Sharing of IB vs NSS

ANChan59

My son just finished the exam yesterday. He worked hard this time and still have room for improvement.... may be 36+

He had long sleep yesterday afternoon and enjoyed the European Champion Cup games this morning.

One-Mama

Congrat to yr son!  Exam before holiday is most preferable to me (unfortunately our case is not).

Play hard & work hard to both parents & children!

kym

Before holiday mean less time to prepare, I would prefer exam after holiday. It is now very difficult to ask my son to do anything until next year.

ANChan59

原帖由 kym 於 11-12-8 17:49 發表
Before holiday mean less time to prepare, I would prefer exam after holiday. It is now very difficult to ask my son to do anything until next year.

You are right.

But at least he knows we will honour him to play as much as he can after exam....

ANChan59

原帖由 Annie123 於 11-12-10 14:56 發表
叻仔。看過你的 POSTS，都知他很成熟聰穎，加上他也很努力，一年後肯定有更好的成績。

The first predicted grade based on the 2nd exam results, its critical for fast track admission in HK and UCAS in UK. He knows that and he starts to work harder to secure 40.

wisemom

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Dear ANChan59,

Grateful if you could PM me the details of the English tutorial centre that you mentioned in the forum.

Many thanks!

Wisemom

ANChan59

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Check your pm

wisemom

Dear ANChan59,

Many thanks for your information.  I'm so grateful!

Wisemom

小桃兒

Dear ANChan59,

Please check PM and send me the details of English tutorial centre that your son took the course about current affairs writings. Thousand thanks!

ANChan59

I heard a lot of good news from other IB schools, but not my son's school. Like CSS,7 students good offer from Big 3 (I know HKUST still interview hand picked students.) and 5 got unconditional offers. Really let me jealous........

My son talked to some seniors in the last two days and the results are excellent, in average two offers from HKU and or CUHK.

- HKU Business and Law + CUHK QFin
- HKU Global Business + CUHK QFin
- HKU Medcine + CUHK Medicine.......

But really bother me is the offers are conditional ...... even most offers are excellent.

ksenia

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My daughter told me that at this point,2 female students accepted by Princeton
1 female by Oxford (conditional offer)
1 male by Cambridge (conditional offer)
Oxbridge are overseas students, Princeton are both from International Schools
1 local girl rejected by Cambridge, though she has 42/42
1 local boy rejected by a lot of universities, (including second tiers in UK) though he has 41/42
Almost every local students get 38+...

I personally don't quite understand the case about the local boy....

ksenia

Oh and the local boy has UST E&F offer...

poonseelai

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Dear Ksenia

Are you referring to results of a particular school?  I am confused by "local" and ïnternational" students you mentioned.

ANChan59

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Two boys got offer from Princeton and Columbia
For Medicine, both boys are 42/42, the conditional offers are 42 and 43 included bonus point for 5 yr program.

ksenia

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yes i'm referring to LPC

ksenia

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Normally local students won't apply for medicine in the US cos the system is different. Confident students stick to HKU MBBS while the weaker ones apply for UK unis. If they want to be a doctor in Hong Kong, they'll have to sit for an examination which is relatively difficult.

ANChan59

ksenia 發表於 12-1-14 09:35
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Normally local students won't apply for medicine in the US cos the system is d ...

I quoted the boys are MBBS in HKU, sorry for confusion caused.
HKU is the first choice, but some also apply CUHK medicine.

If the boy not necessary want to come back to HK, UK also a good choice and if they take UK as backup, why not.

poonseelai

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Thanks Ksenia

It would be helpful to know what the local boy is missing compared to others.  

ANChan59

ksenia & poonseelai

I try to answer your question about local boys...

Communication skills
- most boys are poor in oral and writing,
- too focus on internet games and MSN or fb.....

Attitude
- boys less aggressive compared with girls, particularly reflected in group interview,
- girls more mature than boys, in terms of studying, career, relationship...

Maturity
- Equal opportunity is a ????????

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Biased comment

Haven't said that, ksenia and my samples size are too low and may not represent the sample population.