Chapter 210 Another exam
Zhang Wei can be said to have had a very fulfilling two years of high school. Although it was a high school course, her schedule was actually fuller than that of many college students.
Last year, Zhang Wei submitted her application to Oxford University to Dewen, and she also received the recommendation of the principal.
Yes, it is that troublesome. It is impossible to study there just by wanting to do so.
Because British universities do not have entrance exams, you can go to university based on the results of two high school exams. Please note that this is only for ordinary universities. Oxford and Cambridge are different.
First of all, middle school students who want to apply need to be recommended by their middle school teachers or principals one year before enrollment, so generally only students with excellent academic performance can apply.
Then Oxford and Cambridge will make a preliminary selection among the registered high school students, which is usually 3-5 times the number of admissions. Some engineering majors may be lower, but the most popular medical majors may be more than 10 times.
Therefore, even if Zhang Wei successfully registered and obtained all A*s in four A-level courses, she might not be admitted.
Although she spent a lot of time in the laboratory, she did not neglect her schoolwork. To be honest, the intensity of high school courses here is not as high as in China. After all, there are only four courses, plus physical education, which has always accounted for a large proportion.
Zhang Wei was quite confident about her results until the end of the exam, but she had no time to care about the exam because she had to prepare for the next written test and interview.
And it's not just one round. Zhang Wei can only get a conditional admission notice after passing all the tests from the school and the college she wants to apply for.
This condition is the junior high and high school transcripts previously published on the school’s official website, so the exam here is more complicated than the college entrance examination.
However, she got a letter of recommendation from Dr. Wen, and now she can call him Dr. because he graduated and stayed on in school. Zhang Wei originally decided to apply to their college.
But when she revealed this idea, Dr. Wen had a different opinion:
"Although my college is pretty good, I suggest you apply after you've completed your graduate studies. The management of undergraduates here is a bit lax."
Zhang Wei was a little shaken when she heard him say that. She originally thought that it would be easier to study if she had more acquaintances. But when she heard him say that, she thought that she had never seen any undergraduates in his laboratory. It seemed that they really didn't pay much attention to undergraduates.
So Zhang Wei asked tentatively: "Do you have any good suggestions?"
"Go to Magdalen. It's the richest college in Oxford, rich in every way. However, it's also quite difficult to get into. I hope you're well prepared."
Then Zhang Weidu went online to look up information about Magdalen College, which is a historic college established in the 15th century. It houses many collections of calligraphy and paintings by famous figures and has a beautiful environment.
Although it is not as wealthy as the No. 1 Morton College, it is the best in pharmacy.
After checking, Zhang Wei changed the direction of his application and made Magdalen College his first target. He also learned about other aspects of the college, such as accommodation, canteen and other basic environments. Seeing that the reviews were relatively high, he felt relieved.
However, there were some points that Zhang Wei didn't like. Although it offered generous scholarships, medicine was excluded, and Zhang Wei's pharmacy was also included, so she had to pay tuition fees in college.
The tuition fee for local students is more than 9,000 pounds, which is equivalent to more than 90,000 yuan, not including living expenses, so it is not cheap. The tuition fee for international students is even higher, at 20,000 to 30,000 pounds, which means that you cannot study for a year without 500,000 yuan including living expenses.
In this way, she saved some money.
However, even though she was thinking so much, she still had to pass the exam first. Before the A-level results came out, she received a written test notice.
The content of the written test depends on the major you register for. For example, the major Zhang Wei registered for requires BMAT, which is called the Biomedical Admission Test.
The exam lasts two hours and is divided into three parts. Zhang Wei finds the first two parts, abilities and skills, and scientific knowledge and applications, relatively easy to answer because they cover the basics of mathematical logic and biochemistry.
The last part gave Zhang Wei a headache. It was a writing task. She had to choose one of four questions to discuss, which was actually writing a short essay.
To be honest, Zhang Wei had put writing aside for a long time since she chose to major in science, so after she finished writing according to her own ideas, she lost her previous confidence. However, she found that the arguments in the paper were the results of experiments she had done before, and she regained a little confidence.
Zhang Wei, who was anxiously waiting at home, was a little nervous when he found out that the admission ratio was 10 to 1. Even Namier joked:
"Vera, it's rare to see you not be absolutely sure!"
Zhang Wei rolled her eyes at him and said, "Of course, who else can be exempted from the written exam like you are?"
The person who made Zhang Wei feel most unbalanced during this period was Namir. He participated in the World Ice Hockey Youth Championship and won a gold medal in an individual event, so Cambridge allowed him to enter the university without taking a written test. He only needed to participate in an interview like Zhang Wei.
So during this period of time, Namir wandered around as if he was liberated, because he had just turned eighteen and had taken a driver's license test. He drove Manny's car and took his friends in and out happily.
This made Zhang Wei, who was preparing for the interview at home and waiting for the written test results, extremely jealous.
Namier also knew how to read people's expressions and quickly said, "Okay! I won't bother you. I'll go play by myself!"
He ran out of the living room again, and the sound of a car starting was heard outside again.
Zhang Wei watched Namir leave, and thought of herself, feeling a little regretful. If she had chosen a major in social sciences and humanities, she could have traveled around the world with Hayat and the others eight hundred years earlier, not to mention going to the laboratory in advance.
But when she calmed down and thought about it, she must do something valuable if she had another chance to do it. Constantly challenging herself in unknown areas seemed to bring her happiness.
When she received the notice of passing the written test in the somewhat hot London summer, she felt as light and refreshed as a tit.
In the following interview, Zhang Wei's two experiences as a handyman in the laboratory helped her a lot. Compared with the difficult wait for the written test, the interview seemed unreasonably easy.
She was interviewed by two mentors. After they looked at her resume, one mentor asked her many simple questions about life, and the other asked her about her views on current pharmacy. None of the questions were difficult to answer.
So Zhang Wei thought it was because her previous resume was pretty good. Seeing that both mentors nodded to her, Zhang Wei felt that this time she should be a sure thing.
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