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Which interntaional school is better? FIS or CDNIS? [複製鏈接]

cari

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發表於 07-4-24 21:27 |只看該作者

Which interntaional school is better? FIS or CDNIS?

Please advise if you have any ideas towards these 2 schools?

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KathyChing

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發表於 07-4-25 10:09 |只看該作者

Re: Which interntaional school is better? FIS or CDNIS?

CDNIS in fact is  a good school. The teachers of CDNIS are very nice and caring. The atmosphere in CDNIS is very friendly and without much academic pressure and the kids will have a very happy school life there.
For FIS, it is a demanding school. So I think the academic pressure is much higher than CDNIS.
So it depends on your preference.

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cari

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發表於 07-4-25 12:31 |只看該作者

Re: Which interntaional school is better? FIS or CDNIS?

Thanks for your input.  Does that mean FIS academic is better than other international schools?  

I heard that the best is GSIS and then FIS and then CDNIS and then HKIS.  

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KathyChing

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發表於 07-4-25 12:43 |只看該作者

Re: Which interntaional school is better? FIS or CDNIS?

No, I am not saying that FIS's academic is better than other international school. I think all the school are good school. I can only say that GSIS and FIS are more demanding than other school. So studying in those school, you may feel some pressure (only the parent not the kids).

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cari

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發表於 07-4-25 14:07 |只看該作者

Re: Which interntaional school is better? FIS or CDNIS?

It is very difficult to choose the school for the kid as a mom.  Happier or more academic?   I want them to be happy but I also think that better academic result is very important to them too.

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Irian

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發表於 07-4-25 16:59 |只看該作者

Re: Which interntaional school is better? FIS or CDNIS?

My son starts in CDNIS(Junior level) last year. He love it very much. I think the class teacher is very important. His teacher is really good and require them to solve problem by their own (under her supervision). I don't know about FIS but heard that difficult to get in.

Do you have any offer on hand? If not, you better to apply first. It is more difficult to get a place in international schools. I was told that some sibling cannot get a place in CDNIS even they have brother/sister studying there!

By the way, which level is your kid applying?

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Irian

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Re: Which interntaional school is better? FIS or CDNIS?

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Cayenne

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發表於 07-4-25 17:30 |只看該作者

Re: Which interntaional school is better? FIS or CDNIS?

cari 寫道:
Thanks for your input.  Does that mean FIS academic is better than other international schools?  

I heard that the best is GSIS and then FIS and then CDNIS and then HKIS.  

Different international schools adopt different curricula . Their students compete in different overseas public exams, get different scores or grades. So it is not easy to rank them like local schools.

One way to gauge their academic achievements is to see what overseas universities these students end up.
In this regard I think most people 'in the know' may have reservations with your ranking, for the obvious reasons that HKIS is probably better than CDNIS , and ESF & CIS schools are conspicuous by their absence .

It is perhaps quite meaningless to rank these IS one by one,  for 2 reasons :

1.  Let's say most top students from GSIS and ESF go to Oxford/Cambridge/LSE, because they follow a British curriculum. Whereas HKIS, being the  de facto American international school in HK and follows an American curriculum , will naturally have most of her top students going to Harvard/Yale/Columbia etc. So how can one say which  is better than the next ?

I think a more reasonable way is to group these schools into tiers. In my humble opinion, HKIS, GSIS, FIS, CIS ,ESF occupy the first tier of Hong Kong's international schools.  The next is anybody's guess.

2. The second reason is more pragmatic. These ISs are not  lining up out there for our picking , it's the other way round . ( Well, unless we are heirs to a 100 billion fortune like Mr. Chan   ). Most parents will gladly accept an offer from any of the top tiers, and the individual choice is up to money, location, and which overseas country you want your child to be in. (Of course, for the really stellar  students, they can go anywhere they like ,irrespective of their schools and curricula.   So a HKIS student may go to Oxford, and a GSIS student may end up in MIT.)

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cari

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發表於 07-4-25 19:16 |只看該作者

Re: Which interntaional school is better? FIS or CDNIS?

Irian,

My child is accpeted by both schools, so I want to get more opinion about the schools.  
The facility at CDNIS is very modern and nice.  I think kids would be happy to study there.

Irian 寫道:
My son starts in CDNIS(Junior level) last year. He love it very much. I think the class teacher is very important. His teacher is really good and require them to solve problem by their own (under her supervision). I don't know about FIS but heard that difficult to get in.

Do you have any offer on hand? If not, you better to apply first. It is more difficult to get a place in international schools. I was told that some sibling cannot get a place in CDNIS even they have brother/sister studying there!

By the way, which level is your kid applying?

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cari

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發表於 07-4-25 19:23 |只看該作者

Re: Which interntaional school is better? FIS or CDNIS?

Cayenne,

I agreed with you it is not possible to rank the IS one by one and it is easier to rank them in different tiers.

If FIS is at the top tier, maybe I should pick this one over CDNIS for my kid.  




Cayenne 寫道:
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cari 寫道:
Thanks for your input.  Does that mean FIS academic is better than other international schools?  

I heard that the best is GSIS and then FIS and then CDNIS and then HKIS.  

Different international schools adopt different curricula . Their students compete in different overseas public exams, get different scores or grades. So it is not easy to rank them like local schools.

One way to gauge their academic achievements is to see what overseas universities these students end up.
In this regard I think most people 'in the know' may have reservations with your ranking, for the obvious reasons that HKIS is probably better than CDNIS , and ESF & CIS schools are conspicuous by their absence .

It is perhaps quite meaningless to rank these IS one by one,  for 2 reasons :

1.  Let's say most top students from GSIS and ESF go to Oxford/Cambridge/LSE, because they follow a British curriculum. Whereas HKIS, being the  de facto American international school in HK and follows an American curriculum , will naturally have most of her top students going to Harvard/Yale/Columbia etc. So how can one say which  is better than the next ?

I think a more reasonable way is to group these schools into tiers. In my humble opinion, HKIS, GSIS, FIS, CIS ,ESF occupy the first tier of Hong Kong's international schools.  The next is anybody's guess.

2. The second reason is more pragmatic. These ISs are not  lining up out there for our picking , it's the other way round . ( Well, unless we are heirs to a 100 billion fortune like Mr. Chan   ). Most parents will gladly accept an offer from any of the top tiers, and the individual choice is up to money, location, and which overseas country you want your child to be in. (Of course, for the really stellar  students, they can go anywhere they like ,irrespective of their schools and curricula.   So a HKIS student may go to Oxford, and a GSIS student may end up in MIT.)[/quote]

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MosPig

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發表於 07-4-28 20:33 |只看該作者

Re: Which interntaional school is better? FIS or CDNIS?

Hi cari,

I sent you a PM.  Please check.  Thanks !

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