JC Ranking

[julongmum]

VitoRelax:

Thanks, is there a max points (or cap) that can be deducted ?

[quote]foreign lang can only count as 1 of the R5 subjects not as a bonus point. Max bonus point is 4, as wat cjs said. You get to minus 2 points only if you score a1-c6 in both HCL and EL.[/quote]As mentioned by Mathsparks, max bonus is 4 pts.
[quote]If take HCL, then there are 2 chinese subjects?

Can be 1L = HCL and
one of R5 = CL?[/quote]I'm not sure. can someone comment? Mathsparks, CJS??

[mathsparks]

julongmum:

[quote]If take HCL, then there are 2 chinese subjects?

Can be 1L = HCL and
one of R5 = CL?

I'm not sure. can someone comment? Mathsparks, CJS??[/quote]HCL is consider as L1, which means if you take higher chinese, and do better than english, yr HCL score is used for L1.

To summarise, if both Eng and HCL score between A1 and C6, you can minus 2 bonus points. But the lower of either Eng or HCL is used in the computation of the L1 part of the L1R5.

And HCL is not part of the R5 subjects at all.

[mathsparks]

VitoRelax:

Does that mean if you get A1 in English & A1 in Chinese, you can only use one of them to count towards JC entrance ?


Thanks

You can use both. But if you do HCL, then either Eng or yr HCL score goes towards the L1 portion of the L1R5 score.

[mathsparks]

caroline3sg:

julongmum
If take HCL, then there are 2 chinese subjects?

Can be 1L = HCL and
one of R5 = CL?

Yes, 2 chinese subjects and both can be used. But if your Eng score is better than HCL, of course Eng. score wld be used instead.

[julongmum]

mathsparks:

caroline3sg:

julongmum
If take HCL, then there are 2 chinese subjects?

Can be 1L = HCL and
one of R5 = CL?

Yes, 2 chinese subjects and both can be used. But if your Eng score is better than HCL, of course Eng. score wld be used instead.

If one puts HCL as L1, he can also put CL as one of the R5, is that correct?

[mathsparks]

julongmum:

If one puts HCL as L1, he can also put CL as one of the R5, is that correct?

Yes, of course. There's no restriction.

But, my opinion, is that, unless yr child is already strong in CL, no point working disproportionately hard on it just to get an A1. The huge amount of time invested could be better spent on other subjects which they need to be good at before they can survive JC. Anyway, just my opinion. No need to slam me.

[julongmum]

mathsparks:

Yes, of course. There's no restriction.


But, my opinion, is that, unless yr child is already strong in CL, no point working disproportionately hard on it just to get an A1. The huge amount of time invested could be better spent on other subjects which they need to be good at before they can survive JC. Anyway, just my opinion. No need to slam me.

Thanks mathsparks. It's merely a question for selection in the case if the results for both HCL and CL turn out to be better than the other subjects.

[tutormum]

mathsparks:

Yes, of course. There's no restriction.


But, my opinion, is that, unless yr child is already strong in CL, no point working disproportionately hard on it just to get an A1. The huge amount of time invested could be better spent on other subjects which they need to be good at before they can survive JC. Anyway, just my opinion. No need to slam me.

I agree with you on spending more time on other subjects than putting too much emphasis on Chinese. Students should aim to do well in their core subjects such as English, Maths and Science cos most courses in the Poly require a pass in these subjects. I've come across many students losing out in their choice cos of failing one or more of these subjects esp English.

[VitoRelax]

tutormum:

I agree with you on spending more time on other subjects than putting too much emphasis on Chinese. Students should aim to do well in their core subjects such as English, Maths and Science cos most courses in the Poly require a pass in these subjects. I've come across many students losing out in their choice cos of failing one or more of these subjects esp English.

Yeah, I heard English in Sec school is tough !!

[caroline3sg]

mathsparks

thank you for your clarification on both chinese subjects.
[quote]To summarise, if both Eng and HCL score between A1 and C6, you can minus 2 bonus points. But the lower of either Eng or HCL is used in the computation of the L1 part of the L1R5.[/quote]Eg.
HCL = A2
Eng = B3
CL = A2
R4 = B3 x 4

Total: 16 (HCL) - 2 = 14 or
17 (Eng) - 2 = 15


Based on above, it is like penalised as Eng is lower. Hence, it seems like L1 must be Eng.