2020 PSLE Discussions and Strategies(for those born in 2008)

[SG_KP1]

GreenPixie\" post_id=\"2004338\" time=\"1606361745\" user_id=\"189368:

Is it just me or are the psle scores very low this year? A friend's daughter who is good at her studies but not the exceptional type, I was expecting her to get 240+ but she got 231. Another friend's son I expected a 260+ but he got 254. I wonder what happened to the kids.

No one knows for sure. Depending on what posts you read, there are also some really good scores out there. Does this make the papers \"easy\" or did these students just do very well?

I suspect that with some math/science topics being removed that the standard deviation on these papers may be down. This, if you maxed out these two subjects it could really drive some high aggregate scores. However, this may also mean that there's going to be more people stacked up around the traditional COP levels that are of high interest.

But again, it is just a guess by some random person on the internet. I am yet to reach out to all 40,000 students...

[coast]

UNDER T-SCORE SYSTEM, CHOICE ORDER OF SCHOOLS DOES NOT GIVE PRIORITY IN POSTING


For S1 posting under the T-score system, students indicate their choice of secondary schools in order of preference. They can choose up to six different secondary schools.

Students are first ranked by academic merit (T-score Aggregate). The first student to be considered has the highest T-score Aggregate and will automatically be posted to the school that is their first choice. The next student is then considered and school places vacancies in secondary schools are filled up one by one.

Students are posted to a secondary school based on their choice order of schools, starting from the first choice. If all the places in the first-choice school have been filled, the school that is second on the list will be considered. If it still has places, the student will be posted to this school.

But the order in which students list their schools do not give them priority when deciding who will get a place in the event that more than one student with the same T-score Aggregate are vying for the last available place in a secondary school.

For example, Don and Gerald, both Singapore citizens, have the same T-score Aggregate of 220, and are vying for the last place in School A. Although Don placed School A as his first choice, he does not have priority for posting over Gerald, who placed School A as his third choice. The last available place in the secondary school will be balloted between Don and Gerald.

https://www.moe.gov.sg/microsites/psle-fsbb/posting-to-secondary-school/faqs.html

[MyPillow]

SG_KP1\" post_id=\"2004352\" time=\"1606363517\" user_id=\"188234:

GreenPixie\" post_id=\"2004338\" time=\"1606361745\" user_id=\"189368:

Is it just me or are the psle scores very low this year? A friend's daughter who is good at her studies but not the exceptional type, I was expecting her to get 240+ but she got 231. Another friend's son I expected a 260+ but he got 254. I wonder what happened to the kids.

No one knows for sure. Depending on what posts you read, there are also some really good scores out there. Does this make the papers \"easy\" or did these students just do very well?

I suspect that with some math/science topics being removed that the standard deviation on these papers may be down. This, if you maxed out these two subjects it could really drive some high aggregate scores. However, this may also mean that there's going to be more people stacked up around the traditional COP levels that are of high interest.

But again, it is just a guess by some random person on the internet. I am yet to reach out to all 40,000 students...

with ZERO info these few yrs, it is difficult to know how high is high, what is the avg range etc
we only know when the posting results our n kind souls compile the list
BUT from what we recall psle 2018, 2019 batches driven up COP of some avg sch , high avg sch from 1 to 6/8 pts.esp obvious in 2018 batch , COP for a lot of abv avg sch up 3 to 5 pts ! 2019 batch COP for such sch also incre 1 to 3 pts . So in total some sch can incre range from 3 to 8 pts over two yrs 2018 and 2019 - I really hope this yr is more stabilized ... IP sch COP range i think more stabilised
But the low range COP are still in range of 188/20x - no improvements

[MrCool]

Anyone taking Chinese (Special Programme) @Clementi Townhigh school? Any info on class schedules? On weekends or weekdays?

[curioxete]

Hi


My son scored 261, and we were struggling between RI (cos it’s nearer to our house) and ACS(I) IB (cos his form teacher commented my son is more suited to IB).

ACS(I) is really quite far from where we stay (we stay near Potong Pasir) but i think we have more or less settled on placing that as our first choice.

I don’t really know what to put for his 2nd - 6th option though. I read some comments which mentioned that the COP can fluctuate up to 8 points (!!) so i think we shouldn’t take getting into ACS (I) for granted. Right now, my thoughts are:

1) ACS (I) IB
2) ACS o level (cos can try to get into IB at year 3, if COP drastically changes this year)
3) SJI IB
4) - 6) ???

We prefer boys’ schools…thanks in advance for any advice given!

[Lovely June]

ACSI good choice! My daughter graduated from ACSI last year.

[Rainee_mom]

Hi I’m new here. My DS has a score of 254 with no HMT. We would like to put our school choices as follows :


Acsi(IB)
NJC
Acsi (O level)
SJI (IB)
Rvhs
Nan Hua

Can advise if we have a chance for first choice?

[Rainee_mom]

Hi I’m new here. My DS has a score of 254 with no HMT. We would like to put our school choices as follows :


Acsi(IB)
NJC
Acsi (O level)
SJI (IB)
Rvhs
Nan Hua

Can advise if we have a chance for first choice?

[Puk1975]

So my daughter got 259+2 and these are her choices


1. NYGH (2019 cop-261)
2. NJC (2019 cop-254)
3. RVHS (2019 cop-253)
4. SCGS (2019 cop-252)
5. NHHS (2019 cop-246)
6. BPGHS (2019 cop-244)

I told her the difference between nanyang and NJC was quite big and she should choose a school in between so any recommendations?

[celestetan1]

Hello, I’m quite new to this platform but would really appreciate all the advice given. My daughter scored 251+3 for hmt and not so sure about the schools she wants to go. We are staying in the north.

1) Rvhs
2) St.nicks O level
3)Cedar girls O level
4)Nan hua high

Not really sure about the last couple choices but would really appreciate any help as I dont really know about sec schools in singapore.