Studying in the UK attracts thousands of people around the world for its rich history, the glory of the best universities and virtually unlimited capacity for self-development. Those who have dreams to send their children to British university (and except for Cambridge and Oxford here is more than a dozen prominent academic institutions) are often advised to start with the school. Indeed, the training delivered in the UK so that the foreign (especially Russian) certificates are not recognized as sufficient for admission, and each candidate must undergo special training. At the same time universities are still the best distrustful of this coming and prefer to give place to those who have mastered the traditional British program of secondary education. Meanwhile, the most prestigious schools willing to offer training in the UK for foreign students.
Of course, for admission will have to overcome a number of difficult entrance examinations, since the competition in such institutions invariably high. Striving to be trained in the UK somewhere, but one of Europe's oldest schools, must be prepared for the fact that a lot of places claim to able and gifted children. So start taking applications for several years before studying in the UK, and the extreme Deadline coming for a year or two before the entrance exams. Of course, there are less famous schools in which the quality of education is maintained at a very high level. To obtain an objective assessment of need consult with the advisory agency and become familiar with school rankings, the annual report major British newspapers.
This will help determine where best to receive training in Britain, which documents and in what time frame must be drawn up. As a rule, schools organize not only the written test, but also conduct a series of interviews. This allows the admissions committee to see the strengths and weaknesses the child but at the same time, requires a lot of stress coming from. And another important point that you need to know – every prestigious school grants and scholarships in the UK, which can claim the most able pupils. For them to a separate exam, and if they survive, they can not only get a discount for education, but in some cases, receive training in the UK completely free of charge.