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thomasha

You have received offers from them already?

These two schools are the opposite of the spectrum - RC is very traditional and HKUGA is activity-based.  If your child is active, HKUGA may be more suitable; if your child can sit still for long, RC may be a good choice.  Both seem to have a reasonably good academic standard.

原帖由 milkonline2 於 10-11-29 14:31 發表
1. 高主教小學
2.  港大同學會
二選一,你喜歡那間多些?請投票,謝謝!

[ 本帖最後由 thomasha 於 10-11-29 15:40 編輯 ]

thomasha

HKUGA is a DSS so no lucky draw either.

原帖由 steve666 於 10-11-29 15:40 發表
RC 無抽獎 wor......

thomasha

Have you finished registering at RC today?

原帖由 steve666 於 10-11-29 15:42 發表
我梗係RC la

thomasha

Oh?  Why don't they call candidates on waiting list knowing how many have given up their places after registration? Why do they wait so long to call?

Maybe they want to wait until the lucky draw results are announced so that the drop-out list will be complete by that time.  This prolongs the waiting time for parents though...not nice.

原帖由 milkonline2 於 10-11-29 15:44 發表
你嘅答案,所得嘅分數係零分,問非質所答,哈哈!
高主教要等到下年六月先知可唔可以後補呀!

[ 本帖最後由 thomasha 於 10-11-29 15:49 編輯 ]

thomasha

It makes me curious what they talk about...issues related to the recent audit report?

原帖由 steve666 於 10-11-29 15:51 發表
係呀
我係教員室到，副校同個staff 傾直資問題。

thomasha

As I said before, "don't have false hope and don't lose hope." :)

Wow, Charlotte_mom the forum administrator pays attention to your case as well. :)

原帖由 milkonline2 於 10-11-29 15:51 發表
我的眾好友:你地對我真好,不過你地估錯咗了,我仍然什麼offer也沒有,poor me!

thomasha

First, thank you for your attention given to my posts.

"HKUGA收你小朋友, 你會否接受"
It depends on whether I have offers on hand and which schools are involved.  Assuming I have choices, my son is of a rather quiet and disciplined type, so HKUGA may not be very suitable for him (he might be lost choosing the right activities for himself when he is given too much freedom).  Also, even though Kau Yan and HKUGA are both activity-based, Kau Yan pays more attention to academic subjects and their students seem to be more caring and enthusiastic than HKUGA.

I also have sources of info from parents who have elder children studying in both schools.  The conduct of HKUGA's students seems to be not as good as Kau Yan's.

I should declare that I received the rejection letter of HKUGA a long time ago, well before its 2nd interview started. :)

Anyway, this is a little off-topic as the title of this thread is "RC vs HKUGA" and KY should be out of the picture. :)

原帖由 loklik451 於 10-11-29 15:57 發表
thomasha

想請教你意見,假如HKUGA收你小朋友, 你會否接受?因我見你對有相同教學理念既救恩有極高評價只因為救恩無一條龍中學而令你卻步,但HKUGA沒此煩惱,可否在此分享一吓, 各下對港同既睇法,謝謝! ...

thomasha

I don't think RC should take the risk of over-acceptance, if they are prepared to call wait-list candidates in June.  I do think they have a long waiting list though.  It's hard to estimate the drop-out rate anyway.

With more children this year, its places can be filled more easily than last year.

原帖由 artroboy 於 10-11-29 16:00 發表
啱啱收到新鮮滾熱"棘"既風....原來 RC 本身預咗有人 give up, 己經超收咗 d 學生.......(可能係舊 new, 如果係, 唔好笑我呀~! )

thomasha

It reminds me of something - RC does not allow candidates to take part in the lucky draw or their offers will be cancelled.  I don't see why it needs to wait until the lucky draw results are announced in June, because offers made to these candidates would have been cancelled already when they take part in the lucky draw, and they would not be "called back" to accept an offer from RC.

milkonline2, did the school tell you they would only start contacting wait-list candidates in June?  It may be true, but it does not make much sense to me.

