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作者: wildcat_hk 時間: 12-1-16 12:14 標題: world class arena有無用?

本帖最後由 wildcat_hk 於 12-1-16 12:15 編輯

如題,阿仔考左數學,派左張成績,要唔要補番比入左表的中學?Thanks

作者: smallfoothk 時間: 12-1-16 13:23

還想什麽,send去先,中學會分析有冇用

作者: blueberry123 時間: 12-1-16 14:05

Did he get a good result, if yes, send to them and let's see it is helpful.

作者: ANChan59 時間: 12-1-16 14:25

If he achieved double distinction in Maths and problem solving, it's a great achievement and he can apply a summer program in Imperial College this summer. I know a girl got in BPS, but I am sure her ranking is high in the school.

作者: lky3107 時間: 12-1-16 15:17

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好在你哋提起, 好感恩我小朋友攞到雙優, 咁我咪要寄番張cert copy 申請果間直資學校. 好在自行兩間未交表啫.

另外, 想知道 summer果 course 多d資料, 有無人可以講下. thx.

作者: ANChan59 時間: 12-1-16 15:42

Go to HKUST web site, search World Class Arena and you can find summer program's there, some local some overseas.

作者: kids-kingdom 時間: 12-1-16 15:53

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I think this is not very useful. The test is too easy. If I am not mistaken, close to 1/3 of participants got distinction.

作者: ANChan59 時間: 12-1-16 16:32

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I just say he can use the qualification to apply some summer programs, I didn't say it's useful for secondar admission. If your kid got double distinction, still an achievement.

作者: wildcat_hk 時間: 12-1-16 16:49

Thanks for all comments

作者: 小桃兒 時間: 12-1-16 16:57

本帖最後由小桃兒於 12-1-16 18:33 編輯

For my son's school, 6 kids got an interview from DBS early last month. All of them got world class arena distinctions even some's ranking is not top 10 of the school. Some top 10 kids who didn't get an distinction in world class arena do not have any interview so far.

作者: wildcat_hk 時間: 12-1-16 18:37

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Thanks for your information. He only attended Maths test but he got distinction. By the way, does your son study in Kowloon Tong? I learnt from my son that 6 schoolmates were also offered from DBS but some of them have 特異功能.

作者: 小桃兒 時間: 12-1-16 18:54

本帖最後由小桃兒於 12-1-16 23:15 編輯

wildcat_hk,

Yes. He also studies in Kowloon Tong. Do u mind pm me your son's name? They might be in the same class.

DBS altogether interviewed 6 kids based on academic side and 5 kids based on sports side so far. 4 kids of academic side were given the offer. 2 of them got double distinctions while the other 2 got distinction in maths only. For the 5 kids of sports side, all 5 were given offer but one was also given offer from LS. So only 4 from sports accepted the offer. Now altogether 8 kids holding the offers.

作者: wildcat_hk 時間: 12-1-16 19:11

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Pl. check pm

作者: cy.muimui 時間: 12-1-16 20:33

如果自行已交表，那是否不能再提交新的證書？因為張form無reference number…

作者: blueberry123 時間: 12-1-16 21:44

Besides world class arena, did any of your son also take the 香港奧數比賽? I heard this exam is also highly reconized.

作者: wildcat_hk 時間: 12-1-17 01:33

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No, he just got this one

作者: ANChan59 時間: 12-1-17 02:00

One Maths competition organised by Po Leung Kuk called Hong Kong Primary School Competition, all students are top 3-5% of the school in Maths. The final ranking is represented their HK ranking in Maths. I feel this competition is more representative than other competition.

Another one is Talent Search of EPGY.... If you get higher distinction, you can apply those summer programs in Stanford.

作者: talent2000 時間: 12-1-17 11:30

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作者: blueberry123 時間: 12-1-17 12:45

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這是不是大家所說的"特異功能"

作者: ANChan59 時間: 12-1-17 14:24

My son pretty good in Maths and sit for most Maths competitions as mentioned in this thread.

After some summer program's in some top notch international universities in USA and Uk, he changed his view in Maths in terms of application and career.

Some competition results come from drilling, that's not his cup of tea, because he is lazy and prefer do more with less.

He attended two program's in Imperial College, he visited Barclays Bank and got some understanding on application of Maths in investment models. In the Innovation program, he learnt how to prepare a business plan and do some pilot business in the campus. He discovered do calculation and as good as you can come up ideas, well prepare and well present.... He can be an entrepreneur, he also accepted that upto some level language proficiency may be more critical than other subjects.

I hope you all know why I put great summer programs in front of Maths competitions........

作者: blueberry123 時間: 12-1-17 14:48

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我想知道你囝囝係精英邀請賽是否頭4-6名?

係最top的前幾名才可申請去英,美, am I correct?

作者: ANChan59 時間: 12-1-17 15:02

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He was not and he didn't have the full scholarship, we need to pay for the fee.

作者: cy.muimui 時間: 12-1-17 15:30

ANchan59, thank you for your information ,it seem very good experience for the kids, but how old of your son when he go overseas?

作者: blueberry123 時間: 12-1-17 15:40

I just visited their website, it start from age 12 to 17.

作者: cy.muimui 時間: 12-1-17 17:08

ANChan59, would you mind tell me how old of your son when he join the course ?

作者: ANChan59 時間: 12-1-17 21:06

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Summer before Grade 9 (F3), 14 years old.

作者: talent2000 時間: 12-1-18 02:24

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作者: Fong23fong 時間: 12-1-19 18:17

點報考?

作者: cowboymama 時間: 12-1-19 22:11

ANChan59 發表於 12-1-17 14:24
My son pretty good in Maths and sit for most Maths competitions as mentioned in this thread.

