Any NJCians or VJcians Out there?- VJC VS NJC ?

[Skyed]

Neus048:

Haha yay if you're going to NJC we might end up school mates! I sure hope it's going to be a pleasant 2 years. :roll:


hey Skyed, good luck for your school choices! TJC seems ideal since it's only 5 mins from your house, green uniform! Where else are you planning to go?

I'm not going NJ! It's wayyyy too far for me!!

I love the distance, but I don't like the uniform! I don't like green ._____. Ewww. I included ACSI and SJI in my choices too because I do want to do IB, but it's too far

[Skyed]

Going2School:

today, if not tomorrow website jam or sth happen too late liao. Fill in top 3 seriously,rest anything goes.

Btw make sure you type in correctly!! And your login times out after 10minutes so cannot take your own sweet time haha.

[Skyed]

Going2School:

any idea wear what on sch day 1?

School uniform.. Apparently have to wear for first week.. I'm so dead because I only have 1 uniform left...

[Neus048]

Aww.... must it be school uniform or is PE acceptable?


Haha going2school, yep! Yay future fellow school mate:). Are you a girl or guy...? I'm a girl . IB sounds interesting, but heard there's a lot of coursework & PW involved.

[sabrinat]

Hi, I graduated from VJC a few years ago but my advice would be to go to the school that is nearer to your house. I don't think school cultures matter that much, because at the end of the day most people want to get a good A level grade to get them to university - at least that was what I was aiming for.


In VJ, if you want to join the students council, you have to make a speech in front of your \"house\" (of which there are 6) and people will vote you in. I think this is the most straightforward out of all the leadership groups BUT, you must be prepared to spend a lot of time in school planning activities. (actually, all leadership groups will be very time consuming)

Then there is the CT council, of which you just need your class to elect you for it, and you will automatically be filtered into the leadership group. (CT council is like a class representative thing)

Lastly, there is the house committee, which is the most rah-rah of all the leadership groups - I was part of the house committee and I remember doing the most insane things like doing cheers on top of canteen tables and shamelessly asking everyone to vote for me. Still, I did enjoy my time and it really made me a lot more confident. (I don't think the school considers the house committee a leadership group anymore, so you have to clarify that)

My friends from NJ tell me the environment there is rather \"mugger-ish\" but to be honest, VJ is the same, when exams come around the school is so quiet and people are all scrambling to book consultation timings and photocopying papers. In fact, all JCs will be about the same because everyone has the same aim - to make it to university and score in the A levels.

And because school activities are normally so time consuming and will take up the most of your march and september holidays, I would advice you to choose whichever is nearer to your house so that you get enough rest everyday because when school is at its busiest (with activities and not exams) you can sometimes go home latest around 11pm.

BUT, don't be alarmed cause they do hold CCAs for 2 weeks before exams so you get time to study. And, don't be intimidated if other people seem more rah-rah than you, push yourself to do it if you want a leadership position, it will go a long way when you start applying for scholarships later.

(there's this thing called the top 3 achievements, some of my friends didn't have much to write, but if you can easily fill it up it will be a good bonus on top of your grades)

Hope this helps, good luck!

[Skyed]

Neus048:

Aww.... must it be school uniform or is PE acceptable?


Haha going2school, yep! Yay future fellow school mate:). Are you a girl or guy...? I'm a girl . IB sounds interesting, but heard there's a lot of coursework & PW involved.

Idk if PE is allowed ;3 I don't have any more PE attire either so that's useless!

Yeah, but it's also progressive grading.. Like not your entire grade is based on a final paper. At least 20% of your grade is marked internally so you can try and improve on it if you don't do well.. As compared to A levels, once you hand in your paper you can't change anything anymore...

[jtoh]

Skyed:

Neus048:

Haha yay if you're going to NJC we might end up school mates! I sure hope it's going to be a pleasant 2 years. :roll:


hey Skyed, good luck for your school choices! TJC seems ideal since it's only 5 mins from your house, green uniform! Where else are you planning to go?

I'm not going NJ! It's wayyyy too far for me!!

I love the distance, but I don't like the uniform! I don't like green ._____. Ewww. I included ACSI and SJI in my choices too because I do want to do IB, but it's too far

Skyed, you were in SCGS and that's just 5 min away from NJC. Why is distance a problem for you now?

[Going2School]

VJC seems to be really wild-but exciting!

[Skyed]

jtoh:

Skyed:

[quote=\"Neus048\"]Haha yay if you're going to NJC we might end up school mates! I sure hope it's going to be a pleasant 2 years. :roll:


hey Skyed, good luck for your school choices! TJC seems ideal since it's only 5 mins from your house, green uniform! Where else are you planning to go?

I'm not going NJ! It's wayyyy too far for me!!

I love the distance, but I don't like the uniform! I don't like green ._____. Ewww. I included ACSI and SJI in my choices too because I do want to do IB, but it's too far

Skyed, you were in SCGS and that's just 5 min away from NJC. Why is distance a problem for you now?[/quote]My mom is selling her car... Cos apparently now if she sells will not only break even but earn more... So have to go to school myself. No more comfort of private car

[Going2School]

Thanks all for your input! It was most definitely helpful