<![CDATA[JC or Poly?]]>Hi Insider


Great ambition of your kid, not bad for someone who is only 16 yrs old.

I have friends who studied Biomed and currently working in the industry told me for careers in Biomed or careers involving research, it is very impt that the qualification sticks. Only PHDs are recognised and dare oing the research work. If someone plans to complete her education after degree, then the career path is indeed limited. Probably end up being research assistants or something like that.

So great to know that it is in your plan to put her thru PHD.

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MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2128186\" time=\"1706587554\" user_id=\"43981:

I think if not aiming the big 2 or 3 AU, then should be quite ok ?
Not all poly grads make it to the local universities - about 30%, is what I've heard. Not all JC students make it to university either, and in some JCs and MI, it's also around 30%.

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MyPillow\" post_id=\"2128184\" time=\"1706585694\" user_id=\"70594:

Just curious , how u know it is difficult poly grads enter local uni ( nus, smu, ntu, ), means lesser poly grad population in these 3 unis ?
But I do see my circle of friends , relatives of poly grads can enter uni too : unisim,suss, sit etc
Am not too sure abt sutd students backgrd ?
I'm sure there are statistics to answer your questions. But simply based on the fact that stronger students tend to choose JC, you would expect a higher proportion of JC students in universities.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2128200https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2128200Tue, 30 Jan 2024 08:48:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to JC or Poly? on Tue, 30 Jan 2024 04:05:54 GMT]]>I think if not aiming the big 2 or 3 AU, then should be quite ok ?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2128186https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2128186Tue, 30 Jan 2024 04:05:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to JC or Poly? on Tue, 30 Jan 2024 03:34:54 GMT]]>

phtthp\" post_id=\"2128183\" time=\"1706584104\" user_id=\"35251:





After all, it is easier to enter local universities, via (IB + A-level) route, than via Polytechnic route.

Just curious , how u know it is difficult poly grads enter local uni ( nus, smu, ntu, ), means lesser poly grad population in these 3 unis ?
But I do see my circle of friends , relatives of poly grads can enter uni too : unisim,suss, sit etc
Am not too sure abt sutd students backgrd ?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2128184https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2128184Tue, 30 Jan 2024 03:34:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to JC or Poly? on Tue, 30 Jan 2024 03:08:24 GMT]]>1) if go (choose) Poly,


a)

you need to be consistent in your study. The key word is consistency, and this requires self discipline.

Because

if say, for example, u did not do well in Term 1 and come Term 2, try to catch up, you will feel more stressed ! Thus,

it is better (safer) to maintain your own academic standard regularly every Term, in every Trimester, instead of try to do " catch up".

Why ?

Because

your GPA score (Polytechnic) is accumulative, from the very first day you stepped into a Polytechnic until the end of your final, 3rd year including Internship progress report made by your supervisor, at your Internship working place.

b)

go Poly,
only if you are very sure, definite, certain about your own career path. That is, what u want to be, regarding your ambition in life.

Otherwise,
if you realised that you have choosen the wrong course (faculty) to study inside the Poly, u will start to regret & start having thoughts to want to pull out (withdraw) from the Poly course and try to go back to A-level path, instead. By then, u already wasted your time spent. You cannot turn back the clock.


2)

if you still not sure, un decided what you want to become in your future career,
need another further 2 more years to think through, to consider, to talk to more people (working adults) from the different, various working industries so as to familiarise yourself with,

then,

stick to the A-level

or

the IB path (SJI / ACSI).

After all, it is easier to enter local universities, via (IB + A-level) route, than via Polytechnic route.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2128183https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2128183Tue, 30 Jan 2024 03:08:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to JC or Poly? on Wed, 17 Jan 2024 18:02:55 GMT]]>

Wonder-ful\" post_id=\"2127267\" time=\"1705455021\" user_id=\"121000:

My son was trying to decide between JC and Poly. His results were average (12-2 =10) and felt he had no chance for the better JCs. End up choosing to apply for NA poly (9-2=7) and felt he had a better chance of entering a course he'll prefer.

Realized that students now a days are avoiding JCs with the mindset that its very academic and with huge homework loads.

My concern now is that I heard only 1/3 or less poly graduate makes it to U as compared to 75% of JC students. How true are these numbers. 😞
Actually, the best person to confirm this, is the Principal or Dean of that (whichever) respective Polytechnic Faculty course, which your son is interested in. During Open house Polytechnic, you can pose this question, to this Officer in charge.

