Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)

[sally]

Hi Mandarin


Tx for the advice. Your point of the school is important and value to us, we will attend the ASC(I) talk this month.

Yes, I agreed with you that the secondary school is important bcos that is the period that the kid develope in youth and the friends they mix with will influence their behaviour.

Thank for advice again.

[csc]

Hi Sally & Kelly1


Not to worry about the 'feeder schools' priority.

As far as I know, for the IP program, the school does not give priority to feeder school students. It's on a merit basis. The students need to obtain a minimum score to obtain a place. Another route will be via DSA.

The teacher-students ratio in the IP program is about 1 :25. All the classrooms are air-conditioned, including the canteen and the hall. Of course, the comfort comes with a price. (high school fees lah!) :lol:

[kiasuson]

kelly1:

Does anyone know what kind of questions they ask in the DSA tests for ASCI and RI? Is it IQ/Aptitude/Reasoning/Logic kind of tests, or is it more English/Mathematics curriculum based?

ACS(I) and NJC uses the selection exam from Australian
Council for Educational Research (ACER) last year. http://www.acer.edu.au/hast/schools.html

You can get the sample papers from http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/learning/k-6assessments/ss_sampletest.php

They might change their system this year. Good luck.

[kelly1]

THANKS Kiasuson, that’s really useful…

[blessed]

Heard that some ACSI graduates cannot get into local U cos they are not proven yet. Of course they are well accepted by Overseas U.


Any parents have academically AVERAGE ACSI children getting into local U. If so, which course?

[MdmKS]

kiasuson:

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ACS(I) and NJC uses the selection exam from Australian
Council for Educational Research (ACER) last year. http://www.acer.edu.au/hast/schools.html
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Kiasuson, do they use the same paper? Does one need take one or two different test if attempt for both DSA?

[csc]

As the tests are conducted by 2 different schools, there is a need to sit for the tests conducted in each school. Think it’s for easier administration. The schools will get the questions from a common item bank, I presume. My take is there is a chance that some questions/passages may be the same one.

[kiasuson]

MdmKS:

kiasuson:

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ACS(I) and NJC uses the selection exam from Australian
Council for Educational Research (ACER) last year. http://www.acer.edu.au/hast/schools.html
.

Kiasuson, do they use the same paper? Does one need take one or two different test if attempt for both DSA?

Last year, the dates and time of the test by the 2 schools are the same. One of my firend's child tried NJC. They did not know if the 2 papers are the same.

[csc]

As far as I know, ACS(I) conducted 2 or 3 selection dates spread over June and July. You can pick your choice of dates.


NJC conducted 2 selection tests last year. Just make sure the dates do not clash.

According to my son who sat for both the tests, one or two compre passages are the same. The rest are different.

Anyway, you need to pay for both tests as they are administered by two different institutions. Guess what matters most is the results from the tests! :lol:

[Vanilla Cake]

kiasuson:

Please note that only students above the cut off point go for the IB Diploma programe. The rest will sit for 'O' Level. This year I think they only allow those above 260 go for the IP six years programe. The rest are for 4 years 'O' Level programe.

On behalf of my aunt, I would like to ask a few questions about ACS(I) as we could not find the answers from its website.


Q1
From ACS(I)'s website, 1st intake of students at year 1 is capped at 150 for IP while the rest goes to their 'O' level programme. How do they sort it out? Do they choose the best 150 students from DSA, PSLE S1 posting and those appealing after the PSLE S1 posting based on PSLE T-score? Does this mean that COP for their IP like what kiasuson mentioned is not fixed at 260+ for every year ?

Q2
Heard from somewhere that their first-year IP students MUST attend one-semester boarding programme that will emphasis on leadership development and enrichment modules like culture and the arts.How about the subsequent IP years at levels 2, 3 ,4 and 5 etc ?

Q3
Will ACS(I) be conducting any open house soon as their DSA will be ending on 25 Jun 2009?

Q4
Does ACS(I) mix GEPers with high ability mainstream students or separate them accordingly?

Q5
For those students on 'O' track from ACS(I), their advantage over other schools' 'O' level holders applying for ACJC will only be a 2-point bonus deduction due to affiliation?

Thanks for your time and helpful reply.