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slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2125024\" time=\"1702954646\" user_id=\"28674:
Yes I remember haha. Now graduated and working already. When I joined probably haven't have dd2 or just have her.
I think I've been here longer than most - since I was preparing my daughter to take PSLE! And she's now 24 years old! -
MyPillow\" post_id=\"2125023\" time=\"1702954469\" user_id=\"70594:
This forum has helped me a lot. I remember browsing through to get my mind off when I m angry etc.
u mean grow taller than you ?
yes, i find time pass fast ,while we chit chat away in kiasu forum here -
MyPillow\" post_id=\"2125023\" time=\"1702954469\" user_id=\"70594:
Haha yes..growing taller than me soon.
u mean grow taller than you ?
yes, i find time pass fast ,while we chit chat away in kiasu forum here -
Slmkhoo, for MI, how do you personally find the student composition, environment for studying and growth there?
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I am quite curious…for studying for diploma in Polytechnic…must it have to be related to a degree course later. Coz I somehow thought/recalled something like any diploma will be quite alright…maybe if related then can get some exemption on some papers…now I m not sure tho.
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MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2125035\" time=\"1702956816\" user_id=\"43981:
It worked for my daughter. She's not very easily influenced, so I wasn't too concerned about her being \"led astray\" - it is true that the student body there are weaker students, and sometimes that could be because of lack of motivation, poor habits etc. On the other hand, some of the students who were my daughter's friends were very hardworking! They were there because they just weren't very strong students, or had health issues which had slowed them down, or were recent immigrants whose English wasn't that good.
Slmkhoo, for MI, how do you personally find the student composition, environment for studying and growth there?
The first year can have quite a bit of upheaval in student population, which is not very good socially. Some students left because they got into a poly course, or got a job. Others started late because they didn't get into poly, and then joined MI. A number left at the end of the first year either because they gave up, went overseas, got into poly, got a job, etc. It was more stable in the 2nd and 3rd years.
Environment for studying depends in part on the friends. The teachers were supportive - they knew that they weren't teaching the top students, so they took trouble to explain more, supervise and direct more closely, and were quite strict (compared to RI, anyway - can't speak for other JCs). And spreading the material out over 3 years was good - better than doing it in 2 yrs then repeating a year (which some weaker students do in JC). The school provided quite a bit of non-academic encouragement - quite a strong emphasis on entrepreneurship, community service etc. I guess they knew this might be more relevant to their students. In CCA, they focused more on teamwork and participation than being the top or winning stuff - I liked that, and it suited my daughter. She got opportunities to do what she could even though not that good, which she wouldn't have been able to do in a JC, I think.
It may not work well for everyone, but one of her teachers was also previously an MI student, and was really good and supportive. And in one of my previous jobs, a colleague was also formerly a student at MI, went to local university, and was very good in her work. -
MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2125036\" time=\"1702957054\" user_id=\"43981:
If it's directly related, I think the student might be able to reduce the university course by a year, or be excused some modules. If it's unrelated, the student still has to have met the prerequisites (could be in Maths or Chem or whatever); and will also have take the full 4 years of the university course.
I am quite curious..for studying for diploma in Polytechnic..must it have to be related to a degree course later. Coz I somehow thought/recalled something like any diploma will be quite alright..maybe if related then can get some exemption on some papers...now I m not sure tho. -
MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2125036\" time=\"1702957054\" user_id=\"43981:
For aussie unis, they give 2 years’ exemption if related diploma, and 1 year exemption if un-related diploma. For local U, i heard it is not so generous but probably still have some exemption.
I am quite curious..for studying for diploma in Polytechnic..must it have to be related to a degree course later. Coz I somehow thought/recalled something like any diploma will be quite alright..maybe if related then can get some exemption on some papers...now I m not sure tho.
It is only a few years’ difference, which wont matter in the long run especially for girls who dont have to sacrifice 2 years for NS. -
zac's mum\" post_id=\"2125042\" time=\"1702958532\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2125042 time=1702958532 user_id=53606]
Their courses are usually for how many years for students to get 2 years exemption? Are they usually 4yrs ?
For aussie unis, they give 2 years’ exemption if related diploma, and 1 year exemption if un-related diploma. For local U, i heard it is not so generous but probably still have some exemption.
It is only a few years’ difference, which wont matter in the long run especially for girls who dont have to sacrifice 2 years for NS.[/quote] -
slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2125040\" time=\"1702958070\" user_id=\"28674:
Yesterday I was thinking if can get in, 3yrs A is good too ..distance is abit off. But it is also one of the considerations.
It worked for my daughter. She's not very easily influenced, so I wasn't too concerned about her being \"led astray\" - it is true that the student body there are weaker students, and sometimes that could be because of lack of motivation, poor habits etc. On the other hand, some of the students who were my daughter's friends were very hardworking! They were there because they just weren't very strong students, or had health issues which had slowed them down, or were recent immigrants whose English wasn't that good.
The first year can have quite a bit of upheaval in student population, which is not very good socially. Some students left because they got into a poly course, or got a job. Others started late because they didn't get into poly, and then joined MI. A number left at the end of the first year either because they gave up, went overseas, got into poly, got a job, etc. It was more stable in the 2nd and 3rd years.
Environment for studying depends in part on the friends. The teachers were supportive - they knew that they weren't teaching the top students, so they took trouble to explain more, supervise and direct more closely, and were quite strict (compared to RI, anyway - can't speak for other JCs). And spreading the material out over 3 years was good - better than doing it in 2 yrs then repeating a year (which some weaker students do in JC). The school provided quite a bit of non-academic encouragement - quite a strong emphasis on entrepreneurship, community service etc. I guess they knew this might be more relevant to their students. In CCA, they focused more on teamwork and participation than being the top or winning stuff - I liked that, and it suited my daughter. She got opportunities to do what she could even though not that good, which she wouldn't have been able to do in a JC, I think.
It may not work well for everyone, but one of her teachers was also previously an MI student, and was really good and supportive. And in one of my previous jobs, a colleague was also formerly a student at MI, went to local university, and was very good in her work.
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