By and large, if your son in the Poly wants to pursue a local University course, in some highly popular hot in demand course faculty, often, this will require at least a 3.75 to 4.0 GPA score, in his final year.

After Poly graduation,
2 routes are open (available) for him :-

1) work first, to gain some working experience, before going back to study in the uni.

This way, the Poly graduate will be certain of the right course (direction in career path) to pick & to further his study,
because

the working life exposure in the industry, will help him to confirm if that is really what he wants to work in.


2) don't work yet.

Straight away, continue to further his study

either

locally or
go overseas abroad to (UK / USA / Australia / European) universities, for further study.

Some Poly courses can enable students to jump / to be admitted directly into 2nd year of the uni course, skip the first year.

Yes, by & large, is about one third of students with high GPA score, will continue to local uni.

Why ?

Because

the purpose of receiving your Poly Diploma, is to prepare students for .... working life.

In fact, in their final third year,
just before Internship about to start,

the Poly course coordinator inside that faculty, will inform students which are the companies going to come down to interview them. So, these final 3rd year Poly students will get ready, prepare their job resume in advance and on that very day itself when the respective companies' representatives come down, they will interview the students on the spot, in certain interview room(s) premises already prepared before hand. Some of the successful candidates (students) can sign contract, with these sponsoring companies.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127327https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127327Wed, 17 Jan 2024 18:02:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to JC or Poly? on Wed, 17 Jan 2024 11:57:45 GMT]]>From now until 2 Feb 2024, for those JAE students who are confident of securing their JC, can proceed to buy JC uniform.


But for those not sure, not certain which JC they will be posted to, then don’t buy yet. For those who intend to appeal, buy only after your appeal results are out.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127321https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127321Wed, 17 Jan 2024 11:57:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to JC or Poly? on Wed, 17 Jan 2024 11:49:22 GMT]]>Posting results out on 1st Feb, report to posted JC on the next working day (2nd Feb).


As far as I know, they are not expected to wear (or even buy) the JC uniform yet. Once briefed in school on 2nd Feb, the students themselves will manage the buying of their uniforms on their own. I’m sure they have a grace period to do laundry (exchange/alter to correct size) before all must wear the uniform.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127320https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127320Wed, 17 Jan 2024 11:49:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to JC or Poly? on Wed, 17 Jan 2024 11:08:45 GMT]]>

MyPillow\" post_id=\"2127288\" time=\"1705465506\" user_id=\"70594:

what is the cut off date n time for submission?
ah yo i can feel your \"nervous\" on behalf of u too .. 😂
The Cut off time & dateline due for submission back to MOE on your 12 choices was over, yesterday Tuesday (16 Jan 2024),

at 4 pm.

=========================

The sms posting results, to various Junior College / Polytechnic, will come in, appear on

Monday (1 February, 2024)

9 am,

on your handphone.

2 Feb 2024 (Tuesday) :

Is first day of new school Term for JAE students, start your orientation in JCs or in IB Institution (SJI / ACSI). You may wear your new JC uniform.

Those who are appealing, because upset with the JCs / IB institution they have been posted to, can wear your old Secondary school uniform.

==========================

Those posted to the five Polytechnic(s) :-

(Temasek / Republic / Nanyang / Ngee Ann / Singapore ) Polytechnic -

will start Poly, in April.
So from now until April, about 2.5 months left, can go and find a job, to gain some exposure into the working life.

========================

Malaysian JAE students who after collected their O level results on Thursday ( 11 Jan 2024 ), but prefer to study A-level in Kuala Lumpur (KL) instead of remaining in SG, will also start their new school Term in KL, wef. February 2024.

After taking your Cambridge A-level in KL in (Oct-Dec) year 2025, you can still apply for local universities (NUS, NTU). But, the criteria for admission into the faculties will be different, from those A-level students who have sat for their A-level in Singapore (SEAB).

