2016 PSLE Discussions (Born in 2004)

[Nebbermind]

ammonite:

phtthp:

those in the queue whose T-score hovering very, very closely to the cut-off point of their dream school by decimal points, will be nervous : wondering whether still got any vacancies left in that school, by the time reach their turn to process.

It is done and done. why worry? For every path chosen, there are others being given up. Secondary school is when we meet good friends and have some of the most memorable years of our lives. Make the best 6 choices you can and know that at every one of them, friends are waiting.
And if it doesn't work out, just work hard to transfer.

Ya, why worry?
There's no way to know what is the COP until all the posting has been finalised anyway.

[lee_yl]

Nebbermind:

ammonite:

[quote=\"phtthp\"]those in the queue whose T-score hovering very, very closely to the cut-off point of their dream school by decimal points, will be nervous : wondering whether still got any vacancies left in that school, by the time reach their turn to process.

It is done and done. why worry? For every path chosen, there are others being given up. Secondary school is when we meet good friends and have some of the most memorable years of our lives. Make the best 6 choices you can and know that at every one of them, friends are waiting.
And if it doesn't work out, just work hard to transfer.

Ya, why worry?
There's no way to know what is the COP until all the posting has been finalised anyway.[/quote]More like gan jeong lah.
Especially for those whose t-scores are right smack at last year's COP. May or may not get his/her dream school.

[karu]

ammonite:

phtthp:

those in the queue whose T-score hovering very, very closely to the cut-off point of their dream school by decimal points, will be nervous : wondering whether still got any vacancies left in that school, by the time reach their turn to process.

It is done and done. why worry? For every path chosen, there are others being given up. Secondary school is when we meet good friends and have some of the most memorable years of our lives. Make the best 6 choices you can and know that at every one of them, friends are waiting.
And if it doesn't work out, just work hard to transfer.

Agree...Just have to be sure that your kid is prepared to go to any one of the 6 schools in the selection.

Again would like to know what's the typical fluctuation of the COP of the schools over the past 5 years. Will the deviation go beyond 5 points? Just wanna use stats to assure ourselves that the choices are bao jiak one.

[floppy]

+ - 5 doesn’t happen usually, but it has happen before.


Large fluctuations usually happen in the mid tier or lower tier schools.

[karu]

Yeah found the info…


For my choices max fluctuation 4 - 5 points. Let see if still hold for current batch.

Overall results is better. Shifted up but population of students decreased by 478 compared to 2015 batch.

Not sure which 2 factors’ effect on COP is more significant. Anyway it’s pass 3pm. Just have to keep our fingers crossed & come back on 21/12 to share news of S1 posting.

[superkiasudad]

ammonite:

ngemily:

If my gal has 252 and does it matter whether I put our chosen sch eg Cedar IP (cutoff254) first choice or fourth choice?


Thanks.

Psle score is your queue number. So imagine all the post-psle kids in a long queue, starting from highest score to lowest.
When it is your turn, the system will then run through your 6 choices in order of the preference listed. So if Cedar is your first preference, put right on top. If Cedar still has a vacancy, it will be given to you. If it has no more vacancies, the system will move to your second choice and check if there are vacancies. If there is, that will be allotted to you and the system move on to the next student in queue. If there isn't, the system move on to your next choice and does the same again.

Yes that was the same explanation provided by my boy's math tutor to his students. He asked them to imagine a huge school hall with one teacher manning a counter and the entire P6 cohort queing up in front of that counter in order of their T-scores from highest to lowest.

Once it is a student's turn, he will go to that counter and be asked which school he wants. If his 1st choice has a vacancy, congrats in you go! If not then they will check if your 2nd choice has a vacancy and so on until the 6th choice. If no school is allocated once all 6 choices are exhausted, the student will be assigned to a secondary school nearest to his house that still has a vacancy.

My boy's tutor did emphasize to his students that the T-score is nothing more than a queue number and they should not use it as a measure of self-worth.

[sumo22]

Thanks for the explanation! Does this mean MOE will start looking at the top tscorers first on their selection & work downwards?

[sharonkhoo]

sumo22:

Thanks for the explanation! Does this mean MOE will start looking at the top tscorers first on their selection & work downwards?

Yes. This has been the case for many years now.

[smolbean]

Hello, is it possible to take on third language despite opting out during S1 posting (nervous and rash)? E.g. asking the school?

:thankyou:

[Albon]

smolbean:

Hello, is it possible to take on third language despite opting out during S1 posting (nervous and rash)? E.g. asking the school?

:thankyou:

Probably useless to ask school. Call moe to enquire?