August 19, 2011
Once again YCIS students achieved excellent results in public examinations. A Year 11 student from Yew Chung International School – Secondary received straight As (A* and A) in 11 subjects in the International General Certificate Secondary Education (IGCSE) examinations in 2011.
He is the first student in YCIS who achieves 11As and is also awarded “Top of the World” in International Mathematics. Along with this student two other students obtained 10As, two students were awarded 9As and ten students scored 8As.
At YCIS, 110 students sat for over 900 exam papers and each took an average of eight subjects. Each student was awarded 3.7 A*s or As on average. Besides, 22 per cent and 31 per cent of the YCIS students taking the exams scored at least seven and six A*s or As respectively. The following chart further reveals the achievements of the students:
| IGCSE Grades | Percentage of all subjects taken by the 2010 IGCSE students in YCIS - Secondary |
| Awarded A* | 20% |
| Awarded A* and A | 43% |
| Awarded A* to C | 83% |
YCIS students have been performing well in public examinations. In the 2010 IGCSE examinations, several students scored the highest marks in the world and in Hong Kong in various subjects. Please find out more in the table below.
| IGCSE Outstanding Awards | Subjects |
| Top of the World | International Mathematics (two students won this award) Design & Technology |
| Top in Hong Kong | First Language Chinese Information & Communication Technology |
| High Achievement | Art & Design Global Perspectives |
| Best Across 8 Subjects | Second and third places in Hong Kong |
The academic excellence of the YCIS students also earn them abundant offers from the top universities in Hong Kong as well as worldwide including University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley and many more. YCIS has been maintaining 100 per cent acceptance by local and overseas universities for her IB graduates since she run the IB Diploma Programme in 2000.