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MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2127269\" time=\"1705455923\" user_id=\"43981:

In Poly seems can get more options on the courses and the courses sound interesting. One of my biggest worry is lack of self discipline as no more fixed time to school. We only selected 1 JC that is within score range..now I am hoping for JC.
what is the cut off date n time for submission?
ah yo i can feel your \"nervous\" on behalf of u too .. 😂

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127288https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127288Wed, 17 Jan 2024 04:25:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to JC or Poly? on Wed, 17 Jan 2024 02:27:44 GMT]]>

Wonder-ful\" post_id=\"2127266\" time=\"1705455018\" user_id=\"121000:

My son was trying to decide between JC and Poly. His results were average (12-2 =10) and felt he had no chance for the better JCs. End up choosing to apply for NA poly (9-2=7) and felt he had a better chance of entering a course he'll prefer.
Realized that students now a days are avoiding JCs with the mindset that its very academic and with huge homework loads. My concern now is that I heard only 1/3 or less poly graduate makes it to U as compared to 75% of JC students. How true are these numbers. 😞
The numbers are true, but not all students and schools are the same. Since more of the higher-scoring students opt for JCs, it's not surprising that a higher percentage go to university. It doesn't mean that if the grades of the students were the same, some magic happens in JCs that makes it more likely for the student to qualify for university. Even between JCs, some (where the students enter with better grades) generally have higher proportions of students going to university. There are a couple of JCs where the proportion going to university is also about 30%. So if your child would probably have qualified for university had he gone to JC, it's not going to be very different if he goes to poly. In fact, some students tell me it's more likely that they will go to university through poly - no MTL, no GP, and they are often willing to go to SIT, SUSS, etc. rather than only consider the big 3.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127274https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127274Wed, 17 Jan 2024 02:27:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to JC or Poly? on Wed, 17 Jan 2024 01:45:23 GMT]]>In Poly seems can get more options on the courses and the courses sound interesting. One of my biggest worry is lack of self discipline as no more fixed time to school. We only selected 1 JC that is within score range…now I am hoping for JC.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127269https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127269Wed, 17 Jan 2024 01:45:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to JC or Poly? on Wed, 17 Jan 2024 01:30:21 GMT]]>My son was trying to decide between JC and Poly. His results were average (12-2 =10) and felt he had no chance for the better JCs. End up choosing to apply for NA poly (9-2=7) and felt he had a better chance of entering a course he'll prefer.

Realized that students now a days are avoiding JCs with the mindset that its very academic and with huge homework loads. My concern now is that I heard only 1/3 or less poly graduate makes it to U as compared to 75% of JC students. How true are these numbers. 😞

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127267https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127267Wed, 17 Jan 2024 01:30:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to JC or Poly? on Wed, 17 Jan 2024 01:30:18 GMT]]>My son was trying to decide between JC and Poly. His results were average (12-2 =10) and felt he had no chance for the better JCs. End up choosing to apply for NA poly (9-2=7) and felt he had a better chance of entering a course he'll prefer.

Realized that students now a days are avoiding JCs with the mindset that its very academic and with huge homework loads. My concern now is that I heard only 1/3 or less poly graduate makes it to U as compared to 75% of JC students. How true are these numbers. 😞

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127266https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127266Wed, 17 Jan 2024 01:30:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to JC or Poly? on Tue, 16 Jan 2024 07:54:09 GMT]]>

phtthp\" post_id=\"2127109\" time=\"1705245331\" user_id=\"35251:

By changing RP ( 90 to 70 ), what impact will there be, in terms of admission to university faculty courses ?
I feel that the newly revamped A level grading system to 3H2 plus only pass/fail for PW will relieve some stress from the future A level students.

I read from Reddit, students from this lower tier JC cried foul because vast majority of them did not get A for PW. However, vast majority of the students from top tier JC were awarded with As for PW. I am not sure if there is any bias to begin with.

Plus there are other complaints like slackers got A but not those really hardworking ones. Therefore, just a Pass or Fail should bring some cheer to students, especially those in mid and lower tier JCs !

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zac's mum\" post_id=\"2127096\" time=\"1705239405\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2127096 time=1705239405 user_id=53606]
Do u mean ELL (English Language and Linguistics)?

If any KSP knows anyone who has taken ELL as H2 subject, please let me know; I’d like to find out more![/quote]
MOE ELEP, incl taking ELL. Can apply for scholarship too. See link below. Only offered by 3 JCs. Can read more abt it in reddit. Students there shared quite a bit abt it.

https://www.moe.gov.sg/education-in-sg/our-programmes/elep-jc

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lee_yl\" post_id=\"2127057\" time=\"1705190435\" user_id=\"17023:


PS: There is a revamp of A levels grading system from RP90 to RP70. Hope this helps in reducing the stress of A level students. :rahrah:
By changing RP ( 90 to 70 ), what impact will there be, in terms of admission to university faculty courses ?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127109https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127109Sun, 14 Jan 2024 15:15:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to JC or Poly? on Sun, 14 Jan 2024 15:04:13 GMT]]>

lee_yl\" post_id=\"2127057\" time=\"1705190435\" user_id=\"17023:

Check with your daughter, which is her preferred choice, Poly or JC?

