Regarding poly entry to local Uni

[Serene1234]

Skyed:

I hope you're aware that out of all poly students, only 15% QUALIFY for admission into local U, and only 5% are actually accepted into local U. One of my friends who is going into banking in the future is going to study in science stream in hwa chong.

Then where did other 10% go???? :boogie: :imcool: I am really not going to JC cos in JC, there is not much subjects that i liked... Anyway, just tells u sth..a few day ago ,I went to give tuition at ang mo kio, there is a bus to hwa jc, actually want to take a look at hwa jc, but instead too lazy to take the bus to hwa jc and so I took mrt home w/o looking at hwa jc...

[Skyed]

O.o why are you telling me about your bus incident? It’s not even related to the topic.


No idea on the 10%, I suppose they go out to work/continue studies.

[Serene1234]

Hais, although 3/4 of jc students went to Uni, I still hope to go to poly to take accountancy…Now, my problem is how to excel in poly, as in everyday need to spend how long to revise after lessons etc??>>>…Btw, just tell u my cousin who got L1R5 of 7, with english A2 went to ngee ann poly to take some business course…As for me, …Here will be roughly the sequence I will put after receving my results…

1. Singapore poly accountancy
2.Ngee Ann poly accountancy
3. Singapore poly banking and financial service
4. Ngee Ann poly banking and financial Service
5. National JC arts
6. National JC science
7. Anderson jc science
8. Nanyang JC science
9. Catholic jc science
10. Hwa Chong jc arts
11. Singapore Business Innovation and Design
12.ACJC science( their reputation is deteriorating, as in the XXX videos posted)
7.

[alng]

Serene,


If you hope to do accountancy in a local uni, it is easier via the JC route. If you go to poly, you need at least a GPA of 3.9 (out of 4) to safely secure a place in NTU accountancy, for example.

[hercules]

Hi Serene


Think there are Open Houses in polys coming up soon (I hope they are not over yet?). During these events, there are course counsellors available to answer your queries.

If you can make it to the accountant course in poly, your results must be quite good. If you are willing to work hard, esp with interest, you have a higher chance of entering local university as compared to maybe you dont flare well in JC cos you are not interested in those more academic subjects.

Accountancy course in local universities basically require good grades, whether you are from JC or from poly, to begin with.

Judging by your keen interest to pursue an accountancy career in future, the poly route looks sensible enough for you to take (check about advance standing in local universities if you are entering each from poly).

So, first thing first is to ensure that you secure a grade good enough to make it to the Accountancy course in SP or NP. It is not an easy course to enter in the first place.

If you go to the Open Houses, ask them % of accountancy students entering local universities. My take is at least 30% of each cohort. These students are well trained. In the event that you fail to secure a place in local universities after you graduate and also cannot afford an overseas education, then working part time while pursuing ACCA is a viable route (with interest, every route is a road to success). Your poly accountancy qualifications worth some salt in the market even if you want to start working and self studying from there after graduating (this is in fact one of the best route to make money while doing part time studying - gaining money and experience at the same time).

About how to prepare yourself in poly to be top 10%, just put in the same efforts that you did when you were doing your O levels. You definitely need CCA too!

Choose your battlefield. One has to decide whether they want to compete with the thousands of A level students eyeing at the Accountancy course in local universities or that few hundreds poly students eyeing the same. My take is the absolute chance of each group is about the same.

Good luck!

[Serene1234]

alng:

Serene,


If you hope to do accountancy in a local uni, it is easier via the JC route. If you go to poly, you need at least a GPA of 3.9 (out of 4) to safely secure a place in NTU accountancy, for example.

Then how abt SMU?

[alng]

Serene,


COP for NUS - http://www.post1.net/biow/entry/2011_indicative_grade_profile_for_nus_nus_cut_off_points_for_2012

COP for NTU - http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/oad2/website_files/IGP/AY12-13_IGP.pdf

COP for SMU - http://www.post1.net/biow/entry/2011_indicative_grade_profile_for_smu_smu_cut_off_points_for_2012

The COP for JC students is based on 3-4 subjects of one exam. The COP for poly students is based on number of subjects X no of years in poly.

[jen.03343895]

Actually as can be seen from the COP, entering Accountancy is not easy be it that your final choice is JC or poly. Both required excellent result. FYI, Accountancy is one of the most popular course in uni. So, you do have to work really hard.


Should you grade can’t enter accountancy in uni, there is still other options like SIM which would still lets you enter the field of accountancy.

[Serene1234]

jen.95:

Actually as can be seen from the COP, entering Accountancy is not easy be it that your final choice is JC or poly. Both required excellent result. FYI, Accountancy is one of the most popular course in uni. So, you do have to work really hard.


Should you grade can't enter accountancy in uni, there is still other options like SIM which would still lets you enter the field of accountancy.

I am very confident that my raw L1R5 will be around 7/8...um, i aiming to study accountancy in SMU...

[jen.03343895]

It might be easier if you go through JC route. In poly, entering SMU accountancy is not really that hard in my opinion, but you will require significantly more effort than in JC. Afterall, for poly to enter into uni, you have to be in ~top 15% in your course.