All About Primary Schools' Balloting History

[cool_y2]

Lexy\" post_id=\"1993110\" time=\"1598758986\" user_id=\"12180:

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[quote=Davischew post_id=1992970 time=1598662035 user_id=132882]
No chance for 2B now. If GRL also too late. Just prepare to ballot for <1km in 2C

MUST make contingency plan A, B and C. Expect a fierce fight for SG50 baby.

For Hong Wen, this year's odds was rather good. When i mentioned good, its actually application of 1.87 times over available spots. in 2018, 2C was 4 times over subscribed. If you stay more than 1km, dont try planning for it in 2C.

For planning purposes, please start from 2A, parents school. then work downwards.
And please be prepared for 2Cs option and be happy with that backup. For example, are you okie with Bendemeer or Farrer Park as backup choice?, if not, what is the viable option?[/quote]Where can I find the statistic for this year ? most of the site i saw the stats up till 2019. Indeed it was sooo much over subscribed for 2018, which makes us worried about it. Do you know why 2018 has so much subscribed to the school?

If balloting <1km in 2C still failed to get into the school, can we still change to registered 2Cs at other school? Not really keen on Bendemeer or Farrer Park ... looking may be around Toa Payoh or other area.

[zac's mum]

2018 registration was for Dragon babies. Therefore expect similar level of competition for SG50 babies.


You can apply any school you want in 2CS. But in Toa Payoh, Kheng Cheng may not have seats left in 2CS. Left with First Toa Payoh Primary, you want? Bendeemer still better.

[MMM]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1993375\" time=\"1598925836\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1993375 time=1598925836 user_id=53606]
2018 registration was for Dragon babies. Therefore expect similar level of competition for SG50 babies.

You can apply any school you want in 2CS. But in Toa Payoh, Kheng Cheng may not have seats left in 2CS. Left with First Toa Payoh Primary, you want? Bendeemer still better.[/quote]

Had a colleague whose ds went to First Toa Payoh. He made it to NUS High. Another friend whose dd went to normal neighborhood school but went on to St Nics. My dd went to a \"good\" primary school but she struggled at PSLE. Hence, it's really child dependent. With good family support and child's potential, they can do well anywhere. So don't feel sad if you didn't manage to put your child in the most ideal school. It is really ok.

[floppy]

cool_y2\" post_id=\"1993373\" time=\"1598925645\" user_id=\"145427:

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If balloting <1km in 2C still failed to get into the school, can we still change to registered 2Cs at other school? Not really keen on Bendemeer or Farrer Park ... looking may be around Toa Payoh or other area.

You can choose any schools with vacancies in Phase 2CS if you are not keen on Bendemeer or Farrer Park*

*However, distance priority remains in place. Hence, those somewhat popular schools in Toa Payoh or any other area, you are likely to have to ballot or totally no chance because of your distance.

[floppy]

MMM\" post_id=\"1993376\" time=\"1598926798\" user_id=\"1366:

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1993375\" time=\"1598925836\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1993375 time=1598925836 user_id=53606]2018 registration was for Dragon babies. Therefore expect similar level of competition for SG50 babies.

You can apply any school you want in 2CS. But in Toa Payoh, Kheng Cheng may not have seats left in 2CS. Left with First Toa Payoh Primary, you want? Bendeemer still better.

Had a colleague whose ds went to First Toa Payoh. He made it to NUS High. Another friend whose dd went to normal neighborhood school but went on to St Nics. My dd went to a \"good\" primary school but she struggled at PSLE. Hence, it's really child dependent. With good family support and child's potential, they can do well anywhere. So don't feel sad if you didn't manage to put your child in the most ideal school. It is really ok.[/quote]

\"With good family support and child's potential, they can do well anywhere.\"
> I agree.

BUT...
First Toa Payoh has a really very challenging environment, will definitely need lots of family support.

[MerlionInGermany]

floppy\" post_id=\"1993380\" time=\"1598927740\" user_id=\"97579:

MMM\" post_id=\"1993376\" time=\"1598926798\" user_id=\"1366:

[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1993375 time=1598925836 user_id=53606]2018 registration was for Dragon babies. Therefore expect similar level of competition for SG50 babies.

You can apply any school you want in 2CS. But in Toa Payoh, Kheng Cheng may not have seats left in 2CS. Left with First Toa Payoh Primary, you want? Bendeemer still better.

Had a colleague whose ds went to First Toa Payoh. He made it to NUS High. Another friend whose dd went to normal neighborhood school but went on to St Nics. My dd went to a \"good\" primary school but she struggled at PSLE. Hence, it's really child dependent. With good family support and child's potential, they can do well anywhere. So don't feel sad if you didn't manage to put your child in the most ideal school. It is really ok.

\"With good family support and child's potential, they can do well anywhere.\"
> I agree.

BUT...
First Toa Payoh has a really very challenging environment, will definitely need lots of family support.[/quote]Just to add, which is actually saying the same thing, that a popular pri sch does not guarantee the student would turn out good. I know a boy who did 6 years in Maha B, and 6 years in Manjusri (NA plus one year repeat). Got into MBS through 2C balloting. Another one from HW, ended up in Manjusri NA also.

