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Shootastar

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My son studied law in UK. Thereafter he studied an LLM degree in USA and PCLL in Hong Kong. Although my daughter had several offers from the top colleges in US, she settled at Hong Kong for medicine.

Sanmama

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Thanks for your kind reply and they are really smart! My question is, pursuing SAT from HKIS can easily allow them to pursue further studies elsewhere (not only USA)? Thanks !

Shootastar

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SAT and/or AP are recognized by nearly all leading universities in the world (including all universities in Hong Kong) as college entrance qualification.
To give you an example, my son had 4 offers to study law out of 5 UCAS applications. All offers were from top 20 UK colleges.

My daughter had 2 offers from UK medical schools and 2 offers from local medical schools to study medicine.

So the kids are free to apply non-US colleges based on their US qualifications. If you can achieve good results in SAT and/or AP, I am sure that you can apply to the non-US top colleges such as Cambridge and Oxford (if you want to study in UK) and have their offers.

Sanmama

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This is very useful. Thank you !

Yaleizh

Shootastar 發表於 18-3-16 11:53
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SAT and/or AP are recognized by nearly all leading universities in the world (i ...

Dear Shootastar

Thank you for the sharing! Do you know how many students got a debenture when getting in? I know the waiting list for debenture application is very long. Wonder if chances to get in is low if we don’t hold any debenture? Thank you!

Shootastar

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I did not have any debenture when my son applied for admission about 16 years ago. At that time, the priority of admission was quite clear. The first priority went to Debenture holders and Americans who studied in an US curriculum school for 2 years prior to admission.
The second priority went to the applicant who had siblings currently studying at HKIS.

The third priority went to other applicants.

So at that time, whether it was difficult or not, depending how many debenture holders applied in a particular grade. The relatively easier was the application made for R1 when they admitted about 200 students. So there was no need to have any debenture.

My son applied for Grade 7 at that time. The spots were relatively more because some students would like to commence Grade 8 (the last year of middle school) in the US boarding school. It would also be easier if you applied for admission to Grade 9 because about 1/10 of the students would like to leave HKIS after completing Grade 8 for the high school (Grade 9) in the US boarding schools.

You should check the priority now adopted by the school. Given the trends, I think it would also be easier if you applied for admission to R1 and Grade 9. My two cents.

Yaleizh

Shootastar 發表於 18-3-17 11:24
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I did not have any debenture when my son applied for admission about 16 years a ...

Thanks a lot! That’s very helpful!

hotmilo

Yaleizh 發表於 18-3-16 11:17
Any one knows when the 2nd round of reception result will be announced? Likely next week?

anyone got R2 offer?

Yaleizh

hotmilo 發表於 18-3-17 17:51
anyone got R2 offer?

Push, anyone got HKIS R1 offer this week?

kingcarrie

we got R1 offer yesterday

Yaleizh

kingcarrie 發表於 18-3-23 15:02
we got R1 offer yesterday

Hi Kingcarrie, congrats! Did you apply before the priority deadline or after? We applied after the priority deadline, so was told that we might not be offered a place in the first round...

CherylChloe

My girl just got an offer for entrance into G3.

Shootastar

Congratulations!

kingcarrie

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i am not sure what you mean about the priority deadline...
But I wish you will hear some good news soon!

Sanmama

We gor  G4 offer too

Yaleizh

kingcarrie 發表於 18-3-29 17:40
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i am not sure what you mean about the priority deadline...

Thanks Kingcarrie. Deadline was Oct 2017. We are in the waitpool now.

BSSB

kingcarrie 發表於 18-3-29 17:40
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i am not sure what you mean about the priority deadline...

Hi Kingcarrie, do you know any parents who has rejected 1st round offer from HKIS for this year's R1? thanks!

Shootastar

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Congratulation!

JoJoMama12

BSSB 發表於 18-4-1 20:42
Hi Kingcarrie, do you know any parents who has rejected 1st round offer from HKIS for this year's R ...

Hi I know someone who rejected the offer. They are going for ESF instead.

fatcni

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Do you know why? Because of the AP vs IB curriculum difference?