NUS High School of Mathematics and Science (Diploma)

[phtthp]

for students who finished Year 6 NUS High :

is it common to see students jump straight directly into Year 2 or Year 3 NUS Electrical / Electronic Engineering Faculty, thereby skipping the initial, first 2 years of Engineering studies ?

normally, roughly how many students per batch when reach Year 6 : able to skip either 1st or 2nd year NUS Engineering ?
assuming that 1 batch of intake from Sec 1 constitute about 7 classes of (20 to 25 students), per class
skip first year, or skip second year ?
What is the difference required, between skip 2nd year vs. skip 1st year ?

[iRabbit]

dyh:

iRabbit:

Hi,


I've a couple of qns and wonder if someone can help.

a) What happens if a student graduates from NUSH with a diploma but results not good enough to enter local U? Then what?

b) For A level, it's possible to retake as private candidate. What about for NUSH diploma?

I know the 2 qns are related. Thanks.

These questions didn't occur to me. Try first and worry later.
Perhaps you can ask the question when you go for the open house today?

Got my qns answered in today's OH. Thanks dyh.

[sushi88]

iRabbit:

dyh:

[quote=\"iRabbit\"]Hi,


I've a couple of qns and wonder if someone can help.

a) What happens if a student graduates from NUSH with a diploma but results not good enough to enter local U? Then what?

b) For A level, it's possible to retake as private candidate. What about for NUSH diploma?

I know the 2 qns are related. Thanks.

These questions didn't occur to me. Try first and worry later.
Perhaps you can ask the question when you go for the open house today?

Got my qns answered in today's OH. Thanks dyh.[/quote]May you kindly share the answer with us? I am curious about the options available to such students too.

[iRabbit]

sushi88:

iRabbit:

[quote=\"dyh\"]
These questions didn't occur to me. Try first and worry later.
Perhaps you can ask the question when you go for the open house today?

Got my qns answered in today's OH. Thanks dyh.

May you kindly share the answer with us? I am curious about the options available to such students too.[/quote]My pleasure, sushi. Firstly, found out that it's not possible to retake NUSH diploma as a private candidate.

Secondly, everyone who is good enough to be promoted to Y6 will almost certainly be good enough to be accepted for a place in local U. In the rare event (and the impression I get is this is really rare) a student is not accepted into a local U, the school has the option to appeal on his behalf if he exhibits good qualities, for instance leadership. If everything fails, he can still apply to private or overseas U as NUSH diploma is well-recognized globally.

This is what I understood. Others please correct me if I'm wrong.

Just to add, I had a good experience today. The staff was nice and addressed my concerns adequately. There was also a Y4 boy (mabbe someone's child here ) who was forthcoming and gave me invaluable information.

[sushi88]

iRabbit:

sushi88:

[quote=\"iRabbit\"]

Got my qns answered in today's OH. Thanks dyh.

May you kindly share the answer with us? I am curious about the options available to such students too.

My pleasure, sushi. Firstly, found out that it's not possible to retake NUSH diploma as a private candidate.

Secondly, everyone who is good enough to be promoted to Y6 will almost certainly be good enough to be accepted for a place in local U. In the rare event (and the impression I get is this is really rare) a student is not accepted into a local U, the school has the option to appeal on his behalf if he exhibits good qualities, for instance leadership. If everything fails, he can still apply to private or overseas U as NUSH diploma is well-recognized globally.

This is what I understood. Others please correct me if I'm wrong.

Just to add, I had a good experience today. The staff was nice and addressed my concerns adequately. There was also a Y4 boy (mabbe someone's child here ) who was forthcoming and gave me invaluable information.[/quote]Thank you iRabbit for your kind sharing.
It will certainly benefit anyone who has NUSH in mind as an option. If the school shows support for a student who unexpectedly under perform, that would be considered a good school regardless of how many top students they produce.

[Artume]

phtthp:

for students who finished Year 6 NUS High :

is it common to see students jump straight directly into Year 2 or Year 3 NUS Electrical / Electronic Engineering Faculty, thereby skipping the initial, first 2 years of Engineering studies ?

normally, roughly how many students per batch when reach Year 6 : able to skip either 1st or 2nd year NUS Engineering ?
assuming that 1 batch of intake from Sec 1 constitute about 7 classes of (20 to 25 students), per class
skip first year, or skip second year ?
What is the difference required, between skip 2nd year vs. skip 1st year ?

Students are only exempted from a module if they took the modules while they are in NUSH, for my cohort generally no more than 2 to 3 in total. That may be worth 8~12 credits out of 20 required per NUS semester.

It's better to ask specific numbers from the school... but last time I checked it is around 50 (? if I recall correctly) students taking at least 1 module in NUS (generally 1 module at a time) for that semester from the whole NUSH.

[Artume]

If a student does badly for individual modules, they are given a chance to pass (such as through viva, etc.). Failing which, they can also retake that particular module next year.


It is also hard to "unexpectedly" underperform under a modular system, as grades are accumulative, incremental, and mostly based on continual assessment. We would often have a rough gauge of our graduating grade semesters beforehand. This is in contrast to an exam-based system, (e.g. A levels) where all the eggs are in the final basket.

[ammonite]

Hi parents, are there any ways to "predict" if a child will be able to cope with the workload at NUSH? Eg scores for math and science in primary school should be in the 90s without too much mugging, example of books used in Yr 1 and 2 to have a rough idea of the pacing, etc. Thanks!

[Miracle Child]

Enjoyed the open house yesterday. The principal was candid in his talk. Spoke to some students as well.

[Miracle Child]

ammonite:

Hi parents, are there any ways to \"predict\" if a child will be able to cope with the workload at NUSH? Eg scores for math and science in primary school should be in the 90s without too much mugging, example of books used in Yr 1 and 2 to have a rough idea of the pacing, etc. Thanks!

Hi Ammonite, perhaps parents with kids studying at NUSH can provide a better answer to your question. But just to share based on what I gathered, I understand that for math and science subjects, they will complete the O level equivalent syllabus by Year 2. The textbooks they use in Yr 1 and Yr 2 are individual O level science textbooks (i.e. Physics, Chem and Bio) and not the integrated science textbooks that other schools use for Year 1 and Year 2...any parent, correct me if I am wrong.