All About A Levels
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sky12_:
Correction, made !
Hi there, just to voice out my opinion
NJ does not have affiliates, unlike say RJC with RI & RGS. NJ's IP cohorts themselves also do not have affiliates to any primary schools, so when the IP cohorts go to SH1 they already identify themselves as NJCians, hence no segregation of secondary schools.
may I ask : what affliates, are you refering To, in RJC ?
Where do these affliates in RJC that u mention, come from ?
Where do affliates from RI, come from ?
Where do affliates from RGS, come from ?
They are affliates, from which primary school ?
RI do not have any affliates.
Likewise, RGS also do not have any affliates.
Why ?
because RGPS primary school is not affliated to RGS Secondary school.
So, where & how do the affliates, come in ?
The cut off point to enter RGS Secondary school was 258, last year (2014), entirely based on merit, if enter by Phase 2 (T-score). Phase 1 is by DSA.
To Enter RGS, there are only 2 ways :
either by DSA, or by the child's own ability to meet the entrance Cut off point. No discount given whatsoever, meaning : no affliate, whatsoever.
The same apply to RI, too.
There are Total 8 \"A\" level IP Junior Colleges, in Sg.
Out of these 8 : seven of them do not accept any affliate, at all.
These 7 IP JCs, that do not accept any affliate, include :-
- Raffles Institution
- Hwa Chong Institute ( for the boys only )
- Victoria JC
- National JC
- Temasek JC
- Dunman High
- River Valley High
- new joint JC (from Catholic High, Scgs, St Nicholas)
new Joint JC have pupils studying in (Catholic High, Scgs, St Nicholas) primary schools.
Yes, these 3 Secondary schools take in affliated primary school students, but only for their \"O\" level.
But now, we are talking About affliates to the \"A\" level, not to \"O\" level.
Yes, there is only & only one Junior college (Hwa Chong) in the entire Sg, that take in affliated NYPS primary school girls into Nanyang Girls High for \"A\" level IP program, & from there into Y5 / Y6 HCI.
So, next time, if want to mention affliated JC, correct answer is :
Nanyang Girls High : because NYGH only offer \"A\" level, no \"O\" level in this school.
Definitely Not RI.
definitely not any of the other seven \"A\" level IP JCs, listed above.
No affliates at all, in any these 7 IP JCs.
All enter by merit, based On Ability to meet Cut Off point, not by discount method for NYGH. -
phtthp:
I was just voicing out my opinion on what I think the bolded quote meant previously on other JCs with affiliates, not actually trying to define affiliates... In fact I don't know too what do the \"affiliates\" actually mean. Anyway thanks for the chunk of info really very helpful
Correction, made !sky12_:
Hi there, just to voice out my opinion NJ does not have affiliates, unlike say RJC with RI & RGS. NJ's IP cohorts themselves also do not have affiliates to any primary schools, so when the IP cohorts go to SH1 they already identify themselves as NJCians, hence no segregation of secondary schools.
may I ask : what affliates, are you refering To, in RJC ?
Where do these affliates in RJC that u mention, come from ?
Where do affliates from RI, come from ?
Where do affliates from RGS, come from ?
They are affliates, from which primary school ?
RI do not have any affliates.
Likewise, RGS also do not have any affliates.
Why ?
because RGPS primary school is not affliated to RGS Secondary school.
So, where & how do the affliates, come in ?
The cut off point to enter RGS Secondary school was 258, last year (2014), entirely based on merit, if enter by Phase 2 (T-score). Phase 1 is by DSA.
To Enter RGS, there are only 2 ways :
either by DSA, or by the child's own ability to meet the entrance Cut off point. No discount given whatsoever, meaning : no affliate, whatsoever.
The same apply to RI, too.
There are Total 8 \"A\" level IP Junior Colleges, in Sg.
Out of these 8 : seven of them do not accept any affliate, at all.
These 7 IP JCs, that do not accept any affliate, include :-
- Raffles Institution
- Hwa Chong Institute ( for the boys only )
- Victoria JC
- National JC
- Temasek JC
- Dunman High
- River Valley High
- new joint JC (from Catholic High, Scgs, St Nicholas)
new Joint JC have pupils studying in (Catholic High, Scgs, St Nicholas) primary schools.
Yes, these 3 Secondary schools take in affliated primary school students, but only for their \"O\" level.
But now, we are talking About affliates to the \"A\" level, not to \"O\" level.
Yes, there is only & only one Junior college (Hwa Chong) in the entire Sg, that take in affliated NYPS primary school girls into Nanyang Girls High for \"A\" level IP program, & from there into Y5 / Y6 HCI.
So, next time, if want to mention affliated JC, correct answer is :
Nanyang Girls High : because NYGH only offer \"A\" level, no \"O\" level in this school.
Definitely Not RI.
definitely not any of the other seven \"A\" level IP JCs, listed above.
No affliates at all, in any these 7 IP JCs.
All enter by merit, based On Ability to meet Cut Off point, not by discount method for NYGH.
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I am keen on both Temasek Junior College and Victoria Junior College. Both are of equal distance from my house. I don’t really mind the uniform and their school buildings. But I would like to know about their academics and student behavior.
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I teach a lot of students, from both the top schools RI, HCI, and other JCs as well (SAJC, PJC etc)…
Students in the top schools aren’t necessarily smarter, but they cope better under stressful conditions, like in the exams. probably because of the school competition and environment.
Of course, there are the brilliant ones who will do well no matter which school they go to… but these are outlying minorities so this probably belongs to a separate discussion altogether.
just an observation from my experience -
Anybody heard of changes in a level for 2017 onwards?
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starlight1968sg:
Anybody heard of changes in a level for 2017 onwards?
Yes, applies to this year's Sec 4 batch onwards. Difference in syllabus between H1 and H2 subjects. -
jtoh:
bringing back F Math ?starlight1968sg:
Anybody heard of changes in a level for 2017 onwards?
Yes, applies to this year's Sec 4 batch onwards. Difference in syllabus between H1 and H2 subjects. -
jtoh:
starlight1968sg:
Anybody heard of changes in a level for 2017 onwards?
Yes, applies to this year's Sec 4 batch onwards. Difference in syllabus between H1 and H2 subjects.
So this will apply to 2016 JC1 students?
Any idea if it will be easier or more difficult? -
No idea about F Math. What I know is there will be a change in syllabus between H1 and H2 subjects. Currently, H1 material overlaps with what is studied at H2 level. With the change, H1 topics may be very different from H2 for some subjects. So students have to decide early on if they want to take the subject at H2 or H1 level.
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jtoh:
No idea about F Math. What I know is there will be a change in syllabus between H1 and H2 subjects. Currently, H1 material overlaps with what is studied at H2 level. With the change, H1 topics may be very different from H2 for some subjects. So students have to decide early on if they want to take the subject at H2 or H1 level.
So H1 will no longer be a subset of H2? Any link to an announcement of this change?
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