Harris Westminster or LAET?

Original post by valerinax

as an laet student, don’t come here it’s worse than you’d expect

I was going to say the same about hwsf lol

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Original post by Hhhhh guuuyc

I was going to say the same about hwsf lol

in what ways?

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throwaway346937

Original post by Hhhhh guuuyc

I was going to say the same about hwsf lol

yoo do you do histroy / RE / Economics / english lit there by any chance? what are the teachers like? is UCAS support good?

idk which school to go for within this area. do you know anything about chelsea academy?

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Original post by throwaway346937

yoo do you do histroy / RE / Economics / english lit there by any chance? what are the teachers like? is UCAS support good?
idk which school to go for within this area. do you know anything about chelsea academy?

i do english lit at hwsf... its very independent study based and fast paced. It's very interesting but you need to be good at english lit beforehand to do it bc the jump is HUGE. no joke...
Teachers are nice, and all just want you to do your best. Just do your hw on time and they won't have a problem even if you don't put up your hand (however, they do clock if you don't so you rather start being comfy with that)
Ucas support is nice but you need to bug your mentor to speak with you. You need to be in control of your own activities towards the degree you want, the ucas mentor is just there to fill in gaps.
NO RE at hwsf.. there's philosophy but MASSIVE difference

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sch00l

Original post by mishakat1ja

i do english lit at hwsf... its very independent study based and fast paced. It's very interesting but you need to be good at english lit beforehand to do it bc the jump is HUGE. no joke...
Teachers are nice, and all just want you to do your best. Just do your hw on time and they won't have a problem even if you don't put up your hand (however, they do clock if you don't so you rather start being comfy with that)
Ucas support is nice but you need to bug your mentor to speak with you. You need to be in control of your own activities towards the degree you want, the ucas mentor is just there to fill in gaps.
NO RE at hwsf.. there's philosophy but MASSIVE difference

Did you do the English entrance exam? If so, what was it like? Any advice on it? I checked the 2023 example but the question seemed kinda ambiguous on what you had to say... It said to "write about the aspects of this poem you find interesting" so what would you do? Like in essay/paragraph form? Interpretation or analysis? Idk I just need clarification on what to actually do during it!!

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Hi
For HWSF are you allowed to drop form 4 to 3 A levels?

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Original post by sch00l

Did you do the English entrance exam? If so, what was it like? Any advice on it? I checked the 2023 example but the question seemed kinda ambiguous on what you had to say... It said to

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Original post by sch00l

Did you do the English entrance exam? If so, what was it like? Any advice on it? I checked the 2023 example but the question seemed kinda ambiguous on what you had to say... It said to "write about the aspects of this poem you find interesting" so what would you do? Like in essay/paragraph form? Interpretation or analysis? Idk I just need clarification on what to actually do during it!!

Omg so annoyed they deleted my whole reply. Anyways, don’t stress about the exam. At this stage, they are testing how abstract you can go with your ideas whilst still being close to the text. Being close to the text will force you to have a structure whilst writing. If you really need to follow a structure. An intro with 3 paragraphs is a good basis but don’t limit only to 3. If you have lots of ideas, plan out and decide which ones you want to say, if you end up writing 5 paragraphs or more, DO THAT. The question is vague for a reason. Use it to your advantage and have fun with it

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Original post by A_P_ME

Hi
For HWSF are you allowed to drop form 4 to 3 A levels?

Hey , in Y12 you have to do 4 A Levels but you can drop the 4th for an EPQ. But you need a good reason for that. However, in Y13 around feb time you can drop the 4th if you are really struggling and don’t need it for uni

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Original post by throwaway346937

yoo do you do histroy / RE / Economics / english lit there by any chance? what are the teachers like? is UCAS support good?
idk which school to go for within this area. do you know anything about chelsea academy?

Btw, if you chose not to come to HWSF, that was a good choice hehe

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Original post by mishakat1ja

Hey , in Y12 you have to do 4 A Levels but you can drop the 4th for an EPQ. But you need a good reason for that. However, in Y13 around feb time you can drop the 4th if you are really struggling and don’t need it for uni

Hi
Sorry so if I wait till the yr 13 point to drop it do I still have to do EPQ?

