Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)

[BeContented]

Hi Autolycus & Twilight,

Thanks on the info on sports vs 3rd Lang. I have managed to speak to the teacher-in-charge. Apparently 3rd Lang is considered Sch curriculum & takes precedent over CCA so his attendance will be based on only the thurs training session. Hence he can still continue to attend the jap lesson on tues without affecting his CCA attendance

[jewelbox]

Hi Becontended,

thks for the infor on where to get the floorball stick. Will check it out this weekend. Didnt know tt the sticks are customised according to their heights. We are new to the game and looking forward to learning a new game and playing it well. Cheers.

[BeContented]

jewelbox:

Hi Becontended,

thks for the infor on where to get the floorball stick. Will check it out this weekend. Didnt know tt the sticks are customised according to their heights. We are new to the game and looking forward to learning a new game and playing it well. Cheers.

Same here, new too & DS seems to like the game a lot
Dun worry, the lady will advice on what to get for the boy. Besides the stick, you can choose the blade too. For us, we took the most basic model (price range ~ $85 to $250) & there is some 10-20% promotion right now. Have fun choosing.

[Hobbitworld]

Hi, I’m quite new to this so pardon me if this question has previously been asked and answered or if it is off topic. My son is currently in acs(I) doing the IB - year 2. He loves the programme and the school and we think it is a wonderful curriculum too. I have however been told by other parents from other schools that the IB is not so readily accepted by our local universities and that even with foreign universities they are not so readily accepting of the acs IB because so many from the school do so well that they "discount" the results?!?..so anyway getting a bit concerned and wondering if any graduates of the acs IB programme can share whether they had trouble gaining admission into overseas and/or local universities with their IB from acs. Do you think the school has data on graduands’ admissions into uni…

[Skyed]

Hobbitworld:

Hi, I'm quite new to this so pardon me if this question has previously been asked and answered or if it is off topic. My son is currently in acs(I) doing the IB - year 2. He loves the programme and the school and we think it is a wonderful curriculum too. I have however been told by other parents from other schools that the IB is not so readily accepted by our local universities and that even with foreign universities they are not so readily accepting of the acs IB because so many from the school do so well that they \"discount\" the results?!?...so anyway getting a bit concerned and wondering if any graduates of the acs IB programme can share whether they had trouble gaining admission into overseas and/or local universities with their IB from acs. Do you think the school has data on graduands' admissions into uni....

Last year or the year before that apparently 87.4% (about there) of the students were eligible for Oxbridge unis.

[Jonathan Lim]

For IB , if u get like 40 points or above , u can go to quite a lot of universities already .

[autolycus]

You can apply for a place in any university in the world with a score of 40. However, that doesn't guarantee you'll pass the interview or other 'obstacles to entry'. What you're observing is the operation of the free market, really — ACS(I) students actually aren't feeling it as badly as IB students from other schools; when we began the programme, the entry score for Oxbridge was 36 points; it now needs 41 to be safe, with 7/7/6 minimum for the three HL subjects.


Still not a problem for most ACS(I) students. I should know; I've counselled hundreds of them, literally.

[Dreamgear]

autolycus:

You can apply for a place in any university in the world with a score of 40. However, that doesn't guarantee you'll pass the interview or other 'obstacles to entry'. What you're observing is the operation of the free market, really — ACS(I) students actually aren't feeling it as badly as IB students from other schools; when we began the programme, the entry score for Oxbridge was 36 points; it now needs 41 to be safe, with 7/7/6 minimum for the three HL subjects.


Still not a problem for most ACS(I) students. I should know; I've counselled hundreds of them, literally.

Err did acsi spoil the market.... ??? Lol...

[autolycus]

Dreamgear:

Err did acsi spoil the market.... ??? Lol...

For everyone else, almost certainly. I charted the rise of ACS(I) against the rest of the IB population and found that not only did entry scores rise, but other schools began to change their internal policies in order to compete.

[Hobbitworld]

Thank you very much. It is very reassuring to know. Do you know if our local universities are just as accepting of the IB (compared to A levels which they may be more familiar with) and if so what entry scores would be "safe" for entry to local universities generally?