Anybody rec'd ESF 2013/14 KI letter?

luckyveronique

回復 adios 的帖子

意思即係，無的in就入左waiting list？我仲更慘！連封letter都冇，申請第一日已提交application form，等左甘耐啦

菠蘿媽媽

Too bad… try again in next year then!

菠蘿媽媽

Just received TY campus letter,  play visit on 25 Jan!

ckfcyf

swing829 發表於 12-12-4 09:39
may i know your son is cat. 1 or 2 ? Thx!

Cat 2 but her sister studied there before so I assume he has a priority on sibling.

swing829

原帖由 ckfcyf 於 12-12-05 發表
Cat 2 but her sister studied there before so I assume he has a priority on sibling.

thank you for your reply . i got the letter today . and that's waiting list…btw congratulations！！

ckfcyf

swing829 發表於 12-12-5 22:51
thank you for your reply . i got the letter today . and that's waiting list…btw congratulations！！ ...

Can't imagine this is the case today as no one wants to go to esf wks few yrs ago when it was new.... I think whoever went for an interview would just be admitted.  Keep it up and hope you will find a space soon.

Mom2One

I think ESF kindies model their intake after ESF primaries, in which case they will send out 3 types of letters:
1) letters offering an interview time slot for a confirmed space (they don't say this but may state on letter a specified date of acceptance if an offer is received )
2) letters offering an interview date but for a non-guaranteed place (if you child passes, you go on an entry list and the moment a space opens up(someone from the 1)  group fails an interview or does not take up the offer). This is a genuine waitlist place and very likely your child will get a spot for the coming school year
3) no interview but just waitlist for an interview (this can be considered a "rejection" as it is unlikely that they will go back to the pool for interviews for this school year.)

Mom2One

Btw, for those posters asking earlier, "play visit" IS the interview.

rollingcat

HelloKittyBB 發表於 12-12-5 09:22
Heard that Hillside already sent out their invitation letter, anyone applying Hillside got the lette ...

I got the letter this Monday and the play visit held on next Thu!!!

do123alex

Are you Cat 1 or Cat 2? Or with sibling priority?

heloooB

anyone else who applied for hillside also received letter?

HelloKittyBB

U are applying Hillside? Is your child in Cat 1 and having any priority?

Sunsunmama

原帖由 adios 於 12-12-05 發表
回復 菠蘿媽媽 的帖子

I got the letter from ESF yesterday.

Which campus did u apply to?

catnthecity

My daugther and husband both hold a canadain passport and we attend their Saturday play group so we should be in Cat 1.

chechaichai

I received an play visit invitation from Abacus on 18 Jan.  Infact, I received 2 letters from them.

They sent out another letter in November telling us that they will have a new Billingual Class - staffed by two qualified teachers, one of which has English first language and the other Mandarin first language. The Bilingual class will have an additional cost of $1000 per month.


Parents were asked to indicate their preference for class(Eng/Billingual) and the session (am/pm).


Do you know wether the new Billingual class is unique in Abacus?

fellow

We are cat 1 too. Applied hillside but no reply yet.

heloooB

fellow 發表於 12-12-7 10:58
We are cat 1 too. Applied hillside but no reply yet.

I guess Hillside still haven't sent out any letters yet

菠蘿媽媽

Actually, my daughter is candian possport holder, but CAN speak cantonese, i did report in the application form… so should be cat 2.  but now we got play visit letter!

FattyDaddy

Cat 1 or 2 is not determined by the nationality of the child but by the language they speak, for example, children from China who don't speak Cantonese are Cat 1.

Although it is widely believed that having foreign citizenship does give a slight advantage, this remains a rumour only.