Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)

[stressedoutmummy]

ngbrdad:

stressedoutmummy:

Hi ngbrdad,


Yup, i m trying to look for school bus service for ACSI before I can decide. VS is still quite alright as DH can drop him off on the way to work (at the eastern side). But ACSI is way out of the way for him. However, I was told that the programmes at ACSI is good, so I do not want to rule out ACSI just because of the distance factor.

I assume you stay around Bishan/AMK since you say very near RI.
circle line from there to Buona Vista is only 20 min. Then take a bus to Dover.

We reside at Potong Pasir, with St. Andrew's Sec right in front of our doorstep. But i noted that it is a Band 7 school. My boy needs to be in an environment where he has to compete, otherwise, he will slacken.

[clayman]

Can any parents or boys tell me which is the easiest and fastest way by public transport to get to MOELC in Bishan from school?

[autolycus]

Take a bus to Buona Vista MRT (74, 196) then take the Circle Line to Bishan MRT. There's a footpath behind the MRT station/bus terminus that leads to MOELC Bishan. Or you could take a cab — those are public transport too.

[ngbrdad]

So the IB programme has produced 3 batches of graduates, about the same as NUSH.

Any figure on the numbers that make it to NUS medicine/dentistry/law ?

NUSH seems to have a bumper crop that got into NUS medicine last year.

Btw looking at the requirement on NUS medicine, seems like they require an IB diploma plus SAT too.

Any comment on this ?

[clayman]

autolycus:

Or you could take a cab — those are public transport too.

Hi autolycus,

Thanks for the tongue-in-cheek comment
Cab will cost about $15 to $16....unless there are a few other boys who are willing to taxi-pool.

[autolycus]

ngbrdad:

So the IB programme has produced 3 batches of graduates, about the same as NUSH.

Any figure on the numbers that make it to NUS medicine/dentistry/law ?

NUSH seems to have a bumper crop that got into NUS medicine last year.

Btw looking at the requirement on NUS medicine, seems like they require an IB diploma plus SAT too.

Any comment on this ?

It's possible to take an IB combination which does not allow entry to medicine/dentistry, while it's nearly impossible to take an NUSH diploma which does not — because the NUSH diploma is a science-based diploma.

As for the SAT I/II requirement for medicine/dentistry from May 2012 onwards, it is supposedly in lieu of the GP/KI requirement that must be met by A-level candidates. There is no direct equivalent in the IB Diploma.

[ngbrdad]

Btw heard that last year’s batch of IB from ACSI, 25 made it to NUS medicine.

Can anyone please confirm this ?
If it’s true looks like one doesn’t need a perfect score of 45 to qualify to NUS medicine.

[autolycus]

ngbrdad, you need about 42 points to get into Oxford or Cambridge, so it's unlikely you need 45 to qualify for NUS Medicine — 45 is 768 UCAS tariff points or approximately 5-6 H2 A grades (because the SG-Cambridge GCE A is still one of the toughest in the world).


The situation is like this: NUS has a quota, which means that you can't think statistically; you have to consider the interview panel, the overwhelming number of candidates doing A-levels vs the unusual nature of the IB, etc.

[ngbrdad]

autolycus:

ngbrdad, you need about 42 points to get into Oxford or Cambridge, so it's unlikely you need 45 to qualify for NUS Medicine — 45 is 768 UCAS tariff points or approximately 5-6 H2 A grades (because the SG-Cambridge GCE A is still one of the toughest in the world).


The situation is like this: NUS has a quota, which means that you can't think statistically; you have to consider the interview panel, the overwhelming number of candidates doing A-levels vs the unusual nature of the IB, etc.

But for A level students you have no chance at all if you don't get straight As for NUS medicine/dentistry/law right ?

[autolycus]

ngbrdad: It varies from year to year; I recall one year when they wanted lots of top students in the biomedical sciences but not Medicine — then many straight-A students DIDN’T get Medicine. There was another year when it was Law that was getting the straight-A candidates. What you need is 3 H2 As (minimum), I suspect. So if you have AAA and the rest not-so-A, you would still stand a chance.