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Katherinee 發表於 17-2-10 16:29
Guess GSIS only wants those will put it as first choice. And many people do have it

happyfleet

原帖由 snudgie 於 17-02-10 發表
when is the deadline for accepting the offer and paying the deposit to FIS?

20 feb

snudgie

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Thanks, Happyfleet. Tricky! after the ESF year 1 result.

Jackieson

wishfish 發表於 17-2-6 18:49
收到FIS Year 1 Hung Hum campus offer, 好快要決定, 個心1516。

Pros

FIS 的英文語景真係好好，因為極多數係外國人，相對中文真係唔多好，相信大部份國際學校都有呢個問題。亦因為多外國人，校風、紀律亦好自由，建議自己親身去校舍視察吓，睇吓接唔接受到。至於學術成績，個人覺得不過不失啦，可以去學校網頁睇吓d畢業生升去邊d大學讀d咩科目，幾公開。

happyfleet

原帖由 Jackieson 於 17-02-11 發表
FIS 的英文語景真係好好，因為極多數係外國人，相對中文真係唔多好，相信大部份國際學校都有呢個問題。亦因 ...

小學部學術ok嗎? 會唔會有功課? 謝。

Ms_Gorgeous

Are you guys taking the offer?

Any suggestion to me pls? FIS reception vs ESF year 1? As Monday is the registration deadline for FIS...

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Ms_Gorgeous 發表於 17-2-18 09:07
Are you guys taking the offer?

Any suggestion to me pls? FIS reception vs ESF year 1? As Monday is  ...

Is there any reason you want to do reception instead of y1? How is your kid maturity and social skills? Your kid is boy or girl? Also which ESF school are you referring to? What's your priority, e.g. Ethnic mix or academic? Learning Chinese?You need to know more to decide.

Ms_Gorgeous

964000 發表於 17-2-18 09:17
Is there any reason you want to do reception instead of y1? How is your kid maturity and social ski ...

Many thanks for your reply

She is mature and she surely can do Year 1.  In fact, she said it's baby stuff when she went for reception interview as she is now in K2.  It is just that FIS' cutoff is aug 31 and she is a September baby

We are looking for academic and better Chinese at the same time

For ESF, it is glenealy, but we can go to West Island in secondary as address is flexible

Appreciate your thoughts

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Ms_Gorgeous 發表於 17-2-18 09:41
Many thanks for your reply

She is mature and she surely can do Year 1.  In fact, she said it's ba ...

From what you said, its sounds ESF is more suitable for her, looks like she needs to delay one year in FIS. If it is FIS y1 vs ESF yr 1, maybe it's different consideration.

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Ms_Gorgeous 發表於 17-2-18 09:41
Many thanks for your reply

She is mature and she surely can do Year 1.  In fact, she said it's ba ...

Also in FIS, they studied French a lot and even less time for Chinese, you need to put extra effort at home to maintain Chinese study.

Ms_Gorgeous

964000 發表於 17-2-18 10:10
Also in FIS, they studied French a lot and even less time for Chinese, you need to put extra effort ...

Thanks for your views. Appreciated!

minicooper0808

Ms_Gorgeous 發表於 17-2-18 09:41
Many thanks for your reply

She is mature and she surely can do Year 1.  In fact, she said it's ba ...

not really! the cut off day is December .
but for those " small b" they let the parents to choose

happyfleet

minicooper0808 發表於 17-2-18 20:39
not really! the cut off day is December .
but for those " small b" they let the parents to choose

will u take the offer? we already paid.

Ms_Gorgeous

happyfleet 發表於 17-2-18 21:53
will u take the offer? we already paid.

I may take the esf offer and give up the FIS offer

wishfish

We paid for FIS last week but we just got an offer from CAIS today.  Both are happy schools but very different in terms of curriculum.  Language and student mix are of big difference too...

snudgie

wishfish 發表於 17-2-21 01:49
We paid for FIS last week but we just got an offer from CAIS today.  Both are happy schools but very ...

How much would you get back in term of the payment made if you withdraw from FIS?

happyfleet

snudgie 發表於 17-2-21 09:41
How much would you get back in term of the payment made if you withdraw from FIS?

the deposit is non refundable.

wishfish

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FIS deposit is non refundable but $25K is not a big amount.  CAIS required a debenture of $450K and 15% penalty will be applied for withdrawal after payment deadline.  We are still waiting for ISF results although we know that chance is slim.  Actually we live in HK side, both FIS and CAIS are in Kowloon so travel time is similar.  Both have new campus coming up so facilities not a concern.  The major difference is the language exposure.  FIS is very westernized with good English standard supplemented with French as a second language while CAIS got a strong Chinese program.  Me and my husband are still struggling...

snudgie

haha, I would be struggling too if I was you. Take your time. I am waiting to ISF result too.

wishfish

Hi all, I am still struggling.  We have to pay CAIS by Mar 1.  FIS is more well known while CAIS is a bit niche and more local but they have good Chi program.  Me and my hubby had a debate earlier and we opt for different schools.  Our first choice is in fact ISF.  Say if we fail to get an offer from ISF this year, which school do u think would give us better chance to transfer to ISF (or maybe CDNIS) in future?  Can anyone give any advice?  Thanks much!