, just speaking from my own personal experience thats all

Originally Posted by linakemp

why does he need to retake his A-levels?? Plenty of people get into Uni both here and in the UK without straight A's

Originally Posted by Tracym

I'm surprised many here would take D's and E's. Maybe a community college.

I am aware that those grades are slightly different from the UK to the US - E is a failure, no credit at all here. And I don't think they consider a class for credit, if it's a D. He'd have to explain the differences.

Originally Posted by linakemp

obviously it depends on what you want to study but you can get into plenty of unis with D's and E's, sometimes the school system doesnt work for everyone but then they go on and excel at university, just speaking from my own personal experience thats all

Originally Posted by Tracym

D's and E's ?

Originally Posted by linakemp

you can get into plenty of unis with D's and E's

Originally Posted by LivAtl

I never really got much past GSCE's

Originally Posted by linakemp

obviously it depends on what you want to study but you can get into plenty of unis with D's and E's, sometimes the school system doesnt work for everyone but then they go on and excel at university, just speaking from my own personal experience thats all

Originally Posted by LivAtl

Hi there jsut wanted to offer my help,

Anyway the best thing for you to do is to do College here (marrage isnt easy and can take a while for paper work to process), you will need a equivalent highschool education which is basically GCSE's, you will need a US Sponsor (signs a form to say your a nice guy and wont run off), and at about 5-6k Pounds (if you have a friend they can co sign for you), thats pretty much it, goto a tech college as its cheaper and you can transfer after doing something called general studies.

Ive been messing with US Imigration for some time goin different routes and even spoke to a US Imigration Attourney, good luck with it, the US actually apreciate people who want to work hard and get on and especially brits we seem to get Browney Points (especially with teh ladies )

In Short find a college and apply as a International Student and get teh J-1 Visa becuase after a year you can apply to work part time to get soem more money which gets you work experience and after your course you file for a specially Visa so you can work for 1-2years as work experience then most companys will file for you to work for them and then you get your Imigrant Visa.

Originally Posted by Bob

yeah, but you won't be going to anywhere decent...less importance if your planning on tooting to the US as the quality of the place won't have any importance anyway.

But better to have than not, because GCSEs are worth squat...even if translated to the US equivalent, they wouldn't be enough to get into uni unless you have a puck ton of the buggers with decent grades.

They're shit in the UK and even more shit in the US, just one step above the Not Very Qualified, which is shamefully a waste of time.

Originally Posted by jjd100

Just wondering how someone would go about starting the process of applying to an American college like described in the previous post. Are there any helpful websites people know of with college/course details on or is it more a case of searching and finding a college and just contacting them individually? Many thanks

Originally Posted by linakemp

True obviously the better/higher your education the better your chances are at getting across the pond.
That said I think that GNVQs and NVQs do have a place in the education system, sometimes "traditional schooling" such as A levels aren't suitable for everyone. Universities do recognise GNVQs etc and once you get a degree no one gives a shit about what you did at high school.

Originally Posted by Bob

NVQ's etc mean well, but the real world implication of them is a joke, they mean nothing in the UK and they mean even less anywhere else, which is what I think if shameful about them. A good idea in principle, especially if your staying in the UK, but a waste of time unfortunately other wise.