啟思中學IB學生取得港大 unconditional offer

ChiChiPaPa

http://www.css.edu.hk/index.php? ... d=75&Itemid=130

ANChan59

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我想知揀IB的家長是想仔女去外國讀還是在本港讀大學? (Both are eligible, only some IB approach schools emphasis IB only good for overseas, that's not true. You can refer to DBS's website.)

揀IB是為了避開不知所為的DSE? (Yes, and no. Refer to my blogs.)

揀IB是為了能讀到一些著名的學位課程(overseas or local)? (Yes and no. Ivy League may provide firm offers based upon SAT, personal statement, essay and interview, no need for HKDSE, IBDP or GCE...... In HK, yes to certain extent.)

若只是想讀到本港大學, 有須要揀IB嗎? (If you take IB because of the excellent curriculum, your kid really benefit from the program for life learning; but IBDP only an exam results with proven track record like HKALE, GCEALE. Just for local Us, you can go for IGCSE, GCE....... Pls differentiate the difference in curriculum and or examination.)

以啟中為例, 好成績才能讀IB; 若HKU 俾unconditional offer 是一些閒科, d家長會接受嗎? (You can also refer to DBS's offer portfolio. Different parents have different expectation, some just want any seat in any U's, some expect "hot" seats  in Big3...... You need to do homework on IB schools in HK, too much hearsay around.)


會否讀啟中 DSE 的學生遲些也考到HKU, 讀d科目還好過unconditional offer ? (Speculative question, no comment.)

ANChan59

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From your questions, you know little about IB, your questions mixed with CSS specific or general issues.
You can go to my blog, I wrote 13 blogs related to IBDP, most of your questions are answered in a systematic manner.
http://www.edu-kingdom.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=107125&do=blog&classid=19&view=me

武航

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Not every student may eventually stick to IB.  According to their site, IB seats are still available which somehow indicates there is less than 50% students go for IB.  I guess some may go for DSE for various reasons; such as, not plan to study aboard,  comparatively expensive, hesitate about the non-jupas -> HK's U..........  Some of these "reasons' may not even valid, it's just out of imperfect information.  

In my son's school (another new IB school in the same district), the rate for IB is far less than my expectation either.

武航

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oh sorry, don't get me wrong, I just wanna have a clearer picture about the Jupas entrance requirement of both Us. It's very essential for planning our application strategy.  For me, your sharing is highly appreciated.

JustAParent

poonseelai 發表於 12-5-9 20:08
I would be interested to know the results of the non-IB students.  CSS runs MYP, right?  Any sharing ...

I attended CSS information day last year.  The principle, Mr. Cheung, is very nice and explained everything in details.  Unfortunately, my focus was on IB stream and forgot almost everything about another half.  Mr.Cheung was frank with all parents and warned us that only 50% of students could admit IB diploma.  This is mandated by EDB.  I also want to understand how a MYP student can get back to local stream ?????

JustAParent

武航 發表於 12-5-9 21:51
http://www.med.cuhk.edu.hk/v7/s15_05.htm

"International Baccalaureate                              ...

I have no intention to insult CU Med students.  In fact, I have no idea on their best students but I know much about their worst group.  I trust my information source and never doubt about it.  Anyway, the original thread is to discuss CSS, not CUHK.  Should my comments cause bad feelings to anyone, I take my words back and apologize.

武航

JustAParent 發表於 12-5-9 19:41
Heard from my colleague about her brother's case.  But of course, I have no way to confirm the valid ...

http://www.med.cuhk.edu.hk/v7/s15_05.htm

"International Baccalaureate                                                                     
For most applicants, marks are usually released in early July. The minimum requirement for interview is 40/42 (not counting the bonus marks) in the six subjects (with at least 3 at Higher Level, including Chemistry, and grades of at least 677 in the HL subjects). Biology is a preferred subject. A few students may be selected for early interview based on very high predicted marks. With increased competition in recent years, it is likely that most successful applicants will have scored at least 43/45 marks."

According to the above, it seems not consistent with your discription.  Is it the case, the entrance barrier for non-jupas is far more higher than jupas?

ANChan59

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I am also interested to know.

poonseelai

JustAParent 發表於 12-5-9 13:43
要注意，啟中雖然是IB School，但高中只有50%學生可讀IB, 其餘都要回到傳統課程，可推論：1）十一個取得港 ...

I would be interested to know the results of the non-IB students.  CSS runs MYP, right?  Any sharing on the transition from MYP to local stream?  Is the split between IB and non-IB stream simply based on MYP results?

poonseelai

JustAParent 發表於 12-5-9 18:17
Around 120-130 students each grade. 50% = 60-65. 11/65 = 17%

I am not trying to be picky, but the announcement mentioned that only 41 students have received offers, i.e. 41 out of 60/65.  What happens to the ones who do not have offers yet?  Are they waiting for Us in the US?

ANChan59

PG 42/42, the conditional offer of HKU is 41+/45 for MBBS.

For CUHK, the offers are lower than HKU this year.

JustAParent

原帖由 ANChan59 於 12-05-09 發表
Are you sure?
From my understanding in MBBS, students got both offers from CUHK & HKU are conditiona ...

Heard from my colleague about her brother's case.  But of course, I have no way to confirm the validity.

CUHK MBBS ? 42/42 ?  No kidding me.  I heard the lowest grades of public exams of successful applicants 2 years ago, I swore that I would never visit those doctors graduated from 2010 !

ANChan59

JustAParent 發表於 12-5-7 22:19
No, HKU gives unconditional offers for top popular subjects, e.g. Medicine and Architecture

Are you sure?
From my understanding in MBBS, students got both offers from CUHK & HKU are conditional even PG = 42/42.

ANChan59

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Thank for your info.

JustAParent

ANChan59 發表於 12-5-9 17:31
50% = how many students in CSS?
DBS IB = 33/220 in G12 this year.

Around 120-130 students each grade. 50% = 60-65. 11/65 = 17%

ANChan59

JustAParent 發表於 12-5-9 13:43
要注意，啟中雖然是IB School，但高中只有50%學生可讀IB, 其餘都要回到傳統課程，可推論：1）十一個取得港 ...

50% = how many students in CSS?
DBS IB = 33/220 in G12 this year.

JustAParent

原帖由 chuntam 於 12-05-08 發表
又可以諗下喇!

要注意，啟中雖然是IB School，但高中只有50%學生可讀IB, 其餘都要回到傳統課程，可推論：1）十一個取得港大學位的，基數是IB的半數學生，以新校來說，很不錯了 2）如果你仔女初中成績在50%人以下，入唔到IB Stream, 都幾大件事。