DBS IB Admission Talk

ANChan59

DBS IB Admission Talk
18th Feb, 2012
10:00 - 12:00
http://www2.dbs.edu.hk/ib/

kym

Good chance to know about the running of IB in DBS and visit all the new facilities.

ANChan59

As DBS running IB for 3 years, should be more students and parents want to know the status.

Also hearing diff problems of 334, it's a good opportunities for boys to study in DBS IB stream.

If English is excellent, easier than G1 and G7 admission.

chuntam

請問可否讓女生進去聽聽?
又或者SPCC有冇類似的?

ANChan59

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請問可否讓女生進去聽聽? I think so. Welcome all Parents and students. 又或者SPCC有冇類似的? SPCC doesnt provide IB Admission Talk in previous years, also this year "None"

mayc

最好打電話去DBS問吓,因為我朋友幫我拿了兩張入場卷!

ANChan59

DBS will have a memorial service for his ex-principal, Mr. Lowcock right after the Admission Talk, so many old boys will come back.

chuntam

已收到入場卷!謝謝你的介紹!:loveliness:

ANChan59

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Share with us what you feel about DBS's IB after the talk.

m97n98ch

Hi, Anchan59,
I attended  the IB admission talk,I 'm happy to know more information .Now I don't worry about so much because I understand my son 's character will be match IBDP stream. Also I appreciate the  father of S11,Mr Chan who share his experience and comment  to all the parents . I  learn more from him  and you. Thank you.

ANChan59

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What's the difference of the comments between Mr. Chan and I? What impress you most in his sharing?

bobbycheung

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I didn't go to the talk.  But assuming that Mr. Chan and you are the same person, I am also interested to know what you said in the talk but not posted here.

ANChan59

Just talked to a friend and his son is my son's senior, he got 2 offers from CUHK, one from HKU and HKUST respectively. He holds 2 offers and declined 2.

In the main round, more students got offers from Ivy League like Princeton....

CHAN-2

Thanks for sharing.

kym

my son told me that C.Y. got offer from U Pen and Princeton

ANChan59

kym 發表於 12-4-9 01:03
my son told me that C.Y. got offer from U Pen and Princeton

Leo should update the offer list sooner.
Amazing, some boys got conditional offers = "unconditional offers", like IBDP + English SL 5 for hot programs....

Keep the run next year too.

riccichu

IBDP + English SL 5 for hot programs....


So simple, What's the hot programs?

ANChan59

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My friend reminded me to keep it private.

Yb712

Hi all , any comment about IB or preIB run by SPCC ? As they don't have any admission talk, not sure are they doing 'real IB' ? ( I know it is an excellent school in traditional system)  I mean their approach, system and teacher's mindset !  As I know their teachers are mainly the original teachers there and the co-ordinator is a local lady!
From Mr.ANChan,  DBS sounds different!  
Just see if any parent got any idea or know someone studying there can share!

Mr. ANChan, from  other threads,  most IS schools need a few years to adjust from IGCSE to IB, what do you think about DBS or SPCC?

webeheld

Yb712 發表於 12-4-10 17:01
Hi all , any comment about IB or preIB run by SPCC ? As they don't have any admission talk, not sure ...

All the teachers at SPCC IB are 'original' staff that come from the local division in the past. Not sure about the IB1s but the pre-IB has been running quite successfully...I mean 'quite'. Actually something special is that SPCC students are getting 5s and 6s in the majority in their pre-IB year as opposed to in DBS where 7s are given out quite easily in the pre-IB year. That may actually be the accurate representation and expectation of the student in the IBDP programme more.
I am afraid of giving biased opinion but what I heard is that the subject choices are narrower than DBS. Their choices made before the pre-IB year (in Year 9) are very 'final' since DBS pre-IB offers seven subjects (reduced to six for IBDP) but SPCC pre-IB does not do so and only offers six subjects (so e.g. Phy Chem History and that's it, the student has to carry this option to the end of the IBDP ultimately). As for DBS the featuring of 2 sciences and 2 humanities subjects lets the students explore more on different subjects and make the right choice in the end, in my humble opinion.
IGCSE is a different level from IB...do you mean GCE? Since a lot of students start doing the IBDP immediately after their IGCSEs. Anyway, DBS and SPCC does not teach or encourage the IGCSE yet they allow students to have the option to enrol in IGCSE examinations on behalf of the school. As for the 'transition' between local curriculum and IBDP curriculum, that is the key purpose of setting up the pre-IB year.

Not sure for SPCC, but in DBS it is quite effective since students are taught about the skills rather than the knowledge for preparation of doing the IB (for example how to do the internal assessments efficiently and correctly, e.g. Maths and Physics; or simply extending the two-year course into three-year for better adaptability for students, e.g. English Literature and Psychology). The provision of the pre-IB year is more than enough for equipping the students in both schools to accomplish with flying colours in the IBDP I'd say.