原帖由 Piyoma 於 10-11-29 16:09 發表
點解佢地 唔 consider 一下 waiting list 既人 都好心急在等 call ?
其他學校 都係 用 waiting list 去補位 而唔係 用 正取生 補位?!

thomasha

Maybe the principal is confident about the drop-out rate so he doesn't mind over-offering.  Besides, it doesn't reduce (or even increase unnecessarily) the workload of the school's admin staff in preparing offer letters, and they have to be careful in considering the excess offers they make.

RC does not mind bigger classes though, so even if all the offers are accepted, they can simply enlarge the number of students per class. :)

原帖由 artroboy 於 10-11-29 16:17 發表
But...St. louis 都係超收 d 學生 ( 個校長自己講咗) & 有個 long waiting list ...wor.

thomasha

我女間學校 - May I ask which school did you refer to? I suppose different private/DSS schools may have different practices.

As far as I understand, RC's drop-out rate is fair but drop-outs also depend on the total number of P1 applicants in HK.  This year the total number of P1 applicants in HK has increased by more than 10% from last year, so the drop-out rate may be lower, which means acceptance of over-offers may happen.

As I said, RC does not allow offerees to take part in the lucky draw (2nd stage), so it should not be a factor RC should consider.  However, some DSS or private schools may release acceptance results as late as Jan so that after that time a number of places may be released for wait-list candidates. It may call wait-list candidates as soon as accepted places are given up (one by one) if such places are so scarce.

原帖由 Charlotte_mom 於 10-11-29 15:56 發表
我以前都以為我女間學校, 係等埋一LOT, 7,8月至CALL, 方便學校行政, 難為D家長等到發霉
而家讀左幾年, 又有同學校D職員8, 至知原來真係無位! (雖然有D都估佢最後唔黎, 但佢一日唔放, 學校都唔可以收生)
希望D家長CON ...

thomasha

Doesn't matter what we are, so long as our better half likes it. :)

Steve, I think milkonline is not pork chop, but spare rib (Pai Kwat)- it is hot these days!

原帖由 milkonline2 於 10-11-29 18:49 發表

thomasha

A bit off-topic again...

My wife and I went to Praha (Prague) in 2003, before our son was born.  It was amazing and my friend there, a local, even took us to taste Czech food.  Great memories!

Now we only dare take our son to places with time difference < 3 hours and mild weather.  So, next station is "somewhere in Asia". :D

原帖由 Charlotte_mom 於 10-11-29 19:06 發表
我老公以前因工作關係, 成日去歐洲, 佢話帶我去PRAHA, 講左十幾年
本旅遊書都改晒版喇
男人靠得住....呀, 唔講得, 呢度講得罪人呀

thomasha

網上奶奶，Steve咁好玩，梗要預埋我啦 -- Steve大哥，要唔要我俾個email address你將網上奶奶幅相e過黎俾我？

太座都係話唔捨得個仔，所以去邊都要帶埋佢，所以齋睇風景或者歷史古蹟o個d地方就唔係好o岩佢。

原帖由 milkonline2 於 10-11-29 19:33 發表
Charlotte mom, 我老公好靠得住架,佢成日出long trip都叫埋我,只係我放唔低只仔女,我相信你老公都一樣!
Thomas,連你都玩我哈,生咗兩個邊會變排骨丫,?哈哈. 我一家四口暑假去咗日本,因為四個人所以 ...

thomasha

暫時離o下題，講o下旅行先 (希望Charlotte_mom照住，唔好搞到我俾人鬧離題)。

我都好想去杜拜，但適合一家大細嗎？o個度天氣好似成年都咁熱喎。

今年我地去過新加坡，8日都唔係好夠，仲係超好玩 (由小弟主理行程及食宿)，因為今年佢地加左好多新景點，又有環球影城。

原帖由 Charlotte_mom 於 10-11-29 19:40 發表
岩岩暑假, 我帶左2個細路去杜拜(陽光海灘東南亞日本shopping真係好悶了)
我去過一次了, 今次係特登帶小朋友, 真係見識到a whole new world: d沙地女人著住件袍遊水, 沙漠騎真正既駱駝, 點解架車要兜住個sand dune黎 ...