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As you are a current student I have a few questions I would be very grateful if you could answer. You don’t have to do all even a few would work….

1) How much is the workload?

2) How much Homework is there?

3) How supportive are the teachers?

4) How does a typical day look like? (Timings and periods etc.)

5) How much support do you get with UCAS and Oxbridge applications?

6) What is the atmosphere like in general?

7) How much freedom is given? Is it similar to high school or more like a University atmosphere?

8) Would travelling >1.5hrs to get there impact how much I can academically perform?

9) How is Saturday school? (Time consuming or helpful?)

10) Can you rate your experience form 1(lowest) to 10(highest)?

11) Any issues you came across, any surprises or problems you faced?

12) How high achieving was your cohort at the start of Sixth form?

Even an answer to a few of these questions would be helpful! Thank you in advance! Good luck to everyone!

A_P (:

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Original post by A_P_ME

Hi
Sorry so if I wait till the yr 13 point to drop it do I still have to do EPQ?

Yesss. But if you are failing the subject (if you decide to not drop and do epq) , there’s a small opening in jan/feb to drop it

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Original post by A_P_ME

As you are a current student I have a few questions I would be very grateful if you could answer. You don’t have to do all even a few would work….
1) How much is the workload?
2) How much Homework is there?
3) How supportive are the teachers?
4) How does a typical day look like? (Timings and periods etc.)
5) How much support do you get with UCAS and Oxbridge applications?
6) What is the atmosphere like in general?
7) How much freedom is given? Is it similar to high school or more like a University atmosphere?
8) Would travelling >1.5hrs to get there impact how much I can academically perform?
9) How is Saturday school? (Time consuming or helpful?)
10) Can you rate your experience form 1(lowest) to 10(highest)?
11) Any issues you came across, any surprises or problems you faced?
12) How high achieving was your cohort at the start of Sixth form?
Even an answer to a few of these questions would be helpful! Thank you in advance! Good luck to everyone!
A_P (:

1.

16 hours of homework (4 hours/subject)
Need to fit in revision, can vary between 4-8 hours depending on your subjects
Very heavy workload in the middle of Y12 but it’s okay once you have a timetable and can organise yourself properly

2.

I can say the teachers I do have are nice. But they aren’t supportive in the sense that they will catch you up if you miss lessons. Your learning is completely on you, you need to be able to grasp content quickly as they go through with it. You need to find your revision techniques, if you’re struggling - every week there’s a free afternoon where you can go to your teachers and ask for help

3.

In Y12, you have 40 x2 cultural perspectives , alongside society every week. You’re expected to join 2 clubs (usually during lunch or after school) some days can go up to 8 periods (all lessons are 40 mins, so it can be a double period or so). Y12s only have 2 frees every week, but y13 can have up to 5

4.

UCAS is very dependent on the teacher and their field. I wanted to do law and I got a fantastic teacher who was able to help me despite not doing Law for their degree. But lots of people had to chase after their teachers to read their statements and been told to not go to Oxbridge despite having the grades. So that’s up to you. But there’s loads of support for work experience and every newsletter has a new DLA opportunity for those interested

5.

Atmosphere.tense but once you find friends, it doesn’t get hard anymore.

6.

All sixth forms baby their students with detention. There’s not much freedom besides going out at lunchtime. But during Y13, there’s freedom to go out during your frees.

7.

Honestly, if you can work on your train then that’s great bc 2 hours is a lot of time… but if you don’t, it wouldn’t really affect your performance, but it would affect your sleep pattern

8.

Saturday schools is helpful when you’re learning new content that day, but usually it feels like a filler day and everyone just wants to go home

9.

5

10.

Don’t really know how to answer this. There’s been a lot of surprises but it’s usually just within the student body

11.

I’m not sure for this either. I just did my mocks and our cohort had a higher grade than last year so maybe we are quite achieving. We have a lot of oxbridge offers also

I tried my best to answer some of these. Some were answered with another so I didn’t skip any I don’t think

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