NUS High School of Mathematics and Science (Diploma)

[phtthp]

any child from here won scholarship study medicine ?

[ngbrdad]

phtthp:

any child from here won scholarship study medicine ?

Very rare for scholarship to be given for medicine.
Only one I know is the President Scholarship.

[walterp]

ngbrdad:

phtthp:

any child from here won scholarship study medicine ?

Very rare for scholarship to be given for medicine.
Only one I know is the President Scholarship.

Scholarship for Vivian Balakrishnan (NJC) right ? the guy who blowed YOG budget 3 times and does'nt give a hue about increasing $30 more for the needy assistant ??

[verykiasu2010]

walterp:

ngbrdad:

[quote=\"phtthp\"]any child from here won scholarship study medicine ?

Very rare for scholarship to be given for medicine.
Only one I know is the President Scholarship.

Scholarship for Vivian Balakrishnan (NJC) right ? the guy who blowed YOG budget 3 times and does'nt give a hue about increasing $30 more for the needy assistant ??[/quote]you want 3 meals in hawker centre or food court or restaurant ?

[Vanilla Cake]

ngbrdad:

The round 1 test is in MCQ format right ?

matadorepy:

If I remember correctly from my DD, Science paper is entirely MCQ, Maths paper is structured type - meaning you have to work out your proposed answer and mark it out ocr. 1 hr for Maths and 1 hr for Science.

For 2011 selection test format:
Maths
23 questions (free response) ie mark your answers in the OCR. Duration is 1 h 30 min and total possible marks = 55. Allocation of marks for the questions varies from 1,2,3 and 4 marks.

Science
30 questions in MCQ style. Some MCQ have 4 options while other MCQ have 5 options to choose. Duration is 1 h 15 min and total possible marks = 30.

Number of applicants for DSA into NUSH of Maths & Science for year 1 in 2012 = 2017.

[phtthp]

a) what is the COP for NUSH ?


b) 6 years later from PSLE after graduating with a Diploma from NUSH - what’s the next step ?

is it an automatic direct entry straightaway into NUS, NTU to pursue corporate Law, Engineering, Architecture, Pharmaceutical Science, Computer Science, Life Sciences, Medicine … or still got to compete with A level Junior college students ?

c) if don’t enter NUS, NTU, how well recognised is this NUSH diploma vs. those well established, seasoned ones like Ngee Ann poly, Singapore poly ? can find a job easily ?

[UncleLim]

Is it true or is it just me?


The few encounters I have with NUSH students, I found them to speak rather badly. I mean, they were confident looking. But grammar and diction were not impressive. On the other hand, I have hired interns who were from Hwa Chong and RI and they were much more "refined".

I am sure there are those who speak well but is bad English and Singlish the norm in NUSH?

[ngbrdad]

UncleLim:

Is it true or is it just me?


The few encounters I have with NUSH students, I found them to speak rather badly. I mean, they were confident looking. But grammar and diction were not impressive. On the other hand, I have hired interns who were from Hwa Chong and RI and they were much more \"refined\".

I am sure there are those who speak well but is bad English and Singlish the norm in NUSH?

They don't put that much emphasis on languages there.

[francbat]

i have an elder son who is in NUSHS and during one of the PTMs a couple of years ago, one other parent (whose son represented Singapore in the IMO) brought up the disparity between content covered In English lessons vs GP in RI/HCI.


I personally find the language/dialogue skills lacking in my elder son as well, which I think will put him at a disadvantage when it comes to interviews for scholarships, etc.

If you have been to the open houses of the 3 schools, you will certainly find that when interacting with RI/HCI students, they were able to convey their passion as well as love of their school much better than NUSHS students.

It is for this reason that I have decided to place my younger son at RI. Despite my younger DS being interested in mathematics, I believe that RI/HCI will provide better all-rounded character development. In addition, I have also noticed RI sweeping 9 out of 10 SMO Junior results as well as doing better in various science competitions compared to NUSHS. But this is going off tangent.

[MandyMummy]

UncleLim:

Is it true or is it just me?


The few encounters I have with NUSH students, I found them to speak rather badly. I mean, they were confident looking. But grammar and diction were not impressive. On the other hand, I have hired interns who were from Hwa Chong and RI and they were much more \"refined\".

I am sure there are those who speak well but is bad English and Singlish the norm in NUSH?

It is definitely not just you who notice that. And also not just speaking.
Their writing skills also not so fantastic. I heard that while many students there shine in their maths and sciences, they lack the skills to write a proper report and the teachers there are pretty worried about their communication skills.