Nice to hear your daughter considering IB. I was from ACS(I) class of 2013 with a score of 43. I have the following to share.


Yes your daughter can join the IB programme through the joint admission exercise as she would for a JC. Currently only 2 national schools offer IB, SJI and ACS I. As mentioned above both have relatively competitive cut off points. For my year it was 5. Otherwise you would have to consider international schools.

The curriculum is fairly similar to A levels with students taking subjects combinations commonly found in JC. Then again ACS runs the programme as though it was a regular JC. Higher level (HL) and standard level (SL) corresponds to H2 and H1 respectively. There is no H3 equivalent, which is important to consider especially if she wants to take on more academically rigorous subjects.

You will have to read 6 subjects 3 HL + 3 SL and complete a 4000 word extended essay and 1600 word essay and presentation for theory of knowledge. The last two components trains you to be an independent learner.

IB is an excellent alternative if your daughter wants a more holistic and broad education at the expense of some academic rigour. The GCE A level math and science subjects often cover more topics and at greater depth. Nonetheless, with decent scores your daughter can easily get in the more selective local university courses. IB is an excellent choice if she wants to study overseas since it is an internationally recognised qualification.

I hope I helped. Feel free to PM me if you need more information.

Just that the ratio is rather screwed. Not that it's too much of a bad thing. realized that I use interestingly twice. That was awkward.

There is DSA for year 5, I am one such student. But interestingly there is no interview. Interestingly most DSA applicants for girls apart from the ACS express steam boys. In total there are 20 successful DSA applicants for y5.