ESF kinder admission contract ?

luckyveronique

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Is it possible to change the class session? Have you inquired the school?

呼吸

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Actually not. I just say...

mr123

I am so happy that I recieved the contract finally.

nccc123

We also got the contract this week, so happy!
TY (PM)

mr123

原帖由 nccc123 於 13-04-10 發表
We also got the contract this week, so happy!
TY (PM)

congrats! have you handed in the contract? Do you know your waitlist number? Did you adk them?

nccc123

Yes, returned the contract yesterday.
I hvnt ask my waiting list no.

hb12699

My child also get the pm offer to study in tsing yi kinder .  I am wondering if she is rejected from the esf primary school . What's we can do ?
What's the passing rate from esf kinder to esf primary school ?

Any experience can share with us

FattyDaddy

hb12699 發表於 13-4-11 13:51
What's the passing rate from esf kinder to esf primary school ? ...

Many have asked the same question. From reliable sources, the passing rate is close to 90%, from various internet hear-say it is around 70%. These percentages are overall figures, regardless of Cat 1 and 2.

Of course, this very comment should also be taken as internet hear-say {:1_1:}

hb12699

Many many thanks for your experience sharing

As our parents are struggling our child in that specific 30 percentage , we are difficult to find other  international school

Anyway think more in positive way ,we are chosen the international school route

hb12699

Everyone can share the nomination rights affect the passing rate from esf kinder to esf primary school?

sayubemine

mr123 發表於 13-4-10 08:17
I am so happy that I recieved the contract finally.

may i know if it is at TY or WKS? thx!

mr123

原帖由 sayubemine 於 13-04-11 發表
may i know if it is at TY or WKS? thx!

TY

FattyDaddy

hb12699 發表於 13-4-11 14:56
Everyone can share the nomination rights affect the passing rate from esf kinder to esf primary scho ...

This is how the nomination rights scheme is supposed to work ... You pay an initial sum of $50000 to buy an interview, if the child passes you pay the remaining sum to enroll, but if the child fails you get your $50000 refunded, if the child passes but you decide not to enroll then you forfeit the $50000. The interviewers do not know which child has bought nomination right so it has no effect on passing rate.

If the child is already an ESF kindergarten pupil, he/she automatically gets an interview so there is no reason to buy nomination right, but this year's ESF kindergarten intake will be the last batch to enjoy this priority.

hb12699

Many thanks for your valuable and clear advice.
Yours reply help me a lot

hb12699

Many thanks for your experience sharing

I think most of the parents are concern the  passing rate from esf kinder to esf primary

If failed to p1 interview,it's really difficult to seek a place to study the reception. 1 or year 1 in other international school

According to the esf web site

http://www.esf.edu.hk/policy2013#2.%20Priority%20for%20Admission

It's supposed to hv an interview for the esf. Kinder  pupils .

FattyDaddy

xx33 發表於 13-4-14 05:01
However, one of the ESF school rejected the applicant even he paid $500K！ ...

I guess there will always be a few odd exceptions to everything, but I'm wondering how this could happen.

Under the current nomination rights scheme, if he paid the full $500k that means his child had passed the interview and enrolled, so the child could only be rejected if he/she started school and then something went wrong (e.g. gross misconduct), or the parent voluntarily gave up the seat because some better offer came along.

Mom2One

ESF kindie kids will have priority for interview at ESF schools. As fattydaddy said, the chances are quite high - I also heard over 90% of our ESF kindie kids got an interview this year. But it's up to your child to demonstrate enough English and social skills to pass the interview.

However it appears the ESF game may be changing a bit. My son (ESF kindie) has a classmate who only joined in K2 (so no priority) but still received an interview offer for a Y1 entry list (ie. waitlist) place. In the past, even though its not for a confirmed place, the chances are high that a place will be offered as not everyone with a confirmed place interview passes or takes the offered spot.

However the mom told me that they are still on the waitlist - and (more strangely), she recently was told by the school that they weren't sure she would got a place before August and she may want to consider paying $500,000 to apply for a nomination place.

Now given her child already got an interview - and passed it, this sounds rather strange to me. But it is what she told me.

hb12699

Many thanks for your experience sharing and what you heard, although the chance is 90 % or 60% , I also would take the offer to get the entry ticket for esf school first.

Then , try to solve the difficulties one by one .


Many thanks for everyone in here to share the first hand experience .

FattyDaddy

Mom2One 發表於 13-4-14 13:59
However the mom told me that they are still on the waitlist - and (more strangely), she recently was told by the school that they weren't sure she would got a place before August and she may want to consider paying $500,000 to apply for a nomination place. ...

May be this is the logic behind ...

If the child is not an ESF kindergarten pupil, the chances of him/her getting an interview is slim, so some parents may want to use the nomination rights scheme, paying an intial $50,000 to buy an interview, and if the child passes then he/she can enroll right away by paying the remaining $450,000. There is no wait list because you either pay the remaining sum to enroll or forgo their offer.

If the child is an ESF kindergarten pupil, then he/she automatically gets an interview so there is no reason to pay anything to buy one. After the interview, children who pass will either be offered confirmed places or put on the wait list waiting for a place to become available. Some parents with children on the wait list may not like that uncertainty, and ESF might say if you use the nomination rights scheme you can buy your child off the wait list and enroll right away by paying $500,000.

Just my guess.