After ...

ANChan59,

Thanks for your sharing. What programs did your son attend in Imperial College when he was 14? My son also received invitation to join Imperial College's program when he was in P6. At that time, he was not ready to go abroad to study alone though I found some programs quite interesting. So we didn't push him. Later we thought of trying Johns Hopkins U Summer Program jointly offered with HKUST in HK but time clashed with other engagement. He is now a F2 boy and maybe a good time to reconsider those programs offered by Imperial College or Johns Hopkins. Do you have any views on Johns Hopkins Summer Program run in HKUST campus too? Are they equally good when compared with Imperial College?

My son's interest in Maths mainly affected by his Maths Team teacher in primary school (a young, energetic, humorous guy, major in Physics) and reading quite a number of Maths books by Ian Stewart, Martin Gardner .. etc. His primary school didn't push them for open competitions and so during P5 to P6 he only participated in two Maths group competitions. The only individual Maths test he joined was World Class Arena for aged 12-14 when he was in P5 2nd Term. To my son, I think inspiring teacher, stimulating books, as well as like-minded peers are the main reasons for his ongoing interest in Maths so far, while competitions or tests are only by-product (he was not keen on). I think good Maths courses or summer programs would help him explore more what his real interest is in.

Just my some sharings.

作者: ANChan59 時間: 12-1-19 22:42

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cowboymama
My replies as follow:

What programs did your son attend in Imperial College when he was 14?

Maths:- Problem Solving - wk 1
Business & Marketing:- From Innovation to Market - wk 2

Do you have any views on Johns Hopkins Summer Program run in HKUST campus too?
I highly recommend the program and some of my friends' children attended the programs and the feedback are good. One girl even comes back from California to attend the creative writing program.

Are they equally good when compared with Imperial College?
Imperial may have more cultural elements as students are come from worldwide and the visits can be inspiring to them. If affordable, one summer in HKUST and then Imperial...... or vise versa

Pls refer to the following link to check the programs of the summer school, pretty not the same as previous years. STEM World Summer School
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/outreach/activitiesatimperialcollege/summerschools

In case you have further query, let me know or PM me.

ANChan59

作者: ANChan59 時間: 12-1-19 22:44

Fong23fong 發表於 12-1-19 18:17
點報考?

Pls check up this link:http://www.worldclassarena.hk/en/about/aboutWCA.htm

作者: cowboymama 時間: 12-1-19 23:03

ANChan59,

Thanks for your advice!

歲晚收爐還火速拔刀相助，真唔話得！

Cowboymama

作者: ANChan59 時間: 12-1-19 23:16

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Application my have deadline, don't miss any good chance.

作者: cowboymama 時間: 12-1-19 23:36

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ANChan59,

多謝提醒！否則蘇州過後冇艇搭！
新年假要做吓research了。

Cowboymama

作者: renewdanny 時間: 12-1-20 00:35

亞仔都有參加世數呀，但得一個distin另一個就良好，唔知有冇用呢. 另外保良局果個同19區數學比賽都有參加,以我所知係全校top3-5既學生先有份去,唔知幫助大唔大呢.

作者: Baoma 時間: 12-1-20 11:14

hi cowboymama, maybe I can chip in my 2 cents here. My son attended the John Hopkins U CTY summer program last year and he thoroughly enjoyed it. He joined using JHU's own SCAT test scores but I know results from World Class Tests can also be used for applying to thier Maths and Science programs in HK. My son joined the Science and Engineering program at the HKUST campus. He was there for 3 weeks and he said he enjoyed every minute of it. The instructors and Teaching Assistants are all from US and very friendly, course material interesting and challenging and he got to learn together with a lot of bright and smart kids from the region. His classmates include kids from HK, Korea, India etc. We struggled between HK campus and US campuses but since that was his first time on a program like this and he was only 10 then, we opted for the HKUST campus. We may be sending him to US this year for thier summer programs there. check out the following website for more info:
CTY Summer School:
http://cty.jhu.edu/summer/index.html
CTY Hong Kong:
http://cty.jhu.edu/summer/hongkong/index.html

作者: ANChan59 時間: 12-1-20 15:03

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Thanks for you first hand info of JHU.
Glad to know parents also utilise the tests and competitions to facilitate the further development of their chikdren's talent, not just stop at school and university admission. Bravo.

Add oil together.....

作者: cowboymama 時間: 12-1-21 13:38

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Baoma,

Thank you very much for your sharing! Seem that the CTY Summer Program is good value for money. I'll check the website with my son for coming summer program this holiday. BTW, did your son live in HKUST campus then or just enrol as day student last summer program?

Wish you Happy Lunar New Year!!

Cowboymama

作者: 502 時間: 12-1-21 14:28 標題: 引用：回復+Baoma+的帖子 Baoma,+Thank+you+very

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Baoma,

My elder son joined the CTY HKUST summer camp when he was ten. Nice program although it was a bit expensive! Since he was 10 at that point of time, boarding was not available,

作者: cowboymama 時間: 12-1-21 23:56

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502,

Thank you for your information!
Wish you happy Lunar New Year!

作者: Baoma 時間: 12-1-22 17:04

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ANChan59, who knows better their child's developmental needs than the parents? Yes, add oil together!Happy New Year!

作者: Baoma 時間: 12-1-22 17:10

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Cowboymama, residential program is only available for students Grade 7 or above for the HKUST campus, so my son joined as day student last summer. Rules are different for US campuses. Happy New Year to you too!

作者: wideworld 時間: 12-2-4 16:41

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Hi, why the DBS interview is last month for them?

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