* Nanyang JC (NYJC)
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ryanryan:
My question today is whether NYJC will increase its intake for this year's JAE? Well, now that its neighbour AJC which previously has a COP of 9 will be merged with another neighbour SRJC and the predicted COP is to be 12 - 13, chances are the 7 to 9 pointers, especially those living in the vicinity, may likely take a chance on NYJC. Then NYJC COP may increase to 9?! :yikes:GinMocca:
Anybody know whats the official NYJC A levels result for 2017 like ? went to the website but the information is very vague, unlike the other JCs that published quite detailed information.
well, you can go back 50 pages or so to read a heated discussion over this....there one person who insisted that NYJC did better than some of the IP JC/schools but when asked to substantiate their assertions he cannot.
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roborovski:
My question today is whether NYJC will increase its intake for this year's JAE? Well, now that its neighbour AJC which previously has a COP of 9 will be merged with another neighbour SRJC and the predicted COP is to be 12 - 13, chances are the 7 to 9 pointers, especially those living in the vicinity, may likely take a chance on NYJC. Then NYJC COP may increase to 9?! :yikes:[/quote]ryanryan:
[quote=\"GinMocca\"]Anybody know whats the official NYJC A levels result for 2017 like ? went to the website but the information is very vague, unlike the other JCs that published quite detailed information.
well, you can go back 50 pages or so to read a heated discussion over this....there one person who insisted that NYJC did better than some of the IP JC/schools but when asked to substantiate their assertions he cannot.
Just my opinion ,maybe the students that qualified for NYJC that used to choose Anderson in previous years may now opt to choose for NYJC instead because they are worried of the potential large increase of COP of Anderson Serangoon due to the merger of the school. And last year I heard that NY intake was a partial 6, which quite a number of students with 10-4 L1R5 were not admitted to the sci stream, so even with an increase of intake, the COP would not fluctuate by so much because i do not believe that their intake can increase by so much. It's just something i thought of, what are your views? -
hi parents. my raw score is 11 and nett 8. should i try to put nyjc as my first choice?
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roborovski:
My question today is whether NYJC will increase its intake for this year's JAE? Well, now that its neighbour AJC which previously has a COP of 9 will be merged with another neighbour SRJC and the predicted COP is to be 12 - 13, chances are the 7 to 9 pointers, especially those living in the vicinity, may likely take a chance on NYJC. Then NYJC COP may increase to 9?! :yikes:ryanryan:
well, you can go back 50 pages or so to read a heated discussion over this....there one person who insisted that NYJC did better than some of the IP JC/schools but when asked to substantiate their assertions he cannot.
Yes. I think NYJC COP might drop this year due to the AJC-SRJC merger but confirm it will drop more next year 2019 when EJC returns to its brand new building in Bishan Park -
mindays:
Just saying http://sgforums.com/forums/2297/topics/492930?page=11
That must be in the past, bro. My daughter is doing her A levels at the moment. She mentioned that other than RI(JC) and HCI(JC) prelim papers which are killer-papers, the rest of them, including Chemistry for NYJC, are manageable and not distinguishable from other JCS papers, i.e., a combination of both easy and difficult questions.conqueror:
[quote=\"Liangbrolovesoccer\"]
I am not really sure about how dey taught @ NYJC but judging from the difficulty standard of NYJC papers for the sci subjs their standards shd b on par with other top JCs IMO. I took Phy Chem Math for H2 science subjs so not too sure abt Bio.