thomasha

同意，我都係考8間，已經覺得到左我地承受o既極限，因為每多一間就有好多野跟尾，唔係淨係去面試咁簡單。

我本來仲勇，諗住唔想玩呢個咁痴線o既面試遊戲，一心報自行，唔得就大抽獎 (所屬校網算唔錯)，不過俾朋友搞完我地，結果都係逃唔過呢個魔掌，有時諗番轉頭，花左咁多人力物力財力，值得嗎？

原帖由 ziyi 於 10-11-30 00:23 發表
10間,唔好掛,好辛苦的,你又辛苦,小朋友又辛苦
8間好啦,我今年都是報了8間,去了7間
為何只去了7間,自己心理都承受唔起
但相反我老婆最初打算報3間,我說我研究了2年,我喜歡的,覺得適合的都有5~6間,再加上俾朋友們搞下 ...

thomasha

唔通你o既相係唔正經o既，所以唔o岩我呢個正經人睇？？你放心，我日日照鏡都無問題 (其他人三餐前未消化o既食物都會嘔番出黎)，所以尊容係點都係難唔到我o既，即管放馬過黎啦!

嘩，如果steve大哥有你張相就係非法下載，你要告佢，唔通你係名人，肖像權有價？

原帖由 milkonline2 於 10-11-30 00:38 發表
咩住,你係Thomas,係好正經嘅人,相嘅嘢一d都唔啱你睇,你信steve大哥有我張相?如果佢有嘅話就係非法下載,我實告佢,哈哈哈....仲有睇完我驚你幾日食唔落飯!
所以有排都唔洗去歐洲,我仲未去過法國添呀!   ...

[ 本帖最後由 thomasha 於 10-11-30 00:48 編輯 ]

thomasha

10 is similar to 8, and 8 is similar to 5...hahaha

Excluding the discretionary place, I have offers/hopes for 3 schools out of 8 applied, so by proportion you should have 1.875 places out of 5 schools you have applied.  So it is reasonable that you will receive one or two offers later.  Just be patient. :)

原帖由 milkonline2 於 10-11-30 00:44 發表
..... but I am no offer in hand now as only apply 5!!!! Still waiting CKY but don't like it!  

thomasha

I know, I was just kidding and "water-blowing", as the title of this thread suggests.

Seriously though, I understand your frustration - I was there (no offers on hand) once.  The process is painful and offers are not guaranteed even if you apply for many schools (using the case of your friend, 10+ applications --> 1 offer), but the big burden of so many interviews can be mind-draining and physically tiring.  My son had 5 1st interviews within 4 days and he nearly got sick on the last day, and my wife got sick for almost one month.  Given this, it follows that too many interviews may cause the child to perform worse than his capabilities allow simply because he is physically tired or is fed up with too many interviews.

原帖由 milkonline2 於 10-11-30 00:59 發表
I believe if you were I, you will not be patient if no offer in hand! The probability is not applied in this stupid game! I have a friend apply 10+, and only get 1 offer!   

thomasha

好啦好啦，我慢番d，費事俾你嫌棄。其實我打中文超慢，只係靠check得密d搭夠。

Steve大哥聽日會上黎o既，所以我會引頸以待，不過如果你主動送黎，我一樣無任歡迎。

原帖由 milkonline2 於 10-11-30 01:10 發表
wah,Thomas,你中文打字又咁快,英文written又咁勁,我依d肥師奶真係唔係咁跟到你個beat!
steve大哥已經消失喺依個bk世界裡,你依家講乜都無用,無人會比相你睇架嗱!你死咗條心啦,哈哈哈!
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