Do ICS reject unsuccessful candidates with same reason ?

christineyhng

torunpoland 發表於 14-2-6 11:19
Are u talking about ICS or ICA? I don't follow.

Yes, I mix up.  Sorry!

chubibi

The admission criteria are really harsh, and I can say a bit crazy. They are K2 kids only. Studying in international kindergarten, the kids are not supposed to receive any writing and reading training. They read and write for pleasure. This is also the reason why people choose international school. As a christian school, I don't think the school should issue a reject letter with such a reason that hurt kids' and parents' feeling.

gwaichuchu

I share WNoahLam's feeling since I got the same reject letter given the same reason.

If what Vinci_lo said is correct (that they need to assess whether the kids can read a book, spell, do addition tasks, Geometry and do difficult general studies Qs), then I would expect they reject for the reason "your kid cannot spell/read" instead of saying they do not meet the English requirement. Which is quite insulting since WNoahLam's kid is a fluent Eng speaker.

Just tell us "the competition is keen, your kid cannot archieve part of the English assessment standard". Or else, just say "we cannot offer a space for her/him."

WNoahLam

minirat: thanks, exactly what I want to say.

c200

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WNoahLam forget about ICS , looking forward to other schools result!!!!

Good Luck

gwaichuchu

有朋友小朋友入左，但唔見得佢地識寫識讀等等，所以簡單一句話我地小朋友英文水平唔夠，確實係好侮辱。你一係唔好比原因，要比就唔好比得咁求其。其實唔收，係完全可以接受的事實。我地唔會有異議，大家都知competition有幾keen.

shadeslayer

原帖由 vinci_lo 於 14-02-06 發表
I agree that they are mean and their standard was too high.
Their assessment last year
1. Reading a  ...

Too early too soon seems to be spreading from locals schools to some IS!

WNoahLam

To me, being rejected is expected as I already knew the competition is keen. However as an educator, the best way of teaching is to set yourself as an example for the kid to follow. On one hand, ICS is talking about honestly but on other hand, they have no guts to disclose the real reason "because we accepted too many applications and no more seat available". Instead they just pointing finger to the kid "you are not meeting the standard so you can't get in".

紅紅

我明白樓主，去年我同囡囡報了三間，其中一間的reject letter就好類似樓主的，感覺好mean（亦是Christian school，好多用家話有愛心，但似乎只對圍內人）, 睇完個心好唔舒服，但另一間亦同樣reject, 但呢間就係話佢地供不應求，我完全冇唔開心！

老實講，我相信冇家長會因被一兩間reject而咁上心，因大家已知好多人爭，但學校的態度真的好大問題，一個4-5歲的小孩，有必要用能力不達水準去評價嗎？現在是見工嗎？So harsh!

EEXELTOR

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紅紅，咁妳囡囡日最後選擇了邊間呀？可以share嗎？

Chrisedi

请問是否ics kindergarten interview?!

Mighty

真係不用介懐！！　我個女個同学、ＩＣＳ、ＲＣ、不収、ＳＪＳ収左、結果ＥＥ＋Ｐ６、不知幾犀利、科科都ＴＯＰ。
其実小朋友的ＦＥＥＬＩＮＧＳ，無話ＨＵＲＴ吾ＨＵＲＴ、又不是即場被批評
ＮＯ　ＧＯＯＤ、ＥＥ＋是看父母如何解釈。　似乎応該是父母先釈懐、才可変回正能量。

FattyDaddy

Put it this way, if a school is incapable of preparing a rejection letter that is more subtle and polite, that is also an indication of their English standard, so why bother getting upset over it?

Jane1983

無報ICS，亦吾了解，但真系要睇開d。

朋友收到某local school小一reject letter，寫住“……表現欠佳，不予取錄”。她拿着信，笑左幾分鐘。5歲人仔，吾使踩死他的！

JMM

同意。

紅紅

其實樓主只不用想發洩吓，因為相信佢不可亦不會對自己小孩呻。其實當時我自己收到類似信件真的好心痛，果一刻是自己控制唔到，自然反應。但當然冇同女兒講，佢根本唔知咩係interview, 每去一間學校我係同佢講去間新學校參觀同玩吓咋！

minirat

原帖由 FattyDaddy 於 14-02-06 發表
Put it this way, if a school is incapable of preparing a rejection letter that is more subtle and po ...

Thats a good point!

紅紅

原帖由 FattyDaddy 於 14-02-06 發表
Put it this way, if a school is incapable of preparing a rejection letter that is more subtle and po ...

Actually, that was exactly how i felt, but only after I got an acceptance letter from another school

Starrynite

We were also very disappointed with the interview process of ICS. Last year, we flew from Canada to HK for an interview, which was arranged at lunch time the day right after we landed. We were not told beforehand that it would take two and a half hours! Half way through the test, she was told to continue the test on a sofa as some students needed to use the meeting room. So my child ended up doing the test on a sofa in the corridor with jetlag and an empty stomach.

We were also given the same reason for rejection 'English not meeting standard', which we found insulting and surprising cause my child is not only a native speaker but her English was actually at least a year above her grade level, reading, writing and speaking inclusive.

Like the other parents here, I understand perfectly that competition was keen. It was not the rejection but the wordings of the rejection that hurt! Maybe It was my problem, I've had too high expectation of the school. Since they are Christian, I had expected them to be more understanding.