I think only NUSH offers triple sci now

verykiasu2010:

ngbrdad:

Very quiet afternoon.

Anyone received anything from the postman today ?

is cooling off day

Yeah loh....even the weather also sooooo cooling...good to zzzzzzzzzz :snooze:

bocmark:

verykiasu2010:

Mdm Tay


What Mdm jtoh said is correct

Last year my DS also same situation, among the top in smops platinum ranking etc, got international awards in others cca, though he got HCI CO, he later used his psle to appeal in to RI, we got phone call from RI right after the psle result was submitted to RI

So please tell you son to cheong psle and aim for RI

Sure got hope, don't forget the other half of RI intake is via psle

It seems that even a SMOPS platinum doesn't seem to impress RI consistently, at least for last and this year. In fact, has RI ever issued a CO on math? I wonder

yes...a few get co under math domains (mainstream)

wormy:

i remember during our time, we compared the uniforms of JC. And RJC's green pleated skirt was least popular. Everyone else has A line skirts.

Agreed...esp tt kind of green ( my personal color preference lah ) no offend

verykiasu2010:

wormy:

请大家冷静！ 一山还有一山高。 no point comparing.

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: that is the problem....only if the two mountain are equal .......oh no, did i just set off another round of fire works??? siam ah ....... :siam: :siam:

武吉知马山应该比碧山高把! :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

HCI has a very nice campus & environment (far away from main road)...but the \"climbing up\" part can be quite a challenge. However, RI's location has all the conveniences within reach (as compared to some of the IP sch)...so maybe tt's also a plus point to many parents

clayman:

cylg:

wear school uniform?

I think it would be up to you. The lady that called did not mention that your DS must be in school uniform but that DS should attend with his parents.

ok. tks

clayman:

UncleLim:

[quote=\"reddotresident\"]what are chances for WL at acsi

Maybe clayman can enlighten but my guess is chances are high ? Simply because a fair number of ACS P/J boys might take up RI offers ?

Should be quite high. But we will have a clearer picture tomorrow after the Principal's briefing.[/quote]wear school uniform?

TwaTau:

I think it will be easier for HCI to annouce it here, to tell us to check our email, our letterbox, our phone.

:goodpost: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

may not be tt slow judgin from the fact tt RI/ACSI/NUSH already sent out offers :evil: :evil:

clayman:

yukilei:

Gleemom, thks for the info. Have been hearing a lot of ACSI about being \"rich man\" son sch. Finally hearing sthg fm someone from the sch. This really put me at ease. Personally, I prefer ACSI than NUSH. Was thinking mayb ask my DS to try ACSI DSA next year. However, almost none of his classmate is interested in ACSI. All going crazy with NUSH. Furthermore, DS doesn't like CCA, esp uniform groups... So, not sure whether he'll put it as one of his choice. Of course, have to depend on his grade too. Will definitely bring him to ACSI open house.
Btw, since you say IB prog is purely on merit, does it mean it'll not give priority to ACSP? Which means everyone has equal chance???

Hi yukilei,

Let me wade in on this. I'm an ex-ACS boy myself, and way back in 70's when ACSI was still ACS Secondary at Barker Road as one entity, my classmates came from a variety of background. I had classmates whose parents were teachers, taxi-drivers, normal working folk. Maybe half of them were above the average middle-income class. But still, everyone was equal when it came to interacting and socialising. Our teachers back then, treated everyone as equals. It was only when one of our current aspiring Presidential Election candidate espoused some nonsense at our Founder's Day about ACSians as being snobs that this myth took hold. Believe me, a lot of ex-ACS boys of my time still hold it against him for that comment.

So in a nutshell, I would strongly encourage you to try for ACSI for your DS when his time comes next year. I believe their DSA process give equal chances to everyone. The only reason it seems that there are more ACSP and ACSJ boys in their IP programme is because there is a higher percentage of these boys from the feeder schools applying. The IB programme is not well-known in this part of the world but ACSI is one of the top IB centres in the world administering this programme.

Also with a new Principal at the helm, it will be exciting times ahead as he charts new directions for the school. Will let you know my impressions, after this Friday's parents meeting with him. For me, my son's DSA journey is drawing to a close. Now...on to PSLE!!

:goodpost: Congrats on ACSI CO

gleemom:

Hi ngbrdad - IP schools may give priority to sports DSA students over academic DSA students as the latter can enter via their PSLE scores. As you can read from this forum, many academically excellent students did not obtain CO's, not because they are not good enough, but becos there are limited number of DSA places per domain, so the school figure some of these will get in eventually with PSLE scores and thus not give them a CO. ACSI has 2 tracks - IB (about 1/3 of cohort) and Express (O levels). Sports DSA is offered to boys for either track. I guess just as in other schools, they will look at the boy's sporting abilities, and also at his results & HAST test to ascertain which track is more suited. At the DSA application, you are asked to indicate if you want to be considered for O level track if you are not successful for IB track. You can say no, if you are only interested in the IB track. Hope this helps.

:goodpost: well explained