2017 Joint Admissions Exercise COP for JC

	Arts	Science/IB
AJC	11	9
ACJC	8	7
ACS(I)		5
CJC	10	11
EJC	9	9
HCI	4	4
IJC	19	20
MJC	11	11
NYJC	7	6
NJC	7	6
RI	4	4
SJI		7
SAJC	10	9
SRJC	13	12
TJC	9	9
TPJC	13	14
PJC	13	12
VJC	7	5
YJC	17	16

 

Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE) 2017 Reflections

The joint admissions exercise registration have just ended and will be released on 2nd February 2017. When the results are out, I WILL be posting the official CUT OFF POINTS FOR BOTH Science and Arts for ALL JCs in Singapore. I hope that with these points, you will be able to have a better idea of whether to appeal for admission into another JC if you are not satisfied with your posted JC.

Criterion for eligibility for appeal
1. Meet aggregate point for appealing course (from 2016 JAE onwards)
 You MUST meet the aggregate point for the course for that year in order to be eligible for appeal. You will not be considered for appeal into the course, even if you apply at the JC. You could submit an appeal to a school, but they will just ignore your application. For example, I have appealed to 4 JCs for JAE but have not successfully appealed into any of the JCs due to my L1R5.
  On the flip side, if you have an aggregate that meets or even is lower than the COP, you are 99% guaranteed a spot into the institution because there is not much competition.

2. You will be considered based on both your academic and non-academic achievements.
Remember the 99% probability of getting into the school if you meet the COP. The 1% come from the lack of outstanding academic achievements. For example, if an overwhelming amount of people appeal into the JC, the school will have no choice but to consider non-academic achievements, such as CCAs. You may even be forced to join a CCA if they were to accept your appeal based on your non-academic achievements, such as what NYJC did last year because they had too many people trying to appeal to the school.
 
3. Your time of appeal
So make sure that you prepare any appeal CV (resume) that you are going to copy and paste into the Appeal Forms if you intend to appeal. Though the schools say that it is not on the first-come-first-serve basis, the applications are considered from the earliest to the latest and those earlier with outstanding achievements are given a spot in the school.

My predictions:
I feel that all the COP of JC would increase by 1 point for every course. The 2016 O Level Examination was unexpecting as the results were heavily moderated to an extent that many scored B and C for many subjects, such as Humanities. I have received emails from your fellow JAE applicants losing faith over entering their desired course due to their results. But due to the heavy moderation, I feel that the COP would increase and you may be able to get into the course you desire.

  If you have any ideas or queries to share or ask, please feel free to email me @ littlebunniehellokitty@gmail.com

Review on 2016 A Level Project Work

Well, just completed the entire PW cycle this Tuesday... The entire process was just one word: 'Boring'! I just would have wished that we would have more things to do for the PW cycle. Just by doing a Written Report, Oral Presentation and Group Project File, does not suffice as a meaningful PW cycle and hence made the entire process boring.

  Well, looking back at the past 8 months of PW, this was unforgettable. I had learnt somethings about myself and even others in my group that I had never seen in 1 year in J1!

  I chose Expansion for all project documents that I had submitted. It is more flexible and easier to manipulate than 'Achievement'. Expansion was easy and effective for the project.

Specific Components of PW
GPF
Preliminary Idea
 This was the most easiest component of the entire PW cycle. The document could have been on anything under the sun. As long as the GI and A&E is logical, then it would be highly appropriate. I ended up having one of the exemplars in my class for PI! This was the most fun component of PW! I think I did well for this document
Evaluation of Material
  The most tedious component of entire PW cycle. A&E had constantly been rejected due to the lack of effective Research Articles to complement GI. At the end, I had just managed to get a proper learning point from the Research Article and made just enough for the deadline and I submitted on time.
Insights and Reflections
  Was okay with it. I thought that it was easy because I got to criticize other people's GI and proposed solutions to it that the Written Report cannot do. However, it turned out that I ended out to crticise my own strategy and propose it into the I&R. Was manageable, though I had to do it many times because of my English.
WR
  This was actually sort of a rough ride for me. My idea got rejected twice for Strategy for our topic. The idea of it being rejected was just horrible! However, in the end, I replaced my rejected strategies with my EOM strategy and everything turned up well.

OP

  During the actual examination, the first (above mentioned) and Case Study speaker both had problems with their presentation. First constantly paused and had no energy in presentation. The second skipped an entire paragraph and discoordinated the entire Slides sequence. Me, and the two next speakers all were not bad, but I thought I had not enough energy, so that affect my marks a bit...

  My question during RTQ was one of the most hardest in my entire school. I got it unfortunately. However I answered two valid points with ample elaboration. However my third point was rush and unnecessary as I ran out of time to think of a point. Could someone enlighten how well I would fare in this manner. Would I score EE?

  That you have it, I have completed my review on my cycle of PW? What was or will be yours? Share yours below!!!

Ordinary Student

Review and Suggested Answers to O Level Social Studies 2016

A surprising paper for the day, Social Studies.

  This Social Studies paper was a shocker, as everyone was betting on Venice and globalisation came out for O Level. For those who wrote to me and heed my advice of studying Globalisation, good for you. The Last Year of the old SS syllabus will not be so predictable, as I have expected.

  This year's SBCS is of expected, leaning towards the new syllabus 2267. Higher order thinking skills that may be of the same standard of Prelim Paper was assessed. Much hybrid question, such as 'at that time' and 'surprised' question came out.

  But, the mere inference of the sources and the keyword of the question would give you a pass for SBCS. So please be sure that you have inferred the source in ALL questions in the SBCS, please. This is important for passing the examination. No inference awards you L1/1m for the question.

  I'm almost certain that for SBQ, 80% of students would have done Diplomacy and 19.9% did Sri Lankan conflict. For the remaining 0.1% were those who were diligent in learning Globalisation or those who listened to my advice.

  For the answers, please email to me, as I cannot post online!

Ordinary Student

Audio Glitch in O Level English Listening 2016

Was listening to the Listening Recording for English 1128 today, and noticed an audio glitch. When the audio for Questions 1 and 2 were played, a short phrase 'THIS IS THE END OF THE LISTENING COMPREHENSION EXAMINATION.' Suddenly played.

  Was it just for my side or for ALL O Level Candidates?

  Good that SEAB played Extract 1 again for the examination.

Ordinary Student