River Valley High School [*IP]

[wonderm]

octopusmum:

the problem is there aren't many IP schools to choose or rather they choose him...at 257 (including 2 bonus pts), he is a borderline case. in the event if he can't go into HCI or NJC , RV is the only ip school left.


the estimated time to travel from toa payoh to boon lay will be about 1 hr (including waiting and walking time) using the new circle line that is currently under construction. is 1 hr too long a time to spend on commuting to school? some pple said it is okay as long as the school is the kid's dream school but some thought it is too tiring for the kid.

relocation at the moment is not possible as i still have to think about my 2 younger kids who go to school in toa payoh.

i have even thought about letting him stay in the rv hostel but at such a young age, i don't know if that is advisable

most likely i will drop RV and choose CHS instead and pray hard that he will get his first choice which is HCI.....

octopusmum, personally I think distance is an important consideration. On the other hand, many students in my DS' school travel from all over the island to school, the travel time of 1 hour is quite common. I think your DS has a very good chance of getting his first choice HCI. All the best to him!

[phankao]

octopusmum:

the problem is there aren't many IP schools to choose or rather they choose him...at 257 (including 2 bonus pts), he is a borderline case. in the event if he can't go into HCI or NJC , RV is the only ip school left.


the estimated time to travel from toa payoh to boon lay will be about 1 hr (including waiting and walking time) using the new circle line that is currently under construction. is 1 hr too long a time to spend on commuting to school? some pple said it is okay as long as the school is the kid's dream school but some thought it is too tiring for the kid.

relocation at the moment is not possible as i still have to think about my 2 younger kids who go to school in toa payoh.

i have even thought about letting him stay in the rv hostel but at such a young age, i don't know if that is advisable

most likely i will drop RV and choose CHS instead and pray hard that he will get his first choice which is HCI.....

So you're not putting NJC?

[justsay]

phankao:

So you're not putting NJC?

Hello phankao,
You have crossed over to RV boarder to sell NJC leh...haha :heresmyfish:

[phankao]

justsay:

phankao:

So you're not putting NJC?

Hello phankao,
You have crossed over to RV boarder to sell NJC leh...haha :heresmyfish:

LOL - sorry .... bc octopusmum asked this question over a few threads so I confused liao. I fell over the border. Couldn't balance on the fence.

[WeiHan]

octopusmum:

the problem is there aren't many IP schools to choose or rather they choose him...at 257 (including 2 bonus pts), he is a borderline case. in the event if he can't go into HCI or NJC , RV is the only ip school left.


the estimated time to travel from toa payoh to boon lay will be about 1 hr (including waiting and walking time) using the new circle line that is currently under construction. is 1 hr too long a time to spend on commuting to school? some pple said it is okay as long as the school is the kid's dream school but some thought it is too tiring for the kid.

relocation at the moment is not possible as i still have to think about my 2 younger kids who go to school in toa payoh.

i have even thought about letting him stay in the rv hostel but at such a young age, i don't know if that is advisable

most likely i will drop RV and choose CHS instead and pray hard that he will get his first choice which is HCI.....

Are there kids nearby to carpool a mini van? Then when he gets older can stay in hostel for a semester or two.

[phankao]

WeiHan:

octopusmum:

i have even thought about letting him stay in the rv hostel but at such a young age, i don't know if that is advisable
...

Are there kids nearby to carpool a mini van? Then when he gets older can stay in hostel for a semester or two.

Is the hostel available for ALL students to stay in? Does the school have restrictions for only having foreign students to stay, for instance? Why is sec 1 too young to stay in hostel? Ok, wat.

[octopusmum]

Tks all for the kind advices… I know I have posed the same question in a few threads . Believe it or not, I even called up Smrt and lta to enquire about the new circle line. Up till now we have yet to decide and time is running out.


Njc is likely to be the second choice . I have asked Ds but he prefers hci .

As for hostel, it is opened to singaporeans and first yr as well. But I think I am not ready for him to be away fr home for so long.

Guess we will go for chs as the 3rd choice .

[sall]

daisyt:

Not sure if the school bus has pick up from Toa Payoh, maybe you can check with the vendor, Say Guan Transport. You can get the details from RV website. But its only one way, in the morning.


I do now of students from RV staying in the East, Pasir Ris. Its really up to individual.

What is your child's preference? Some kids, when they love a school, nothing would stop them. It depends on how deep his \"love\" is for the school is he willing to sacrifice on certain things to get to his dream school.

I'm staying at Redhill and we've submitted rv as the first choice. The travelling time is quite acceptable, 20min straight trainride and 10min walk . dd is so in love with the sch after visiting the open house.

[octopusmum]

Hi Sall


good for you! redhill to boon lay is definitely manageable. my son was disappointed that he couldn’t go to IP school in the event that he couldn’t get into hci or njc. i can only console him (and myself as well) that if he works hard , he may still get a chance to get into IP programme in sec 3.

[phankao]

octopusmum:

Hi Sall


good for you! redhill to boon lay is definitely manageable. my son was disappointed that he couldn't go to IP school in the event that he couldn't get into hci or njc. i can only console him (and myself as well) that if he works hard , he may still get a chance to get into IP programme in sec 3.

HCI doesn't have IP entry at Sec 3, does it? I couldn't find it this year although they had it on their website in previous years. Could they have closed their sec 3 IP entry point?