<p>anybody knows how US unis view H3? I mean i didn’t exactly get the predicted grade. Sigh ): okay scratch the “exactly”…
Other than that i can’t really complain. Phewww! :D</p>
<p>ohh. a level results out. how did everyone do?</p>
<p>^ Go to all the top 4 schools’ homepages and be amazed. Lol
Anybody has an answer for me?</p>
<p>Edit: only check out RJ and HC’s websites. NJ’s site is sad… they just give a list of names. VJ’s even sadder.</p>
<p>VJ normally release full details after a while - under about us > A Level results you can see every year’s results up to last year, so it should be up soon.</p>
<p>confused_vnese: I don’t think unis put <em>that</em> much emphasis on H3s as long as you pass, because H3s are already way over and above what students in most other educational systems get to do.</p>
<p>I have interesting news from… from… my alma mater which is now full IP. (Oh, why do I bother…) Let’s just say… interesting A Level results.</p>
<p>Wow. I was looking at rj’s results. They completely crushed my batch. I call unfair.</p>
<p>I blame unfair PW marking scheme. I bet if they fixed it in my year we would’ve produced the same.</p>
<p>haha. RJ and HC don’t even pretend to be fair anymore methinks.</p>
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<p>NJ’s only has a list of names? I remembered seeing a write-up on the general outcome.</p>
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<p>Sounds like Dunman High to me. If you are referring to them, what are their results like?</p>
<p>And by the way, how are you sending your results? Via fax? Post? If post, are you opting for speedpost? I checked the rates and it’ll cost around $50 for each. :S</p>
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<p>Yeah you see… totally pointless trying to hide the name of the school.</p>
<p>9.5% 7 or more distinctions, 29% 4 H2 As, 35% 3 H2 As. Subject by subject, % As are very significantly lower than VJ’s (>15%, sometimes up to 30%, for history - extreme case - 50% difference in %As).</p>
<p>Not sure what the % numbers for 4H2 As and 3H2 As are this year, but for VJ last year they were 23.1% and 54.5%.</p>
<p>In other words, a small group of students in DHS are landing all the As and everyone else is sitting on a B average.</p>
<p>Or, in MOE parlance, low value-addedness.</p>
<p>I think it’s okay to cut them a little slack. First batch, right? Maybe they should just have stuck at what they were good at, i.e. producing good ‘O’ Level results that in turn ship their students off to good JCs - though no one knows what happens from there.</p>
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I heard from my DHS friend that only around 100+ took the A level? Which means that DHS really only let a handful of the secondary school cohort to take the A levels?</p>
<p>bloggergirl: [National</a> Junior College - Singapore](<a href=“http://njc.edu.sg/index.php?option=news&task=article&id=123]National”>http://njc.edu.sg/index.php?option=news&task=article&id=123) –> 10-line write up and one whole long list of names. That’s NJ for you - boring LOL</p>
<p>HC has a bloody 98.2% distinction rate for PW! Haha. I rmb last year a handful of NJ kids got A for PW and HC had around 85%. This year we have 85% and they’re pulling a 98.2. Must give it to HC for always having the upper hand.</p>
<p>Forgive me for this, but:</p>
<p>I find it remarkably dubious that Hwach:RJ pw distinction ratios for 07 and 08 are</p>
<p>2007 - ~30:85
2008 - 48:98</p>
<p>Something fishy? I don’t think quality of work differs by THAT much.</p>
<p>Edit: Well, it seems that JCs are trying to inflate the PW grades so that a greater number of people can reach that 7/8/9 distinctions. ridiculous</p>
<p>^ yar precisely! schools are MJC, JJC etc also have ~90% A for PW as well… blame MOE haha</p>
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<p>Yes, about 130 (I know when I was in sec 4 there were 131 kids in IP, but this time round the numbers don’t quite add up, so presumably a couple wrangled a transfer). But the following batch - the one that will be taking the As this year - is a full batch, minus those who chose to take the O Levels (only one class - ~30 students)</p>
<p>It’s not going to get better. Those 130 were definitely the top half of the cohort, more likely top 30% or so. With a full cohort it will be an achievement to maintain those numbers.</p>
<p>I’m in to nyu</p>
<p>yesssss :d</p>
<p>^ Congratulations!</p>
<p>Hello!
I know I’m probably younger than everyone here… I’m in Sec 3 this year and I’m in the integrated programme, will be going to RJC two years’ time.
What I want to know is - to get into overseas universities, especially HYPS, is it better to do IB or A levels?
If I decide to do IB instead, I will apply to ACS Independent as I’m not that rich and my parents won’t send me to an international school like UWC to do IB.
Also, I’m on EESIS right now - will that still be continued if I transfer to ACSI?
Another thing: Assuming I do the IB instead of A levels, will I be disadvantaged when applying to local universities?
I don’t particularly want to go to local universities as I’d really like to experience a new place, but if I don’t get a scholarship or loan, I will probably have to rule that out; so I definitely need to get into a local university.
Thank you!</p>
<p>^ There will be no difference between applicants from Singapore offering IB and the Singaporean A-levels (since S/GCE A-levels are much tougher than the ordinary UK A-levels, and I daresay admissions officers know that). I’d say staying put in the Raffles Programme would be better for US university admissions - the reputation of RJC as a “gateway to the Ivy League” is unrivaled.</p>
<p>I believe local universities would treat IB and A-level students the same as well. No idea about the EESIS thing though.</p>
<p>EESIS will be continued. Provided that your scores are still good enough. My senior told me that.</p>
<p>Staying in RJC will be better. But if you are sure you can get the 42++ points for IB, go for ACSI.</p>
<p>And by the way, HYP are need-blind. So go ahead and apply for FA.</p>
<p>P.S. I have a feeling that I know you.</p>
<p>frankchn and Wannadartmouth: Thanks!</p>
<p>Actually I’m kind of scared because currently my GPA isn’t astronomical or anything.
It’s around 3.7 which frankly isn’t that great compared to people in my school who can achieve a 3.8-3.9 easily.</p>