* Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) - College
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Nihauma:
wow ok thats kinda scaryHi,
Seeing your post reminded me of a blog I read recently from a ex Hwa Chong.
Please don't take this as a discouragement of your enthusiasm to go to the school. I just share only...
Wish u all the best in your O level...
http://stopthe-pretence.blogspot.sg/2012/03/truth-behind-my-jc-life.html -
I suggest you read this to get the perspective of \"the other side\"
http://mypaperjournal.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/post-to-you-finally/
As a Hwa Chong almunus, while I am sympathetic towards Xinlin, I do agree with what this blogger has to say. Ultimately, you make a decision as to whether you want to listen to others and try to live up to their expectations, or simply try to do your best and live up to your own expectations of yourself. Pressure is ubiquitous - it doesn't stop at A levels, nor is it specific to Hwa Chong, and it almost certainly will follow you to university, the workplace and life in general.
I won't deny that there wasn't pressure to do well - heck my tutors used to publish ranking lists after every single test so everyone knew exactly where they stood in the class (I was from HP) but despite all that pressure, I did have a very happy 2 years in Hwa Chong. IMO, it has set me up well for university where the pressure to do well is just as intense, if not more so.
In summary, don't be put off by a single bad experience. Everyone experiences it differently (I also don't agree about the fact that we discriminate against non-IP students, but then again I was part of the majority so perhaps I felt it less strongly). -
I received L1R5 of 8
EL - A2
History - A1
Combine (SS/Geog) - A1
E. Math - A1
A. Math - A2
Physics - A2
Chemistry - B3
Cl - A1
Hcl - B3
CCA - A1
nett - 4
I was considering putting vjc as my first choice. My friend suggested me to put a jc with a lower cop as my first choice and appeal if I fail. At least if I do this I will not regret it later for not trying, I want to enter HC badly. :xedfingers:
Any suggestions or opinions? Thanks.
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Unless you have something very special, e.g. some skills for some CCA (top school swimmer, top badminton player), itโs highly unlikely that HC will accept your appeal.
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Hc wonโt accept you unless you are damn special. Their 3 cut off is already partial.
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Very hard for the man in the street. But i have heard that if you have connections, they can make exceptions.
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Even VJC only accepts partial 4, you may not be accepted with 4 nett. If you do not put VJC as your first choice, you will be at disadvantage when you attempts to appeal
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Why do you want to enter HC so badly pray tell?
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My understanding is out of 1200 places for JC1 in HC, about 1000 places already chopped by IP students. You are left with 200 places to fight for by all other non-IP students, and their cut-off is 3 points, so your chance is like zero? (Sorry to say that).
justsuasua:
I received L1R5 of 8
EL - A2
History - A1
Combine (SS/Geog) - A1
E. Math - A1
A. Math - A2
Physics - A2
Chemistry - B3
Cl - A1
Hcl - B3
CCA - A1
nett - 4
I was considering putting vjc as my first choice. My friend suggested me to put a jc with a lower cop as my first choice and appeal if I fail. At least if I do this I will not regret it later for not trying, I want to enter HC badly. :xedfingers:
Any suggestions or opinions? Thanks.
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Hi, my DD olevel results came out and she got 6 nett. She really wants to go HCJC but knows her chances are low. Just wanted to ask what do you think are her chances? We are now considering if we should put HCJC first or NJC because just in case she canโt get into NJC, she can stand a higher chance for appeal to NJC if she put it first.
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6 nett is impossible unless your cca is stunning. Plenty of 3 pointers appeal into HC and RJ since the 3 cutoff is partial.
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I understand that even those 3 pointers who applied, they will look at your overall score. That is, eg. my DD case, she was told by RJ this:
Last year, dd and friend went to RJ open house. DD has 9A1s while friend 7A1 and i think a A2 or B3. RJ told my DD to proceed and she will get a place while telling the friend to give up trying (or something to this extend)
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Even 5 pointers who fail to be admitted into NJC (NJC only takes partial 5 pointers by balloting) will not be able appeal in. The 20 vacancies approximately for appealing cases are distributed to about 10 niche CCAs. You need to have a sound record and a list of achievements in the CCA that NJC is interested in.
