* Millennia Institute (MI)

[jetsetter]

janet88:

2 cousins who attended jc both admitted GP & MT are very tough.

Indeed. Now that we can access top jcs' past year papers easily, why not let ds have a glance at some past year GP questions and ask if he could mentally come up with a quick and dirty skeleton or bullet points for some pet topics. If a kid has not been reading widely in sec school, he will have to work harder with the help of his teacher over the next 3 years to pass his GP exam. As such, the poly route would be more advisable.

[janet88]

floppy:

The fortunate thing is he still have time on his side. Plus the polys are very open to appeal cases or accepting students who meet their COP but may not have chosen the course in JAE. In the polys, course managers generally have autonomy over their courses so it pays to talk to them as you appeal. That said, keep an open mind and cast your net wide.

choosing MI initially was because we thought 3 years would be a spaced out period but really forgot that he would have to face 2 killer subjects and 1) not knowing what kind of teachers he would get 2) no money for tuition.

thanks so much for all the valuable advice. greatly appreciate.

[schweppes]

floppy:

janet88:

feb 2 would mean we would have to appeal with the 3 choices which meets the cop.

it was a mistake to put MI as first choice...thinking that he would have 3 years but forgetting that GP will be a killer as well as sciences without tuition.

had a chance to talk to cousins over CNY holiday who attended poly and jc. with poly, it's modular....finish and move on. 2 cousins who attended jc both admitted GP & MT are very tough.

The fortunate thing is he still have time on his side. Plus the polys are very open to appeal cases or accepting students who meet their COP but may not have chosen the course in JAE. In the polys, course managers generally have autonomy over their courses so it pays to talk to them as you appeal. That said, keep an open mind and cast your net wide.

I believe it also depends on whether there are vacancies in the respective poly courses as they would have been filled during JAE application.

[schweppes]

floppy:

janet88:

feb 2 would mean we would have to appeal with the 3 choices which meets the cop.

it was a mistake to put MI as first choice...thinking that he would have 3 years but forgetting that GP will be a killer as well as sciences without tuition.

had a chance to talk to cousins over CNY holiday who attended poly and jc. with poly, it's modular....finish and move on. 2 cousins who attended jc both admitted GP & MT are very tough.

The fortunate thing is he still have time on his side. Plus the polys are very open to appeal cases or accepting students who meet their COP but may not have chosen the course in JAE. In the polys, course managers generally have autonomy over their courses so it pays to talk to them as you appeal. That said, keep an open mind and cast your net wide.

I guess it also depends on whether there are vacancies in the respective poly courses as they would have been filled during JAE application.

[janet88]

pray hard he can appeal successfully and get into the course of his choice.

[MyPillow]

janet88:

pray hard he can appeal successfully and get into the course of his choice.

Janet, Best Wishes to you and ds

[floppy]

schweppes:

I guess it also depends on whether there are vacancies in the respective poly courses as they would have been filled during JAE application.

True, but...

While the number of vacancies are typically fixed for JAE, polys have greater autonomy and there's flexibility for the course manager to stretch it if he/she is willing to justify it

Unless it's one of those super popular, super small class courses (in which case, the COP would probably be very low), there's no harm in asking.

[janet88]

floppy:

schweppes:

I guess it also depends on whether there are vacancies in the respective poly courses as they would have been filled during JAE application.

True, but...

While the number of vacancies are typically fixed for JAE, polys have greater autonomy and there's flexibility for the course manager to stretch it if he/she is willing to justify it

Unless it's one of those super popular, super small class courses (in which case, the COP would probably be very low), there's no harm in asking.

for JAE and especially for appeal cases, o level result should preferably be above cop for the course. appeal case is desperate...cannot mess up anymore.

[schweppes]

janet88:

pray hard he can appeal successfully and get into the course of his choice.

Be prepared that the school may call him up for an interview to assess his suitability. Prepare a portfolio (or CV) to showcase his strengths. Did you or dh accompany your son to any of the poly's open houses?

[janet88]

schweppes:

janet88:

pray hard he can appeal successfully and get into the course of his choice.

Be prepared that the school may call him up for an interview to assess his suitability. Prepare a portfolio (or CV) to showcase his strengths. Did you or dh accompany your son to any of the poly's open houses?

he went with his classmate. hubby offered to go with him but he preferred to go alone.