The 30th IBO (International Biology Olympiad) will be held in Szeged, Hungary, from 14 - 21 July 2019.
The following Year 6 (JC2) students are in the Singapore Team:
Amani Pek, NUSH
Tan Zipei, HCI
Cameron Goh, RI
Gu Jiahao, RI
Sunday, 23 June 2019
Thursday, 20 June 2019
Cambridge Year 3 Results
Warren Li is Senior Wrangler. Well done, Warren!!
Lim Jeck will be continuing to do Part III (MMath).
Tuesday, 18 June 2019
Singapore Schools' Oxbridge Applications, Offers & Acceptances in 2018 Admission Cycle
'2018 Admission Cycle' refers to applications made from September 2017 onwards for admission to courses starting in October 2018 or by deferred entry for courses starting after 2018.
Note: only schools with 5 or more applicants to Cambridge/Oxford, or with offers, are shown.
Sources: Cambridge, Oxford
For statistics on admission cycles 2017 and earlier, refer to an earlier post here
2018 Admission Cycle | Cambridge | Oxford | ||||||||
UCAS Sch ID | Applns | Offers | Acceptances | Applns | Offers | Acceptances | ||||
45199 | HCI | 107 | 33 (31%) | 25 (23%) | 90 | 23 (26%) | 18 (20%) | |||
45681 | ACSI | 84 | 13 (15%) | 13 (15%) | 47 | 9 (19%) | 9 (19%) | |||
45765 | SJII | 5 | <3 | <3 | ||||||
45769 | NUSH | 40 | 18 (45%) | 12 (30%) | 14 | 6 (43%) | 5 (36%) | |||
45777 | DHS | 19 | 7 (37%) | 6 (32%) | 23 | 4 (17%) | ||||
46015 | RVHS | 6 | <3 | <3 | 8 | |||||
46340 | SOTA | 6 | <3 | <3 | ||||||
47033 | UWCSEA Dover | 12 | <3 | <3 | 30 | 5 (17%) | ||||
48056 | RI | 95 | 35 (37%) | 22 (23%) | 134 | 36 (27%) | 30 (22%) | |||
48057 | ACJC | 16 | 4 (25%) | 3 (19%) | 16 | |||||
48058 | NJC | 18 | 5 (28%) | <3 | 19 | 4 (21%) | ||||
48091 | VJC | 16 | 4 (25%) | 3 (23%) | 26 | 5 (19%) | 4 (15%) | |||
Sources: Cambridge, Oxford
For statistics on admission cycles 2017 and earlier, refer to an earlier post here
Thursday, 13 June 2019
IChO 2019 Singapore Team
The 51st IChO (International Chemistry Olympiad) will take place in Paris, France, from 21 to 30 July 2019.
The following Year 6 (JC2) students are in the Singapore Team:
Au Ke Fun, NUSH
Ng Yong Xiang, NUSH
Tan Yong Yi, NUSH
Hu Yongao, RI
Tuesday, 11 June 2019
EuPhO 2019 Singapore Team Results
European Physics Olympiad (EuPhO) is a contest for high school students. In addition to the International Physics Olympiad (started in 1967) there exist traditions of regional competitions such as Asian Physics Olympiad (since 2000) and Ibero-American Physics Olympiad (since 1991). The concept of EuPhO is similar to real research situations, with short problems description and plenty of space for creative solutions.
The 3rd EuPhO was held in Riga, Latvia from May 31 to June 4, 2019 and hosted by the University of Latvia.
From left: Jovan, Timothy, Jerry, Eu-Shaun and Nitesh. All are current Year 5/JC1 students |
Gold - Jerry Han, RI
Silver - Leong Eu-Shaun, RI
Silver - Timothy Ho, NUSH
Bronze - Jovan Liau, NUSH
HM - Nitesh Sanjeevi Saravanan, NUSH
CWMI 2019 and CGMO 2019 Singapore Teams
The following students are selected for China Western Mathematical Invitational (CWMI) 2019, which will be held in Guizhou from 11 - 16 August 2019:
Nathaniel Ang Boon Han, Year 5, ACS(I)
Jamie Lim Jia Sin, Year 2, NUSH
Shevonne Chia, Year 3, NUSH
Hu Xinghui, Year 3, RGS
Lai Peng Chong, Year 3, RI
Wang Yuxuan, Year 4, RI
Wang Yunrui, Year 4, RI
Chen Lei Yu, Year 5, RI
The following students are selected for China Girls Mathematical Olympiad (CGMO) 2019, which will be held in Wuhan from 10 - 15 August 2019:
Wu Xinyue, Year 2, NYGH
Yu Hanzhang, Year 2, RGS
Zhang Chenxi, Year 2, RGS
Nathaniel Ang Boon Han, Year 5, ACS(I)
