River Valley High School [*IP]

[justsay]

dolphinsiah:

Wow ! Accountancy also so difficult to go in...

I thought only Medical and Law is difficult to get in....

Which is the least popular courses in U...can advice? :lol:

This is from NTU website :
http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/oad2/website_files/AY09-10_IGP.pdf

Table 1: Grade Profiles of the 10th and 90th percentiles of „A‟-Level Applicants offered places for programmes at NTU in UAE 2009

Aerospace Engineering
AAA/B AAA/A

Bioengineering
BBC/A AAA/A

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
AAA/B AAA/A

Civil Engineering
BCC/C AAA/B

Computer Engineering
BBC/B AAA/A

Computer Science
BBC/C AAA/A

Electrical & Electronic Engineering
BCC/C AAA/A

Engineering
BCC/B AAA/C

Environmental Engineering
ABB/B AAA/A

Information Engineering & Media
BBC/C AAA/A

Maritime Studies
ABB/A AAA/A

Materials Engineering
BBC/C AAA/A

Mechanical Engineering
BCC/B AAA/B

College of Science
Biological Sciences*
BBC/B AAA/A

Chemistry & Biological Chemistry
BBB/B AAA/A

Mathematical Sciences
BBB/B AAA/A

Mathematics & Economics
ABB/B AAA/A

Physics / Applied Physics
BBB/C AAA/A

Nanyang Business School (College of Business)
Accountancy*
AAA/B AAA/A

Business*
AAA/B AAA/A

College of Humanities,
Arts, & Social Sciences
Art, Design & Media*
CDD/C AAA/A

Chinese
CCC/C AAA/B

Communication Studies*
ABB/B AAA/A

Economics*
BBB/B AAA/B

1 These provide an indication of the grade profiles for most of the applicants admitted in AY2009-10. There could be other “equivalent” profiles for each programme. For example, a grade profile of ABC/C could be considered to be broadly equivalent to BBB/C, unless there are pre-requisites.

[rosecy]

justsay:

True, but when everyone applying for a certain popular course with perfect results, uni will base on additional portfolio and interview to select the better ones.

Once my niece wrote in to appeal when she couldn't get into Accoutancy, the reply was \" striaght As is a norm and not exception\". It clearly implied that with excellent academic results is not good enough for certain courses.

yup you are right. there is such a thing called discretionary admission in uni. those who didnt make it through results can still get in through appeal with a very strong portfolio

[WeiHan]

In the inaugural The Singapore Young Physicists' Tournament, two teams from RV were shortlisted in the finals. It is rather commendable that RV has always pushed the performance of its students to its limit and always create maximum opportunity for its students to participate in various enriching competitions and activities.


http://sypt.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/sypt-2010-finalists.pdf

[justsay]

WeiHan:

In the inaugural The Singapore Young Physicists' Tournament, two teams from RV were shortlisted in the finals. It is rather commendable that RV has always pushed the performance of its students to its limit and always create maximum opportunity for its students to participate in various enriching competitions and activities.


http://sypt.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/sypt-2010-finalists.pdf

:congrats: :rahrah: :rahrah: :rahrah:

[daisyt]

Receive term 2 letter for parents today. One good news - 3rd lang test marks would not be taken in total GPA calculation anymore. Now students can really take the subject with passion and not to stress for marks.

[rosecy]

The C Division Girls won the National Inter-School Cross Country Championships. They dominated the race with 5 girls in the individual top 10


B Division Girls did well too. Runners-up and 4 individual Top 20.

http://redsports.sg/2010/03/25/mok-ying-rong-raffles-cross-country/

Think this is RV's first National Championship for a long long time, 17 years according to my child. The girls were given RV Sports Excellence Scholarship after they won the Championship.

[daisyt]

rosecy:

The C Division Girls won the National Inter-School Cross Country Championships. They dominated the race with 5 girls in the individual top 10


B Division Girls did well too. Runners-up and 4 individual Top 20.

http://redsports.sg/2010/03/25/mok-ying-rong-raffles-cross-country/

Think this is RV's first National Championship for a long long time, 17 years according to my child. The girls were given RV Sports Excellence Scholarship after they won the Championship.

Congrats!!! :celebrate:

Rosecy, your girl participated?

[rosecy]

daisyt:

rosecy:

The C Division Girls won the National Inter-School Cross Country Championships. They dominated the race with 5 girls in the individual top 10


B Division Girls did well too. Runners-up and 4 individual Top 20.

http://redsports.sg/2010/03/25/mok-ying-rong-raffles-cross-country/

Think this is RV's first National Championship for a long long time, 17 years according to my child. The girls were given RV Sports Excellence Scholarship after they won the Championship.

Congrats!!! :celebrate:

Rosecy, your girl participated?

No. She in another sport. On hindsight, should have let her join Cross Country as she was shortlisted. From my observations, the Cross Country runners are probably the most disciplined and focussed athletes in the school. You will get what I mean if you have time to see them train while waiting to fetch your dd.

Think they really deserve the Championships for their hardwork and dedication!!!!!

[WeiHan]

Congratulation for the first national championship in sports after so many years!


I heard RV has some plan to boost sports. Very positive development.

[daisyt]

rosecy, thanks for the link. Saw dd's classmate in one of the photo. Heard from dd, these cross country ppl are super fast when she saw them practising. She has classmates not in cross country, can run 2.4km in 9 mins or less. She was so :!: :shock: because people like us are two digit with two decimal points timing. Hahaha !!!!