DSA 2011
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Dnls_mum:
Can these kids cope with IB ?
I know quite a few of such cases. Instead of letting kids go to a neighborhood school, they send to these branded international schools to save face. Still have the HC, AC and SJI name. Then they say that it is because the IB is a better programme. When you are rich, you don't have to study hard to be an elite in this country.
Can their IB results be good enough to get them a place in an overseas university ?
If so doesn't say much about IB right ? -
jtoh:
Maybe you and I have the same friends whose kids went to the international schools to save face. :rotflmao:[/quote]Maybe Maybe!! Hahaha
I know quite a few of such cases. Instead of letting kids go to a neighborhood school, they send to these branded international schools to save face. Still have the HC, AC and SJI name. Then they say that it is because the IB is a better programme. When you are rich, you don't have to study hard to be an elite in this country.Dnls_mum:
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Yes, rather than send their kids to neighbourhood secondary schools they send their kids to the international schools where they mingle with kids from the same background. A few enter at the end of Sec 2 when they can't handle Express stream.
:rotflmao:
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I think the quote of $1200 - $1500 monthly sch fee for international sch is on the low side. This is about the fee paid for maybe Indian International schs that tend to be lower than the others.
From what I've gathered from frens, HC Intl ~$18,000 annually, SJ Intl >$20,000 annually, UWC and Australian International ~$30,000 annually. I was like :yikes: - cost more than an MBA!!! -
ngbrdad:
ngbrdad,
Can these kids cope with IB ?Dnls_mum:
I know quite a few of such cases. Instead of letting kids go to a neighborhood school, they send to these branded international schools to save face. Still have the HC, AC and SJI name. Then they say that it is because the IB is a better programme. When you are rich, you don't have to study hard to be an elite in this country.
Can their IB results be good enough to get them a place in an overseas university ?
If so doesn't say much about IB right ?
They are normally not aiming for Ivy league colleges or top reknown Uni. Just any decent overseas university. Overseas Uni are not difficult to get in, only good ones are difficult to get in to. It is normally a question of whether parents can afford to send you there. I know lots of people, who went to overseas Uni because they cannot get a place locally. :roll: -
Thought I read somewhere that SJI international actually has minimum entry requirement, with PSLE score of around min 235.
Their aim is for IB score of 35-40. -
Pen88n:
$18,000 annually is S$1500 / monthI think the quote of $1200 - $1500 monthly sch fee for international sch is on the low side. This is about the fee paid for maybe Indian International schs that tend to be lower than the others.
From what I've gathered from frens, HC Intl ~$18,000 annually, SJ Intl >$20,000 annually, UWC and Australian International ~$30,000 annually. I was like :yikes: - cost more than an MBA!!!
we are not talking about international school meant for foreingers, in which case the SAS is even more expensive but locals are barred from enrolling in them -
ngbrdad:
I lifted this paragraph from SJI international's website:Thought I read somewhere that SJI international actually has minimum entry requirement, with PSLE score of around min 235.
Their aim is for IB score of 35-40.
\"For students applying from local schools a PSLE score of 225 points will normally be seen as the minimum entry requirement, although those with a slightly lower score may be considered for admission if they demonstrate a particular talent in areas such as sport, music or art.\" -
Dnls_mum:
So need to be eligible for express to enter.
I lifted this paragraph from SJI international's website:ngbrdad:
Thought I read somewhere that SJI international actually has minimum entry requirement, with PSLE score of around min 235.
Their aim is for IB score of 35-40.
\"For students applying from local schools a PSLE score of 225 points will normally be seen as the minimum entry requirement, although those with a slightly lower score may be considered for admission if they demonstrate a particular talent in areas such as sport, music or art.\"
And if they can get these students to get IB score of 40 and above in the end it's quite a good achievement right ? -
Pen88n:
I think the quote of $1200 - $1500 monthly sch fee for international sch is on the low side. This is about the fee paid for maybe Indian International schs that tend to be lower than the others.
From what I've gathered from frens, HC Intl ~$18,000 annually, SJ Intl >$20,000 annually, UWC and Australian International ~$30,000 annually. I was like :yikes: - cost more than an MBA!!!
I was talking to my family doctor sometime back, and he highly recommended me to send my kids to international schools in future, cos there's less pressure. I was like, where got money...? But he reckoned that once you factor in all the tuition fees that you would need to pay when you attend a local school, it all works out to be the same.... -
MotherHen:
My friend also says that the fees to attend local school will work out to be the same as international school so he sent all his 3 children to study in Sydney.Pen88n:
I think the quote of $1200 - $1500 monthly sch fee for international sch is on the low side. This is about the fee paid for maybe Indian International schs that tend to be lower than the others.
From what I've gathered from frens, HC Intl ~$18,000 annually, SJ Intl >$20,000 annually, UWC and Australian International ~$30,000 annually. I was like :yikes: - cost more than an MBA!!!
I was talking to my family doctor sometime back, and he highly recommended me to send my kids to international schools in future, cos there's less pressure. I was like, where got money...? But he reckoned that once you factor in all the tuition fees that you would need to pay when you attend a local school, it all works out to be the same....
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