Is LAMDA grade 8 the equivalent of an "A" level? how do I authenticate
this claim?
There must be some data base or screening program that universities
use for this stuff

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Request for Question Clarification by drjmetz-ga on 24 Jul 2002 07:03 PDT

Are you looking for American universities that require the LAMDA Grade
8, and you have A'Levels? Or are you looking at UK universities that
require A'Levels and you have the LAMDA qualification?

Thanks!

drjmetz

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Request for Question Clarification by drjmetz-ga on 24 Jul 2002 07:05 PDT

My last request for clarification was possibly not entirely clear.
What I'm asking is which universities are you interested in - those in
the UK or the US?

Thanks!

drjmetz

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Request for Question Clarification by drjmetz-ga on 24 Jul 2002 07:18 PDT

Oops! I should have done a little research prior to asking my previous
clarification questions. I hadn't realize the LAMDA was a UK
qualification. No need for clarification :-)

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Clarification of Question by cherry-ga on 24 Jul 2002 07:28 PDT

my daughter has LAMDA grade 8. What I would like to know is how a UK
university would rate this, for example as the equivalnet of an "A"
level, or a GCSE (and at what grade)

Thankyou

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Request for Question Clarification by grimace-ga on 25 Jul 2002 04:03 PDT

Hi,

According to UCAS, LAMDA qualifications don't automatically carry a
'points score' as A-levels do; so it's impossible to say that, for all
institutions, they will carry the same weight.

Is your daughter applying for a music or a drama degree?

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Clarification of Question by cherry-ga on 26 Jul 2002 16:20 PDT

My question's rather hypothetical at the moment as my daughter's some
way off university application, but her interest is in drama, not
music.

Trying Admissions Offices is a good idea, but I'll save it for a while
as this must be their most frantic time of year,

Thankyou

Most universities are very helpful about advising prospective students
on this sort of thing, even if you are a couple of years off applying.
 Why not contact a few that you might choose and see what they say? 
You need to ask the admissions tutor or admissions department.  For
example, at York see:
http://www.york.ac.uk/np/applying.htm  
And while you're on the university websites make a request for a
prospectus and read the small print, though in my experience many will
just ask you to contact them about 'different' qualifications.
The main problem you might have with this idea is that it is
university vacation time.  The admissions tutors may just return to
their desks in time to cope with the flood of work they have to deal
with once A-level results are published.  But I think it is worth a
few emails as I believe you would get a helpful response, particularly
if you can say which subject(s) you would be applying for.