will UK unis accept a degree mostly from non-traditional sources?

[sarahmac]

UK universities are so different to US ones. If they don't like 'timed' tests probably not a good idea as exams are not usually multiple choice and one test can determine the would course grade.

A foundation degree could be a good idea.

On this we agree. I think a UK university is entirely unsuited to her, and I already made my opinion on that known earlier in the thread. Sometimes it is not only one module grade either: the university I attended weighted your final degree classification by year of study, so if you performed poorly on one or two of your 6 final year exams, and average on the others, you had no hope of a 1:1 or a 2:1 overall.

But sometimes when people get an idea in their head it is hard to dissuade them with the reality of the situation.

I also think a foundation degree or a Scottish university (4 years) is a good option. The only problem I can forsee is foundation year students are not guaranteed entry onto their chosen course. She could spend a year doing the foundation stage and still not be admitted. From that perspective, an associates is less risky.