yeah nothing wrong with dating. it’s very rampant in my school too. just as long as you do not go overboard.


it’s quite pointless to transfer school just because of peer influence… since they are everywhere. maybe you should let your child learn how to cope with these.

dericklee:

Hi! Im white_shimmer's brother. Just got in to RV. Hope can pass the audition cause if cannot need to join NCC. May I know what they will ask you to do at the audition? Do i need to prepare a song or what? Thanks in advance!

im in ncc its a great cca, do not look down on it

snowman.697:

Can we not go for the orientation camp thing? I need to collect my scholarship... And the parents tea party thing,, there's only an option to opt out of the tea reception, not the dialogue session anf initiation ceremony itself.

i suggest you NOT to miss the orientation camp. it's an awesome experience and definitely something that you will miss forever.

trust me, i'll be helping out with the camp and it seems pretty good

white_shimmer:

Fruitee:

Thanks for the reassurance, my bro also nv take higher chinese, hope he can catch up.

Weihan:
Ooo then i think quite high chance if he appeal thru choir. But he mentioned to me he wanted to join table tennis in sec sch, my dad even bought a table tennis table.
i asked him what if must take choir to go RV, he says that if he join choir he'll also take table tennis, but 2 CCAs will be too taxing. Somemore we stay woodlands, need take 1 hr+ to RV and back home.

honestly, 2 core CCAs are rare in this school. very very rare. in my level i think there's only 1 person taking 2 core CCAs. but there's an IDP program though

i'm not sure about the details but it's like taking a main cca + another cca that you get to change midway through the year or something.

Deseived:

Do they have secondary GEP? Actually, I am a RGPS girl and NJC is right beside my old school. However, I don't think my parents would like it. (Gosh, they only like RGS and NYGH! :x )
I guess it's because my brothers scored really well for their PSLE so my parents have high expectations of me. Thanks for the suggestion!

i'm sure with one point difference, you'd be able to get in. think about it, that's what appeals are for!

good luck to you! you can do it

sall:

How many hours do you put in NCC? I suppose you'll have to do a lot of activities under the hot sun?

definitely! but i enjoy it a lot. i don't know why. i guess for girls, we tend to enjoy a side of ours that we don't usually show. usually it's the guys who do not enjoy themselves in UG and the girls who really take pride in their cca.

as for the hours... i'm a RV student, so i have cca trainings twice a week and it usually lasts from 2.50pm to 6pm (around there). tuesdays and fridays. and OCCASIONALLY during the school holidays (really rare compared to other ccas who meet like 4 times a week??) we have cca too. but i'm quite sad that there's so little cca sessions because i really enjoy myself i wish there's more.

white_shimmer:

Fruitee:

Thanks for your reply!

My bro changed a few CCAs during the 6 yrs.
He was in choir p1-p2, sports club, maths olympiad club, science club. He also performed singing twice in Community Centre b4 cos he got v gd voice. And he also scored distinction in maths n science for those new south wales test..
I hope can use these 2 as selling point.

My dad is unsure if we shld appeal as median score is 259 and this means my bro is one of the lowest. Somemore his chinese is not v gd & RV focus alot on chinese, scared he can't catch up.

But i was thinking the more he shld go to RV as the chinese environment
can improve his chinese..

Such a dilemma.

i'm an appeal student- and no worries, the environment there is totally fine! i'm not strong in chinese either. i got a score of 253+0. not that i failed, but i didn't even take HCL. now i'm doing pretty okay, i guess. not struggling really really hard or anything but you'll have to be prepared to put in extra effort for chinese. my chinese teacher is really dedicated and goes all out for her students, and thus i could catch up with the syllabus. although i'm not doing EXTREMELY well in chinese (not average, maybe a lil lower yeah), but i do take interest in it which is what's important!

and i appealed in through choir too! no worries, RV LOVES to invite guys in for performing arts my guy friend got in easily through dance. whileas for girls, i appealed in through choir, but i failed the audition so i was placed in a UG - NCC. but i'm really enjoying myself right now!

doublesmile10:

is my chance slim if my score is 249+3???????????????????:( is being a choir member(pri school) an advantage if i appeal to rv as choral is rvhs's niche area? i was told by my math teacher that my chance of getting into rv (by appealing)is not high... so i am very worried now

hehe!! you sound exactly like me. i got 253 that year and appealed in for choir. it's an advantage, but like i said, they'll put you through an audition. they're stringent in their selection of people so you'll have to be good. otherwise- if they have many many people who wish to appeal, you'll be placed on the waiting list. and then what will ULTIMATELY give you priority is your willingness to join a UG. which i promptly agreed to. in less than an hr's time, i was given a confirmed offer.

and no worries. do what you want. my teacher didn't encourage me to appeal either. but i did it all the same. FOLLOW YOUR HEART, you make the decisions, YOU CALL THE SHOTS!

white_shimmer:

Hi can kindly let me know what we should bring down to school for appeal?

My bro got 252 and he didn't get into RV
He got into Catholic High.

If we want to appeal for RV tomorrow, must he also report to Catholic High also?

if i'm not wrong, you should bring down your report book, photocopy your p4/p5/p6 results.

oh and they'll ask you to fill in this appeal form which requires your choices (and it should put you in benefit if it's your first choice)

and... why you think you should be given a place or something. yeah.

this year's cop is 253, and your bro scored 252. i believe he'll have a place soon because in 2008, the cop was 254 and i scored 253. but i got in all the same, just that they informed me really late (dec 29/30) and i had to rush to buy my uniforms there are some people who were informed on the first day of school too. i had a classmate who wore his nanhua uniform and came in at 10am because he just received a call

and may i know what's his cca?

hello~


congrats to all those who got into RV.

and my i'm glad our COP has risen again shows the popularity of my own school hahaha

i'm not sure about that, i'll ask my teacher more about that when i have time