My house is located between VJC and TJC, so if you want tuition,
it'll be convenient... ahh nuts, you're an arts person. Ah
well.
Ok, to answer your question.
>>> Lastly, will the ranks of the choice have big
impact on my application? <<<
Students are ranked according to their L1R5.
Student A has 6 pts and chooses VJC as 12th choice. Student B
has 7 pts and chooses VJC as 1st choice. Assuming student A's
1st-11th choices do not succeed (look, this is hypothetical), and
if there's only 1 place left in VJC, student A will get priority
over student B.
Only when there is a tie, in terms of L1R5 score, then your
placement of choice (eg. 1st, 2nd, 3rd choice, etc) matters.
Eg. If 2 students, Mr A and Mr B, both have the same L1R5.
Mr A puts VJC as his 3rd choice while Mr B puts VJC as his 4th
choice. There is only 1 spot in VJC left. If Mr A fails to get into
his 1st and 2nd choice, and Mr B fails to get into his 1st, 2nd,
and 3rd choice, then Mr A gets priority over Mr B to get into
VJC.
That's the one scenario you have to watch out for.
>>> First, is 8 pointer "highly safe" for even TJC?
<<<
No. 8 points is not safe for neither VJC nor TJC. Competition
gets fiercer every year.
>>> What is the safest way to either go to TJC or VJC?
<<<
To be honest, it'll be unlikely for you to get into VJC or even
TJC. Go ahead and put these as 1st and 2nd choices, but be mentally
prepared to get into an easier JC of your 3rd and 4th choices, eg.
TPJC.
