world class arena有無用?

blueberry123

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我想知道你囝囝係精英邀請賽是否頭4-6名?

係最top的前幾名才可申請去英,美, am I correct?

ANChan59

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He was not and he didn't have the full scholarship, we need to pay for the fee.

cy.muimui

ANchan59, thank you for your information ,it seem very good experience for the kids, but how old of your son when he go overseas?

blueberry123

I just visited their website, it start from age 12 to 17.

cy.muimui

ANChan59, would you mind tell me how old of  your son when he join the course ?

ANChan59

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Summer  before Grade 9 (F3), 14 years old.

Fong23fong

點報考?

cowboymama

ANChan59 發表於 12-1-17 14:24
My son pretty good in Maths and sit for most Maths competitions as mentioned in this thread.

After  ...

ANChan59,

Thanks for your sharing. What programs did your son attend in Imperial College when he was 14?  My son also received invitation to join Imperial College's program when he was in P6. At that time, he was not ready to go abroad to study alone though I found some programs quite interesting. So we didn't push him. Later we thought of trying Johns Hopkins U Summer Program jointly offered with HKUST in HK but time clashed with other engagement. He is now a F2 boy and maybe a good time to reconsider those programs offered by Imperial College or Johns Hopkins. Do you have any views on Johns Hopkins Summer Program run in HKUST campus too? Are they equally good when compared with Imperial College?

My son's interest in Maths mainly affected by his Maths Team teacher in primary school (a young, energetic, humorous guy, major in Physics) and reading quite a number of Maths books by Ian Stewart, Martin Gardner .. etc. His primary school didn't push them for open competitions and so during P5 to P6 he only participated in two Maths group competitions. The only individual Maths test he joined was World Class Arena for aged 12-14 when he was in P5 2nd Term. To my son, I think inspiring teacher, stimulating books, as well as like-minded peers are the main reasons for his ongoing interest in Maths so far, while competitions or tests are only by-product (he was not keen on). I think good Maths courses or summer programs would help him explore more what his real interest is in.

Just my some sharings.

ANChan59

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cowboymama
My replies as follow:

What programs did your son attend in Imperial College when he was 14?

Maths:- Problem Solving - wk 1
Business & Marketing:- From Innovation to Market - wk 2


Do you have any views on Johns Hopkins Summer Program run in HKUST campus too?
I highly recommend the program and some of my friends' children attended the programs and the feedback are good. One girl even comes back from California to attend the creative writing program.


Are they equally good when compared with Imperial College?
Imperial may have more cultural elements as students are come from worldwide and the visits can be inspiring to them. If affordable, one summer in HKUST and then Imperial...... or vise versa


Pls refer to the following link to check the programs of the summer school, pretty not the same as previous years. STEM World Summer School
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/outreach/activitiesatimperialcollege/summerschools

In case you have further query, let me know or PM me.

ANChan59

ANChan59

Fong23fong 發表於 12-1-19 18:17
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Pls check up this link:http://www.worldclassarena.hk/en/about/aboutWCA.htm

cowboymama

ANChan59,

Thanks for your advice!

歲晚收爐還火速拔刀相助，真唔話得！

Cowboymama

ANChan59

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Application my have deadline, don't miss any good chance.

cowboymama

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ANChan59,

多謝提醒！否則蘇州過後冇艇搭！
新年假要做吓research了。

Cowboymama

renewdanny

亞仔都有參加世數呀，但得一個distin另一個就良好，唔知有冇用呢. 另外保良局果個同19區數學比賽都有參加,以我所知係全校top3-5既學生先有份去,唔知幫助大唔大呢.

Baoma

hi cowboymama, maybe I can chip in my 2 cents here. My son attended the John Hopkins U CTY summer program last year and he thoroughly enjoyed it. He joined using JHU's own SCAT test scores but I know results from World Class Tests can also be used for applying to thier Maths and Science programs in HK. My son joined the Science and Engineering program at the HKUST campus. He was there for 3 weeks and he said he enjoyed every minute of it. The instructors and Teaching Assistants are all from US and very friendly, course material interesting and challenging and he got to learn together with a lot of bright and smart kids from the region. His classmates include kids from HK, Korea, India etc. We struggled between HK campus and US campuses but since that was his first time on a program like this and he was only 10 then, we opted for the HKUST campus. We may be sending him to US this year for thier summer programs there. check out the following website for more info:
CTY Summer School:
http://cty.jhu.edu/summer/index.html
CTY Hong Kong:
http://cty.jhu.edu/summer/hongkong/index.html

ANChan59

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Thanks for you first hand info of JHU.
Glad to know parents also utilise the tests and competitions to facilitate the further development of their chikdren's talent, not just stop at school and university admission. Bravo.

Add oil together.....

cowboymama

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Baoma,

Thank you very much for your sharing! Seem that the CTY Summer Program is good value for money. I'll check the website with my son for coming summer program this holiday. BTW, did your son live in HKUST campus then or just enrol as day student last summer program?

Wish you Happy Lunar New Year!!

Cowboymama

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Baoma,

My elder son joined the CTY HKUST summer camp when he was ten.  Nice program although it was a bit expensive! Since he was 10 at that point of time, boarding was not available,

cowboymama

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502,

Thank you for your information!
Wish you happy Lunar New Year!