VSA and CAIS

daitauman

Hi all,

My child is now studying in K2 in Victoria Kintergarden. We've obtained an offer from CAIS for preparatory for the year 2021-2022. However, we would like to pursue for VSA for their 2022-2023 year and the results for the VSA interview will be announced on May 2021. The interview results for VSA would be
1) acceptance
2) waitlist
3) decline
As there is only a 1/4 chance of my child getting into VSA(25% chance are advised by VSA teachers), it would be likely that my child would be offered a waitlist. If that happens, I would be caught in a dillema:

1) Forfeit the CAIS spot for 2021-2022 and attend VEO K3 and stay in the waitlist spot until there is a spot, and who knows, there might not be a spot for my child and I will need to find an alternative school. Losing both CAIS and VSA offer or obtained the VSA offer in the end.

2) Accept the CAIS spot for 2021-2022 which means I gave up the VSA waitlist as VSA has confirmed with me that the waitlist spot will be cancelled automatically if I don't stay in VEO for K3.

I am very struggled in which route I shall pick. Can anyone who has these past experience give me some advise. Thanks alot in advance!

gerrard1234

有冇外國PASSPORT?如果有K3再報CAIS或其他IS都仲得,非常TOP個D就另計......
另外會唔會考直資或傳統名校?

daitauman

gerrard1234 發表於 21-2-25 18:44
有冇外國PASSPORT?如果有K3再報CAIS或其他IS都仲得,非常TOP個D就另計......
另外會唔會考直資或傳統名校?

Yes, have foreign passport.
If vsa dont have offer then I will have to go for other IS, direct subsidy or local school which is not the preference.

964000

daitauman 發表於 21-2-25 16:19
Hi all,

My child is now studying in K2 in Victoria Kintergarden. We've obtained an offer from CAIS  ...

Tough decision, seems you still need to accept offer CAIS first because you are not sure if you are getting decline or waitlist till May21? Do you need to pay debentures for CAIS before May?

Btw if you get VSA waitlist, and if it’s your top preference, I think you should stay in VSA and apply other schools with entry at 6yo as backup, eg ISF y1, CAIS Y1, FIS Y1. Although the chance is lower than mass intake yr at 5 yo, it’s still pretty high since you got foreign passport.

thinkthinksin

VSA好似唔覺有人收decline, 全部無offer都收waiting, 咁仲煩，更加難知道機會大定細

daitauman

thinkthinksin 發表於 21-2-25 21:53
VSA好似唔覺有人收decline, 全部無offer都收waiting, 咁仲煩，更加難知道機會大定細
...

Yes exactly. It is very hard to predict if i got a waitlist which is highly likely.

bidbidyumama

daitauman 發表於 21-2-25 16:19
Hi all,

My child is now studying in K2 in Victoria Kintergarden. We've obtained an offer from CAIS  ...

Since your top preference is VSA and you hv a passport, I think
1. Keep vic k3 and see if you hv a chance to get into vsa
2. In case no offer from vsa, by his k3, reapply cais again and it still high chance to get an offer
3. At his k3 also apply other IS and with a passport I’m sure it’s not hard to get an IS offer like fis, nais etc

Good luck

macychu1988

I will stay in K3 n increase the chance to get into VSAIf foreign passport, the chance of get into other IS is not limited.
Relatively VSA is more outstanding than CAIS in terms of UNI placement and the IB results are more guaranteed

halvard

If I were you, I will ask myself if I am ready to face the worse scenario that is no offer from VSA and CAIS’ offer has already been declined (becoz u decided to stay in vic k3).
If i have other available options that have been confirmed and i think they are worth going even if i dont have vsa or cais, then I would risk.  Otherwise, i wont.

Given that u already got an offer from CAIS, would you consider asking the admissions if its possible to also apply for CAIS’ school year 2022-23 and see if u can also get that offer.

gavroche915

daitauman 發表於 21-2-25 16:19
Hi all,

My child is now studying in K2 in Victoria Kintergarden. We've obtained an offer from CAIS  ...

