ISF early learning centre

hong0706

Will anyone apply? what would you think? They open a kinder but emphasis it is not through train to primary. Seems quite odd.

Aooyee

Wow then it will be competitive

Baobi424

Many Of my friends applied, everyone who has siblings in the ISF primary all applied.  

hong0706

I don't think many would apply. I didn't. Certianly far less than the number applying for the foundation year. Its not through train and no one has idea what % will go through to primary.

For people doing ok in an acceptable kindergarten, they may not take the risk, in particular given ISF is reputed to rejected quite a percentage of siblings application.

Woojba

for those who applied, what app number did they give you? looks like that number is incremental so it is good to see the number of applications.

hong0706

minihunghung 發表於 15-4-21 08:04
I am very interested but it's not guaranteed to p1 and the location is not nice.

So would you apply? My worry is similar. The school keeps saying the 2 years would be good foundation for progressing to ISF but then it is not through train, nor have they decided whether there would be a priority for primary school.

minihunghung

I am very interested but it's not guaranteed to p1 and the location is not nice.

hong0706

No one interested???

964000

If ISF is your first priority, I think it's a good choice, there must be some sort of informal priority. But if your target is other IS, ISF may not be providing the optimal language environment ? Actually no one knows, it's brand new anyway. But the school fees are highest among most IS kinder, I wonder if it is value for money.

3blindmice

原帖由 hong0706 於 15-04-11 發表
Will anyone apply? what would you think? They open a kinder but emphasis it is not through train to  ...

I will not apply, mainly because the campus is not optimal and no guarantee of admission to the isf academy. it will be very hard to find a k3 spot by then. tuition is quite expensive and not sure if it's really worth the money.

if she stays in the current kindergarten, she still gets a decent chance of getting into a good school that I like. but if she moves to the isf, we are basically limiting our choice to the isf only and its just too risky to do.