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Dv education: Am I going to fail the requirements? Doomed?

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dvwinnermaybe

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I am expecting an interview soon since my case number is expecting to be current next month but I have a certain issue with yes education...

Needless to say I have done 12 successful years of it. The thing is though I was raised in the UK (Was not born in the UK) and the education system stops for compulsory attendance at the age of 16 where we finish taking tests called GCSE's. Students can then move onto full time work at 16 or continue to a place called sixth form college (pre two years college before university).

In sixth form college your broaden your horizons in what field of education you want to focus on. You can focus in one specific subject or take a broad of various subjects if your not sure yet.

The trouble is I did a certain course. There are two different types of options you can do in sixth form college. There are A levels (four subjects you take english,math,psychology etc)
Or courses focusing in one certain subject (business studies, nursing, computer studies, etc).
For myself I did the course focusing in Network Engineering with Programming and computer science. Both of these options count as credits for admission to attend university within the UK.

I'm slightly worried though that they would not recognize my course since most people in the UK do A levels (around 60-70% do). I'm worried that they may not consider to accepting it, since the UK has a very very different education system compared to the USA where the education does not stop until you are 18 and they do not have courses like these (from what i known anyway)

So is that it for me, is there really no way to prove to the councilor I am eligible to pass the education requirements? Or do I stand a chance.

(PS: in the UK there really is no such thing as "graduation ceremony" you just get test results and check if their eligible for university etc)


IT would be really helpful if there are also people who have gone in an interview with similar education syllabus's I've done.
 
§ 40.205 Applicant for immigrant visa under INA 203(c).

An alien shall be ineligible to receive a visa under INA 203(c) if the alien does not have a high school education or its equivalent, as defined in 22 CFR 42.33(a)(2), or does not have, within the five years preceding the date of application for such visa, at least two years of work experience in an occupation which requires at least two years of training or experience.

22 CFR § 42.33 Diversity immigrants.

(a) General

(2) Definition of high school education or its equivalent. For the purposes of this section, the phrase high school education or its equivalent means the successful completion of a twelve-year course of elementary and secondary education in the United States or successful completion in another country of a formal course of elementary and secondary education comparable to completion of twelve years' elementary and secondary education in the United States.

Your education is at least equivalent and perhaps superior to some U.S. High School educations.

FROM:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_education_in_the_United_States

Secondary education in the United States typically refers to the last six or seven years of statutory formal education in most jurisdictions. Secondary education is generally split between junior high school and high school or middle school and high school. The years are normally numbered usually beginning with sixth grade (at or around age 12) or seventh grade (at or around age 13) and progressing to 12th grade (ending at or around age 18). The term middle school usually refers to grades six through eight. Junior high school refers to grades seven through nine. High school encompasses grade levels 9 through 12.
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Basic curricular structureThere is wide variance in curriculum for students in the United States. Unlike their counterparts in other developed nations, many do not begin to specialize into a narrow field of study until their sophomore year of college. Moreover, since the turn of the 20th century many high schools in the United States have offered a choice of vocational or college prep curriculum. Schools that offer vocational programs include a very high level of technical specialization, e.g., auto mechanics or carpentry, with a half-day instruction/approved work program the senior year as the purpose of the program is to prepare students for gainful employment without a college degree. The level of specialization allowed varies depending on both the state and district the school is located in. The Association for Career and Technical Education is the largest U.S. association dedicated to promoting this type of education.
 
dvwinnermaybe said:
Anybody know?
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Do you have 'satisfactory results' in the 10th grade GCSE? (this is similar to the GCE O/L right?)
I mean did you formally sat for GCSE and got a certificate?

The reason I am asking is that for Sri Lankan applicants, 'US high school equivalent' means 'successfully' facing the 10th grade GCE O/L (with good passes in Math and 1st Language).

So I guess UK 10th grade GCSE should have the same or more weight for that requirement.

My hope is that if you have docs to prove 'successful' completion of GCSE, you should be ok.
Do you also have any other certs for the additional 2 years studies? then it will be an added weight.

Just send the embassy an email and they should be able to confirm.

Best!
 
I successfully passed GCSE in Math and English (Grade C+) along with a few other subjects. You then have the option to do A levels+ from 16-18. I didn't do that though I did certificates supposedly equivalent to A levels but focusing on one subject. For me It was focusing in Network Engineering with programming and Computer Science.

I'm just not sure if they would accept the certificates? I taken them from 16-18 and they count as credits for admission into universities in the United Kingdom.
 
shew i got suddenly scared again.

i'm from france. I thought my vocational diploma wouldn't be approved by the embassy but they sent me an email saying that if my vocational diploma was the equivalent of the french baccalaureat i should ask my academy to write me an official letter attesting that it is the same, indeed.

I got my letter attesting that i successfully achieved my 12 years and that my diploma was the baccalaureat. Just in a professional/vocational way.
 
gaellet said:
shew i got suddenly scared again.

i'm from france. I thought my vocational diploma wouldn't be approved by the embassy but they sent me an email saying that if my vocational diploma was the equivalent of the french baccalaureat i should ask my academy to write me an official letter attesting that it is the same, indeed.

I got my letter attesting that i successfully achieved my 12 years and that my diploma was the baccalaureat. Just in a professional/vocational way.
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Interesting, anybody else with similar scenarios please post here. Or if you have anything to see feel free.
 
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