Achievements
Since moving back to its Bukit Timah Road campus, Hwa Chong Junior College was ranked again as one of the top junior colleges in Singapore based on the official college rankings by the Ministry of Education, that were introduced in the early 1990s. Hwa Chong was consistently ranked as the top college for Arts and Commerce. Hwa Chong had also been ranked as the top junior college in Singapore in terms of academic performance for its Science stream students and in overall performance for a number of times.
The college had an excellent track record in academia, sports, music, culture and the arts. Many of its graduates went on to become leaders in research, industry and government. Since the 1980s, Hwa Chong had been recognized as one of the top junior colleges in Singapore, along with others such as Raffles Junior College. Hwa Chong was also the first junior college to introduce the Humanities Scholarship Programme for students.
To date, Hwa Chong Junior College had produced the second highest number of President's Scholars (second only to Raffles Junior College, now known as Raffles Institution) as compared to other junior colleges in Singapore. Besides, Hwa Chong's students also take an impressive share of government and private organization undergraduate scholarships annually. More than 15% of each graduating cohort moved on to study in renowned universities worldwide, such as Harvard University and Cambridge University. Hwa Chong also had the distinction of being the top junior college for two elective programmes: namely, the Humanities Programme and the Chinese Language Elective Programme.
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