IB還是HKDSE？

ChiChiPaPa

男拔和啟思在兩個考試的賽果是否清楚顯示應選IB？
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ANChan59

Thanks so much.

Shootastar

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My best wishes that you son could find out his true passion in months to come.

ANChan59

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Two weeks ago, we talked to a University Admission Consultant in HK. After knowing our safety net tactics, he can't help to write a strong Personal Statement for 2 or 3 focus....
Talk to you later when back to HK.

ANChan59

Shootastar 發表於 12-7-29 15:30
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Could you please share why your son changes his plan of studying medicine afte ...

I just say have a reasonable good results, so many opportunities. He still have time to pick the better choice.
In previous posts, I shared with parents that medicine may not fit his character, law, economics or finance may fit him more. Of course, we allow him to make the final shot.......

His attachments not just medicine, but also in law and finance...... His EE will be related to medicine and macro-economics...

The coming months will be tough for the whole family, make a right choice ........

Shootastar

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Could you please share why your son changes his plan of studying medicine after obtaining a reasonable PG? If he wants to study medicine, he has to show the admission officer his passion of becoming a doctor which should be supported by his activities, services and commitment.

Shootastar

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I cannot agree with you more. You should consider your future plan before you take a particular curriculum IB or HKDSE.

ANChan59

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Good we are on the same page.

Put my son as example, his target PG aimed for medicine in G10-11. After he achieved a reasonable grade in PG, doors open up, medicine may not be the best choice among more good potential offers. It's pretty aligned with some old boys' comment from LPCUWC.

WYmom

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Yes, I have said that most IBD students target more for overseas universities in my previous messages, so parents choosing IBD or HKDSE depends on their future planning for their kids.
For medicine and law, some IBD students will choose to study in HK if they want to carry on their career in HK in long term as overseas graduates have to go through more exams and/or studies if they come back to HK to work...

ANChan59

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Did you consider how many students sit for IBDP and HKDSE? 4-5000 vs 70,000.
More than half of IBDP graduates go for overseas. You can check the admission data of LPCUWC, very small percentage go for medicine, as same scores, you can go for Ivy League and Oxbridge with some scholarships, why bother HKU medicine.

ANChan59

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Shootastar
I still think financial resource is important but not the most critical one. Understand what is IB before considering it or not.

Some schools provide IB in a reasonable cost, of course, may have a few years to demonstrate their performances and deliverables.

ANChan59

ANChan59

penguin_chick 發表於 12-7-27 14:40
If you need good U place, both IB and DSE are good. If you need good education, I chooce IB.

Totally agree.
Some parents lost track why their kids taking IB at the beginning.

Shootastar

While IB could provide a good education but not all students could afford to pay $50,000 to $150,000 annually. Even if you could afford to pay, the competition for an IB place is very keen in deed.

penguin_chick

If you need good U place, both IB and DSE are good. If you need good education, I chooce IB.

ANChan59

How come Ivy leagues still need DSE results?

Shootastar

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Agree. If you aim is not studying overseas, HKDSE appears to be a good choice. If you have good results, you can study locally or be admitted to overseas elite college. My D's ex-classmate (studying in one of the top girl school in Kowloon) is admitted to an Ivy league college based on her HKDSE curriculum.

Shootastar

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Agree. Admission to BA course is relative easy. My son's classmate was admitted to a BA program of one of the top 10 UK university on the strength of BCC GCE-AL 3 years ago.

Shootastar

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Now I answer your query as to the passing rate of HKDSE and IBD.

Roughly the percentage of obtaining a "2" or above in HKDSE is in the region of 75% for most subjects.

For IBD, the percentage of obtaining a "4" or above is in the region of 75% to 85% for most subjects (whether HL or SL).

From the statistics, I am of view that the difficulty in obtaining a "2" in HKDSE or a "4" in IB is more or less similar although a "2" is not allocated any UCAS points.

Higher Level		Standard Level		Core requirements*
Grade	Tariff points	Grade	Tariff points	Grade	Tariff points
7	130	7	70	3	120
6	110	6	59	2	80
5	80	5	43	1	40
4	50	4	27	0	10
3	20	3	11

From the above table, you can see that a "4" of HL is allocated 50 UCAS points and a "4" of SL is allocated a 27 UCAS points.

A "3" of HKDSE is allocated 40 except maths which is allocated 25 for the compulsory and 40 for the extended part. So a "3" of HKDSE is of 13 UCAS higher than a "4" of SL of IBD but 10 UCAS points lower than a "4" of HL of IBD.

I hope the above will give a scientific analysis of the two examinations results.

WYmom

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For medicine, the IBD score required is 40+, so more or less equal to HKDSE's requirements of five 5*... so no matter studying which exam, need to get the same good results... in my opinion, since the quota of non-Jupas for local IBD students is a lot lower than HKDSE , taking HKDSE maybe more economical and beneficial.