Anglo Chinese Family of Schools

[galaxyraider]

Estéema:

hyperlite31:

[quote=\"Estéema\"]Both ACSJ & ACSP going for balloting.


All the best!

Only ACSJ involved in balloting.

:imsorry:
My apologies! I misread the data. Thanks for highlighting.[/quote]Anyone know what happened? Did the 2 parents deflected from ACSP to ACSJ in the last minute? Or were those 2 genuinely went to ACSJ? :roll:

[happy_everyday]

The \"PRIMARY SCHOOLS THAT REQUIRE BALLOTING\" is OUT!!!


https://www.moe.gov.sg/admissions/primary-one-registration/balloting

Anglo-Chinese School (Junior)\tBalloting will be conducted for SC children residing within 1 km of the school.

Anglo-Chinese School (Primary)\tThe school only has places for SC children residing within 1 km of the school in this phase. No balloting will be conducted.

[zac's mum]

Yes we know that. What nobody is revealing is the inside scoop. How did ACSP manage to fill their places exactly? Was there any running over from one school to the other, like previous years?


Nobody wants to share their exciting story ah? Come on, those who heng heng escaped balloting, still so tight lipped?

[galaxyraider]

zac's mum:

Yes we know that. What nobody is revealing is the inside scoop. How did ACSP manage to fill their places exactly? Was there any running over from one school to the other, like previous years?


Nobody wants to share their exciting story ah? Come on, those who heng heng escaped balloting, still so tight lipped?

Must be 1 parent stationed in ACSJ. By the time ACSP's slot is full, ACSJ still had extra slots, so that parent signaled the other parent to switch. But lo and behold, the extra slots were filled up without any ample time for the other parent to U-turn to ACSP.

This is just what I imagined had happened...

[boolow]

galaxyraider:

zac's mum:

Yes we know that. What nobody is revealing is the inside scoop. How did ACSP manage to fill their places exactly? Was there any running over from one school to the other, like previous years?


Nobody wants to share their exciting story ah? Come on, those who heng heng escaped balloting, still so tight lipped?

Must be 1 parent stationed in ACSJ. By the time ACSP's slot is full, ACSJ still had extra slots, so that parent signaled the other parent to switch. But lo and behold, the extra slots were filled up without any ample time for the other parent to U-turn to ACSP.

This is just what I imagined had happened...

Wow if that's the case, \"sitting on the fence\" strategy seems not a good one when competition is fierce like this year.

[zac's mum]

The closest analogy I could think of is the children’s game of musical chairs.


There is a fixed total number of chairs (this year it was 32 + 41). But imagine the 2 groups of chairs are placed at 2 separate ends of the room. When the music starts, there is a whole big group of kids all trying to figure out which side they have a better chance at.

Eventually, they will gravitate towards the one side which they prefer, and then linger nearby this seat. Maybe they may look over to the other side to see if situation is getting better over there.

However, when the music stops at 4.30pm, they will grab whatever seat they are lingering near to. They won’t have time to dash off to a further seat (the other school). And the excess participants unfortunately have to “fight it out” for the last remaining seats. In this case, at least it is a fair ballot, not real fisticuffs.

[zac's mum]

And somehow every year there are the funny people >2km and PRs. Walk into this game not knowing what is happening. See wah, so many empty seats but nobody is sitting down? So I sit down lor. Eventually they are “disqualified” and out of the game.

[galaxyraider]

zac's mum:

And somehow every year there are the funny people >2km and PRs. Walk into this game not knowing what is happening. See wah, so many empty seats but nobody is sitting down? So I sit down lor. Eventually they are “disqualified” and out of the game.

There were some years whereby those SCs >2km got to ballot. But seriously I don't understand why PRs are still trying to join in and waste their chance elsewhere.

[boolow]

galaxyraider:

zac's mum:

And somehow every year there are the funny people >2km and PRs. Walk into this game not knowing what is happening. See wah, so many empty seats but nobody is sitting down? So I sit down lor. Eventually they are “disqualified” and out of the game.

There were some years whereby those SCs >2km got to ballot. But seriously I don't understand why PRs are still trying to join in and waste their chance elsewhere.

PRs can still choose to go to international schools (at least the rich ones). Maybe that's why they try their luck first with the top local schools.

[Estéema]

I rmbr last 3 years in my condo, those PRCs wld asks me how to get in, if I cld intro the P so they can donate or sth... I told them they cannot take donation for purpose of P1 children sch entry. They bought properties within 1km. They tried asking PV. They said they all hope kids can go in coz heard ministers come fr ACS. Some even went Cairnhill to volunteer after I told them no PVs scheme for any ACS. They'll keep trying & trying ....


Privilege of SC, I'm proud for those kids who get priority as SCs. :imcool: