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Thread ID: 75644 2007-01-06 01:52:00 aic(auckland international college)-howcome lance4k (4644) PC World Chat
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513123 2007-01-06 01:52:00 howcome AIC term start date for 2007 is in july? why don't they start in february like other high schools? And does anyone know what time a school day is? Is it 9am-3pm like other high schools? And u don't have to stay at the boarding houses do u? my friends younger brother is thinking of going there. lance4k (4644)
513124 2007-01-06 02:23:00 Have you or your friend e-mail / phone them & ask them this? As I think they might be able to give you / your friend a better answer then PressF1 members :) ;) stu161204 (123)
513125 2007-01-06 02:26:00 Possibly because the college started up in July 2003, and they didn't want to lose income for the period from July to February??

Or, possibly, because many if not most of their students come from the northern hemisphere, where the summer holidays would be starting in July, and the first term would be in September, thus avoiding having two summer holidays in one year ? :)
Terry Porritt (14)
513126 2007-01-06 04:14:00 Or because they solely teach the Interanational Baccualaureate (soory for the spelling) IB, they need to make sure that the exam timetable with the northern hemisphere is in sync. beeswax34 (63)
513127 2007-01-06 04:27:00 Or because they solely teach the Interanational Baccualaureate (soory for the spelling) IB, they need to make sure that the exam timetable with the northern hemisphere is in sync.

This would be the definitive answer :)

The IB Diploma exams seem to be taken in May world wide:

www.ibo.org


Edit: hmmm, the other schools in NZ take the exams in November, but May seems to be the popular time elsewhere.
Terry Porritt (14)
513128 2007-01-08 08:40:00 my friend has emailed and got no response.dknow if he called.


Have you or your friend e-mail / phone them & ask them this? As I think they might be able to give you / your friend a better answer then PressF1 members :) ;)
lance4k (4644)
513129 2007-01-08 08:41:00 do u know the start and finish times each day?


Or because they solely teach the Interanational Baccualaureate (soory for the spelling) IB, they need to make sure that the exam timetable with the northern hemisphere is in sync.
lance4k (4644)
513130 2007-01-08 12:48:00 as above, the semester starts in sync with the rest of the northern hemisphere, and no you do not need to stay at a boarding house there.

i applied when they first started but didn't get the scholarship so couldn't afford to go when they said i'd been accepted :(
motorbyclist (188)
513131 2007-04-14 06:54:00 aic starts in july because we take the may session IB exam. As most of the graduates aim for american and uk universities which all start around july, the graduates do not have to wait half a year...

school strts from 8.30am - 3.30pm for pre-ib and 8.30am - 5pm for ib students.

you dont have to stay at boarding house.

unless ur younger brother is especially academic, do not urge him to go there. it is very academically challenging and ib students do not have social lives. :)
Elvito (11727)
513132 2007-04-18 03:55:00 Oh dear. An "academically challenging" curriculum which doesn't bother about use of uppercase letters? Graham L (2)
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