Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)

[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.

[zannelee]

oliveminx:

zannelee:

Would anyone hv info on the O Level banding of ACS I? Tq.

Schools offering IP are excluded from the banding exercise.

Noted wif ts. Based on what I found in its website. The L1B5 is phaps band 4 based on ave 13.6.

[ngbrdad]

Hi if my son goes to ACSI and he wants to take up Malay as 3rd language, it will be MSP and lessons are held in the school right ?

Is is tougher or easier compared to other 3rd languages ?
At least no need to travel for 3rd language.

What about RSP ?
Do students have to sign up for msp on the S1 form first before they can consider rsp ?
Or just leave the s1 form blank ?

[tisha]

oliveminx:

zannelee:

Would anyone hv info on the O Level banding of ACS I? Tq.

Schools offering IP are excluded from the banding exercise.

But its not a purely IP school. It does have a 'O' level track. So how do we know the 'O' performance of the school? :?

[tisha]

zannelee:

oliveminx:

[quote=\"zannelee\"]Would anyone hv info on the O Level banding of ACS I? Tq.

Schools offering IP are excluded from the banding exercise.

Noted wif ts. Based on what I found in its website. The L1B5 is phaps band 4 based on ave 13.6.[/quote]Band 4. :yikes: Are you sure?

Could someone confirm this please?

[autolycus]

It shouldn't be a surprise; ACS(I) takes in students at roughly 235 (affiliated), so if the more academically inclined are creamed off for the IBDP in Year 5/6, the others would be around Band 4, yes. Don't forget, the IBDP entry point is equivalent (at worst) to L1R5 of 8, and in effect it is something like 6 points.

[SBC dad]

Appreciate advise for the following qns :


1. What is the chance to get directly into IP for 254 ?
2. How convenient from HV mrt to the school ?

MTIA

[autolycus]

SBC dad: 1) No idea, but I suspect they will try to set internal cutoff at 255; note however that internal transfer to IP can also occur a) by waitlist in Year 1, b) by academic performance in Year 2 going up to Year 3. 2) HV MRT not as convenient as Buona Vista MRT, take 74 or 196 or walk 10 min.

[ngbrdad]

autolycus:

SBC dad: 1) No idea, but I suspect they will try to set internal cutoff at 255; note however that internal transfer to IP can also occur a) by waitlist in Year 1, b) by academic performance in Year 2 going up to Year 3. 2) HV MRT not as convenient as Buona Vista MRT, take 74 or 196 or walk 10 min.

Don't walk, definitely more than 10 minutes.
Closest mrt is Buona Vista and not Holland V.