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Where Can I Check Polytechnic JAE Cut-Off Points? | CourseFinder, ELR2B2 and Historical Ranges

Check the Ministry of Education’s CourseFinder first when you want current polytechnic course information and a previous intake’s JAE score range. Filter by institution, area of interest, aggregate type and score so that you are comparing the right courses rather than one long, mixed list.

For a fixed record, open MOE’s 2026 JAE courses document. It labels the displayed ranges as the previous year’s JAE results, which makes the year of the evidence clear. The JAE appeal page is the place to check the latest posted course ranges once results are released.

Read every range as historical guidance, not a promised admission score. First confirm the course’s minimum entry requirements and the correct aggregate type; then consider the range, your ranked choices and the possibility that demand and vacancies will change.

A quick route to the right figure

Choose the official source · Read the historical range · Check eligibility separately · Plan for the SEC transition · Make your comparison · Next steps

Which source should I use?

Use this sourceWhat it helps you checkBest time to use it
MOE CourseFinderCurrent courses, entry information and the displayed previous JAE rangeWhile researching and ranking choices
2026 JAE courses PDFA dated, downloadable snapshot with 2025 JAE rangesWhen you need to preserve the evidence year
MOE JAE appeal pageCurrent appeal eligibility and course ranges released with posting resultsAfter JAE posting results
After SEC 2028 guideHow the future post-secondary admissions exercise differs from today’s O-Level JAE routeFor SEC cohorts and forward planning

Read the historical range correctly

A course range records the aggregate scores of admitted students for a stated intake. It is useful because it shows what happened, but it cannot reserve a place in the next exercise. Course popularity, applicants’ choices and available places can move the range. Always keep the year beside any number you copy into a spreadsheet or family discussion.

The lower and upper ends are not separate “safe” and “unsafe” promises. They describe that intake’s outcomes. Use them to build a sensible spread of choices, including options that you would genuinely accept, rather than treating one endpoint as a guaranteed cut-off.

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Keep eligibility separate from competitiveness

Your ELR2B2 aggregate is only one part of the check. A course may also specify minimum grades for particular subjects. Meeting those minimum entry requirements lets an application be considered; it does not guarantee posting. On appeal, MOE says applicants must meet both the course requirements and the last admitted applicant’s score, and places still depend on vacancies and the institution’s assessment.

Did you know that two courses with similar names may use different aggregate types or subject requirements? Open each course record instead of transferring a range from a neighbouring course. Our polytechnic course source guide helps you compare official institution information without mixing course identities.

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Do not carry O-Level ranges into the SEC era unchanged

Current JAE ELR2B2 ranges belong to the present O-Level admissions framework. Students taking the Singapore-Cambridge Secondary Education Certificate from 2027 should use MOE’s announced post-secondary admissions information for their cohort. The subjects and admission measures are changing, so an older O-Level range can offer context but is not a future SEC threshold.

Use our After SEC 2028 route map for that transition, then return to MOE for the latest cohort-specific rules.

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Build a course comparison sheet

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Where should I go next?

For the application route, see Where Can I Find JAE Information? For a wider view of progression choices, open the Singapore School Pathways & Calendar.

In this new source-guide batch: Primary 1 registration vacancies and balloting data · Secondary 1 posting results and appeals · Singapore university application status.

Continue with official polytechnic course information or the SEC-to-post-secondary admissions guide.

Sources reviewed: 10 October 2026. Official pages can change; recheck the linked source for your application year.

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