Jamie Lim Jia Sin, Year 2, NUSH
Shevonne Chia, Year 3, NUSH
Hu Xinghui, Year 3, RGS
Lai Peng Chong, Year 3, RI
Wang Yuxuan, Year 4, RI
Wang Yunrui, Year 4, RI
Chen Lei Yu, Year 5, RI
The following students are selected for China Girls Mathematical Olympiad (CGMO) 2019, which will be held in Wuhan from 10 - 15 August 2019:
Wu Xinyue, Year 2, NYGH
Yu Hanzhang, Year 2, RGS
Zhang Chenxi, Year 2, RGS
Sunday, 9 June 2019
Google Code Jam 2019 Round 3 Results
Google Code Jam 2019 Round 3 Results
Singapore's participants in the Top 300:
#51 btzy 45 (Bernard Teo)
#57 sampletext 45 (Jeffrey Lee)
#80 oneplusone 35 (Lim Jeck)
#111 SmileyFace 34 (Zhang Guangxuan)
#189 9mat 22
#236 bayweiheng 17 (Bay Wei Heng)
#237 feeder1 17 (Ng Yu Peng)
#259 nzqrc 15 (Howe Choong Yin)
Singapore's participants in the Top 300:
#51 btzy 45 (Bernard Teo)
#57 sampletext 45 (Jeffrey Lee)
#80 oneplusone 35 (Lim Jeck)
#111 SmileyFace 34 (Zhang Guangxuan)
#189 9mat 22
#236 bayweiheng 17 (Bay Wei Heng)
#237 feeder1 17 (Ng Yu Peng)
#259 nzqrc 15 (Howe Choong Yin)
Thursday, 6 June 2019
SMO 2019 (Open Section) Answers
SMO 2019 Open Rd 2 Namelist
SMO 2019 Open Rd 2 Questions
SMO 2019 Open Questions
SMO 2019 (Open Section) Answers
1. 39
2. 0
3. 49
4. 4041
5. 505
6. 0
7. 0
8. 30
9. 9
10. 750
11. 37
12. 196
13. 4
14. 83210
15. 21
16. 299
17. 24
18. 5
19. 2020
20. 26
21. 1
22. 2
23. 2010
24. 1347
25. 99048
SMO 2019 Open Rd 2 Questions
SMO 2019 Open Questions
SMO 2019 (Open Section) Answers
1. 39
2. 0
3. 49
4. 4041
5. 505
6. 0
7. 0
8. 30
9. 9
10. 750
11. 37
12. 196
13. 4
14. 83210
15. 21
16. 299
17. 24
18. 5
19. 2020
20. 26
21. 1
22. 2
23. 2010
24. 1347
25. 99048
Tuesday, 4 June 2019
SMO 2019 (Senior Section) Answers
SMO 2019 Senior Rd 2 Namelist
SMO 2019 Senior Rd 2 Questions
SMO 2019 Senior Questions
SMO 2019 (Senior Section) Answers
1. D
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. A
6. 32
7. 83
8. 30
9. 41
10. 8
11. 112
12. 22
13. 512
14. 1275
15. 82
16. 13
17. 10
18. 2187
19. 17
20. 3028
21. 268
22. 40
23. 2019
24. 23
25. 985
SMO 2019 Senior Rd 2 Questions
SMO 2019 Senior Questions
SMO 2019 (Senior Section) Answers
1. D
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. A
6. 32
7. 83
8. 30
9. 41
10. 8
11. 112
12. 22
13. 512
14. 1275
15. 82
16. 13
17. 10
18. 2187
19. 17
20. 3028
21. 268
22. 40
23. 2019
24. 23
25. 985
SMO 2019 (Junior Section) Answers
SMO 2019 Junior Rd 2 Namelist
SMO 2019 Junior Rd 2 Questions
SMO 2019 Junior Questions
SMO 2019 (Junior Section) Answers
1. E
2. E
3. E
4. C
5. D
6. 360
7. 120
8. 9
9. 99
10. 14
11. 8
12. 12
13. 48
14. 201
15. 50
16. 8
17. 1010
18. 86
19. 6
20. 13
21. 73
22. 8
23. 12
24. 105
25. 20
SMO 2019 Junior Rd 2 Questions
SMO 2019 Junior Questions
SMO 2019 (Junior Section) Answers
1. E
2. E
3. E
4. C
5. D
6. 360
7. 120
8. 9
9. 99
10. 14
11. 8
12. 12
13. 48
14. 201
15. 50
16. 8
17. 1010
18. 86
19. 6
20. 13
21. 73
22. 8
23. 12
24. 105
25. 20
Monday, 3 June 2019
NUS 2018/2019 Semester 2 Exam Results
Lim Li's NUS Year 1 Semester 2 Exam Results
^CS2101 B (S/U option exercised)
^CS2103T A-
^CS3230 A+
^CS3233 A+
^CS3233R A+
^ES2660 B- (S/U option exercised)
^IS1103 B+ (S/U option exercised)
#MA2108S A
*ST2131 A
^account for CS CAP
#account for MA CAP
*account for both CS CAP and MA CAP
CAP for Computer Science (CS): 4.95
CAP for Mathematics (MA): 4.92
^CS2101 B (S/U option exercised)
^CS2103T A-
^CS3230 A+
^CS3233 A+
^CS3233R A+
^ES2660 B- (S/U option exercised)
^IS1103 B+ (S/U option exercised)
#MA2108S A
*ST2131 A
^account for CS CAP
#account for MA CAP
*account for both CS CAP and MA CAP
CAP for Computer Science (CS): 4.95
CAP for Mathematics (MA): 4.92