2022 PSLE Discussions & Strategies (born in 2010)

[lee_yl]

jolie wang\" post_id=\"2089873\" time=\"1669271377\" user_id=\"129000:[quote=\"jolie wang\" post_id=2089873 time=1669271377 user_id=129000]
Thank you so much for the advise.
I have checked SCGS and would consider if I put SCGS IP or St Nicholas IP as the first choice.
Personally, I like St Nicholas as stays near by.
What would you recommend?
Thank you very much.[/quote]

If your 1st choice is St Nic IP then leave it as such and can put SCGS as your 2nd choice.

Since your DD took Higher Chinese, it shouldn’t take long for her to blend into a SAP sec school environment. Plus the school is near your place which I think is a big plus. Be it St Nic or SCGS, the IP girls will eventually meet in EJC 4yrs later.

[jolie wang]

lee_yl\" post_id=\"2089937\" time=\"1669281363\" user_id=\"17023:

If your 1st choice is St Nic IP then leave it as such and can put SCGS as your 2nd choice.

Since your DD took Higher Chinese, it shouldn’t take long for her to blend into a SAP sec school environment. Plus the school is near your place which I think is a big plus. Be it St Nic or SCGS, the IP girls will eventually meet in EJC 4yrs later.

Thank you so much for the advice. Much appreciated.
The only concern is the chance of getting into St Nic IP (COP 7P). She got 7M.
The school is just near home.

[coast]

hercules\" post_id=\"2089806\" time=\"1669258618\" user_id=\"14947:

All along (since more than 10 years ago), I believe that the grade for Chinese is quite curved upwards (based on the As my son and nephew got despite their half past six levels).

When I looked at my grand niece AL3 for Chinese, I sort of confirmed my speculation even more (she is a 'half mute' during oral conversation throughout her 6 years during school's practices and usually scored around 50% with teachers' frequent comment as 'inaudible', and I gave up training her on oral as 'not value for time'), her compo is so-so maybe 65% type, listening is ok around 90%, written is OK around 90%). Her school's averaged score usually was around 70s. She cannot hold a Chinese conversation or read another Chinese word out from her textbook vocab range (I trained her only for exam purposes due to her 'limited capacity').

So this AL3 seemed like a 'curved score'. Did anyone feel similar (as in your child's Chinese score is 'better than expected)'?

Asking out of curiosity.

*She exceeded expectation of Eng and Chinese at AL3 and Science and Math at AL5 when I was forecasting AL5 for Languages (her Eng score in school usually around high 50s / low 60s incl prelim) and Science and an AL6 for Math (failed her Math or barely passed throughout her P6 school exams). It has been a tough 6 years of struggles for her and we are all glad that this segment ends on a higher note.

During the old days when they released National Stats for Quality Passes (A* and A), MT was usually around 7X% while the other 3 subjects (EL, MA and SC) were usually 4X%. E.g., In 2015, CL 73.1 %, EL 44.9%, MA 45.4%, SC 41.9%. The old PSLE Grade A is 75 marks and above.

If it goes by the same standard, a much higher percentage of students will get AL4 (75 marks) & better for MT than the other 3 subjects in PSLE.

However, there is no exact mapping between the old scores and the AL scores so it is not clear whether the above still applies today.

It is reported that around half of students taking standard subjects today score in the range of 75 and above when they came out with the AL score ranges.

Hope this helps.

[bbpinksg]

MerlionInGermany\" post_id=\"2089930\" time=\"1669280260\" user_id=\"2964:

I like all you put down and score and lang eligibility because we can forget. Best to also put location :siam:

Looks ok, though my personal preference would be crescent at 4.

Location: north-central 🫰

[DoraLee]

my DD scored AL 8 without HCL and we stay in the east



1. SCGS IP (COP 7-8)
2. SCGS O (COP 7-8)
3. CHIJ SNGS O (COP 5-9)
4. AHS (COP 4-12)
5. TKGS (COP 8-13)
6. …

SCGS IP worth the try? any comments/advice much appreciated. thanks

[Reshma Jyothi]

Hello ALL,

my DD got al 18…We live in the west
We are planning to apply like this…

Jurong west Sec School - AL 18
Jurongville - AL20
Jurong secondary school - AL 15
Yuan Ching - AL 19
Bukit view - AL 19
Queensway Sec - AL17

Kindly suggest if this ordering is ok or need to change. Sorry, am a first time mom for applying these…excuse me for any clumisiness.

[floppy]

Reshma Jyothi\" post_id=\"2089953\" time=\"1669284601\" user_id=\"200069:[quote=\"Reshma Jyothi\" post_id=2089953 time=1669284601 user_id=200069]
Hello ALL,
my DD got al 18....We live in the west
We are planning to apply like this...........

Jurong west Sec School - AL 18
Jurongville - AL20
Jurong secondary school - AL 15
Yuan Ching - AL 19
Bukit view - AL 19
Queensway Sec - AL17

Kindly suggest if this ordering is ok or need to change. Sorry, am a first time mom for applying these....excuse me for any clumisiness.[/quote]

Err. Obviously not ok… unless you wanted Jurongville and the rest are just fillers. Even then, I will probably put one school with COP 22 for safety cos schools in the 18-22 region tend to have bigger movement (+- 2 maybe) than schools at the higher end (+- 1).

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DoraLee\" post_id=\"2089949\" time=\"1669283601\" user_id=\"9794:

my DD scored AL 8 without HCL and we stay in the east


1. SCGS IP (COP 7-8)
2. SCGS O (COP 7-8)
3. CHIJ SNGS O (COP 5-9)
4. AHS (COP 4-12)
5. TKGS (COP 8-13)
6. ...

SCGS IP worth the try? any comments/advice much appreciated. thanks

Whoa that’s very far to travel to no 1-3
How bout DHS? CCMS?
My girl also AL8 w/o HCL
Bit tough to decide if we should try IP/non IP

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floppy\" post_id=\"2089931\" time=\"1669280629\" user_id=\"97579:

I agree with CGS (but that’s my personal opinion and preference).

I think with a score of 8, without HMT, and a foreigner, there are only a limited number of IP schools within reach. At best, it’s only to put ONE such school at the first choice and then hope for the best.

:udaman: :udawoman:
:thankyou: :grphug:

[zac's mum]

Saw this being discussed elsewhere, also heard some personal stories. Anyone intending to pay for review of PSLE mark for Math?


Paper was supposedly easier than past years. Yet I counted at least 10 parents saying their kid’s Math grade was unexpectedly low (2-4 AL grades lower than prelims).

Yet MOE claims no bell curve…