I asked DD1 and she picked CJC. She wanted something like a continuation of sec sch. She is not ready going to a “mini university” (referring to poly) yet.

Plus at 16yo, she had no idea what she wanted to do. Psychology, nursing, Biz Admin etc. all sound interesting to her.

If the kid chooses to go CJC, then our role is to support them, make sure they do well to be within the top 40% of CJC cohort. Then it is quite safe for her to get a place in the local Uni !!!

PS: There is a revamp of A levels grading system from RP90 to RP70. Hope this helps in reducing the stress of A level students. :rahrah:
Yes, this Pioneering 2024 batch where Project Work (A-level) is only a Pass or Fail : is a relief.

For students who cannot do work consistently, better don't go Poly, because not suitable. If struggle to keep up consistently, very hard to get a good GPA, at the end of 3 years in Poly. Because inside Poly, life is kind of relaxed. If u dont want to study, nobody bother nor keep track of u. 3 years, is not a short time.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127108https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127108Sun, 14 Jan 2024 15:04:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to JC or Poly? on Sun, 14 Jan 2024 14:20:31 GMT]]>

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2127096\" time=\"1705239405\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2127096 time=1705239405 user_id=53606]
Do u mean ELL (English Language and Linguistics)?

If any KSP knows anyone who has taken ELL as H2 subject, please let me know; I’d like to find out more![/quote]
The number of students taking ELL is small. Do note that if your kid ever needs tuition help at A levels, there are far more tuition services available for Phy/Chem/Bio/GP/Econs/Maths. I think tuition hardly exists for the other subjects.
Also, I noticed that the A level timetable is friendliest to the typical subject combinations. Those doing odd combination run the risk of awful A level timetables.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127099https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127099Sun, 14 Jan 2024 14:20:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to JC or Poly? on Sun, 14 Jan 2024 14:07:03 GMT]]>I remember the guy at booth also mentioned minimal exams for the poly course.

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00skyblue00\" post_id=\"2126927\" time=\"1704978569\" user_id=\"143605:

Cjc is one of the three JCs offering ELEP; The other two are RI and ACJC.
It seems like their GP dept is also strong.
Do u mean ELL (English Language and Linguistics)?

If any KSP knows anyone who has taken ELL as H2 subject, please let me know; I’d like to find out more!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127096https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127096Sun, 14 Jan 2024 13:36:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to JC or Poly? on Sun, 14 Jan 2024 01:30:50 GMT]]>According to kid went NP biz talk, no exams was mentioned. Could be for 1st yr or 1st two year. Cannot imagine whole 3 years have no exam.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127063https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127063Sun, 14 Jan 2024 01:30:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to JC or Poly? on Sun, 14 Jan 2024 01:21:09 GMT]]>

MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2127059\" time=\"1705192688\" user_id=\"43981:

Some kids hear not much exam in Poly, eyes never been big! Need to rethink..
Fewer exams, not NO exams! The plus point is that exams tend to cover only that semester's work.

But, you should warn her that poly is continual assessment - which means that she cannot allow anything to slip. Every assignment, project, class participation etc. counts. It can be even more pressurising that studying for exams. Some students actually prefer to study for exams a couple of times a year than have to be on their toes continually. It takes better time management, and often more maturity, to handle continual work and projects.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127062https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/2127062Sun, 14 Jan 2024 01:21:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to JC or Poly? on Sun, 14 Jan 2024 01:16:35 GMT]]>No exam means all depends on project and most are group projects. Finding common available time is alr an challenge or to say the type of members in the group.

Poly is easier if goal is to get diploma and then go out to work. No need worry abt grades, so if grp proj gets lousy grade, also doesn’t matter.

How to know poly is the right choice? The kid is alr doing own research on the subject or field, even better alr doing work on his own.
Met a NP student at last yr open house. He is taking banking and finance course. His parents are in the field and he was alr doing trading since sec sch. He even showed me his account on his phone. This type, he alr know what he wants to do, very safe to go poly. He shared he is aiming good grades to get into uni, what grades and how to achieve etc.

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