Did NY papers as student when I was in HCJC. Thr phy paper standards are somewhat similar to what the few top tier JCs have out thr (don't feel like their standards were anywhere lower than us either). For maths their paper is considered to be challenging for an average student actually (if doing under time constraints) but is of quality as the qns are very specific and drills solidly on concepts. (NY math papers are usually put aside in our revision packages as hard papers back then, heard the papers are tougher recently)
NYJC Chem Papers are well known to be killer papers (that is my only comment tbh)... is even more cancer than my own college's papers IMO. (dat somewhat explains for their distinction rate) Last time we got this joke in chem: 5 papers from the top JCs: HC=can do, VJ=can do, NJ=can do, RJ=smart ass can do, AJ-cannot do, NY-forget it u never can do :rotflmao:
If NY can secure almost on-par results with VJ and even surpassing NJ for A'lvls I don't see how NY's teaching standards can be low. :skeptical:
Can you please explain how NY has 'secure almost on-par results with VJ and even surpassing NJ for A'lvls' which is very misleading? You shouldn't post such misdeclaration in public unless you have obtained all the information for comparison from these 3 JCS which obviously you are not able to. Is this your 'marketing' tactic to win top JAE pupils over to Nyjc? It's not right but despicable!
I agree that Nyjc is a good JC but please don't forcefully over-valuate it such that it becomes a laughing-stock to parents of other JCS
Context: UltimaOnline from this forum is a chemistry tutor
Difficulty of papers is relative but from this thread, it seems that NYJC's papers are indeed on par with top tier JCs like RI[/quote]My arguments are:
1. Never heard of UltimaOnline (BedokFunland) chemistry tution centre. It will be more convincing if it is well-known like Indigo, Making Sense etc.
2. He mentioned 'NYJC 2016 P1 is 'interesting' and 'delightful', not that the questions are difficult and at par with top JCs
3. Furthermore, he commented that 'hoping this Fri's P1 will be somewhere between RJC & NYJC papers'. If RJC is difficult, NYJC must be manageable to strike the balance. How did you conclude that NYJC's papers are at par with top JCs?
4. Even if you forcefully insisted they are at par on difficulty level, is it not possible that RI(JC) could have gotten a 90% passing rate whereas NYJC could have only 10% passing rate for these papers that are 'at par'? Any JC can set difficult questions but ultimately it's the outcome/result that determines the ability of the pupils and we do not have any info on that. The pupils will only suffer more if they are constantly given difficult papers beyond their ability and worse still IF this is the tactic of teachers to stretch their pupils' limits without giving sufficient guidance & support. It will kill their joy of learning. -
student2001:
hi parents. my raw score is 11 and nett 8. should i try to put nyjc as my first choice?
Why not? Just go ahead and try. I am sure there are many doing the same since MOE indicated this clause for EVERY single JC, and not just the merged JCs, in the JAE booklet:
The cut-off points of all JCs may increase in 2018 due to the increase in intake numbers for all participating JCs in 2018.
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Grandypa:
Yes. I think NYJC COP might drop this year due to the AJC-SRJC merger but confirm it will drop more next year 2019 when EJC returns to its brand new building in Bishan Park[/quote]Yes agree. I have forgotten about EJC being in the interim premises.
My question today is whether NYJC will increase its intake for this year's JAE? Well, now that its neighbour AJC which previously has a COP of 9 will be merged with another neighbour SRJC and the predicted COP is to be 12 - 13, chances are the 7 to 9 pointers, especially those living in the vicinity, may likely take a chance on NYJC. Then NYJC COP may increase to 9?! :yikes:roborovski:
[quote=\"ryanryan\"]
well, you can go back 50 pages or so to read a heated discussion over this....there one person who insisted that NYJC did better than some of the IP JC/schools but when asked to substantiate their assertions he cannot. -
candyfan:
Yes agree. It will be utterly miserable especially for affiliated pupils with raw 10 to conquer RI-standard papers in their exams.
My arguments are:mindays:
Just saying http://sgforums.com/forums/2297/topics/492930?page=11
Context: UltimaOnline from this forum is a chemistry tutor
Difficulty of papers is relative but from this thread, it seems that NYJC's papers are indeed on par with top tier JCs like RI
1. Never heard of UltimaOnline (BedokFunland) chemistry tution centre. It will be more convincing if it is well-known like Indigo, Making Sense etc.
