ANNEX
Eligibility Criteria for Admission to Junior Colleges
(Extracted from the JAE 2010 Information Booklet)
Admission
Criteria to Junior Colleges
The 2 year Pre U course is offered
only in junior colleges (JC). To be eligible for admission to a JC course,
applicants must satisfy the criteria specified in Table 1:
Table 1
Eligibility Criteria for Admission
to Junior Colleges
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Aggregate Range for L1R5 excluding Bonus Points
For
details on computing the aggregate, please refer to Table 3.
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Meet Requirements as specified
in Table 2
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Yes
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No
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≤ 15
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Eligible
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Eligible for Conditional
Admission
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16 – 20
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Eligible for Conditional
Admission only if students have grades of ‘A1” or ‘A2’ in all the R5
subjects
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Table 2
Requirements on Core Subjects
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Subjects
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Requirement
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English
Language
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A1 to C6
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Mother
Tongue Language :
Chinese Language, Malay
Language, Tamil Language*
OR Higher Chinese Language, Higher
Malay Language, Higher Tamil Language
OR Chinese Language ‘B’
Syllabus (CLB), Malay Language ‘B’ Syllabus (MLB), Tamil Language ‘B’
Syllabus (TLB)
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A1 to D7
A1 to E8
Merit or Pass
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Mathematics:
Mathematics
OR Additional Mathematics
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A1 to D7
A1 to D7
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* Or
non-Tamil Indian Languages (viz. Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu)
and Asian/Foreign Languages (arabic, Burmese, French, German, Japanese and
Thai) approved by MOE in lieu of an Official Mother Tongue Language. These
subjects may be considered in lieu of the Mother Tongue Language in deciding
admission eligibility.
Table 3
Computation of Aggregate
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L1R5 : For JC Course
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L1
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First Language – English/
Higher Mother Tongue
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R5
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Relevant Subject 1 – Humanities/Higher
Art/Higher Music
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Relevant Subject 2 –
Mathematics/Science
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Relevant Subject 3 –
Humanities/Mathematics/Science/Higher Art/Higher Music
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Relevant Subject 4 – Any GCE ‘O’
Level subjects excluding CCA and Religious Knowledge
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Relevant Subject 4 – Any GCE ‘O’
Level subjects excluding CCA and Religious Knowledge
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