90%+ of the appealing cases end up as failures as NJC has only about 20 vacancies for more than 200 candidates every year. -
Lynn2010:
Last year, dd and friend went to RJ open house. DD has 9A1s while friend 7A1 and i think a A2 or B3. RJ told my DD to proceed and she will get a place while telling the friend to give up trying (or something to this extend)
Uh oh... does this mean I might not be able to go to Raffles? I had a raw score of 6 points. I've deducted 2 for a pass in HCL and 2 for CCA, so my final score is 2. My results were as follows:
English- A1
HCL- C6
Combined Humanities (SS+Elective geog)- B3
Higher Music- A1
Mathematics- A1
A Maths- A1
Chemistry- A1
Biology- A1
Chinese (pu tong hua wen )- A1
I only have 7 A1s and I barely passed HCL... -
SupaSiMCraft:
Congrats on your excellent results.Lynn2010:
Last year, dd and friend went to RJ open house. DD has 9A1s while friend 7A1 and i think a A2 or B3. RJ told my DD to proceed and she will get a place while telling the friend to give up trying (or something to this extend)
Uh oh... does this mean I might not be able to go to Raffles? I had a raw score of 6 points. I've deducted 2 for a pass in HCL and 2 for CCA, so my final score is 2. My results were as follows:
English- A1
HCL- C6
Combined Humanities (SS+Elective geog)- B3
Higher Music- A1
Mathematics- A1
A Maths- A1
Chemistry- A1
Biology- A1
Chinese (pu tong hua wen )- A1
I only have 7 A1s and I barely passed HCL...
Your nett score is 2. No problem getting into RJC.
Out of curiosity, you scored A1 for CL and C6 for HCL. Was the HCL paper that tough? -
jtoh:
Out of curiosity, you scored A1 for CL and C6 for HCL. Was the HCL paper that tough?
Not really actually, can't have been that tough since it got at least 89% passes in my school -
jtoh:
Congrats on your excellent results.SupaSiMCraft:
[quote=\"Lynn2010\"]Last year, dd and friend went to RJ open house. DD has 9A1s while friend 7A1 and i think a A2 or B3. RJ told my DD to proceed and she will get a place while telling the friend to give up trying (or something to this extend)
Uh oh... does this mean I might not be able to go to Raffles? I had a raw score of 6 points. I've deducted 2 for a pass in HCL and 2 for CCA, so my final score is 2. My results were as follows:
English- A1
HCL- C6
Combined Humanities (SS+Elective geog)- B3
Higher Music- A1
Mathematics- A1
A Maths- A1
Chemistry- A1
Biology- A1
Chinese (pu tong hua wen )- A1
I only have 7 A1s and I barely passed HCL...
Your nett score is 2. No problem getting into RJC.
Out of curiosity, you scored A1 for CL and C6 for HCL. Was the HCL paper that tough?[/quote]Is it a \"confirm\" all 2 pointers can get into RJC? now dd also thinking if she can get in since there are many 2 pointers around. According to DD, the HCL paper was manageable but she was only expecting a B3. So she was overjoyed with an A.
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Hi zeemimi,
In the past few years, all 2 pointers have successfully entered RJC and HJC, as well as many 3 pointers. Unless thereโs a proliferation of 2 pointers this year, I would think entry to RJC and HJC should be more or less confirmed. Do you sense that there are a lot of 2 pointers this year? -
jtoh:
Yup. Her school alone has > 70 2-pointers. I saw the rjc website admits about 250 through jae.Hi zeemimi,
In the past few years, all 2 pointers have successfully entered RJC and HJC, as well as many 3 pointers. Unless there's a proliferation of 2 pointers this year, I would think entry to RJC and HJC should be more or less confirmed. Do you sense that there are a lot of 2 pointers this year? -
zeemimi:
That's a lot of 2 pointers. Are all of them confirmed 2-pointers, or >6A1s? Because not all who score >6A1s are necessarily 2 pointers. How do these numbers compare with last year's performance at your dd's school? About the same or much more?
Yup. Her school alone has > 70 2-pointers. I saw the rjc website admits about 250 through jae.jtoh:
Hi zeemimi,
In the past few years, all 2 pointers have successfully entered RJC and HJC, as well as many 3 pointers. Unless there's a proliferation of 2 pointers this year, I would think entry to RJC and HJC should be more or less confirmed. Do you sense that there are a lot of 2 pointers this year?
I wonder how other schools did, and if the O levels are graded on a curve.
I expect that just as many top scorers would apply to HCI, so that would double the number of places available at the very least.
Without actual statistics it's hard for us to predict. It would be interesting to find out the COPs on Feb 5.