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I intend to apply ESF Shatin College for my daughter.  Anybody can share with me its academic results and discipline now?

Mighty

ESF hails success in switch to IB diplomaLiz Heron
Sep 01, 2009


Leaders of the English Schools Foundation are hailing its switch to the International Baccalaureate Diploma a success after nearly two-thirds of the first group of pupils scored 30 points or more in the new exam.
But they have pledged to improve provision of alternative qualifications for less academically oriented pupils after more than 8 per cent failed to secure the full diploma.
Provisional results for the first batch of 754 youngsters across the ESF's five secondary schools to take the diploma were released yesterday. Four schools adopted the qualification in place of British A-levels two years ago after the fifth made the switch earlier.
Across the group, 91.7 per cent gained the diploma, compared with a global average of 79 per cent; 65 per cent gained 30 points or more against 50.2 per cent worldwide; and 8.7 per cent gained 40 points or more - a score reached by 5.5 per cent globally. Two pupils at King George V School in Kowloon, Vincent Cheung and Xiang Ding, bagged the maximum possible score of 45 points. Last year just 74 diploma students worldwide achieved the top score. But the ESF's pass rate in A-levels last year was 98.6 per cent, with 44 per cent of exam results at grade A, and 85.4 per cent at grades A to C - its best results yet.
ESF chief executive Heather Du Quesnay said: "The transition to the IB has been successful, but that doesn't mean that it hasn't been challenging. I think our students have done very well indeed. We are pleased with the results. Clearly, the IB diploma, as we have always known, is a more demanding qualification than A-levels."
She said analysis suggested that the percentage of pupils getting six or seven points across all subjects - broadly regarded as equivalent to As at A-level across three subjects - was about the same as last year.
"The very great majority of students have now got university places, but there are still a small number who are playing the field. They are looking at the different alternatives in different countries."
Guidelines issued by Britain's Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) equate an IB score of 28 with three As at A-level. But the International Baccalaureate Office says top research-led universities in Britain typically require a score of 36 or above; Oxford and Cambridge demand 38 points.
Among ESF pupils, 26 per cent scored 36 points or more and 16 per cent scored 38 points or more.

Cara2006

原帖由 Mighty 於 09-9-1 19:29 發表
ESF hails success in switch to IB diplomaLiz Heron
Sep 01, 2009


Leaders of the English Schools Foundation are hailing its switch to the International Baccalaureate Diploma a success after nearly two-thirds of the first group of pupils scored 30 points or more in the new exam.
But they have pledged to improve provision of alternative qualifications for less academically oriented pupils after more than 8 per cent failed to secure the full diploma.

Can someone who knows IB more explain this.

What I know is that, any score under 30 would probably not take you to the "better" universities. We are talking about one-third of the students NOT getting 30 or more?

And more than 8% not able to get a full diploma?

Is that really a "success"?

PS. Not directing my comments to ESF. But I am discussing about figures and facts generally.

Mighty

ＣＡＲＡ，　可能有人比銭ＳＣＭＰ記者写「膳」稿呢？　
Give yourself a break, girl... you just cant bear any positive comments about ESF!!