Hello everyone!

I hope that you did well for your GCE O Levels.

This is the period for the JAE (Joint Admission Exercise) & JPSAE (Joint Polytechnic Special Admission Exercise) application, so here are some tips I want to share:

• Ensure that you meet the minimum entry requirements for the courses you are applying.
• Rank your choices according to these criteria. For the first four choices, pick the courses you really want to get in. The following four choices should be those that you are interested, and have a good chance of getting into. You can fill in the last few choices with less competitive courses you qualify for.
• Take advantage of your Co-Curricular Activity (CCA) points. For A1 & A2, you can deduct two points from your ELR2B2 (English Language + 2 Relevant Subjects + 2 Best subjects) aggregate. For B3-C6, one point is deducted.
• Maximise all 12 choices, even if you are sure that you will get the first few choices.
• If you have outstanding talent/achievements or strong aptitude/passion - for example, in leadership, entrepreneurship, sports, the arts, community service and academic-related areas - please consider applying for JPSAE alongside your JAE application. You need not pay a separate application fee.
• Cut-Off Points is the NET aggregate score of the last student posted to a course. It is an indication of how popular a particular course was in the previous JAE exercise and guides you in deciding which course to select.

For Direct Polytechnic Admission (DPA) applicants, if you have met the minimum requirements & minimum aggregate, you need not apply for JAE & JPSAE. Your package will come either today or tomorrow, and you’ll be starting your Ngee Ann Preparatory Programme this week.

Please do make an informed choice when it comes to choosing the courses. If you have any further questions, please do drop by at Ngee Ann Polytechnic during the application period. Alternatively, you can join a live MSN chat with at ngeeann@live.com (11th-14th Jan 2010, 9pm to 12pm)

All the best!

Engku Muhammad Iqbal
Enrolled in Diploma in Film, Sound & Video, Year 1.