SMO Junior
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mjl:
Where is your inside info from? May be you both are referring to different section.[
I am sure NUSH is 1st and HCI is 2nd, and have assumed that RI is 3rd. It is possible that RI gets 2nd too. Is RI's total for top 3 scorers (count round 1 only) 54? If it is, then RI is 2nd too. Yeah, cut-off for Gold is only 12 (last year's cut-off was 23)! And to get into 2nd round, one just need to score >= 8/35!! This year's SMO Junior is much, much harder than all the previous years. Does your son know how many marks the top scorer in RI got for round 1+2 in SMO(J)? -
Fairy:
No problem for SMO Junior level, as for Senior or Open level, no guarantee, need to pick up Math books and review some topics.wmd:
Wow! 12 for Gold? 8 for 2nd round? it is crazy, can imagine how difficult it is. I will get the solution book on 4th Sept 2009 and go through all questions with my daughter, she will attend SMO Junior in 2010.
Wow! wmd, you are a MO expert? No wonder your daughter can do so well in Maths. -
> Wow! wmd, you are a MO expert? No wonder your daughter can do so well in Maths.
To be fair, the daughter must be smart enough to learn.
She has the advantage but she must still work hard because she is the one who is taking the test. -
Merlion:
Good genes mah> Wow! wmd, you are a MO expert? No wonder your daughter can do so well in Maths.
To be fair, the daughter must be smart enough to learn. She has the advantage but she must still work hard because she is the one who is taking the test.
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Fairy:
[ As my hubby & I are from humble backgrounds, for my son's case, it's GODs' work.
There are not many GEPers with heartland parents like us. 
It's not as easy coping with the demands of the curriculum compared to those who can afford all the help $$$ can buy.
Hi Fairy,
Your moral support and encouragement is more valuable to your son than any thing $$$ can buy. -
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Jenn:
Just wonder how he managed to skip level. I thought the S'pore govt is rather strict with this, no skipping of levels allowed (long, long ago it was permitted). If bypassing of levels is allowed, I think many parents (e.g. those with children in GEP or those who consistently top the level in school exams) who are more kiasu would have requested for it. Some schools allowed students to accelerate certain subjects only (by joining higher level classes), but they will normally stick with their own classes in most subjects i.e. they remain at the same leve.
Way Tan is actually younger than sec 1 and had skip levels so he is now in year 1 at NUSH. -
justbehappy:
Just wonder how he managed to skip level. I thought the S'pore govt is rather strict with this, no skipping of levels allowed (long, long ago it was permitted). If bypassing of levels is allowed, I think many parents (e.g. those with children in GEP or those who consistently top the level in school exams) who are more kiasu would have requested for it. Some schools allowed students to accelerate certain subjects only (by joining higher level classes), but they will normally stick with their own classes in most subjects i.e. they remain at the same leve.
Not sure how he did it. He was GEP at St Hilda's.
Have seen this on MOE website on GEP and the exceptionally gifted:
Level skipping
The student is moved ahead of his/her age grade. This may be done during the academic year or at the end of the year. The student can be promoted to a maximum of 4 levels.
http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/programmes/gifted-education-programme/faq/exceptionally-gifted/ -
While it may sound like a good thing to skip levels, 50% of the time it may not work well as planned. This is my warning to all parents.
A child may end up being not so confident in his/her ability when he/she can only score 260+ in PSLE while others could score 280+. He/she end up thinking that one is not the best and so on.
I have seen a lot of parents who wants their child to skip levels in tuition classes but in reality, the child isnt even good enough to cope at his current level. -
Jenn:
Thanks Jenn, for the information. I am new to this forum, but I read through some of the threads and noticed you have been giving very useful and informative responses to the 'kiasu parents'[Level skipping
The student is moved ahead of his/her age grade. This may be done during the academic year or at the end of the year. The student can be promoted to a maximum of 4 levels.
http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/programmes/gifted-education-programme/faq/exceptionally-gifted/
Level skipping is quite rare, and I read from the above url that a series of tests is required before a child can be deemed as exceptionally gifted (only 3 in 100k students, that is like top 0.003% and 1.5 students per cohort :shock: ; whereas our GEP students are only top 1% and 500 students per cohort). Early school admission (where a child starts school at 5/6) is also rare. Subject acceleration, on the other hand, is not an uncommon practice in some secondary schools.
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