Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
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The T-score is not taken into account anywhere else in the course except at entry to Year 1. Students with T-scores lower than 250 have often been admitted to the IP, sometimes by DSA, sometimes by transfer; the main internal guideline is overall performance in assessment.
The COP for IP entry is set by the school internally at 255. There’s no hurry to get in though; two years of good consistent work will set anyone up for lateral transfer at the end of Year 2. -
autolycus:
There are about 10/11 classes of express in S1 & 2, totally 350 students. About half will be from non-affiliated with T-score of 247 to 254. This will total 175. 100 out of this 175 will be selected to transfer to IB in Y3. Assuming the higher T-scorers continue to do consistently well, then the 100 will most likely be from T-score of 250 to 254. Note : Quite a few assumptions here : equal distribution from 247 to 250, high T-scorer continue to do well in S1/2 and perform well in CCA, other activites, interviews. But I think weightage will be on academic still.The T-score is not taken into account anywhere else in the course except at entry to Year 1. Students with T-scores lower than 250 have often been admitted to the IP, sometimes by DSA, sometimes by transfer; the main internal guideline is overall performance in assessment.
The COP for IP entry is set by the school internally at 255. There's no hurry to get in though; two years of good consistent work will set anyone up for lateral transfer at the end of Year 2.
Do you think this analysis is fair? -
thimberwolf101:
Err how come your analysis is only based on the around 175 from non affiliated school ? What about the other 175 from affiliated school ?
There are about 10/11 classes of express in S1 & 2, totally 350 students. About half will be from non-affiliated with T-score of 247 to 254. This will total 175. 100 out of this 175 will be selected to transfer to IB in Y3. Assuming the higher T-scorers continue to do consistently well, then the 100 will most likely be from T-score of 250 to 254. Note : Quite a few assumptions here : equal distribution from 247 to 250, high T-scorer continue to do well in S1/2 and perform well in CCA, other activites, interviews. But I think weightage will be on academic still.autolycus:
The T-score is not taken into account anywhere else in the course except at entry to Year 1. Students with T-scores lower than 250 have often been admitted to the IP, sometimes by DSA, sometimes by transfer; the main internal guideline is overall performance in assessment.
The COP for IP entry is set by the school internally at 255. There's no hurry to get in though; two years of good consistent work will set anyone up for lateral transfer at the end of Year 2.
Do you think this analysis is fair?
A Hast test is also part of the selection process right ? -
I think the analysis is irrelevant, based on the evidence. Thimberwolf is right to suspect that those assumptions may not hold true: by the time they get to the end of Year 4, about 300 of them will probably qualify for the IBDP, a majority of which are IP track, and some of which will be high-scoring O-level track students.
High T-scorers at this age and for this range don't really make much difference. Again from my experience, any child in the range 225 to 250 will show a lot of overlap; 235 to 255 likewise, and 250-260 hugely so. For boys especially, developmental considerations make it hard to predict; for IP courses, it's even less predictable because the quality of curriculum is so uneven in terms of delivery and design.
At Year 5, this is even more complex. I'm quite confident that many girls from 200-240 can all score 5 A1s without undue difficulty. For boys, I'd be cautious predicting anything below 240, and I've seen really high scorers do really badly.
So the best thing is to focus on your own child's strengths and weaknesses, get some qualified help if necessary, interrogate the school staff often (that's what they're there for even if some might not realise it), and help that child have fun while developing a good mix of excellent capabilities and skills for the future.
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autolycus:
The T-score is not taken into account anywhere else in the course except at entry to Year 1. Students with T-scores lower than 250 have often been admitted to the IP, sometimes by DSA, sometimes by transfer; the main internal guideline is overall performance in assessment.
The COP for IP entry is set by the school internally at 255. There's no hurry to get in though; two years of good consistent work will set anyone up for lateral transfer at the end of Year 2.
Does that mean that I can apply for ACSI IP at end of year 2, even though I might be from a different school? I'm currently I'm posted to SJI, and missed ACSI O level by just one point and my parents are not keen on appeal, but ACSI is my dream school. Do you think I stand a chance if I appeal now? -
smartypants:
From ACSI's website, the intake of IP for year 3 is only from ACSI students.
Does that mean that I can apply for ACSI IP at end of year 2, even though I might be from a different school? I'm currently I'm posted to SJI, and missed ACSI O level by just one point and my parents are not keen on appeal, but ACSI is my dream school. Do you think I stand a chance if I appeal now?
You can join in year 5.
SJI will have it's own IP intake at end of yr 2 from the 2012 cohort. -
Hello!
Does anybody know of a school bus to ACS I that goes through Marine Parade? -
ngbrdad:
The sms received indicate that DS will be going to ACSI express and reporting 8.30am tomorrow.
Thought they will only know if it's IP or express tomorrow ?
How come there are people with 259 and only posted to ACSI express as indicated in the sms received this morning ? Someone posted that on the PSLE 2011 thread.
Do they just indicated everyone as express ?
I thot your ds got in under dsa? And wasn't your ds from nh? How come you reported today? Or maybe I remembered wrongly. :scratchhead:
My ds will be reporting tmr. -
Can anyone share if it is non negotiable to take a uniform grp. I thot it is very taxing to take some sports eg golf plus a uniform cca? This can drain the time left for academic.
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zannelee:
Can anyone share if it is non negotiable to take a uniform grp. I thot it is very taxing to take some sports eg golf plus a uniform cca? This can drain the time left for academic.
I asked a teacher that question and he said that if you dsa'd in via sports, there is a possibility of exemption, coz training for those would of course take up a lot more time, esp those that are playing at the national level.
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