2. He mentioned 'NYJC 2016 P1 is 'interesting' and 'delightful', not that the questions are difficult and at par with top JCs
3. Furthermore, he commented that 'hoping this Fri's P1 will be somewhere between RJC & NYJC papers'. If RJC is difficult, NYJC must be manageable to strike the balance. How did you conclude that NYJC's papers are at par with top JCs?
4. Even if you forcefully insisted they are at par on difficulty level, is it not possible that RI(JC) could have gotten a 90% passing rate whereas NYJC could have only 10% passing rate for these papers that are 'at par'? Any JC can set difficult questions but ultimately it's the outcome/result that determines the ability of the pupils and we do not have any info on that. The pupils will only suffer more if they are constantly given difficult papers beyond their ability and worse still IF this is the tactic of teachers to stretch their pupils' limits without giving sufficient guidance & support. It will kill their joy of learning.
Let's say the teachers do guide their pupils but realistically, most of them won't be able to expand their brain juice capacity substantially within a short span of 2 years. We are talking about A levels here. Most can't become high ability students overnight or at all no matter how much effort their teachers and they themselves put in.
Even for grades, if 2 JCs had similar % of 3H2 distinction scorers, we have to look at the quality of the distinction (high or low grade A) so the comparison is endless...and nyjc has zero IP student who is deemed as higher achiever and has undergone a different program designed for university-bound as contrast to o level track student. -
My kids went to NYJC last saturday. It’s the only JC that is nearer to home now given that SRJC is moving. I tagged along as I was wondering at the NYJC appeal in recent years.
Personally I only visited VJC and NYJC. From a compound perspective, NYJC definitely looks more appealing. But the vibrancy in both schools are different in their own way. I suppose it just voice down to personal preference.
My dd (who just collected her O levels) found it too noisy and it didn’t really appeal to her friend and her who did NJC that morning. Maybe NJC was the first JC they visited which they asked alot of questions and it left a deeper impression. But she said alot of their peers like NYJC.
My ds (Sec 4 this year) went to a couple of JC open houses with his friends. NYJC appealed to him because of the soccer field.
My niece graduated from NYJC. She was a DSA student and is doing some business courses in local uni now. We believed NYJC has definitely value add in her case as her O levels score wouldn’t have enable her to get into NYJC. I heard they were asked to go for preparatory courses back then to ensure they can catch up. -
MMM:
My opinion is that if my kids are not 'high-fliers' and they aren't among the top students in their top schools or are top students in their non-top schools, they will feel more comfortable with nyjc as compared to vjc and njc as nyjc is a heartland jc whereas the latter 2 are more 'elite' jcs and are more 'threatening' with many high ability IP students. These pre-conceived ideas will affect their judgement of their Open House experiences.My kids went to NYJC last saturday. It's the only JC that is nearer to home now given that SRJC is moving. I tagged along as I was wondering at the NYJC appeal in recent years.
Personally I only visited VJC and NYJC. From a compound perspective, NYJC definitely looks more appealing. But the vibrancy in both schools are different in their own way. I suppose it just voice down to personal preference.
My dd (who just collected her O levels) found it too noisy and it didn't really appeal to her friend and her who did NJC that morning. Maybe NJC was the first JC they visited which they asked alot of questions and it left a deeper impression. But she said alot of their peers like NYJC.
My ds (Sec 4 this year) went to a couple of JC open houses with his friends. NYJC appealed to him because of the soccer field.
My niece graduated from NYJC. She was a DSA student and is doing some business courses in local uni now. We believed NYJC has definitely value add in her case as her O levels score wouldn't have enable her to get into NYJC. I heard they were asked to go for preparatory courses back then to ensure they can catch up.
It's good to hear such testimony of value-adding and preparatory course for the dsa student. This is what we want to hear from this thread and not boasting of unpublished results, bringing down other top jcs and comparing itself with ri standard etc from some parents here. :slapshead:
NB: If my memory didn't fail, your dd dsa-ed to crescent girls (?) and your ds is at mshs(?) and so I made the comments. Not meant to offend
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