Anglo Chinese Family of Schools

[grapevine]

BigMomma:

I see. So if a kid fails to secure any schools that are <1km, he has to settle for one that's further away?

Yes, unfortunately. But most areas have schools that are not filled up by 2C. See this link for available schools. http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/event ... -phase-2cs
This is the main risk of going for a ballot in 2C. But this year several school that have been filled up by 2C in the past still have vacancies eg. St Stephen's, Geylang Methodist. If you want schools in this area, Farrer park primary and Balestier hill primary still have places available. Hope this helps.

[galaxyraider]

BigMomma:

I see. So if a kid fails to secure any schools that are <1km, he has to settle for one that's further away?

Not necessarily. There are some schools around the area with lots of seats in Phase 2C Sup, such as Balestier Hill, Farrer Park, Bukit Timah, Stamford or Bendemeer. If you don't mind the distance, you can even consider Guangyang or Townsville.

[BigMomma]

How is SJIJ in comparison?

[galaxyraider]

BigMomma:

How is SJIJ in comparison?

Historically, you should be able to secure a place in SJIJ in Phase 2C if you live within 1km from the school. However, the same as ACS, there won't be any seat left after Phase 2C is over. So if you happen to live within 1km from both ACS and SJIJ and want to avoid balloting, you can register in SJIJ directly in Phase 2C.

[grapevine]

BigMomma:

How is SJIJ in comparison?

SJIJ went for balloting more than 2 km this year. Last year ballot in phase 2C was bet 1 to 2 km. If you are SC within 1 km and applying to SJIJ in phase 2C, it should be quite safe. But if ACSP and ACSJ are oversubscribed, many parents will head over to SJIIJ on last day of phase 2C. None of these schools will have places for 2C supp though.

[BigMomma]

Thanks for your replies. Is SJIJ reputable compared to ACS? I know a few ministers and president scholars are from there but just wondering how’s the academic and social circle there.

[grimm]

BigMomma,


Not sure what you define as reputable but both are good schools with their fair share of distinguished old boys (see below).

SJI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Joseph%27s_Institution,_Singapore#Notable_alumni
ACS:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Chinese_School#Notable_alumni

I would add that ACS offers multiple paths at secondary school: IB, Express, Normal are all offered) and historically heavily favors students from their affiliated primary schools.

SJI does not offer Normal stream and does not seem seem to favor their affiliates as much.

(Note that With the change in PSLE scoring, treatment of affiliates are not unknown at this stage)

[skysky2018]

Not sure where I can find the following information:-


This year, how many students registered under 2C for ACSP and ACSJ respectively? Among those applicants, how many applicants are SC within 1km?

Many thanks!

[galaxyraider]

skysky2018:

Not sure where I can find the following information:-


This year, how many students registered under 2C for ACSP and ACSJ respectively? Among those applicants, how many applicants are SC within 1km?

Many thanks!

For both schools, balloting this year was done for SC <1km in Phase 2C. It means the number of applicants at the end of Phase 2C registration is roughly the number of SC <1km. You can take out 1 or 2 from there as there might be SC >1km or SPR who didn't manage to withdraw on time.

Go to balloting history and you can easily calculate the rough number:
ACSP = 135% x 8% x 240 = 25 (rounded down) for 20 seats
ASCJ = 133% x 18% x 270 = 64 (rounded down) for 49 seats

[cherchew]

This year 2016,


ACSP = 24 SC within 1km at 2C balloting for 20 places

ACSJ = 52 SC within 1km at 2C balloting for 49 places