2014 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[sharonkhoo]

Chancc:

Hi,

yes as u said he is a diligent learner and have a very good prelim results. but as he is bit sensitive we afraid he will be disappointed if we take wrong decision.
we wish to wait fpr T-score as u suggest but when read these discussions getting panic :roll:

This will have to be a learning experience for him. After looking at the pros and cons of each decision, he will just have to decide, and also commit himself to not beating himself up with regrets or getting into the \"if only I had...\" downward spiral. In many things in life, we make the best decisions we can based on the info we have at hand, take some risks, and live with the outcome. We can't have it all ways.

[Chancc]

Hi Parents,

I want suggestion/idea from P6 kid’s parents regarding this matter. My friend’s son got selected to NUS through DSA 2014 and he just sit his PSLE. He has done all subject well and we didnt analyse much about his answers and just discussed about few questions which discussed in this forum.
Now we have to take the decision on accepting NUS offer by this 24th. But son dreaming of getting in to RI. So that we may need to wait till we get the PSLE results. only our worry is, in any case if he couldnt get above RI cut off marks, then we already lost NUS offer and need to think about other school.which may depress to son.
Is there any parents came across this situation or if anyone can give me any suggestion or idea will be a great help.
Thanks

He has to make a decision and stick with it. Either take the NUSH offer and forget about other schools, or reject it and take his chances, knowing that NUSH will be out. There are many other schools in Singapore. My daughter also did not a take up a CO (she wasn’t that keen on the school but got persuaded to to try - complicated story), and just waited for her PSLE results. We told her that if she didn’t get into her first choice school, she would just have to take what she was given, and she accepted that.

Hi.
You are correct. This is how we preparing to advise him. and we doing that so far. If he not accepting the NUSH Dsa offer, that means he cant get into NUS through his T-score? will it be a negative feedback?
Also if he achieve RI or NUSH COP, he is automatically get in as per his preference? Or is there any other factor after achieved required T-score also?

[sharonkhoo]

Chancc:

If he not accepting the NUSH Dsa offer, that means he cant get into NUS through his T-score? will it be a negative feedback?

Also if he achieve RI or NUSH COP, he is automatically get in as per his preference? Or is there any other factor after achieved required T-score also?

I know that for RI, getting above the COP will ensure him a place as long as it's first on his list of school choices. I don't know about NUSH as I heard they have a different way of handling things? Someone else will answer you, I expect. Sorry, NUSH wasn't one of the schools we considered, so I don't know much about it!

[Chancc]

If he not accepting the NUSH Dsa offer, that means he cant get into NUS through his T-score? will it be a negative feedback?

Also if he achieve RI or NUSH COP, he is automatically get in as per his preference? Or is there any other factor after achieved required T-score also?

I know that for RI, getting above the COP will ensure him a place as long as it's first on his list of school choices. I don't know about NUSH as I heard they have a different way of handling things? Someone else will answer you, I expect. Sorry, NUSH wasn't one of the schools we considered, so I don't know much about it!

:thankyou:

[Ruminating]

I am a little baffled. Let’s say a child gets the following scores:

English: 86
Chinese: 93
Maths: 97
Science: 94
What range will the T-Score be in?

[Nebbermind]

Ruminating:

I am a little baffled. Let's say a child gets the following scores:

English: 86
Chinese: 93
Maths: 97
Science: 94
What range will the T-Score be in?

How many in the school is getting around the same or higher?

[JonC]

Depends on which score most of the students are. That will likely be the starting 50 point of the T Score.


That is how T Score works.

[Sun_2010]

Chancc, ah the pain of to act or to wait

Chancc:

Hi.
You are correct. This is how we preparing to advise him. and we doing that so far. If he not accepting the NUSH Dsa offer, that means he cant get into NUS through his T-score? will it be a negative feedback?

Also if he achieve RI or NUSH COP, he is automatically get in as per his preference? Or is there any other factor after achieved required T-score also?

He can always apply to NUSH thru PSLE posting. He will not be discriminated for having refused to accept the CO thru DSA

But this is likely to be a moot point. NUSH takes in around 10% from PSLE posting so the COP is likely to be higher than RI ( as also seen from the previous years) . So if he gets higher than NUSH's COP, he is probably safely over RI COP too.

All the best to your DS.

My two cents worth both are great schools. But if I were him, I would wait for PSLE posting. He seems pretty strong academically. So it is a risk worth taking.

[iFirefly]

Today, DS brought home a thick booklet - Choosing your Secondary Schools for admission to Secondary One in 2015…


How do you choose 6 schools for your kids ? Is this way advisable ? TIA…

2 from 25X
2 from 24X
2 from 23X

[panickymum]

iFirefly:

Today, DS brought home a thick booklet - Choosing your Secondary Schools for admission to Secondary One in 2015..


How do you choose 6 schools for your kids ? Is this way advisable ? TIA..

2 from 25X
2 from 24X
2 from 23X

So fast the S1 booklet was given out . During my dd 1 times , only given out on the day of PSLE release result