Sharing of IB vs NSS

mattsmum

sometimes I wonder what is the meaning of average points of 34 in relation to grades that we are familiar, and I found this from an uk independent school:

"an average Diploma score of 34 points, equates to over 3 A* grades at A Level or on the UCAS tariff.

25 points, equats to over 3 B grades at A Level."

the UCAS web site is here:
http://www.ucas.com/students/ucas_tariff/tarifftables/

[ 本帖最後由 mattsmum 於 11-8-21 11:18 編輯 ]

ANChan59

原帖由 mattsmum 於 11-8-21 11:10 發表
sometimes I wonder what is the meaning of average points of 34 in relation to grades that we are familiar, and I found this from an uk independent school:

"an average Diploma score of 34 points, equa ...

My understanding of 34 points equivalent to our IB scores (4 * 7 + 3 = 45 points / scores).

Another word also used in UCAS is tariff, you may also come across in UK university admission.

[ 本帖最後由 ANChan59 於 11-8-21 12:47 編輯 ]

mattsmum

45 IB is too high .
i mean "an average IB Diploma score of 34 points, equates to over 3 A* grades at A Level or on the UCAS tariff.

IB diploma score of 25 points, equats to over 3 B grades at A Level."

ANChan59

I get your point.

Normally, local universities take their local curricullum a bit higher than foreign curricullum. I always quoted medicine in HKU & CUHK even higher than Cambridge Medicine. We make the informed choice, played by the rules.

ANChan59

My son enjoyed the new IB campus, 8 classrooms and 4 labs, pretty spaceous.....

3 classmates joined LPC and they are good in two languages, also not bad in other subjects. 1 joined India UWC........ amazing. 2 new recruits from IS in HK for IBDP year 1.

The IB coordinator told them the last Yr 1 IBDP students' predicted scores are very good (As predicted scores only, I prefer keep quiet for another 10 months and see the coorelation.). More than 10 aim at HKU medicine, 8-9 LSE, many for financein HK, 2-3 Harvard.......some got offers from Ivy League. Looking forward to see the final admission results.

They are busy to form the student council committee, clubs as office bearers etc, prefects, school MO teams........

They have some teacher turnover, the teachers profile more and more international......





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[ 本帖最後由 ANChan59 於 11-9-1 21:53 編輯 ]

kym

I’m  curious about why the 3 of your son classmate joined LPC. Since I also heard that the prediction grade of some of the DP2 student is very high. So I presume the school is teaching well and I don’t see the need to move.

ANChan59

No idea yet.

If I have further info, let you know if appropriate.

ANChan59

My son told me that the text book cost of IBDP cheaper than NSS. Just LS has 6 textbook .....

Last year we shopped from B&N, it took longer time and need to wait for printing. This year we used Amazon UK and we got all books including shipping within 5 days. For international delivery, the two shipment costs made no difference (I tried with the calculator), I picked the express delivery.

mattsmum

i would guess:
lpc is a boarding school,
lpc has a big campus,
lpc has lots of international students,
lpc had experienced career master.

poonseelai

I heard that 6 students from another elite school that will have their students attending the DP exam for the first time in 2013 had left for LPC.  LPC has a longer history of running IBDP with very good results, and this could be one of the reasons.

原帖由 mattsmum 於 11-9-3 11:12 發表
i would guess:
lpc is a boarding school,
lpc has a big campus,
lpc has lots of international students,
lpc had experienced career master.

ANChan59

i would guess:
lpc is a boarding school, (Not valid)
lpc has a big campus, (Not valid)
lpc has lots of international students, (Yes)
lpc had experienced career master. (Not valid)

My comment only based on my son's school, directly disclosed my son's school name.

lpc is a co-edu school.

ANChan59

I guess SPCC and DBS's IB results will be comparable to LPC. Just consider how many EAS students from them around 20+ each school per year.

LPC mainly recruited students can't get in local universities via EAS, the IBDP results also flying colors. Base on deduction, I guess SPCC & DBS's IB results not better but pretty close to LPC results.

Of course, I heard about the first batch students' predicted grades, the result may be even better than LPC, that's why I prefer to disclose 10 months later.

I guess more DSS Grant Schools will provide IB sream in near future, as they have solid foundation to provide good IBDP programs......

ANChan59

原帖由 Shoeshine 於 11-9-3 23:26 發表
Anybody got a list of the universities and colleges that the graduates of SPCC and DBS go to?  It seems that only DGS's website gives us such details.

Yes, I can't find them in their websites respectively.

I want to know the details as well.

ANChan59

原帖由 Shoeshine 於 11-9-5 14:55 發表
Isn't your kid studying in one of these 2 schools?

Yes.

I got some ideas about both schools, if possible, a detail destination list will be helpful.

mattsmum

from our old driend:
"2012的Non-JUPAS名額大激增！.

雖然很多IB學生都志在國際，不會有意報讀本地大學，但每年都有收到零星以非聯招(Non-JUPAS)途徑的申請，原因不一。
......
當然各系收非聯招的人數會否調整，則還須細考，但因為學生水平基本沒變，每屆的聯招與非聯招比例不可能有太大的變化，若然，明年的非聯招收生人數將達過往的兩倍，若非聯招的申請人數沒有忽然增加一倍，勢必把收生成績下降，以將貨就價。..."

ANChan59

Thanks for your friend's reminder, I have some comments on the reminder.

"2012的Non-JUPAS名額大激增！. (I guess his comment based on no more EAS and more IB and GCE students in HK, but still minority in coming years.)

雖然很多IB學生都志在國際，不會有意報讀本地大學，但每年都有收到零星以非聯招(Non-JUPAS)途徑的申請，原因不一。(Correct. Another point is the IB score for local university is too high, students have more choice from overseas. Also, the exchange rate make overseas education more expensive.)
......
當然各系收非聯招的人數會否調整，則還須細考，但因為學生水平基本沒變(GCE and IB standard will be the same, but HKDSE will be dropped cf HKALE)，每屆的聯招與非聯招比例不可能有太大的變化(2012 onward, no more EAS, the rule of game will be changed)，若然，明年的非聯招收生人數將達過往的兩倍，若非聯招的申請人數沒有忽然增加一倍(I doubt it)，勢必把收生成績下降，以將貨就價。...(I guess the standard will be dropped because of HKDSE and not non-JUPAS)"

My personal concern is high school students study one year less, but one more year in the university mainly focus on general studies. but the credits of major more or less the same as 3 years program. The graduates standard will be declined except medical school.

I guess professor will favour best students, no matter HKDSE, GCE or IB... if HKDSE just below HKALE's standard (I always feel HKDSE is closer to HKALE, other vetern posters even consider HKDSE closer to HKCEE standard), and more better choices from other exam boards, the choice is obvious.

[ 本帖最後由 ANChan59 於 11-9-5 20:31 編輯 ]

ANChan59

原帖由 Shoeshine 於 11-9-5 15:19 發表
I thought parents would have access to this information in detail.  Anyway, could you tell us roughly what you know?  

Say 120 F6 students, 20+ go for EAS and overseas before F7. So around 80% of the balance get into local universities, the rest either study overseas or taking sub-degree programs in HK.