有冇家長后侮選了國際學校，而非傳統小學？

shadeslayer

原帖由 EASTCOAST 於 13-05-16 發表
With the increase of IS school fee consistently in the coming years, coupled with economic downturn, ...

人生的事邊預料得咁多。選校不一定要選國際，但一定要選好學校。良好的教育是一生有用的。

人生便是解決一個接一個的難題，睇開D。

Radiomama

Well said!

Littleho

其實local schools 同 IS 都會出產優秀人才，但比例上IS 多好多，原因有很多。曾經聽過有school admission consultant 講IS 學生入出名美國大學較local school student 容易

魚王

原帖由 21Ckid 於 12-11-20 發表
講真句，我很討厭別人說漢基點好，鬼唔知坐頭等好過經濟！如果沒有這外父，能進去嗎？用一般IS等同漢基IS是 ...

Agree, many dont have the choice.

ANChan59

Littleho 發表於 13-5-17 10:24
其實local schools 同 IS 都會出產優秀人才，但比例上IS 多好多，原因有很多。曾經聽過有school admission  ...

Do you know why?

Littleho

ANChan59 發表於 13-5-17 20:45
Do you know why?

I guess this may be due to, inter alia, the following factors

(1) English standard
(2) Students from more affluent families will have more resources, support and guidance.
(3) The parents of IS students are alumni of Ivey League which helps their kids to gain admissions
(4) Top notch US universities have comprehensive database to track what kinds of students are most likely to produce the most favorable results for the universities (be it the impact to their fellow classmates or their achievements after graduation). So, the admission officers will go to visit more IS (in proportion) than local schools.

ANChan59

原帖由 Littleho 於 13-05-17 發表
I guess this may be due to, inter alia, the following factors

(1) English standard

Thanks for your info and they may not the most critical factor.

Another experienced parents in EK shared with us the most critical factor is the quota of nationality. As the quota for American nationality is much much more than HK or Chinese nationality. Also some HK quota are shifted to Chinese quota.

Littleho

I thought the US admission offices allocate the quota in accordance to two major areas viz domestic and international . For domestic intake, They will do adjustments and take into account of the heritage and races of the candidates . They do so since some Asian students in the US tend to do well in certain high school subjects , but they may lag behind their Western peers in their university school careers . Some people believe that the Asian kids in the US need to perform better maths results than their western peers . The whole admission process is to strive for pick the most brilliant students based on limited information available on the applicants .

Choisumwong

I think on paper the admission policy is very ideal. However the quota problem is a reality by common sense. The trend of HK quota shifting to China quota is unavoidable. If you want your kids going to top American university, your kids need to be either more smart or selecting subjects not popular among Chinese students.

ANChan59

Choisumwong 發表於 13-5-18 12:32
I think on paper the admission policy is very ideal. However the quota problem is a reality by commo ...

Agree.
I just highlight not all IS students much smarter than LS students, just biased by admission exercise and present a distorted impression to parents.

Some friends really familiar with US admission, they recommend us to take graduate school route, it's much easier to get into Ivies with proven academic excellence.

Littleho

It is arduous, complicated and unpredictable process to gain admission to the undergraduate program of Ivies .

KWOKS

我有朋友個女讀名校小學想轉ESF都入唔到。
其實好多IS香港學生中文水準都唔差。我女中文0K可閱讀可書寫，甚至有時我問番佢點寫(佢冇補中文）。但佢同學好多都勁過佢

Littleho

其實因應市場需求，某些IS巳在過往數年加強中文課程，某些IS 還繼續改進課程，所以越年青的學生，中文根基越好。加上IS 敎學精神是build up the self learning skill 。所以我認為新一代IS 學生中文不應太差。

fanfanbb

Shootastar 發表於 12-12-1 11:05
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Can you also share with me?  Many thanks!!!!

JL0830

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honeybunny7

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The process of getting into top US colleges is more clinical than most HK people would think.  And, unfortunately, what the majority of HK parents think those schools want are quite the opposite of what the schools actually prefer.  Simply put, the top US schools look for "future leaders", i.e. independent and confident kids passionate about contributing to their society.  That's why I don't understand why HK parents think sending their kids to expensive "study tours" and holding their hands through the entire education and application process is important.  Doing such things would just create teenagers who are highly dependent and occupied by the sense of entitlement.  None of the top US schools is looking for spoiled brats (though they inadvertently would admit some).
Just look at Obama, and make your kids look up to Obama and follow his footsteps, then they'll succeed.

honeybunny7

I've been astonished by all the talks here about getting children into "Ivies".  I believe that my parents didn't know I was in an Ivy League school even when I was studying at Penn.  They just knew I got into a good school, and that I had pretty much taken care of the tuition myself.  My cousin is currently at Stanford undergrad on full scholarship.  Both our parents were poor, and I only came from a little-known Band 1 school in a public housing area in Kowloon.  

The ISs are pretty much robbing HK people's money.  Trust me, if you're just sending your kids there believing they'd have a better chance to get into top US colleges, forget about it.  Better save the money for other uses.  Not worth it.
As a fellow parents to you all, relax!

HKTHK

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Fascinating.  Out of all the students from HK in your class at Penn, what is the % that went to IS, LS vs boarding school?

honeybunny7

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Out of a circle of 30 students or so, i know a couple were from US boarding schools, a couple were immigrants, one from french international school, one from CIS, and the rest were mostly from St. Joseph, DGS, St Paul, Queens, and other local schools.

honeybunny7

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But note that i mingled with canto-speaking HK kids. As someone already pointed out, schools like HKIS have kids of american expats, i guess those kids wouldnt be joining the HK students' parties once they're at Penn.