Hi, Vavo info

[ironicgirl91]

Hey,
Ik ben pas van VS naar nederland terug verhuist(ik heb bijna 5 jaar in en het buitenland gewoond) en omdat het in het midden van het jaar was hadden ze me 5 Havo niet binnen kunnen laten. Did jaar moest ik eigenlijk afstuderen, het was mijn senior year, maar dat kan dus niet meer. Nou heb ik hulp gevraagd voor het heel school gedoe sinds ik niet veel kennis heb over hoe alles hier werkt. Ik kan ook niet het nederlandse taal HEEL goed beheersen, alleen redelijk, dus van hier af aan spreek ik engels,

I've researched my options online and with the help of ROC guidance I have gotten a few answers but I'd like to know more on where I stand. You see, in the U.S I was set to graduate may 28th this year but due to my mom being transfered back to Holland because of her job, and the crisis we currently live in, I've had to cut short on my senior year. Now I currently only posses one diploma, my Junior High Diploma which I received when I finished middle school, and to my understanding it's the equivalent of finishing brugklas of the middelbare school. Now I can't do much with this diploma as it does not indicate exactly what level(vmbo, Havo, VWO) I was studying on. Now I do have my report cards of High School which all indicate that I am a excellent student and that most of my classes were Honor's, or AP level, which if I'm not mistaken are VWO and higher. The problem is, that they can convert my school papers to dutch, to see what it equals but other then that, they are useless. Now all I want is to receive my diploma so I can move onto university and later on to grad school. The best method for me, since I've been 18 for a few months now, is Vavo, I believe. It does not matter to me whether it's VWO or HAVO, since I can enter college with either two outside of Holland or Europe, and I do not plan on continuing school here once I have a diploma equivalent to that of a High School Diploma.

So with that idea in mind I have landed myself a intake toets scheduled next week with ROC The Hague, I have a mild understanding of the dutch language but I'm bursting with motivation and I've ALWAYS been able to handle myself during exams, and yes my self confidence is pretty high. But the problem is I have no idea what to expect, and quite frankly I don't like it. Now I have never done bad on a test in my life and I would like to keep it that way.

So has anyone taken Vavo intake toets HAVO or VWO ?
And if they have, what books, subjects, or what in general should I be learning for?
My older sister has a ExamBundel HAVO book, will that be any help to me at all?
In the intake meeting(where I received a positive feedback from the interviewer) they told me I would be writing so I should be able to form coherent sentences in dutch, I would also be listening and reading any tips on how I can prepare for that, for example tips on what dutch test booklets I could use?
I've taken the SAT's for which I've had to study as well, would this be like the dutch version?

I'm nervous, which means that I'm most likely unprepared, and that gives me the bejeebes, so please reply with any info/tips/answers you have for me!

Groetjes,
ironicgirl91

What town did you move too in the netherlands?
i am going to do vavo also next year.

[ironicgirl91]

ikzelf100 schreef:

What town did you move too in the netherlands?
i am going to do vavo also next year.

the Hague(Den Haag) are you anywhere nearby?

ironicgirl91 schreef:

the Hague(Den Haag) are you anywhere nearby?

No i'm doing it in enschede, exactly at the other side of the country