PSLE 2010 Results Report Here

[WeiHan]

I notice that there is an obvious trend of choosing schools based on a cold hard number like "COP". And you see dialogue like those below.


A: My child has a t-score of xxx. Should I choose school A or school B or C? My child prefer school B

B: Well…according to your child t-score, he is well eligible for school A which has a 2 points higher COP than school B, Why don’t he choose school A instead?

But really, don’t you think this is really hair-splitting the t-score, 2 points is very small. School is not just represented by their COP. There are many intangible factors that can affect your experience and growth there.

For example, do you know that HCI celebrates mooncake festival every year. It is a big event organised by students themselves. On the day, all students will stay back late into midnight and the entire school campus will be romantically lit up and decorated with light bulbs and campfire. You can’t measure this kind of unforgetable experience. School life is not just about study and academic result. I suspect that is why before the implementation of IP, many RI and RGS students have chosen HCJC over RJC.

[manman]

Hi, i'm so sad my son score 210. i'm staying Yishun n dn't know what school should i choose for him. He prefer Presbyterian High(229) n next Ahmad Irbrahim (221), St.Gabriel's (189) is far away. Pls advice me :stupid: . Thanks.

[noob]

loler12:

noob:

[quote=\"loler12\"]I have been seeing alot of people who have gotten 247 to 249, added with +2 or + 3 HCL to get a score around 248 ~ 252

Last year, my boy score 247 + 2, and tried to appeal to RV, however failed.
if im not wrong for that year ( 2009 ) , the COP was 251. so despite a mere 2 marks below the COP, he was still rejected.

My dd classmate had 248 +2 got in after appeal last year.

I am shocked to hear that. Oh well, that's too bad. I have another friend of mine who's daughter score 248 + 2 and tried appealing into RV, but got rejected too. I wonder why ?[/quote]Probably she was one of the lucky one then.

[corneyAmber]

WeiHan:

For example, do you know that HCI celebrates mooncake festival every year. It is a big event organised by students themselves. On the day, all students will stay back late into midnight and the entire school campus will be romantically lit up and decorated with light bulbs and campfire. You can't measure this kind of unforgetable experience. School life is not just about study and academic result. I suspect that is why before the implementation of IP, many RI and RGS students have chosen HCJC over RJC.

Aiya...most parents are beyond that as they must have done their homework before PSLE. Do they wait until now if they visit KSP?

So now for many it is a case of matching their scores to COP now and see whether they can get in or not. Only in cases where the T-scores surprise them and have to consider other schools, then all the hygiene factors kick in again.

[AlwaysKiasu]

My aggregate is 236+3. I have some different choices of school. can anybody advise me the best arrangements of these schools. I would like to put Nan Hua as first choice(appeal).


Nan Hua , Swiss Cottage , Commonwealth , Fu Hua

[hlz54321]

noob:

loler12:

[quote=\"noob\"]
My dd classmate had 248 +2 got in after appeal last year.

I am shocked to hear that. Oh well, that's too bad. I have another friend of mine who's daughter score 248 + 2 and tried appealing into RV, but got rejected too. I wonder why ?

Probably she was one of the lucky one then.[/quote]It depends on how well / bad the child is in her primary school which made RV accept / deject the child.

[corneyAmber]

BlurOctopus:

I live @ Woodlands. I went to see the O' levels result and thought that Xinmin is quite okay but I'm also considering about the distance too.

Woodlands? You know something? Ironically, there is a bus from Woodlands to Hougang, SBS 161, and it passes somewhere near Xinmin, but still, I would say Woodlands to Hougang is a bit far, considering at least 5 times a week (assuming no CCAs on Saturday, which is rather rare for Secondary School) for 4 years .... it is indeed far.

[AlwaysKiasu]

My aggregate is 236+3. I have some different choices of school. can anybody advise me the best arrangements of these schools. I would like to put Nan Hua as first choice(appeal).


Nan Hua , Swiss Cottage , Commonwealth , Fu Hua

[tim1188]

Does MOE publish 2010 PSLE T-score statistics ?


Like how many percent (overall) more than 280 , 270 , 260 ,250 , 240 ,230 …so on ?

Any such satistics will be helpful to PSLE student Secondory choice precision .

[grass-eater]

noob:

ttlkbs:

[quote=\"vynx\"]

True. I agreed with you. My niece went to Ngee Ann with an aggregate of 250 last yr. She top in the Sec 1 cohort and she is very happy there. She have told me that if she has gone to any of the top school, she would not shine there.

There goes saying - to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond

[/quote]Thank you for sharing. my daughter got 261+3 and has DSA of MGS, she wants to appeal NYGS, is it wothy to do that? after all she was enrolled in a special programm: Sophia Blackmore programm of MGS, anybody learn about this programm?