NUS High School of Mathematics and Science (Diploma)

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mjl:

For this year's IPhO, IChO, IBO and IMO, out of the 12 Gold medals won (sorry I did not count the Silver & Bronze medals) by Singapore students, RI took 7, NUSH 3, HCI 1 and ACSI 1. I think for a small cohort and young school like NUSH, winning 3 international Gold medals is considered a very remarkable feat!

As the majority of the GEP boys choose to go to RI and HCI, it is not a surprise that they will get most of the \"golds\", scholarships etc .........
Same for the GEP girls in the girls' schools.

[happymum8]

ngbrdad:

walterp:

[quote=\"phtthp\"]hi happymum8,


can students from NUSH enter Dentistry ?

I can boldly say that those NUSHS students who did (advance) research in life sciences including medical related areas would clearly have an advantage over their \"A\" level counterparts in seeking medicine or dentistry in NUS or NTU. That's the obvious advantage of NUSH over others.

To get into NUS medicine, the most important thing is to convince the panel during the interview why you are suitable to be a doctor, or rather why you are a suitable candidate to read medicine at NUS.
Knowledge/results are not that important.

As for Dentistry, the most important is similarly to convince the panel that you are a suitable candidate and shows that you have the dexterity to do it.
Dentistry really depends a lot on your hands.
There is no point if you have the knowledge but you hands are just not skillful enough.[/quote][quote]Knowledge/results are not that important.[/quote]This statement is not totally valid: knowledge/results and how sincere you speak will determine your chances of success.

Understand from panel of doctors interviewing the students for these past years, they are surprised on how the interviews were so scripted, especially coming from some students of top school.

Speaking Skills – superb but Sincerity is not shown too clearly...

[happymum8]

francbat:

And here is how to sell a school:

http://www.ri.edu.sg/files/PRI_-_RI_Founders_Day_Institution_Report_23.7.11.pdf

This link is for RI Founders Day.

Each school will deliver such speech by its principal during their speech day too (if you do attend the ceremony).

Not all school will publish this speech on their website.

Maybe the parents could also refer to this link for further information:
http://www.highsch.nus.edu.sg/content.php?id=c74d97b01eae257e44aa9d5bade97baf

[Nebbermind]

Relak lah, Bro Walterp!!

[tankee]

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Dear all

I have embargoed some posts from this thread to maintain harmony between members.

Kindly focus your discussions on the topic and not at each other.

[happymum8]

Thank you tankee.


Let us enjoy harmony here and share happy news or ask for advice for problems from each other.

No school is perfect or being the best.

Each kid will develop well in whichever school that suits him/her most.

We just need to let other parents know what is going on in the school and what kind of achievements the school obtain.

If notice carefully, parents of this link DO NOT usually want to compare this school with other schools.

We would like to share to all what this school can do and is progressing very positively forward and towards the goal of which MOE initially wanted this school to achieve.

[UncleLim]

Interestingly I came across this blog by a NUS medical student who graduated from NUS High School. He writes well and his thoughts are also very mature. The URL of his blog reflects the extended time he has been spending at St Luke's Hospital. Give it a read if you have time.


http://stlukesstory.blogspot.com/

[phtthp]

at the end of 6 yrs after receiving a Diploma - can an NUSH child choose to pursue an NTU degree course, instead of an NUS degree, since NUSH is affliated to NUS ? (example: study NTU engineering degree)


if Yes, is this route to pursue the NTU degree automatic, or still got to re-apply all over again, by competing with the rest of A level candidates pouring out from the Junior colleges ?

[phtthp]

assume that your son receive offer from both RI and NUSH …


for parents whose son receive CO from both RI and NUSH - are there any distinct advantage(es) that you see in sending your son to NUSH over RI, apart from getting Diploma vs. A level cert ?

[mjl]

phtthp:

at the end of 6 yrs after receiving a Diploma - can an NUSH child choose to pursue an NTU degree course, instead of an NUS degree, since NUSH is affliated to NUS ? (example: study NTU engineering degree)


if Yes, is this route to pursue the NTU degree automatic, or still got to re-apply all over again, by competing with the rest of A level candidates pouring out from the Junior colleges ?

hi phtthp, yes the NUSH graduate can choose to pursue an NTU degree using the NUSH diploma. You can see from the link below, the number (out of the 1st batch of 88 students) admitted to NUS, NTU and SMU:
http://www.highsch.nus.edu.sg/userfiles/file/Achievements/Uni%20Offers.pdf

From the chart, you can see that more NUSH students had applied to NUS rather than NTU and SMU (note that some of these students may end up pursuing an overseas education though they are accepted by the local universities). I think it is natural that more opted for NUS over the other local universities - many NUSH students are taking NUS modules while they are in junior-high (Year 3-4) or senior-high (Year 5-6), there is no limit to the number of NUS modules they can take provided they are recommended by the teachers or HOD. If they so decide to pursue a local university education, by being in NUS they are able to proceed to higher-level modules immediately (having taken the lower-level modules while in NUSH), thus they would be able to complete their first degree or double degrees within a shorter time. There is no such advantage if they choose to go NTU or SMU.

For your 2nd question, even NUSH students have to compete with other 'A' levels or IB students to apply to NUS. It is not an automatic progression from NUSH to NUS, though I have no doubt majority of NUSH students (should be close to 100%) would be able to make it to NUS. So no, there is no \"automatic route\" to NUS or NTU or other universities.