Raffles Girls' School (Secondary) [*IP]
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Raffles Diploma with Distinction for top 20% VS Hwa Chong Diploma with Distinction for top 30%. Raffles Diploma with Merit for next 50% but can't find such information for Hwa Chong diploma.
50 Ivy League early admission offers and 69 conditional offers from Oxbridge setting a record year for RI(JC). Very impressive because would think only very very few goes to each of such institutions every year. Wonder what the comparable stats at the other mountain are
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I am not sure what is the weight these diplomas are playing in getting a place in the Ivies. These students, even without recognition of the diplomas, probably will have other achievements such as medals from the various olympiads that greatly increase their chance of a place anyway.
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WeiHan:
I am not sure what is the weight these diplomas are playing in getting a place in the Ivies. These students, even without recognition of the diplomas, probably will have other achievements such as medals from the various olympiads that greatly increase their chance of a place anyway.
I doubt medals in various Olympiads means easy entry to the ivies before 'A' levels results are out. How can over 100 pupils win international Olympiads anyway? The number of medal winners are small. The rijc diploma gauges 5 key areas. One has to be outstanding in more than one of these few areas to receive distinction. Also, the consistently excellent performances of rafflesians in top colleges over the years hv long convinced these colleges tt rijc is a premier high school. With the diploma, it makes it even easier for these colleges to accept quality applicants prior to release of 'A' level results. -
naggo-nitemare:
Entry into the ivies requires more than excellent academic performance. that is for sure. Various olympiads, for example, not the only way, are just extra achievements that may help in the applications. The girl in the report got a gold in Singapore maths olympiad.WeiHan:
I am not sure what is the weight these diplomas are playing in getting a place in the Ivies. These students, even without recognition of the diplomas, probably will have other achievements such as medals from the various olympiads that greatly increase their chance of a place anyway.
I doubt medals in various Olympiads means easy entry to the ivies before 'A' levels results are out. How can over 100 pupils win international Olympiads anyway? The number of medal winners are small. The rijc diploma gauges 5 key areas. One has to be outstanding in more than one of these few areas to receive distinction. Also, the consistently excellent performances of rafflesians in top colleges over the years hv long convinced these colleges tt rijc is a premier high school. With the diploma, it makes it even easier for these colleges to accept quality applicants prior to release of 'A' level results. -
Those students who got Raffles Diploma, are they mostly from the RA class? What is this Diploma different from NUS high Diploma and ACS IB programme?
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Raffles Diploma for Distinction for top 20%. That works out to be about 240 students based on a yearly A Level cohort of about 1200. About half this number made it for early admission / condition offer from Ivy League / Oxbridge. Pretty impressive!
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Pen88n:
Raffles Diploma for Distinction for top 20%. That works out to be about 240 students based on a yearly A Level cohort of about 1200. About half this number made it for early admission / condition offer from Ivy League / Oxbridge. Pretty impressive!
Agree. Not sure though if the two groups are mutually exclusive. There could be students who got both Ivy League early admission offers in addition to Oxbridge conditional offers. -
what does the conditional offer mean? what normally the conditions are?
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friendship:
Those students who got Raffles Diploma, are they mostly from the RA class? What is this Diploma different from NUS high Diploma and ACS IB programme?
copied from the Raffles Diploma Information Guide 2012:
The Raffles Diploma is a certification that recognises student participation and achievements in a wide spectrum of programmes in all the five domains ( cognitive, character & leadership, community & citizenship, sports & health, arts & aesthetics) of development. This certification celebrates the commitment of students who take up opportunities which nurture their talents in areas beyond the academic and acknowledges the peaks of excellence attained by the students. In this way, the Raffles Diploma aims to challenge and expand the traditional definition of success based on the GCE 'A' Level certification.
Raffles Diploma is very unique. I don't know about other diploma, but why compare? :roll: -
slmkhoo:
Just last year, one conditional offer case was based on AAA grade for 3 H2 subjects.kitcat:
what does the conditional offer mean? what normally the conditions are?
Since the offers are made before the 'A' levels, the conditions will usually be a certain no. and quality of 'A' level grades. I have no idea what the conditions made by the various universities are these days, but long ago (in the 80s), some Oxbridge conditional offers were for 2 E's at 'A' level! I suspect they are higher now.
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