All About A Levels
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mommyNg:
I agree that NJC has a better mix of students. It has a warm and nurturing environment, your bro would like it. HCI, on the other hand, has a more Chinese-environment, and many of the students come from certain schools (some cliques already formed). Both have different CCA niches, so your bro may want to take that into consideration too. In general, if he put NJC as first choice, I'm quite sure he won't regret it.[/quote]I agree with zeemini & mommyNg about the schools' culture.
He is quite popular in school from what I see today. A lot of his friends were congratulating him, even his juniors. But he rarely goes out with them, he prefers to stay home. He sometimes ditches his friends when their outings get too boring for him. If he does make it to HCI, I doubt many of his sec friends would be able to follow him.havok_ex:
[quote=\"zeemimi\"]What's your bro's personality? Is he sociable? Adapts easily? Any same sec sch friends going to same jc as him?
NJC will have a better mix of students from many other sec schools compared to HCI. And with the segregation of ip and jae students, i think it is easier to fit in if he's doesn't have many friends going with him.
I don't think going to NJC will short change your bro.
Let him make his own decision so that when things get tough, it's due to his own choice and he is responsible for himself.
He's going to the open house tmr to look around. Thanks for all the advice guys.
Both are super good schools. In this case it's more of finding a better fit for your brother. Two years JC is really short, so it should be good if the JAE student does not have to take too long to adapt to the culture of the new school.
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lesleer:
I would put HCI as a first choice followed by NJC. Honestly, 7-4 is pretty unlikely to get in. From the MOE website: \"If there is still a tie, say between two Singapore Citizens, the one with the better gross aggregate score will be posted into the course first.\" That means people who got 6-3 will be getting the places before your brother.
What is considered a good gross score at the O lvls? -
havok_ex:
He's going to the open house tmr to look around. Thanks for all the advice guys.
What about the CCA that your brother intends to take up at JC?
NJC does not hv uniformed groups n might hv lesser choices compared to HCI.
Btw there should be a short period of boarding for JC 1 in NJC after the orientation week.
Last year, my elder boy told me the teachers were doing revision in term 1 for all students in SH1. We guess it was to more or less ensure the O lvl students are on the same starting point as those in the IP.
What subj combi will your brother like to take up in JC? -
Good morning everyone - my DS achieved L1R5 of 7 but can only minus 2 for CCA making it 7-5. He is aiming at VJC - anyone has advice? Thanks.
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isetan:
Normally by history, the cut off for HCI or RI is 2 points.
What is the entry point this year for HCI n RI? I thot its still 3 for Science n 4 for Arts?
I remembered Jon posting the list of entry points for JC but cant remembered where is the posting now -
Jennifer:
The best gross score for L1R5 is 6. But it won't get you anywhere if everyone is aiming for the few well known independent schools. You need to have another 4 points discount to be absolutely sure of where you want to go.lesleer:
I would put HCI as a first choice followed by NJC. Honestly, 7-4 is pretty unlikely to get in. From the MOE website: \"If there is still a tie, say between two Singapore Citizens, the one with the better gross aggregate score will be posted into the course first.\" That means people who got 6-3 will be getting the places before your brother.
What is considered a good gross score at the O lvls? -
zbear:
I don't remember it being 2 for years. The best was 3, meaning partial 3. Ri arts used to be 3 but was 4 last year.isetan:
Normally by history, the cut off for HCI or RI is 2 points.
What is the entry point this year for HCI n RI? I thot its still 3 for Science n 4 for Arts?
I remembered Jon posting the list of entry points for JC but cant remembered where is the posting now -
pslemum:
Good morning everyone - my DS achieved L1R5 of 7 but can only minus 2 for CCA making it 7-5. He is aiming at VJC - anyone has advice? Thanks.
It is hard to say cos the first batch of ip students from cedar and vs will be going to vjc this year. Means there are less vacancies at vjc than previous years. No harm trying. The cut off shouldn't differ very much from previous years. -
zeemimi:
They may increase the intake to ensure O level people are not squeezed out by IP, just like the other two mountains - where they increase the intake in addition to those from withinpslemum:
Good morning everyone - my DS achieved L1R5 of 7 but can only minus 2 for CCA making it 7-5. He is aiming at VJC - anyone has advice? Thanks.
It is hard to say cos the first batch of ip students from cedar and vs will be going to vjc this year. Means there are less vacancies at vjc than previous years. No harm trying. The cut off shouldn't differ very much from previous years. -
I got 12 for my l1r5 and im considering jjc and pjc, which are quite bad. Anyone has experience about these 2 school like the percentage of students getting into uni? Also, do you think in JC i should go for tuition?(i never had tuition since primary sch, but my parents say jc is really hard) i want to enter science stream, is there any other jcs you would suggest for me to apply? I wanted cjc but its10
English A1
Chinese B3
MathA1
Additional math B3
Biology B3
Chemistry B3
Physics B3
Combined humans A2
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