Choose the pri sch because of other things it can offer, eg Chinese culture related activities, values, accessibility, certainly not by its registration popularity. Or if it is by its popularity, that’s fine, but not get into the illusion that popularity equals good results.

[Dino]

MerlionInGermany\" post_id=\"1993386\" time=\"1598929339\" user_id=\"2964:

floppy\" post_id=\"1993380\" time=\"1598927740\" user_id=\"97579:

[quote=MMM post_id=1993376 time=1598926798 user_id=1366]

Had a colleague whose ds went to First Toa Payoh. He made it to NUS High. Another friend whose dd went to normal neighborhood school but went on to St Nics. My dd went to a \"good\" primary school but she struggled at PSLE. Hence, it's really child dependent. With good family support and child's potential, they can do well anywhere. So don't feel sad if you didn't manage to put your child in the most ideal school. It is really ok.

\"With good family support and child's potential, they can do well anywhere.\"
> I agree.

BUT...
First Toa Payoh has a really very challenging environment, will definitely need lots of family support.

Just to add, which is actually saying the same thing, that a popular pri sch does not guarantee the student would turn out good. I know a boy who did 6 years in Maha B, and 6 years in Manjusri (NA plus one year repeat). Got into MBS through 2C balloting. Another one from HW, ended up in Manjusri NA also.

Choose the pri sch because of other things it can offer, eg Chinese culture related activities, values, accessibility, certainly not by its registration popularity. Or if it is by its popularity, that’s fine, but not get into the illusion that popularity equals good results.[/quote]Agreed!!!! Every pri school do produced star academic performers. It's more of whether school A vs school B has more. Human tendency is that if school A has more, more people will want to enroll in school A. Over time, school B will naturally lose out to school A in terms of popularity.

[Davischew]

Agree and disagree. Though anyone can excel if put in hard work, we still want to choose those that we “think” it’s good to start with. Compare developed and developing countries, we would want to start off in what we think is a “better” headstart, if choices are within our reach.

[Lexy]

cool_y2\" post_id=\"1993373\" time=\"1598925645\" user_id=\"145427:

Lexy\" post_id=\"1993110\" time=\"1598758986\" user_id=\"12180:

[quote=floppy post_id=1992973 time=1598663580 user_id=97579]

MUST make contingency plan A, B and C. Expect a fierce fight for SG50 baby.

For Hong Wen, this year's odds was rather good. When i mentioned good, its actually application of 1.87 times over available spots. in 2018, 2C was 4 times over subscribed. If you stay more than 1km, dont try planning for it in 2C.

For planning purposes, please start from 2A, parents school. then work downwards.
And please be prepared for 2Cs option and be happy with that backup. For example, are you okie with Bendemeer or Farrer Park as backup choice?, if not, what is the viable option?

Where can I find the statistic for this year ? most of the site i saw the stats up till 2019. Indeed it was sooo much over subscribed for 2018, which makes us worried about it. Do you know why 2018 has so much subscribed to the school?

If balloting <1km in 2C still failed to get into the school, can we still change to registered 2Cs at other school? Not really keen on Bendemeer or Farrer Park ... looking may be around Toa Payoh or other area.[/quote]I have the stats but i wont be posting in its entirety.

in 2018, alot of phase 1 applicants, so affected the 2C vacancies.

2Cs choices very limited. TPY area, Cedar and Marymount and first TPY.

[MMM]

MerlionInGermany\" post_id=\"1993386\" time=\"1598929339\" user_id=\"2964:

Just to add, which is actually saying the same thing, that a popular pri sch does not guarantee the student would turn out good. I know a boy who did 6 years in Maha B, and 6 years in Manjusri (NA plus one year repeat). Got into MBS through 2C balloting. Another one from HW, ended up in Manjusri NA also.

Choose the pri sch because of other things it can offer, eg Chinese culture related activities, values, accessibility, certainly not by its registration popularity. Or if it is by its popularity, that’s fine, but not get into the illusion that popularity equals good results.

My kids were from Maha Bodhi and yes, a fair share of students do eventually join Mansjusri. I was from Maha Bodhi too and during my era, going to Mansjusri don't seem to be a wise choice hence I had my own bias too (hoping none of my kids go there).

But in the last 10 years, this has changed and I am sharing based on feedback from other parents whose kids went to Mansjusri. While it may not be a \"popular\" secondary school as the COP is relatively low, I do observed that Mansjusri sec school is a decent choice actually (relative thing). If I look at some of my kids' classmates who went there, they also turn out decent. There are many routes these days. There are those who did well and still choose poly routes so no one route is more superior than the others. I think it's all about knowing what they have passion for that is more important.

For us, Maha Bodhi has a great school band and it has helped my kids got secondary school places through DSA. But Bendemeer primary school shares the same band conductor (Mr Quek Boon Hui) as Maha Bodhi and they are very good too