NUS High School of Mathematics and Science (Diploma)

[lucid]

If you are part of the school or alumni, you may want to check with the counsellors on how the process has changed. :?

My understanding was it is more or less the same though this year, they applied with final grades. This is something that IBs and As can’t do as they have not even completed their exams. Thus, all offers to NUSHigh are only conditional on financial guarantee and only for Math, the step admission tests criteria as with all applicants. In terms of process, IB and A guys then hv to worry if they can clear the conditional grade offers , unlike NUSHigh diploma holders. Exams done and dusted by Oxbridge application timings whereas the other JCs are stressing over exams in Oct. But this process/timimg is already set up like that for many years so very forward thinking parents who are in the know like NUSHigh for the best possible foot forward in highly selective Uni applications.

The rest of us get pleasantly surprised as we cross the bridge and begin to understand why they want the students to board full year in Y5 - to push them out of comfort zone to get used to living independently.

It could also be because this particular cohort is strong in the supras that Oxbridge favour- I understand that there are 20+ int’l Olympiad medallists and maybe another 20-30 more national Gold medallists. If you include silvers and rare bronzes, it’s probably 40% of the entire cohort!
Add 20+ gold medallists in Science fairs and not to mention 5-6 published research papers. Also, it may be that the students applied to the domains they showed strong profiles in. The principal and a few teachers are also Oxbridge alumni and that could also have helped the students make wiser faculty/college choices, though it would hv kicked in 2-3 yrs before. It will be interesting to see the final figures from Oxbridge in a few months.
Was also told the early decisions for Ivy and MIT were positive. :rahrah:

This pattern is highly encouraging that the school is hitting the mark for Class of 2023 on what they hv set out to achieve since inaugural batch Class of 2009. I must stress that not all of them want to go overseas… the best part of this school is they just allow the student to grow and evolve at their pace. Culture is accepting and collegial.

[lucid]

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According to ST article in early Feb, in 2022 applications from NUSH to Cambridge
28 applied
8 offers
6 accepted.
28.5% success rate.

In 2023, 32 applied and 29 (not 28) offers from Cambridge. 87.5% success rate. That is a huge jump which is hard to ignore.

Just coincidental that the 2023 applicants are that much stronger or NUSH did something differently to prepare the applicants?

Just to clarify with updated numbers from school including the ones from previous batches who applied in 2023,
Excluding med applications

1. 37 from NUSHigh applied to Cambridge >*29 (not 28) offers
78% success rate

2. 10 applied to Oxford > *4 (not 5 ) offers 40% success rate

3. The 47 applicants include the Class of 2023 and also previous batches or the silent lurkers who did not surface when Class of 2023 was preparing for submissions. So overall *14 (not 15) were rejected and overall 70% success rate to Oxbridge.

4. *11 offers to Imperial

5. *Class of 2023 received offers from MIT, Caltech, Princeton, Yale, Stanford, NYU, USC, UPenn, UVA.

* running update by school

[lucid]

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11 May 2024 Open House 9 am to 3 pm
https://www.nushigh.edu.sg/admissions/open-house/

https://nush.link/keepintouch/

[revils_ling]

Hi, can parent/student share insights about mandatory boarding in Year 5 please? My child and I are both curious about what to expect (if he gets to join NUSH next year).

Thanks in advance! 🙏

[Curioustudent]

Boarding is during year 5, which is also the year that you have to complete an advanced research project. This made travelling to the labs easier since they (A* STAR/NUS) are located close to school and you have more time to complete it. My time during hostel was also really fulfilling since I had more time with friends, able to go sleep in the middle of school timetable, wake up 15 mins before school start etc. There was also hostel bonding events with people from your cluster and overall, it was really fun. The only hard rule was a curfew of 9pm iirc which was enforced by fingerprint sensor. The area is also really safe with all gates verified through fingerprint and a overall in charge, usually a teacher or PhD student, for each cluster. Food is ehh so don’t expect much. Definitely an experience I would recommend as you get to have many unique moments with friends and learn to be independent, outside of your home environment.

[NA1810]

What is IMSO? Heard about a parent talking about outreach programme for selected students, what is it about?

[lucid]

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What is IMSO? Heard about a parent talking about outreach programme for selected students, what is it about?

IMSO = International Math and Science Olympiad
NUSHigh shortlists and trains the national
Squad.

NMOS = National Mathematical Olympiad of Singapore 16 July 2024
https://www.nushigh.edu.sg/nmos/

SPSO = Singapore Primary Science Olympiad
21 May 2024
https://www.nushigh.edu.sg/news-and-events/primary-school-competitions/sg-primary-science-olympiad/introduction/

[Neutronstar]

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So much hype, about NUS High.
Certainly, no doubt about it, NUS High is indeed a good Sec school.

Or

am I ignorant, hence never hear of ?

Actually, the Dean (Principal) of NUS High ought to share info with parents : where do these NUS High graduates end up in career ? So many past several batches have already graduated. Surely, have sufficient info gathered.

See !

It is one thing, to know so many excited, starry eyed P6 students trying to DSAc into this school.
Entering, is only the beginning.

But, how u end up in ... is even far more important, than how u have started out, at the starting line.

For those of us who had gone through life, have u heard of ....

How or what u end up in, is more important than
how you started your journey ?
In history, there have been heros, in the beginning, very popular ! Hailed as so and so. Greatly been respected, basked in glory! But in the end, when they die, they led a sad, miserable life.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1YG82YA3gVXztoRQ/?mibextid=oFDknk

Another trend i found is NUSHie alumni are pretty quiet in their achievements probably coz they hold positions that require them to protect what they are doing. If you do a search on Linkedin you may then discover the type of univerisity, companies, positions the graduates from NUS High is now holding. That will be the best testimony.

[lucid]

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https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1YG82YA3gVXztoRQ/?mibextid=oFDknk

Another trend i found is NUSHie alumni are pretty quiet in their achievements probably coz they hold positions that require them to protect what they are doing. If you do a search on Linkedin you may then discover the type of univerisity, companies, positions the graduates from NUS High is now holding. That will be the best testimony.

It’s the culture. They are naturally good, they met the bar and so there’s nothing to prove except to do justice to and pay forward what they have been endowed with.
You will find they are usually self-deprecating and humble. “Quiet confidence” is what a teacher described to me.

However, it is not good when others who don’t know the school well start to cast aspersions. NUSHighs types likely not interested to rise to challenge to have to prove them wrong.

Highly encourage anyone who is interested in the school to visit the open house yourself , talk to actual parents and the students. Talk to the alumni too ( years senior and immediate graduating classes) and teachers. Do your own due diligence for if you are coming to the school with ethos to experiment, explore and excel, the ones who are not prepared to are likely not a fit.

I have now a handful of friends who admitted they full regret not taking up the DSA offer as they now see what could have been after going through the entire 6 yr journey AND university admissions process. One of them said the son expressed it as having been given an offer to Oxbridge but then opting to take … instead. I can say that if student is really a pre-med, pre-engineering, CS, math, chem, bio and physics => the opportunities, resources and even global branding (global elite unis and local scholarship committees) is on a different scale.

[mimosa_80]

Hi, wondering if any parents have any experience with NUSH Accelerated Enrichment Courses offered to P6 kids? My boy is offered CM1331A and PC1331A. Any recommendations on which course to take?