Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)

[00skyblue00]

Can still pose so brightly even if they hv slept zero hours for weeks...


https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20240128-1464867

Noticed most doctors are married, wonder how they find time for dating and to get married.

[Estéema]

00skyblue00\" post_id=\"2128126\" time=\"1706436524\" user_id=\"143605:

Can still pose so brightly even if they hv slept zero hours for weeks...

https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20240128-1464867

Noticed most doctors are married, wonder how they find time for dating and to get married.

Reminds me during my era, doctors & engineers are “good catch” for girls looking for partners.

I met several young doctors (ages btwn 30-40), at different times, asking for my help to introduce life partners to them. Some of them were probably bookworms & achieved well academically but lack the social skills & often introverts & shy. Wonder what is life for them now. Not all doctors got ‘caught’ as treasures yah?

I wld rather my kids learn to lead a balance life, with work/study and not chase too much of the world & forget to build relationships at home or with friends. Life will hv a better quality than having a big landed, branded cars, etc. When one hv good strong supportive relationships, shld be able to ride thro though times not being alone. Happiness does not come fr material well-being alone.

[bbbay]

What keeps us healthy and happy as we go through life? Harvard study of adult development, a 75 years study of life unfolding , shows the answers. This study tracks a few hundreds men ( why not women??) from their teenage years onwards. They consist of brick layers, factory workers , lawyers, doctors, and 1 US president. Watch this video for what the study has to say about healthy and happy life :


https://youtu.be/8KkKuTCFvzI?si=S_bsfacIBP-VX9Xz

[00skyblue00]

Estéema\" post_id=\"2128128\" time=\"1706441870\" user_id=\"66413:

Reminds me during my era, doctors & engineers are “good catch” for girls looking for partners.

I met several young doctors (ages btwn 30-40), at different times, asking for my help to introduce life partners to them. Some of them were probably bookworms & achieved well academically but lack the social skills & often introverts & shy. Wonder what is life for them now. Not all doctors got ‘caught’ as treasures yah?

I wld rather my kids learn to lead a balance life, with work/study and not chase too much of the world & forget to build relationships at home or with friends. Life will hv a better quality than having a big landed, branded cars, etc. When one hv good strong supportive relationships, shld be able to ride thro though times not being alone. Happiness does not come fr material well-being alone.

Agree, studying Med and becoming a doctor should not be parents' wish. The journey is too tough and lonely. It has to be their own wish. I came across one such candidate with potential (no, not my own) out of so many kids i know, but unfortunately she doesn't want to do Med. Her parents aren't keen too. Why study so hard to do what many think AI can do. But if the kid wish to be one, I am sure her parents will be supportive too.

What's my wish? When I was told I am having a baby, my wish was the baby wld be healthy and happy. We are so blessed already. What more do we need?

[ynwa9]

Does anyone have an idea as to how many boys get admitted yearly into ACS (I)'s IP from the O level track in year 3? Mostly from ACS(I) or are there some from other schools too?

[autolycus]

ynwa9\" post_id=\"2128151\" time=\"1706507871\" user_id=\"48765:

Does anyone have an idea as to how many boys get admitted yearly into ACS (I)'s IP from the O level track in year 3? Mostly from ACS(I) or are there some from other schools too?

Don't think it can be more than 60 or so, based on the number of IP classes in Y3 compared to Y2. But ACS(I) has of course got a lot of leeway in internal transfers. I don't have detailed data.

[blessedm]

Looking at the most recent COP for ACSI, both IP and O levels are standing at AL7 for non affiliated students.

I hope to hear what are your views if my child who’s not from ACS, gets AL7, which would he stand a higher chance of entry? Given that IP has a smaller intake (I think) but with no affiliation at all vs O levels with a bigger intake but only 20% space for children not from affiliated schools.

Will be great also if anyone knows the intake for both tracks each year or in 2023.

[phtthp]

blessedm\" post_id=\"2132066\" time=\"1712308504\" user_id=\"113006:

Looking at the most recent COP for ACSI, both IP and O levels are standing at AL7 for non affiliated students.
I hope to hear what are your views if my child who's not from ACS, gets AL7, which would he stand a higher chance of entry? Given that IP has a smaller intake (I think) but with no affiliation at all vs O levels with a bigger intake but only 20% space for children not from affiliated schools.

Will be great also if anyone knows the intake for both tracks each year or in 2023.

If your child's PSLE AL score is exactly equal to (identical) Any Secondary school's official Cut off point, not just ACSI only -

then,

there will be a computer balloting taking place, when the demand exceeds the available supply of vacancies (seats). Everything will depend on your child's luck, during computer balloting process. Of course, SG citizenship also play a part. Priority is given to SCs first. SC comes before any PRs & PRs come before any foreigners. So, the answer is -

during computer balloting for the last seat available, your P6 son only have ... 50 percent chance. Is either in or out, during the computerised balloting. So, what to do ?

Just make sure that inside your S1 listing submitted to MOE, ensure that there are some other Sec schools whose official Cut off point is more than AL 7. Example, COP with AL (8 or 9 or 10, etc), so that other sec schools can \"catch\" your son, well.

SC : Singapore Citizenship

In the event those with AL 7 got balloted out of ACSI, can proceed to appeal. But appeal, is a separate matter.

[blessedm]

phtthp\" post_id=\"2132084\" time=\"1712322427\" user_id=\"35251:

If your child's PSLE AL score is exactly equal to (identical) Any Secondary school's official Cut off point, not just ACSI only -

then,

there will be a computer balloting taking place, when the demand exceeds the available supply of vacancies (seats). Everything will depend on your child's luck, during computer balloting process. Of course, SG citizenship also play a part. Priority is given to SCs first. SC comes before any PRs & PRs come before any foreigners. So, the answer is -

during computer balloting for the last seat available, your P6 son only have ... 50 percent chance. Is either in or out, during the computerised balloting. So, what to do ?

Just make sure that inside your S1 listing submitted to MOE, ensure that there are some other Sec schools whose official Cut off point is more than AL 7. Example, COP with AL (8 or 9 or 10, etc), so that other sec schools can \"catch\" your son, well.

SC : Singapore Citizenship

In the event those with AL 7 got balloted out of ACSI, can proceed to appeal. But appeal, is a separate matter.

Thanks for the explanation. I understand the process but just wondering in advance if I'm stuck in such a predicament, which would have a higher chance of admittance within ACSI.

[skysky2018]

Hi, may I check where I can buy references books/ practise materials for ACSI IP year 1 for the various subjects?


It seems not so many books in Polular Bookstore suit for IP students.

Thank you!:)