PSLE 2009 RESULTS!!

[baby2201]

tks jitancat 4 ur information. Will b going to the open house to check it out. Really headache abt choosing sch. Btw, anyone can tell me more a Anderson S S & Catholic High? Tks in advance !!!

[arijit dasgupta]

atutor2001:

During my kids' time the system is like that :


Top 290 get to choose first (definitely get her 1st choice)
2nd 287 turn to choose (if her 1st choice school has only 1 place and is already taken by the 290, then he/she gets her 2nd choice)
3rd 287 turn to choose (there are decimal places behind 287 that we don't get to see) - (if her 1st choice is not the same as that of the front 2 kids, then he/she gets her first choice)

So actually for those with high score, but miss the COP of TOP favourite schools, there is no harm putting them as first choice and their more realistic option as 2nd choice but I would say no point, sure cannot get one. (Unless the top 600 students somehow decide against RI & RGS)

The system is fair because the queue in awarding the choice is based on the aggregate.

However, for those in the \"mid-range aggregates\" where there are many with same score, don't play play. Your choice will decide who get the school.

E.g Ah Beng and Ah Seng both got exactly 230 and wish to go to Sure Good Sec (SSS). Ah Beng put RI as first choice (for fun) and SSS as 2nd Choice while Ah Seng put SSS as 1st choice. When it reaches their turn, there is only 1 place left in SSS. That place will go to Ah Seng because he put it as first choice.

i see

[choy]

I agree, dont try your luck. try to choose those sec school's cop close to your t-score.


if not, you wl end up in your 3rd or 4th, worst 5th or 6th choice of schools.

atutor2001:

During my kids' time the system is like that :

Top 290 get to choose first (definitely get her 1st choice)
2nd 287 turn to choose (if her 1st choice school has only 1 place and is already taken by the 290, then he/she gets her 2nd choice)
3rd 287 turn to choose (there are decimal places behind 287 that we don't get to see) - (if her 1st choice is not the same as that of the front 2 kids, then he/she gets her first choice)

So actually for those with high score, but miss the COP of TOP favourite schools, there is no harm putting them as first choice and their more realistic option as 2nd choice but I would say no point, sure cannot get one. (Unless the top 600 students somehow decide against RI & RGS)

The system is fair because the queue in awarding the choice is based on the aggregate.

However, for those in the \"mid-range aggregates\" where there are many with same score, don't play play. Your choice will decide who get the school.

E.g Ah Beng and Ah Seng both got exactly 230 and wish to go to Sure Good Sec (SSS). Ah Beng put RI as first choice (for fun) and SSS as 2nd Choice while Ah Seng put SSS as 1st choice. When it reaches their turn, there is only 1 place left in SSS. That place will go to Ah Seng because he put it as first choice.

[jitancat]

carebear:

Thanks jitancat for your reply.

I will try to identify the problem with my son.

So need advice on Victoria School.
My son scored 245 (COP=246).
Do you think he would stand a chance?

2nd choice - TKSS or Chung Cheng?
Which is better choice?
TIA!

Hi, this choosing 6 school-thing, some others, please help out ! I can't help much as we did not study in detail on the second booklet, as not participating - son thru DSA entry. So sorry. So others out there, please help here ......on Victoria, TKSS and Chung Cheng !

[tree nymph]

arijit dasgupta:

atutor2001:

[quote=\"maisy\"]

ps:i have taken a lot of info already.

Yes and No. The schools only take some from 2nd choice when after taking in all the 1st choice (agg must meet COP), they still have vacancies left. And if after taking in all the 2nd choice candidates (again agg must meet cut off), they still have vacancies left, then yes they take in 3rd choice.... if after taking in 1st choice candidates, they are full...then sorry GAME OVER for u.

And if you really know what you are doing (like you blatantly said), you won't be here asking \"i m wondering if i can make it to Nan Hua...\" why should you even wonder since you have all the information w you ??? Cool down & don't be jumpy.... think carefully... and if you think you have been very wise, then good for you. And sorry to have poke my nose into your business. Cheers :celebrate:

During my kids' time the system is like that :

Top 290 get to choose first (definitely get her 1st choice)
2nd 287 turn to choose (if her 1st choice school has only 1 place and is already taken by the 290, then he/she gets her 2nd choice)
3rd 287 turn to choose (there are decimal places behind 287 that we don't get to see) - (if her 1st choice is not the same as that of the front 2 kids, then he/she gets her first choice)

So actually for those with high score, but miss the COP of TOP favourite schools, there is no harm putting them as first choice and their more realistic option as 2nd choice but I would say no point, sure cannot get one. (Unless the top 600 students somehow decide against RI & RGS)

The system is fair because the queue in awarding the choice is based on the aggregate.

However, for those in the \"mid-range aggregates\" where there are many with same score, don't play play. Your choice will decide who get the school.

E.g Ah Beng and Ah Seng both got exactly 230 and wish to go to Sure Good Sec (SSS). Ah Beng put RI as first choice (for fun) and SSS as 2nd Choice while Ah Seng put SSS as 1st choice. When it reaches their turn, there is only 1 place left in SSS. That place will go to Ah Seng because he put it as first choice.[/quote]
i see[/quote]

Hi Arijit,
sorry to butt in... All the advise are sound, but I think ultimately its still your call.
Good luck!

