2010 DSA(Direct School Admission)

[verykiasu2010]

fromnuaa:

Hi INNOVATE, thanks for your comments.


what i worry is: my daughter has no much interest in Chinese, but NYGH and HCI put more time (compare to RI and RGS) on Chinese learning, does it affect English and other subjects? Everyday pupil has limited time for learning...

INNOVATE:

fromaa


1. Since your dd is academically gifted, she is expected to score above 262. If you are confident on this point, reject the CO from NGHS and apply under centralised posting.

2. If unsure of above due to some reasons, take the offer from NGHS and forget about appearing later. This is the right thing to do. It does not matter even if majority of her classmates will to opt for RGS.

Both these top schools are outstanding and academically both are on par. Who knows years later you may congratulate yourself for making the correct choice today, especially if your dd proves to be a humanities scholar later.

The humanities programme at HCI is known to be so english centered and superior that it attracts a group of top art students from RGS to cross over annually.

that is NOT true

NYGH and HCI is as English as any other schools in Singapore, notwithstanding their Chinese \"tradition\". At every open house every year, they take pain to address this misconception

If you have doubt, go talk to the principal directly

HCI has Beijing campus, but they also have immersion in Angmo countries and angmo school

RI/RJC's immersion are in India, Vietnam, Malaysia, & China too

HCI graduates are equally well sought after by the Ivy league and the Oxbridge

[INNOVATE]

fromnuaa


I share almost similar view as verykiasu2010. Not only Nanyang Girls, the standard of english in HCI, Dunman High,RV High, CHIJ St. Nicholas and Catholic High are prettty good.

In fact, you can use this given opportunity to immerse your dd in a top girls school to cultivate her interest in chinese without affecting her english. Students from all the above-mentioned schools use english as the language of communication. In this information age, the divide between top Sap schools and top mainstream schools is blurr.

At year4, your dd will be expected to sit for her GCE O- level higher chinese whether in Nanyang Girls or RGS and a minimun grade of D7 must be achieved to be exempted from H1 chinese during jc1. This is to meet the uni MT requirement. So you will now observe that Nanyang Girls can provide your dd with the right enviroment to cultivate her interest in chinese which may be very useful for her in the future.

Do not be duly concern with your dd current standard of chinese. Just as many pupils from China are able to make the english grade in Singapore as well as top unis overseas, I am pretty sure yr dd is able to do it too.

I hope that she will find her stinct in Nanyang Girls High memorable.

[jtoh]

INNOVATE:

fromnuaa


I share almost similar view as verykiasu2010. Not only Nanyang Girls, the standard of english in HCI, Dunman High,RV High, CHIJ St. Nicholas and Catholic High are prettty good.

In fact, you can use this given opportunity to immerse your dd in a top girls school to cultivate her interest in chinese without affecting her english. Students from all the above-mentioned schools use english as the language of communication. In this information age, the divide between top Sap schools and top mainstream schools is blurr.

At year4, your dd will be expected to sit for her GCE O- level higher chinese whether in Nanyang Girls or RGS and a minimun grade of D7 must be achieved to be exempted from H1 chinese during jc1. This is to meet the uni MT requirement. So you will now observe that Nanyang Girls can provide your dd with the right enviroment to cultivate her interest in chinese which may be very useful for her in the future.

Do not be duly concern with your dd current standard of chinese. Just as many pupils from China are able to make the english grade in Singapore as well as top unis overseas, I am pretty sure yr dd is able to do it too.

I hope that she will find her stinct in Nanyang Girls High memorable.

I am under the impression that the standard of Chinese at Nanyang is higher than that at RGS. Am I correct?

How do students who did not take HCL at primary school cope with HCL at Nanyang? Is it an uphill struggle, assuming that the child's Chinese isn't very good.

[verykiasu2010]

jtoh:

INNOVATE:

fromnuaa


I share almost similar view as verykiasu2010. Not only Nanyang Girls, the standard of english in HCI, Dunman High,RV High, CHIJ St. Nicholas and Catholic High are prettty good.

In fact, you can use this given opportunity to immerse your dd in a top girls school to cultivate her interest in chinese without affecting her english. Students from all the above-mentioned schools use english as the language of communication. In this information age, the divide between top Sap schools and top mainstream schools is blurr.

At year4, your dd will be expected to sit for her GCE O- level higher chinese whether in Nanyang Girls or RGS and a minimun grade of D7 must be achieved to be exempted from H1 chinese during jc1. This is to meet the uni MT requirement. So you will now observe that Nanyang Girls can provide your dd with the right enviroment to cultivate her interest in chinese which may be very useful for her in the future.

