Compare RGS vs NYGH

[ruohoo97]

star11:

dimsum:

During my time (i was born in mid 70s), The PSLE cut off point for RGS was ALWAYS higher than NYGH. It's the no. 1 girl's school. So I was quite surprised when I read that for last year, NYGH's COP was the highest. Seems like there's a shift?

last year my friend with a dd who had a score of 252 got into NYGH a day after the PSLE postings were released. No sports dsa.just based on psle score.

Is she from NYPS?

[ruohoo97]

ruohoo97:

Augmum:

U mean more kaisu = better ?? :scratchhead:

I meant \"in that sense\". Having KS parents, it's not necessarily bad thing, as long as parents know when to draw a line. There seems a correlation between how KS the parents are and how well the child perform in school. :roll:

It seems to me RGS's parents are more involved in their dd's school than those of NYGH's. Hope that will prompt more NYGH parents to share :boogie: .

My neighbor's DD reports the same. As for RGS, I am bit sad to read about one forum letter from the Straits Time regarding the teachers's sarcastic remarks to students . Just hope that was isolated case.

[star11]

ruohoo97:

ruohoo97:

[quote=\"Augmum\"]
U mean more kaisu = better ?? :scratchhead:

I meant \"in that sense\". Having KS parents, it's not necessarily bad thing, as long as parents know when to draw a line. There seems a correlation between how KS the parents are and how well the child perform in school. :roll:

It seems to me RGS's parents are more involved in their dd's school than those of NYGH's. Hope that will prompt more NYGH parents to share :boogie: .

My neighbor's DD reports the same. As for RGS, I am bit sad to read about one forum letter from the Straits Time regarding the teachers's sarcastic remarks to students . Just hope that was isolated case.[/quote]Isolated case.. Most teachers are very approachable.

[star11]

ruohoo97:

star11:

[quote=\"dimsum\"]During my time (i was born in mid 70s), The PSLE cut off point for RGS was ALWAYS higher than NYGH. It's the no. 1 girl's school. So I was quite surprised when I read that for last year, NYGH's COP was the highest. Seems like there's a shift?

last year my friend with a dd who had a score of 252 got into NYGH a day after the PSLE postings were released. No sports dsa.just based on psle score.

Is she from NYPS?[/quote]The cut-off for Nanyangprimary school girls is even lower. You will be posted in the PSLE posting exercise itself. This girl was from other school.

[star11]

musette:

Had been reading through this thread and the individual RGS and NYGH threads. No nearer to coming to a decision.


Is that right? My dd wants to go RGS and DH and I want her to go NYGH, but we don't want to force her. Spoke to my friend whose dd is in sec 1 NYGH this year. She said she can tell me with great certainty that the teachers in NY are very good and caring.

I am sure the teachers at NY are good and caring. So are teachers at RGS. Both are good schools. One is a SAP school other is not. As simple as that. If you prefer a SAP school, go for NYGH.

[ruohoo97]

star11:

last year my friend with a dd who had a score of 252 got into NYGH a day after the PSLE postings were released. No sports dsa.just based on psle score.

Is she from NYPS?[/quote]
The cut-off for Nanyangprimary school girls is even lower. You will be posted in the PSLE posting exercise itself. This girl was from other school.[/quote]

During the open house, one parent inquired why last year one student who scored 262 did not but get into NYGH?, the principal explained the same T-score of 262 could have 20 over decimals, the computer automatically placed the higher one for vacancy. Could it be your friend's DD was DSA by academic.

For NYPS, the cut-off point is 250.

[DoDo Bird]

ruohoo97:

star11:

[quote=\"dimsum\"]
last year my friend with a dd who had a score of 252 got into NYGH a day after the PSLE postings were released. No sports dsa.just based on psle score.

Is she from NYPS?

The cut-off for Nanyangprimary school girls is even lower. You will be posted in the PSLE posting exercise itself. This girl was from other school.[/quote]I understand that some students appeal to the school even if their psle score is below the required as they can offer the school something beyond academic, may it be art, music or some special skill.

May I ask why the t-score would make a different in choosing between rgs and nygh ?

[verykiasu2010]

star11:

The cut-off for Nanyangprimary school girls is even lower. You will be posted in the PSLE posting exercise itself. This girl was from other school.

how much lower ?

[champ]

hello being a Year 2 RGS student I would like to share my experience

After 1.5 years here, I have never since regretted my choice.

This post is just to give you all a view of RGS life ^^ Here in RGS, it really is a very vibrant school culture. We don't just \"study and study\" as some may perceive it to be XD Besides studying, what I love most about RGS is our culture! We have HOUSE, and it is one of the first things Year 1 students get to identify with, their very own house Frequently we will have various events carried out with the house system, such as IHGs (Inter House Games where you compete and try to earn points for your house), SportsFest (an annual sportsmeet), cheerleading, Dramafest (different houses put uptheir own plays and compete) etc. Of course every RGS student would also remember and shout very enthusiastically the House Cheers, which you will learn in Year 1. This helps the whole school to bond and identify with each other. Then you have the Raffles Cheers! Whenever it comes to that, the whole school just goes crazy shouting them XD We also have other non-academic events such as the Kindness Movement, Empathy Week etc. where we pass on roses to each other :)) The school spirit is reallystrong here and it feels like everyone can have something to chat together and identify with each other

Regarding our academic side, here in RGS, it is definitely a step forward from primary school and the teachers work us towards the working life. There is no more spoonfeeding and all of us are forced to be very much more independent. Personally I feel thankful for that; much of the homework and projects involve the teacher giving us some notes and going through that, but we have to redigest it ourselves for what is really needed in the exams and research more. For example, our recent History graded project involved crafting a speech/phamplet to represent a political party and its views in 1959. The teacher did of course teach us some knowledge on what problems the people in Singapore faced at that time, but that then required us to form links and research--so what would the party use to convince the people to vote for them? Would they use the majority race's point of view since it was a democratic election now? (these concepts were taught to us first). That's another aspect of RG; it makes you synthesize and think critically to really form links between what you learn and not just pure memorization.

And the most important thing that I think many RGS girls have been starting to learn or are made to learn because of RGS is decisions. Here so many opportunities are offered in many aspects--CCA, many competitions, Music Elective Program, Special Arts Program, Odyssey of the Mind, Raffles Academies in Year 3 and 4 (Advanced classes for a particular subject). Even leadership opportunities; there are 4 lead boards in RGS: Prefectorial Board, Peer Support Board, Congress and House Committee. It really teaches you to really think what you want for yourself because it is impossible to pick up too many of these programs. Many of us had to decide between things we loved almost equally as we knew we could not have too much on our plate. Personally I had to decide between applying for a leadboard, taking up Odyssey of the Mind, and RA. But this is what is good about Raffles--it teaches you this essential life skill by offering so many chances.

And last but not least we do not sleep that late. Really hahaha XD Unless we decide to slack and procrastinate on FB/Twitter complaining about how much homework we have instead of doing it. It also depends a lot on what and how many programs you take up, like when I took Odyssey of the Mind this year many nights I stayed up until 1-2 because I still had to juggle my homework and studies I know I could have slept earlier if i managed it better though but teehee. XD

Yupp so don't worry about if your DD will have many late nights cos no that will not be very likely unless she takes up too many commitments ^^

Do consider RGS!

[jtoh]

Hi champ,


Thanks for sharing a student’s point of view. It’s always good to hear from the horse’s mouth. So which have you decided to go for - leadboard, OM or RA?