Applying to Universities
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Parent\" post_id=\"1901805\" time=\"1552003144\" user_id=\"2348:
Thanks for your reply. So the high tea includes jc2 plus post a level results students. My Son is currently jc2 and is invited to attend
I think it's for those who got their A Level Results recently although I'm surprised someone said JC 2 also got invited.fanren\" post_id=\"1901778\" time=\"1551960001\" user_id=\"13778:
This ntu high tea session invites jc2 students only or include those who just receive a level results ? Thanks
In fact, not all of nylon DS' classmates received the invitation. -
Hi, my first child to uni this year. Therefore, there’s a lot of stuff I would need help.
1) how many courses can one apply in a uni?
2) given that her grades are really not that good (c, D n E in maths), is there any chance for her to apply any uni?
3) is study loan advisable?
Please help to reply. Thank you so much.
Worrying mum -
Yeesim\" post_id=\"1902452\" time=\"1552448974\" user_id=\"67881:
There is a separate application form for each university, and I can't remember how many choices there are on each form. At least a few for each university, I think.
Hi, my first child to uni this year. Therefore, there's a lot of stuff I would need help.
1) how many courses can one apply in a uni?
2) given that her grades are really not that good (c, D n E in maths), is there any chance for her to apply any uni?
3) is study loan advisable?
Please help to reply. Thank you so much.
Worrying mum
Look for \"Inidicative Grade Profile\" for each course which will be somewhere on each university's website. They will show the grades of the 90th and 10th percentile admissions from last year. If your child's grades are better than the 10th percentile, there is a reasonable chance that she can get in. If the grades are around the 10th percentile, she can still try, especially if her other H1 subjects are good. For eg, my daughter applied for a course where the 10th percentile IGP was BBC/C when her grades were BBD/C. She managed to get in, possibly because her GP and PW were both B's, and she also took a test and was interviewed, so maybe she didn't do too badly in those. But you should also check that she satisfies the prerequisites for the course.
I don't know anything about study loans. -
Parent\" post_id=\"1901803\" time=\"1552003139\" user_id=\"2348:
My son received this high tea invite too. But he is not attending. He said all friends who gotten their A lvl results also got it.
I think it's for those who got their A Level Results recently although I'm surprised someone said JC 2 also got invited.fanren\" post_id=\"1901778\" time=\"1551960001\" user_id=\"13778:
This ntu high tea session invites jc2 students only or include those who just receive a level results ? Thanks
In fact, not all of nylon DS' classmates received the invitation. -
slmkhoo\" post_id=\"1902456\" time=\"1552450197\" user_id=\"28674:
Hi Yeesim
There is a separate application form for each university, and I can't remember how many choices there are on each form. At least a few for each university, I think.Yeesim\" post_id=\"1902452\" time=\"1552448974\" user_id=\"67881:
Hi, my first child to uni this year. Therefore, there's a lot of stuff I would need help.
1) how many courses can one apply in a uni?
2) given that her grades are really not that good (c, D n E in maths), is there any chance for her to apply any uni?
3) is study loan advisable?
Please help to reply. Thank you so much.
Worrying mum
Look for \"Inidicative Grade Profile\" for each course which will be somewhere on each university's website. They will show the grades of the 90th and 10th percentile admissions from last year. If your child's grades are better than the 10th percentile, there is a reasonable chance that she can get in. If the grades are around the 10th percentile, she can still try, especially if her other H1 subjects are good. For eg, my daughter applied for a course where the 10th percentile IGP was BBC/C when her grades were BBD/C. She managed to get in, possibly because her GP and PW were both B's, and she also took a test and was interviewed, so maybe she didn't do too badly in those. But you should also check that she satisfies the prerequisites for the course.
I don't know anything about study loans.
Per slmkhoo’s post, each university holds her own admission exercise. Do note that the application deadline for most if not all the 6 autonomous universities is 18 March 2019, next Monday. You may refer to the IGP links for NUS, NTU and SMU below.
NUS: http://www.nus.edu.sg/oam/docs/default-source/undergradute-programmes/nus-igp-2019.pdf?sfvrsn=f8ed03db_2
NTU: http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/oad2/website_files/IGP/NTU_IGP.pdf
SMU: https://admissions.smu.edu.sg/admissions/indicative-grade-profiles-igp
As SUTD, SIT and SUSS do not published their IGP, it is difficult to advise if your child could gain admission. However, the unis do look beyond grade, for example, SIT conducts MMI (multi mini interviews) for admission purpose. Also, most if not all the unis conduct discretionary admission, please refer to the below link from NUS.