You should accept the offer from CAIS first, if you are put on VSA waitlist, then just simply go to CAIS. Once put on waitlist, the chance of getting into VSA is very low, and you won't know the final results until 2022 because everyone who gets an offer from VSA will hold on to the offer up till the very last minute (even if they have to pay $60k).

daitauman

gavroche915 發表於 21-2-26 16:39
You should accept the offer from CAIS first, if you are put on VSA waitlist, then just simply go to  ...

I would also like to know from the experiences of VEO parents. Did they suddenly give out offers by the end of K3 around August when kids got offer from a direct subsidy / local / IS, they would eventually reject the VSA offer and give up the 60k. I am sure the ones who's willing to pay the 60k will wait until the last second before throwing away their offer.

gavroche915

daitauman 發表於 21-2-26 17:06
I would also like to know from the experiences of VEO parents. Did they suddenly give out offers by  ...

Yes you are right, you won't know whether you will get an offer until the very last minute, parents won't release their offers until they are asked to pay the first tuition instalment, even when they have secured other offers and are pretty sure they won't start school at vsa.
And regarding the 25% chance of getting into VSA, it only applies to some campuses, for other campuses, it is below 20%.

Jill_stuart

Even with a foreign passport, the chance of getting a place in many IS (participating some popular ones) will be slim, since you have missed the year of mass intake for most schools. If you pass the interview, you are after vacant spots by leavers. It’s a bet. If you like VSA so much that you finally decided to stay at Vic Kindie, you need to have a backup plan for schools that have vacancies for K3 graduates, eg SIS, or you may want to look into some new IS.

thinkthinksin

gavroche915 發表於 21-2-26 17:15
Yes you are right, you won't know whether you will get an offer until the very last minute, parents ...

(emoji)(emoji)如果有名牌本地私校offer，佢哋會唔會放位?本地私校好多都12月-2月已經出offer

thinkthinksin

gavroche915 發表於 21-2-26 16:39
You should accept the offer from CAIS first, if you are put on VSA waitlist, then just simply go to  ...

即係on waitlist 升VSA好微?我見好多人都on waitlist

gavroche915

thinkthinksin 發表於 21-2-28 16:38
(emoji)(emoji)如果有名牌本地私校offer，佢哋會唔會放位?本地私校好多都12月-2月已經出offer
...

有 d 有同理心既家長會 secure 左心儀學校之後主動放番個 VSA offer 出黎...但亦有唔少家長係好鍾意手揸住幾個 offer...然後等到最後一刻真係要落決定先放出黎...比少少錢 hold 住個 offer 對於佢地黎講完全唔係問題。

gavroche915

thinkthinksin 發表於 21-2-28 16:40
即係on waitlist 升VSA好微?我見好多人都on waitlist

基本上所有無 offer 既人都係 waitlist...所以個 waitlist 根本無意思...VEO 有咁多間幼稚園...VSA 就只得一間...可想而知第一 round 拎唔到個 offer ..往後要係個 waitlist 當中被挑選出黎既機會係幾微。當然一定會有人成功...但係數目極少同要等到最後一刻唔係個個家長願意搏的。

Tanyafish

daitauman 發表於 21-2-25 16:19
Hi all,

My child is now studying in K2 in Victoria Kintergarden. We've obtained an offer from CAIS  ...

If I were in the same position I will take CAIS’ offer first, wait to see if VsA gives an offer in summer, if no offer, then go to CAIS and apply again for a p.2 place at VSA further down the road. The school search process for p1 can be nerve wrecking if your kid is put on VSA waitlist

yiqiyihui

Take CAIS and see if you get VSA offer before new school year, if not then go to CAIS.

如果俾人當後備, 就無謂無了期咁等。take 咗CAIS 嘅同時可再報其他學校。真係咁心儀嘅，第時再報vsa year 2都得啦

如果唔係step up 又唔係sibling，機會唔知有冇1/4呢。

daitauman

yiqiyihui 發表於 21-3-2 17:03
Take CAIS and see if you get VSA offer before new school year, if not then go to CAIS.

如果俾人當 ...

Step up class is really easier to get into VSA??