Raffles Institution (Year 1-4)

[Fretting]

vk2010 - you are a wealth of info! Thank you very much. One more question - other than for form filing, buying books, and uniform, and maybe a speech by P, nothing else? Just two three hours at most?

[kittybank]

verykiasu2010:

vlim:

I would like to ask about RI CCA..

Understand that npcc, took up 2 weekdays afternoon...How about merit CCA such as Maths Club and Chess (chinese/weiqi)?? TIA

students in Euler program are auto in math club, there will be selection test for Euler; and those in galileo program (after selection test) auto in science club

DS in galileo but not selected for science club despite taking selection tests in Yr 1 and Yr 2. Don't think it is auto. The converse is also true. Some in Science club didn't get into galileo program.

[verykiasu2010]

Fretting:

vk2010 - you are a wealth of info! Thank you very much. One more question - other than for form filing, buying books, and uniform, and maybe a speech by P, nothing else? Just two three hours at most?

if you are set on RI and will be rejecting other CO, then buy your uniform early, Shaw Centre, above Isetan, shop name BibiBaba, to avoid the year end crowd and long neck waiting for new stock

PE uniform can be purchased from the in-house Popular Bookshop at the canteen; for text books, they are in standard pack - if any books are out of stock, there is a slip in the pack that allows you to claim your stock when it arrives later, well organised.

you don't have to get everything on registration day. it can be done earlier or later

the main speech by the P is at the end of the orientation camp during the initiation rite. one of the activities during the orientation camp is the senior teach the junior how to tie a tie properly ..... and, oh, no need to buy the tie and the badge, the boys will be given the tie and wear it to the initiation ceremony, and the form teacher will pin the badge on every boy as part of the ceremony

[kittybank]

Yes, we r very impressed by the ceremony.

[verykiasu2010]

wormy:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"vlim\"]I would like to ask about RI CCA..

Understand that npcc, took up 2 weekdays afternoon...How about merit CCA such as Maths Club and Chess (chinese/weiqi)?? TIA

students in Euler program are auto in math club, there will be selection test for Euler; and those in galileo program (after selection test) auto in science club

DS in galileo but not selected for science club despite taking selection tests in Yr 1 and Yr 2. Don't think it is auto. The converse is also true. Some in Science club didn't get into galileo program.[/quote]am surprised to hear that.....I assume you are talking about selection test for science club ? (which is different from selection test for Galileo).

I have assumed it the same as Euler -- in Euler means auto in math club....the selection test was for Euler plus an interview, and then the boys told to report for math club..... now the math club test is a subsequent matter.

[kittybank]

DS attended all 4 selection tests - Euler, Galileo, Math club and Science club. Some requires interviews. He didn’t give up on Science Club and took science club selection test again in Yr 2.


Not sure about auto getting into Math club if on Euler pull-out program. End of yr 1 need to get certain grade to continue on galileo program.

[verykiasu2010]

wormy


your DS is year 2 this year ? and he joins the Galileo program in year 2 ?

[kittybank]

Don’t think there’s intake in year 2, according to DS.

[kittybank]

Hi vk2010,


U and I playing hide and seek, hopping between DSA thread and here.

[verykiasu2010]

naggo-nitemare:

Congratulations to the 35 rafflesians who are awarded this year's psc scholarships! There are 72 psc scholarships given out this year. Read http://www.ri.edu.sg/main/raffles news for details.

kaypoh to ask : was your DS at the NUS Math Camp yesterday (13 Aug) ?