Do not be duly concern with your dd current standard of chinese. Just as many pupils from China are able to make the english grade in Singapore as well as top unis overseas, I am pretty sure yr dd is able to do it too.

I hope that she will find her stinct in Nanyang Girls High memorable.

I am under the impression that the standard of Chinese at Nanyang is higher than that at RGS. Am I correct?

How do students who did not take HCL at primary school cope with HCL at Nanyang? Is it an uphill struggle, assuming that the child's Chinese isn't very good.

the school is keenly aware that not everyone who enters via DSA or PSLE has done higher chinese, and they won't leave the kids to struggle on their own

Mdm Heng is a super principal there. Trust her to take care of the kids there, when they have made the offer to you

[jtoh]

verykiasu2010:

jtoh:

[quote=\"INNOVATE\"]fromnuaa


I share almost similar view as verykiasu2010. Not only Nanyang Girls, the standard of english in HCI, Dunman High,RV High, CHIJ St. Nicholas and Catholic High are prettty good.

In fact, you can use this given opportunity to immerse your dd in a top girls school to cultivate her interest in chinese without affecting her english. Students from all the above-mentioned schools use english as the language of communication. In this information age, the divide between top Sap schools and top mainstream schools is blurr.

At year4, your dd will be expected to sit for her GCE O- level higher chinese whether in Nanyang Girls or RGS and a minimun grade of D7 must be achieved to be exempted from H1 chinese during jc1. This is to meet the uni MT requirement. So you will now observe that Nanyang Girls can provide your dd with the right enviroment to cultivate her interest in chinese which may be very useful for her in the future.

Do not be duly concern with your dd current standard of chinese. Just as many pupils from China are able to make the english grade in Singapore as well as top unis overseas, I am pretty sure yr dd is able to do it too.

I hope that she will find her stinct in Nanyang Girls High memorable.

I am under the impression that the standard of Chinese at Nanyang is higher than that at RGS. Am I correct?

How do students who did not take HCL at primary school cope with HCL at Nanyang? Is it an uphill struggle, assuming that the child's Chinese isn't very good.

the school is keenly aware that not everyone who enters via DSA or PSLE has done higher chinese, and they won't leave the kids to struggle on their own

Mdm Heng is a super principal there. Trust her to take care of the kids there, when they have made the offer to you[/quote]I know the school says they will do their best to support a child once the child is in the school. I'm interested to know actual experiences. How is the child actually supported? Extra classes? Remedial classes? Weaker students grouped into a different class? What if a child continually scores a C? Will they be allowed to drop the subject to CL?

[verykiasu2010]

jtoh:

I know the school says they will do their best to support a child once the child is in the school. I'm interested to know actual experiences. How is the child actually supported? Extra classes? Remedial classes? Weaker students grouped into a different class? What if a child continually scores a C? Will they be allowed to drop the subject to CL?

possible all the various combinations you have listed above

those teachers are very resourceful

my DD's classmate went there at the bottom of the COP, and her HCL has gone up by leaps and bounds ...

[Nebbermind]

had a friend who son was in the pre-HCI, chinese high, some yrs ago. was a bright student from NYPS who did very well...no problem with HCL. But somehow during either sec2 or 3, he started failing HCL and that affected his other subjects. since the school does not have normal chinese, his only way ahead was to switch school...not much choice. also, with results sliding down, not easy to convince other 'branded' school to take him in.

[verykiasu2010]

Nebbermind:

had a friend who son was in the pre-HCI, chinese high, some yrs ago. was a bright student from NYPS who did very well...no problem with HCL. But somehow during either sec2 or 3, he started failing HCL and that affected his other subjects. since the school does not have normal chinese, his only way ahead was to switch school...not much choice. also, with results sliding down, not easy to convince other 'branded' school to take him in.

what is the cause in Sec 2 / 3 that affected the HCL and other subjects also caused by HCL? sounds too much of a generalisation from your friend.

pre-HCI days means Chinese High days and the kids would be doing 'O' Levels instead of the through train / IP to HCJC...

And how could one subject just suddenly drop ? and caused other subjects to drop ? BGR problem ? disciplinary issue ? may be your friend did not tell you the whole story to save face lah .... just guessing

I remember those who are weak, they are given extra tuition by the teachers, and if there is any emo issues, the teachers are approachable....unless they don't want to talk and got discipline issue that caused all the subjects to drop, not just HCL...HCL is just a scapegoat by the parents may be

[xxjustakidxx]

I’m from hci sec 1. in my time table, 8 periods spent on LA (english) and only 7 spent on chinese.

[verykiasu2010]

xxjustakidxx:

I'm from hci sec 1. in my time table, 8 periods spent on LA (english) and only 7 spent on chinese.

so, are you telling us it is more english than chinese ? lol !