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School Profile • 2018-2019 SHA TIN COLLEGE No. 3 Lai Wo Lane, Fo Tan, Sha Tin, Hong Kong Tel: +852 2699 1811 Fax: +852 2695 0592 SCHOOL PROFILE • 2018-2019 CEEB CODE: 670884 IB CODE: 001206 UCAS CODE: 47844 FACTS Principal * A co-educational international school Ms Carol Larkin * Founded by the English Schools Foundation (ESF) in 1982 * 1,249 students of over 30 different nationalities Vice Principal/IB Diploma Coordinator * 165 students in current senior class Mr Paul Hoang * Accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and Western Association Head of Careers and Higher Education of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Mr David Stott CURRICULUM [email protected] * IB Middle Years Programme (IBMYP) from Year 7 to Year 9 * IGCSE/GCSE from Year 10 to Year 11 Higher Education Counsellor * IB Diploma / IB Courses / IB Career-related Programme (IBCP) from Year 12 to Ms Gigi Lam Year 13 [email protected] * Reporting Period: December, March, June * Medium of Instruction: English (except specific language courses such as Chinese Our Mission and self-taught literature option) * We DO NOT rank students ‘Ours is a culture where we take responsibility for fulfilling our own STUDENT LEADERSHIP potential and that of others for the * Student leaders are directly responsible to the Head of Senior School and will good of humanity at all levels.’ liaise closely with form tutors, younger students and their peers. * Activities included: Student Council, Media Team, VOiCE, Environmental Council IB DIPLOMA COURSES OFFERED FOR CLASS OF 2018 Groups 1 2 3 4 5 6 Subjects Studies in Language Language Individuals and Sciences Mathematics The Arts and Literature Acquisition Societies Higher English A Literature Chinese B Business Biology Mathematics Film Level Chinese A Literature Management Chemistry Literature and English A Lang & Lit Economics Computer Science Performance Chinese A Lang Geography Design Technology Music & Lit History Physics Theatre Arts Information Sports, Exercise Visual Arts Technology In a and Health Science Global Society (ITGS) Philosophy Psychology Standard English A Literature Chinese B Business Biology Mathematics Film Level Chinese A Literature French B Management Chemistry Mathematical Music English A Lang & Lit Spanish B Economics Computer Science Studies Theatre Arts Chinese A Lang Spanish ab inito Environmental Design Technology Visual Arts & Lit Japanese ab inito Systems and Environmental English A Lit & Societies Systems and Performance Geography Societies Self Taught History Food Science and Literature Information Technology Technology In a Physics Global Society Sports, Exercise (ITGS) and Health Science Philosophy Psychology Sha Tin College follows the International Baccalaureate 7-point grade scale: 7 = Excellent 6 = Very Good 5 = Good 4 = Satisfactory 3 = Mediocre 2 = Poor 1 = Very Poor www.shatincollege.edu.hk IB DIPLOMA RESULTS WHERE ARE OUR 2018 (CLASS OF 2018) GRADUATES? Sha Tin College is an inclusive school, (137 STUDENTS) catering for students of all abilities. Canada Mean Score (max. 45 points) United Australia 6.5% Kingdom 131 6.5% 39% IB Dilpoma Candidates 37.6 30 Others 8% 99% of students received the IB STC VS Worldwide Diploma Students Students Mean Grade for all Subjects 7 5% Full-Mark of students Students received full = marks USA Hong Kong 10% Only 0.3% of the 5.9 4.7 worldwide students 30% achieve full marks STC VS Worldwide Others include France, Japan, India, South Korea, or Students Students those taking a gap year Students who scored over 30 points Students who scored over 35 points Students who scored over 40 points 96% 54% 75% 27% 30% 8% VS VS VS STC Worldwide STC Worldwide STC Worldwide Students Students Students Students Students Students COLLEGE MATRICULATION (CLASS OF 2018) Australia UK USA Western Sydney University (1) Abertay University (1) Bellevue College (1) University of Melbourne (2) Goldsmiths, University of London (3) Boston University (2) University of Queensland (1) King’s College London (2) Lehigh University (1) University of Sydney (2) Leeds Art University (1) Rose Hulman Institute of Technology (1) Leeds Beckett University (1) Santa Clara University (1) Canada London College of Communication (1) The University of Pennsylvania (1) University of British Columbia (4) Loughborough University (1) University of California at Berkeley (1) University of Toronto (5) London School of Economics and University of California at Los Angeles (3) Political Science (3) University of Michigan (1) France Newcastle University (4) University of San Francisco (1) ESMOD France (1) Plymouth University (1) University of Washington in Seattle (1) University College London (6) Washington University in St. Louis (1) Hong Kong Univeristy of Birmingham (1) Wellesley College (1) SCAD Hong Kong (1) University of Bath (2) City University of Hong Kong (1) University of Brighton (3) Gap Year (5) The Chinese University of Hong Kong University of Bristol (1) (19) University of Cambridge (1) The Hong Kong Polytechnic University University of Kent (1) (2) University of Leeds (4) The University of Hong Kong (11) University of Leicester (1) The Hong Kong University of Science & University of Nottingham (1) Technology (6) University of Reading (1) India University of Sheffield (1) The University of Mumbai (1) University of Southampton (1) University of St Andrews (1) Japan University of the Arts London (3) Bunka Fashion College, Tokyo (1) University of Warwick (4) Waseda University (1).
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