Today an ex-student informed me that the COP for both PJC’s Science and Arts streams is 13. If it is true I’m not surprised. PJC is an up and coming JC and I’m quite impressed with the attitude of my tutees who are from there. Being an “unbranded” JC, its students tend to be humble and willing to learn.
One of my first few tutees went to PJC, and now he has graduated from the NUS. Another two ex-tutees from PJC are now in SMU.
Ilyasa
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Some news about jc postings and cut-off points 2014
I’m happy that most of my ex-S4s have obtained places in the courses they want. One even got a scholarship to do a poly course, upon my advice, instead of going to a JC. Of those who opt to go to JCs, most are in either PJC, AJC, JJC, ACJC, NJC, AJC, YJC or HCI.
From them and some JC teachers, it seems that the Science stream cut-off point (COP) for some JCs is as follows:
PJC: 14, AJC: 8, JJC: 14/15/16 (nobody seems to be sure), ACJC: 5 (really?), NJC: 5 or 6, HCI: should still be 3, YJC: 18.
PJC and JJC are always trying to outrank each other, and I believe this time PJC emerges the winner. The problem about PJC is I think it’s name. “Pioneer” is not associated with anything prestigious in Spore. I think if it had been named Sheares Junior College or even Bukit Panjang JC it would stand a better chance of tightening its COP.
Similarly, I think ACJC, CJC, SAJC and AJC are popular choices partly because of their fanciful names. Imagine ACJC is renamed Dover JC or AJC is renamed AMK JC; I think they will lose a lot of potential applicants. So even if every JC is a good JC, not every JC has a good name.
Please remember that even if you have been posted to a less popular JC, you still stand a good chance to get four or three H2 grade As at the A-levels. So quickly settle down and start studying for your Promo exams. Yes, I’m serious; you may ignore my advice at your own risk.
Rgds,
Ilyasa
LATEST: I think PJC has outranked JJC this year, because I have a new J1 tutee who scored 14 points but could not get into PJC and instead was given JJC. Also heard from a new J1 tutee that quite a number of her schoolmates in AJC are appealing to enter NYJC. This may mean that in terms of COP, NYJC has outranked AJC again.
List of Junior Colleges (JC) (2013) in Singapore by Cut-Off L1R5 aggregate score (including bonus points)
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Below is the latest ranking of JCs that I have compiled based on their 2013 cut-off points. As expected, RI and HCI have remained at the top. Compared to 2012, NJC has outranked VJC, ACJC has outranked TJC, and NYJC has outranked AJC (remember I suspected this last year as I had one student who couldn’t get into NYJC science but could get into AJC science). But AJC now has a new principal (whom my ex-students say is good), so AJC’s fortunes may be reversed in the next few years. Lastly, Yishun JC has outranked Innova JC. Please note that this list is based on cut-off points, not A-Level results. Personally, I feel DHS and RVHS should allow O-Level leavers to apply to their schools to enrich their school environment.
S/No | Junior College | Arts | Science/IB |
1 | Hwa Chong Institution | 3 | 3 |
2 | Raffles Institution | 3 | 3 |
3 | National JC | 5 | 5 |
4 | Victoria JC | 6 | 5 |
5 | Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) | – | 5 |
6 | Anglo-Chinese JC | 7 | 6 |
7 | Temasek JC | 7 | 7 |
8 | St. Joseph’s Institution | – | 7 |
9 | Nanyang JC | 8 | 8 |
10 | Anderson JC | 9 | 8 |
11 | Meridian JC | 9 | 9 |
12 | St. Andrew’s JC | 9 | 9 |
13 | Catholic JC | 10 | 10 |
14 | Serangoon JC | 12 | 12 |
15 | Tampines JC | 13 | 13 |
16 | Jurong JC | 12 | 15 |
17 | Pioneer JC | 14 | 15 |
18 | Yishun JC | 19 | 19 |
19 | Innova JC | 20 | 20 |
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