TP JAE Admission Guide

Joint Admissions Exercise (JAE) Quick Tips on Selecting Your Course Choices If you have sat for the GCE ‘O’ Level examinations in 2020 and are eligible for JAE, you will receive Form A, which contains the examination results together with the course codes for all the courses that you are eligible to apply under JAE. a) Refer to TP website and/or JAE 2021 Booklet for more information on TP courses. b) Check if you meet the medical requirements of the courses, which can be related to colour vision, hearing and other medical conditions. c) If you have any enquiry on support for students with Special Educational Needs (SEN), please contact SEN Support Office at 6780 5959 or email [email protected].

a) Polytechnic courses are grouped under the Aggregate Types of ELR2B2-A, ELR2B2-B, ELR2B2-C and ELR2B2-D. The ELR2B2 score is computed based on the aggregate of English Language (EL), 2 relevant subjects (R2) and 2 other best subjects (B2). b) Find out more about the ‘O’ Level subjects used for ELR2B2 computation and the courses under the respective aggregate types at TP website. c) Applicants who are active in their secondary school’s Co-curricular Activities (CCA) can gain up to 2 CCA bonus points that are used to compute the net ELR2B2 aggregate scores. CCA Grade CCA Bonus Points Awarded Excellent 2 points Good 1 point Net ELR2B2 Aggregate Score = Raw ELR2B2 Aggregate Score – CCA Bonus Points d) Posting to polytechnic courses will be based on the net ELR2B2 aggregate score, subject to the availability of the course vacancies. a) Course intake indicates the number of places that each course is offering for the coming intake. b) The range of aggregate scores shown in the JAE Information Booklet and TP website indicates the lowest and highest net ELR2B2 aggregate scores of the successful applicants posted to each course through the previous year’s JAE. This information on aggregate scores is meant to be a reference to guide you in your selection. Course intake and range of aggregate scores give you an indication of the likely competitiveness for each course. Please note that the information on the previous year’s ranges of aggregate scores is meant to be a guide only. The 2021 JAE’s ranges of aggregate scores will only be determined upon JAE posting. c) You may check out the Course Intakes and the previous year’s aggregate scores at TP website. a) You are given 12 choices in JAE. It is important to fully utilise all your 12 choices. b) For your top few choices for JAE, you may wish to select those TP courses that you are passionate about and for which your net ELR2B2 aggregate score is less than or equal to the previous year’s highest aggregate score of the course or not too far above the highest score. c) To maximise the likelihood of being posted to a course of your JAE choices, you should ensure that, for some of your selected courses, your net ELR2B2 aggregate score falls below the previous year’s highest aggregate scores of those courses. d) It is important to rank the courses in the order of your preference. Secondly, check that the order of your preference is generally consistent with how likely it is to get into the different courses. For example, you should consider that if you put as your 1st choice a course with previous year’s highest aggregate score of 15 points, followed by some courses that had highest scores of 12 points and below as your subsequent choices, it is highly possible that if you are not posted to your 1st choice course, you will also not get the next few courses.

a) Book your online slot or come by TP JAE Centre during the JAE application period to get more information and advice from our course advisors. b) Click here for more information.

Submission of Online Application • Submit application via JAE Internet System (JAE-IS) • 11 Jan 2021, 3pm to 15 Jan 2021, 4pm Access JAE-IS using the JAE PIN printed on your Form A. Applicants with previous years 'O' level results, use SingPass to access the JAE-IS. Release of Posting Results • 28 Jan 2021 (Tentative) • Via SMS (mobile number provided by applicant during JAE) • Via JAE Internet System (JAE-IS) JAE Appeal • Tentatively, 28 Jan 2021, 9am to 2 Feb 2021, 4pm • JAE applicants may submit their appeal for a change of course through JAE Appeal portal for courses that they have met the highest or within the range of aggregate score of the course in 2021 JAE • Successful JAE Appeal posting will supersede the JAE posting • System processing of appeal is based on merit and subject to availability of vacancies Release of Appeal Outcome Appeal outcome will be released on 17 Feb 2021, 12pm (Tentative) through JAE Appeal portal Acceptance & Enrolment to Posted TP Courses • Successful JAE & JAE Appeal applicants will receive their e- enrolment packages via email from early March onwards • Complete the acceptance & enrolment online via TP website by the stipulated deadline stated on the enrolment notice • Upload Medical Report and other documents as stated in the e- enrolment package Updated as of 6 Jan 2021