NUS: https://www.askadmissions.nus.edu.sg/app/answers/detail/a_id/176/~/aptitude-based-%28discretionary%29-admissions
Other than the autonomous universities, there are also many private schools/ universities that you may consider, such as:
SIM Global:https://www.simge.edu.sg/programmes/
Kaplan: http://www.kaplan.com.sg/courses/bachelor/
MDIS: https://www.mdis.edu.sg/
Lasalle: https://www.lasalle.edu.sg/programmes/ba-hons
James Cook Uni: https://www.jcu.edu.sg/
Curtin: https://curtin.edu.sg/
Alternatively, your child may also enrol into a course of her interest at the polytechnic before embarking on the uni journey later. -
Parent\" post_id=\"1901538\" time=\"1551873298\" user_id=\"2348:
The psle score is just a number. Leave it at the sec sch or jc door.
My DS PSLE is 23o+
I personally kn two children with low 23+ in nus medicine and smu law.
In fact I also two sets of brothers.
Older bros are top psle students (27+), younger bros are 25+ and 24+. The younger bros are the ones who got into Ox/bridge and NUS med.
Work hard n follow yr dreams.
Don’t let a number limit yr potential. -
Song22\" post_id=\"1901572\" time=\"1551879513\" user_id=\"46993:
This one I am not sure sia
So does it mean one can apply oxford in one year, then Cambridge on another ? -
Song22\" post_id=\"1901573\" time=\"1551879738\" user_id=\"46993:
Hi Ilovelaksa
Do you mind to share what course did your son’s Friend got in at imperial and which course is he applying at Cambridge? Thanks!
I got news that he got into Cambridge. He applied for engrg for Camb and Imp. He has B in PW and C in gp.
I used to think straight As n H3 distinction only for Oxbridge. But I don’t they are looking at that now.
In case you are wondering, he is also not from the top JCs.ilovelaksa\" post_id=\"1901525\" time=\"1551868155\" user_id=\"88602:
Son just asked me to continue obsessing over Lee Dong Wook and stop kaypohing over his frens’ grades lol
Anyway, cfm
AAAA/CB (gp C pw B), no H3. Imperial offer, NTU REP offer, NUS GMS offer, waiting *Cambridge*.
AAAA/BA (gp B). NTU REP offer. Not on scholarship.
AABB/A (KI A), no H3. NUS+SMU+Oxford law offers. Not on scholarship.
AAAA/AA, H3 distinction, outstanding CCA/NS (his NS achievement is truly outstanding), dbl deg in SMU. Not on scholarship.
3 with straights As and outstanding CCAs in overseas Physiotherapy, NUS Nursing and NUS Bizad.
The 2 boys who applied Oxford or Cambridge had psle 24+, Both had to appeal to their sec sch. -
isetan\" post_id=\"1901590\" time=\"1551883413\" user_id=\"57562:
In funds permit:
My fren DS- AAA/AAA. Failed to get offer from both SMU/NTU Law but got an offer from UCL of UK instead.
UCL is an awesome uni. The 2 Singaporeans I kn there are first class honours students. In UK, they award way more first class and 2nd upper honours in law than our local uni.
If funds don’t permit:
If it is DS, can reapply again. I read someone applied for NUS/SMU law 3x, he got into NUS Law at the 3rd try.
If it is DD, also can reapply. A girl I kn took a gap year to do her bmat. Later she got into NUS Science in the following year. She reapplied uni again. Now, she is in Law 2nd year.
I’m not sure but I think local Medicine is the only course you cannot reapply. -
ilovelaksa\" post_id=\"1902647\" time=\"1552540557\" user_id=\"88602:
You can't reapply for Medicine if you've already gone through the tests and interview stage and failed, although you can try via discretionary admissions if you have something new to offer.
In funds permit:isetan\" post_id=\"1901590\" time=\"1551883413\" user_id=\"57562:
My fren DS- AAA/AAA. Failed to get offer from both SMU/NTU Law but got an offer from UCL of UK instead.
UCL is an awesome uni. The 2 Singaporeans I kn there are first class honours students. In UK, they award way more first class and 2nd upper honours in law than our local uni.
If funds don’t permit:
If it is DS, can reapply again. I read someone applied for NUS/SMU law 3x, he got into NUS Law at the 3rd try.
If it is DD, also can reapply. A girl I kn took a gap year to do her bmat. Later she got into NUS Science in the following year. She reapplied uni again. Now, she is in Law 2nd year.
I’m not sure but I think local Medicine is the only course you cannot reapply.
So this girl you know took BMAT, didn't get into Medicine but got into Science, then tried for Law the following year and is doing Law now?
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