Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)

[breezy]

ngbrdad:

breezy:

[quote=\"ngbrdad\"]
Hi what about triple sciences and either history/geography ?
How many classes are there ?

Thanks.

[/quote] My son shared that he doesn't have any friends doing that combi. Majority of the students take additional math.

[DadOfGirl]

breezy:

ngbrdad:

Hi what about triple sciences and either history/geography ?
How many classes are there ?

Thanks.

My son shared that he doesn't have any friends doing that combi. Majority of the students take additional math.

[DadOfGirl]

DadOfGirl:

breezy:

[quote=\"ngbrdad\"]
Hi what about triple sciences and either history/geography ?
How many classes are there ?

Thanks.

My son shared that he doesn't have any friends doing that combi. Majority of the students take additional math.

[/quote]If you take Sciences, A-Maths becomes necessary for Uni admission. One contrasting subject requirment makes it impossible to take what is suggested above.

[ngbrdad]

My son shared that he doesn’t have any friends doing that combi. Majority of the students take additional math.[/quote][/quote]

If you take Sciences, A-Maths becomes necessary for Uni admission. One contrasting subject requirment makes it impossible to take what is suggested above.[/quote]

But it’s for year 3 and 4 IP only, the combo will change again for year 5 and 6 IB proper.
8 subjects, of which, language arts, MT, IS and core maths are compulsory
Out of 6 combo options listed,
A. is for triple sciences plus A math
B. for triple sciences plus Georg
C. for triple sciences plus history
D. for Chem+Physics, A maths plus George
E. for Chem+Physics, A maths plus History
F. for at least one science subject plus other subjects

[autolycus]

ngbrdad:

But it's for year 3 and 4 IP only, the combo will change again for year 5 and 6 IB proper.

8 subjects, of which, language arts, MT, IS and core maths are compulsory
Out of 6 combo options listed,
A. is for triple sciences plus A math
B. for triple sciences plus Geog
C. for triple sciences plus history
D. for Chem+Physics, A maths plus Geog
E. for Chem+Physics, A maths plus History
F. for at least one science subject plus other subjects

Absolutely right. In Y5/6, you need to choose subjects from 6 groups:

Group 1 (1st Lang): Either Lang/Lit or Lit in the 1st Lang (default=English).
Group 2 (2nd Lang): Either MT, or if MT requirements have been met (e.g. by doing it as L1 prior) another lang.
Group 3 (Individuals & Societies): A humanities subject (e.g. Hist, Geog, Econs).
Group 4 (Experimental Sciences): A science subject (e.g. Chem, Phys).
Group 5 (Mathematics): Mathematics of some kind.
Group 6 (Aesthetics/Option): Either an aesthetics subject (e.g. Visual Arts, Drama, Music) or another subject from one of the other groups.

You choose to do three of these at HL (Higher Level, which means 240 hours' worth of curriculum time + overheads) or SL (Standard Level, which means 150 hours' worth of curriculum time + overheads).

There are also some other compulsory activities which are foreshadowed by similar activities in the Y1/2 and Y3/4 IP curriculum.

[ngbrdad]

autolycus:

ngbrdad:

But it's for year 3 and 4 IP only, the combo will change again for year 5 and 6 IB proper.

8 subjects, of which, language arts, MT, IS and core maths are compulsory
Out of 6 combo options listed,
A. is for triple sciences plus A math
B. for triple sciences plus Geog
C. for triple sciences plus history
D. for Chem+Physics, A maths plus Geog
E. for Chem+Physics, A maths plus History
F. for at least one science subject plus other subjects

Absolutely right. In Y5/6, you need to choose subjects from 6 groups:

Group 1 (1st Lang): Either Lang/Lit or Lit in the 1st Lang (default=English).
Group 2 (2nd Lang): Either MT, or if MT requirements have been met (e.g. by doing it as L1 prior) another lang.
Group 3 (Individuals & Societies): A humanities subject (e.g. Hist, Geog, Econs).
Group 4 (Experimental Sciences): A science subject (e.g. Chem, Phys).
Group 5 (Mathematics): Mathematics of some kind.
Group 6 (Aesthetics/Option): Either an aesthetics subject (e.g. Visual Arts, Drama, Music) or another subject from one of the other groups.

You choose to do three of these at HL (Higher Level, which means 240 hours' worth of curriculum time + overheads) or SL (Standard Level, which means 150 hours' worth of curriculum time + overheads).

There are also some other compulsory activities which are foreshadowed by similar activities in the Y1/2 and Y3/4 IP curriculum.

So I guess most will take 2 sciences plus math at HL and the rest at SL level then ?

[autolycus]

ngbrdad:

So I guess most will take 2 sciences plus math at HL and the rest at SL level then ?

Strangely enough, a bare majority take two HL sciences (Chem/Phys or Chem/Bio) and Math. But in these multipolar days, the humanities have great market value. Indeed, there is a significantly large proportion doing English/History or something along those lines.

[Peirce]

Anyone knows how to do well in Econs? Any guide bk or assessment books o share


Thanks

[Piggy Lim]

Hi anyone son in year 3 IB? Heard from my son the Math paper (Paper 1)yesterday (30/09/13) was tough. He looked drain out when he came home yesterday. Did anyone hear anything from your son?

[autolycus]

The point of the IP exams is roughly this. Every subject grade goes from 1 to 7. Each grade interval is about 15 percentile points. A grade 7 is roughly 85%+, a grade 6 is about 71%+.


Advice to students:

To get safely promoted, you aim for 36 points, which if you cut it fine is an average of say 72% overall, evenly distributed. That’s not high. However, some people will struggle when they aim to get 85%+ in ALL subjects. That way lies madness (unless you are truly a well-rounded and regularly hard-working type). So learn what you need to do and do it. If you think you are doing PSLE and need 90% for every paper, you are mistaken.

grin

(Note: the aggregate score is 1-7 points for 6 subjects — 2 languages, 1 science, 1 maths, 1 humanities and 1 other subject — total max = 7 x 6 = 42 points. You also need to pass everything, preferably, otherwise some subjects may require you to do some form of remediation if you are truly bad.)