[baby2201]

Has a fren whose son is in Victoria. he is doing well in the sch n most importantly very happy there. She recommends the sch but i find it too far.

[likoko]

mathsparks:

VitoRelax:

My girl got 257.


What is a good school for her ?

Thank you for your suggestion/recommendation.

Cheers

Use this link to narrow your search http://app.sis.moe.gov.sg/schinfo/SIS_AdvSearch.asp
Check the box Psle Aggregate, Indicate Express, then score 257

Oh thanks! :thankyou:

[noob]

Please advise if 259 consider mid range?

[jitancat]

baby2201:

tks jitancat 4 ur information. Will b going to the open house to check it out. Really headache abt choosing sch. Btw, anyone can tell me more a Anderson S S & Catholic High? Tks in advance !!!

Hi

I saw a thread somewhere in this forum that there was a boy who could not get into HCI last year. He did very well with straight As in his current Sec one this year. HCI will be arranging for him, an entry test if he can be qualified into HCI sec two - or something like this. Not sure if I get this right ?

Thus, when you are in Hwa Chong's open house tomorrow, find time to check out if, really, this can be arranged ? An entry test for secondary two - for transfer, I think. If so, then just in case, if your son could not be accepted in December, there is another hope for him next year if he is really keen on Hwa Chong and if he works hard to get straight A's in sec one.

Hope it helps.

[likoko]

jitancat:

For me, it's a lot and a lot of hard works on the my side. My son was studying the Chinese subject and I was studying on how my son can study Chinese subject effectively in the shortest time, including how to interest him and how to provide him with the environment to study Chinese, so it was much more than what my son will be doing.


Thus I think ONLY the parent, who will understand the child most (must) , can do the job, not tuition teacher and not school teacher. And the parent must not give up at any time.

Also, I think, different methods will work on different child and different subjects and different time. So the parents will have to OBSERVE child reaction as it goes, keep revising your ways till the most effective ways, and most importantly, get FEEDBACK and DISCUSS with the child directly to find out the BEST WAY. And change as improvement shown .... cannot fixed on one method all the way as it will get stuck and the improvement stops.

For my son - in particular, he wants to participate and be interactive. :x He does not like to be \"ordered\" to do this assessment work or that, without knowing how the amount of work will help in his chinese, and in particular, to which part in his chinese. So I had to give these answers to him EACH time. And he wants me to estimate what marks he will get after his hard work EACH time.... and I had to give this answer too. :stupid:

I need to do a lot of analysis after each chinese test, tuition paper, assessment paper and my son knew that I worked very hard for his chinese. And after sometime, he trusted my judgement on each analysis and the estimated marks he will improved - so he work very hard, very willingly, and each time, he went to exam with an aim for improvement, marks estimated by me. So worked together ! :celebrate: :snuggles:

Assessments etc, 听写's etc all did not worked out for my son IF they were just \"throwing\" to him --- which happened in last 5 years. I threw threw threw ---> my son just did did did blindly, like a robot, ---> the answers were wrong wrong wrong, even with the same questions repeated. And I :stupid::stupid::stupid:

HOWEVER THE SAME THING, assessments etc, 听写's etc, tuitions added in the last year etc, they WILL help and a lot more if they were done with careful planning.

For one example, I did a detail study on his performance in past assessments, his school papers etc, his tuition papers. Decided to work on the 完成对话 (his score 4/10). I will need to tell him why we should work on this, how we should work on it and why he will succeed scoring with this etc etc improved by ? marks etc. For first whole night about 4 hours, we worked only on this portion, extracted out from assessments books, papers and sometimes repeat doing over and over again, also explain explain and still explain. Next night, again etc. Also, to choose passages, starts from easier ones and slowly move to difficult ones. ---- then suddenly at one time, he started to score 10/10 for a few times and it kicked off ! :love: He started to maintain 10/10 for 完成对话... and he was scoring 10/10 most of the time later in his assessment, tuition paper, school paper etc even with the difficult ones. Till PSLE, I never need to work on 完成对话 any longer and he is still scoring 10/10 most of the time..... So our hardwork for this ---> improved 6 marks, as estimated/promised to him and he is very happy. And so on to next ....

Also, like the \".... 帮你把他的心给挖出来，拔光他的皮，把他砍成十块八块, 给你吃！“ it was said to him when cutting a fruit for him to eat after a meal .... it amused him very much and he wants to learn it to tell his friend the joke. But it is not manageable yet even getting \"A\" ..... so we still need to work on his chinese speaking..... carry on and never give up even if first attempt fails... and even if still failing....

Tuitions --- also moved from tuition A (2 months intensive, very very bad results ) to tuition B (6 months ) to tuition C (5 months)... BUT it was because my son informing me that its not helping or he could not improve anymore from there and the need to move on to better ones ..... And the tuition will not worked out well without my help, for my son. I need to monitor the tuition notes, the tuition lessons, tuitions assessment papers etc and I need to get feedback after every lesson from my son. NB : May not be same for every child, esp those who can be independent in learning for that subject.

Its too long already, very sorry, I tried to cut short as much as possible ..... above are good examples, I think. Hope it helps.

Wow! :udawoman: