student2001:

hi may i ask if the grade for higher mother tongue is important for university admission? thanks!

I am not sure about hmt but for a-level mt, it can be included in the calculation as follows:

http://mathtuition88.blogspot.sg/2015/03/calculate-uas-points.html

sparks:

Hi, to all concerned, I've called MOE & the hotline personnel confirms that it is based on merit and not according to ranking of choice. It is also done by MOE centralised system. Goodluck to all JAE students! Hope you get what you wish for!

WHO is this blur Paced Learning Academy of page 214 who stated that it's based on choice ranking??!
It has always been based on merits except for affiliations who wish to use their affiliated bonus points.

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This article was published in nyjc dsa 2017 webpage. This DSA student repeated JC2. The teachers can only help the students if they take the initiative to consult them first and put in the tremendous effort himself, just like in any other jcs. He may be less inclined to academics but nyjc would have screened his sec school's performance before accepting him. Anyway, the onus is on the student to choose wisely.

MMM:

My kids went to NYJC last saturday. It's the only JC that is nearer to home now given that SRJC is moving. I tagged along as I was wondering at the NYJC appeal in recent years.


Personally I only visited VJC and NYJC. From a compound perspective, NYJC definitely looks more appealing. But the vibrancy in both schools are different in their own way. I suppose it just voice down to personal preference.

My dd (who just collected her O levels) found it too noisy and it didn't really appeal to her friend and her who did NJC that morning. Maybe NJC was the first JC they visited which they asked alot of questions and it left a deeper impression. But she said alot of their peers like NYJC.

My ds (Sec 4 this year) went to a couple of JC open houses with his friends. NYJC appealed to him because of the soccer field.

My niece graduated from NYJC. She was a DSA student and is doing some business courses in local uni now. We believed NYJC has definitely value add in her case as her O levels score wouldn't have enable her to get into NYJC. I heard they were asked to go for preparatory courses back then to ensure they can catch up.

My opinion is that if my kids are not 'high-fliers' and they aren't among the top students in their top schools or are top students in their non-top schools, they will feel more comfortable with nyjc as compared to vjc and njc as nyjc is a heartland jc whereas the latter 2 are more 'elite' jcs and are more 'threatening' with many high ability IP students. These pre-conceived ideas will affect their judgement of their Open House experiences.

It's good to hear such testimony of value-adding and preparatory course for the dsa student. This is what we want to hear from this thread and not boasting of unpublished results, bringing down other top jcs and comparing itself with ri standard etc from some parents here. :slapshead:

NB: If my memory didn't fail, your dd dsa-ed to crescent girls (?) and your ds is at mshs(?) and so I made the comments. Not meant to offend

candyfan:

mindays:

Just saying http://sgforums.com/forums/2297/topics/492930?page=11
Context: UltimaOnline from this forum is a chemistry tutor
Difficulty of papers is relative but from this thread, it seems that NYJC's papers are indeed on par with top tier JCs like RI

My arguments are:
1. Never heard of UltimaOnline (BedokFunland) chemistry tution centre. It will be more convincing if it is well-known like Indigo, Making Sense etc.
2. He mentioned 'NYJC 2016 P1 is 'interesting' and 'delightful', not that the questions are difficult and at par with top JCs
3. Furthermore, he commented that 'hoping this Fri's P1 will be somewhere between RJC & NYJC papers'. If RJC is difficult, NYJC must be manageable to strike the balance. How did you conclude that NYJC's papers are at par with top JCs?
4. Even if you forcefully insisted they are at par on difficulty level, is it not possible that RI(JC) could have gotten a 90% passing rate whereas NYJC could have only 10% passing rate for these papers that are 'at par'? Any JC can set difficult questions but ultimately it's the outcome/result that determines the ability of the pupils and we do not have any info on that. The pupils will only suffer more if they are constantly given difficult papers beyond their ability and worse still IF this is the tactic of teachers to stretch their pupils' limits without giving sufficient guidance & support. It will kill their joy of learning.

Yes agree. It will be utterly miserable especially for affiliated pupils with raw 10 to conquer RI-standard papers in their exams.

