2015 PSLE Discussion and Strategies

[wps2003_]

dreamymango:

Right now there's only one of these bklts in the class n everyone shares it. Are we supposed to get one bklt each?

Thank you anyway!!:D

It should be distributed by this week Everyone in DD's class received one.

[wps2003_]

Alchemist:

I seem to recall your daughter got CO for TJC from another forum. In that case it should not matter, no? Maybe I am mistaken....but remember a very mature young child using this id.


All the best to her and you....all will be revealed in slightly more than a month. I also find myself having these thoughts and concerns but try and tell myself, nothing can be done about it now. So just enjoy the 'break'...

wps2003_:

We received the 2016 Sec 1 posting bookletoday DD aiming for TJC thou she is not very confident with her PSLE papers. She usually get 2A* and 2 high As but after PSLE she claims that she would at most get only 4 high As... how? Her best subject is Math but she said it'll probably be the subject with the lowest mark since she was so careless :gloomy: She usually get close to full marks at around 97-98 any chance of bellcurve for Maths being lowered? :xedfingers:

Yes she received CO for TJC but is there still a COP? Yes, everything done now For now lets just enjoy the break :thankyou:

[wps2003_]

Alchemist:

I seem to recall your daughter got CO for TJC from another forum. In that case it should not matter, no? Maybe I am mistaken....but remember a very mature young child using this id.


All the best to her and you....all will be revealed in slightly more than a month. I also find myself having these thoughts and concerns but try and tell myself, nothing can be done about it now. So just enjoy the 'break'...

wps2003_:

We received the 2016 Sec 1 posting bookletoday DD aiming for TJC thou she is not very confident with her PSLE papers. She usually get 2A* and 2 high As but after PSLE she claims that she would at most get only 4 high As... how? Her best subject is Math but she said it'll probably be the subject with the lowest mark since she was so careless :gloomy: She usually get close to full marks at around 97-98 any chance of bellcurve for Maths being lowered? :xedfingers:

Yes she received CO for TJC but is there still a COP?

[Alchemist]

Wps2003....if she has CO..pls relax and enjoy. She only needs to make the cut off for Express stream which is around 200. The way your dd sounded she will definitely do way way better than that. She is guaranteed a place. My friend's son got CO for TJ a couple of years back....the cutoff was 255 then. He scored much lower for PSLE but he is s happy TJC student now. That is the beauty of a CO.


Congrats to your daughter and enjoy your lovely break before she goes to her dream school.

wps2003_:

Alchemist:

I seem to recall your daughter got CO for TJC from another forum. In that case it should not matter, no? Maybe I am mistaken....but remember a very mature young child using this id.

All the best to her and you....all will be revealed in slightly more than a month. I also find myself having these thoughts and concerns but try and tell myself, nothing can be done about it now. So just enjoy the 'break'...


[quote=\"wps2003_\"]We received the 2016 Sec 1 posting bookletoday DD aiming for TJC thou she is not very confident with her PSLE papers. She usually get 2A* and 2 high As but after PSLE she claims that she would at most get only 4 high As... how? Her best subject is Math but she said it'll probably be the subject with the lowest mark since she was so careless :gloomy: She usually get close to full marks at around 97-98 any chance of bellcurve for Maths being lowered? :xedfingers:

Yes she received CO for TJC but is there still a COP?[/quote]

[gardenia64]

wps2003_:

Alchemist:

I seem to recall your daughter got CO for TJC from another forum. In that case it should not matter, no? Maybe I am mistaken....but remember a very mature young child using this id.


All the best to her and you....all will be revealed in slightly more than a month. I also find myself having these thoughts and concerns but try and tell myself, nothing can be done about it now. So just enjoy the 'break'...


[quote=\"wps2003_\"]We received the 2016 Sec 1 posting bookletoday DD aiming for TJC thou she is not very confident with her PSLE papers. She usually get 2A* and 2 high As but after PSLE she claims that she would at most get only 4 high As... how? Her best subject is Math but she said it'll probably be the subject with the lowest mark since she was so careless :gloomy: She usually get close to full marks at around 97-98 any chance of bellcurve for Maths being lowered? :xedfingers:

Yes she received CO for TJC but is there still a COP?[/quote]Hi, wps2003,

May I know what is CO and COP means ? Thanks.

[buds]

Gardenia64…


CO : Confirmed Offer from school via DSA (Direct School Admission exercise)

COP : Cut Off Point (each school has a range as entry requirement)

[gardenia64]

buds:

Gardenia64..


CO : Confirmed Offer from school via DSA (Direct School Admission exercise)

COP : Cut Off Point (each school has a range as entry requirement)

Hi, buds,

Thanks for update. :thankyou:

[wps2003_]

[quote=\"Alchemist\"]Wps2003....if she has CO..pls relax and enjoy. She only needs to make the cut off for Express stream which is around 200. The way your dd sounded she will definitely do way way better than that. She is guaranteed a place. My friend's son got CO for TJ a couple of years back....the cutoff was 255 then. He scored much lower for PSLE but he is s happy TJC student now. That is the beauty of a CO



Ok :thankyou:

[678Yess]

What is the advantage of having harder chinese and science paper this year?

[nlhyx]

678Yess:

What is the advantage of having harder chinese and science paper this year?

Wait, both are hard?
Okay, but hard paper = more people dunno how to do = more people score badly
But since PSLE's gradings and aggregate is kind of based on national standard, that means that hard paper also = lower national standard. This would therefore lower the marks needed to get a good grade only , A or A* or whatever.
Usually the... Errr... Higher ability (??) students will benefit greatly from this more because of the lower grades needed to score well.

If you don't understand here is an example

Class A takes a killer test
Their average is 30/100
Pupil X scores 65/100 and scores an A*
Although it seems like a horrible mark by itself, Pupil X's mark is actually extremely good compared to that of the rest of the class', and that is why she gets A*, because the grade is dependent on the class avg, kind of like PSLE.