Let's say the teachers do guide their pupils but realistically, most of them won't be able to expand their brain juice capacity substantially within a short span of 2 years. We are talking about A levels here. Most can't become high ability students overnight or at all no matter how much effort their teachers and they themselves put in.

Even for grades, if 2 JCs had similar % of 3H2 distinction scorers, we have to look at the quality of the distinction (high or low grade A) so the comparison is endless...and nyjc has zero IP student who is deemed as higher achiever and has undergone a different program designed for university-bound as contrast to o level track student.

Grandypa:

roborovski:

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well, you can go back 50 pages or so to read a heated discussion over this....there one person who insisted that NYJC did better than some of the IP JC/schools but when asked to substantiate their assertions he cannot.

My question today is whether NYJC will increase its intake for this year's JAE? Well, now that its neighbour AJC which previously has a COP of 9 will be merged with another neighbour SRJC and the predicted COP is to be 12 - 13, chances are the 7 to 9 pointers, especially those living in the vicinity, may likely take a chance on NYJC. Then NYJC COP may increase to 9?! :yikes:

Yes. I think NYJC COP might drop this year due to the AJC-SRJC merger but confirm it will drop more next year 2019 when EJC returns to its brand new building in Bishan Park[/quote]Yes agree. I have forgotten about EJC being in the interim premises.

student2001:

hi parents. my raw score is 11 and nett 8. should i try to put nyjc as my first choice?

Why not? Just go ahead and try. I am sure there are many doing the same since MOE indicated this clause for EVERY single JC, and not just the merged JCs, in the JAE booklet:
The cut-off points of all JCs may increase in 2018 due to the increase in intake numbers for all participating JCs in 2018.

ryanryan:

GinMocca:

Anybody know whats the official NYJC A levels result for 2017 like ? went to the website but the information is very vague, unlike the other JCs that published quite detailed information.

well, you can go back 50 pages or so to read a heated discussion over this....there one person who insisted that NYJC did better than some of the IP JC/schools but when asked to substantiate their assertions he cannot.

My question today is whether NYJC will increase its intake for this year's JAE? Well, now that its neighbour AJC which previously has a COP of 9 will be merged with another neighbour SRJC and the predicted COP is to be 12 - 13, chances are the 7 to 9 pointers, especially those living in the vicinity, may likely take a chance on NYJC. Then NYJC COP may increase to 9?! :yikes:

GinMocca:

laughinghamster:

Hi parents! I was wondering if anyone has any advice for me

L1R5- 7 after deducting 2 CCA pts my L1R5 is 5
The combi I am intending to take is H2 Geog, Chem and Math H1 Econs

I was thinking of NYJC and NJC (both cut off pts are 6)I was wondering if you could tell me more about these school? (eg culture & academics)(Distance wise Ny is nearer because I live in the northeast)

Or do you have any other Jcs to recommend?

Thank you in advance!

Definitely NJC. You should not use COP as a gauge only. Look at the A level results over the years. The reason NJC COP drop last year ( my opinion) is because the setting up of EJC at Sinai which was very near.

1. NJC have been definitely producing much better A levels over the years. I cannot find any detailed results from NYJC, they have been pretty silent and secretive on this
2. NJC has a longer and more established reputation in the market.. If you tell me you are from NJC, it gives a much better \"impression\" than you tell me you from NYJC

If you just basing selecting JC on distance, than you can certainly look at TJC.

Definitely NJC. Just by looking at its IP COP is enough to ascertain its students' quality. It's worthwhile travelling that extra distance.
Another reason is that since NYJC's nearest JCS - AJC & SRJC will be merged and AJC's COP may be likely go up to 12-13 pts, the 7 to 9 pointers may try to apply to NYJC instead of AJC. If NYJC expands its intake, since it has the facilities, its COP may go up to 8-9 points. Just my guess.

FanFanX:

A side question. Since NYJC students are not from the IP schools, and apart from affiliated Chung Cheng High, what schools did the students of NYJC come from?

From more than 80 schools and some winning formulae of nyjc: late start at 8.30am, unusual subject combinations offered & alumni help spread the word. None on A level performance though.

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Extract from:
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/nanyang-junior-college-where-one-size-doesnt-fit-all

Sorry :offtopic: