Methodist Girls' School (Primary)

[ricedoll]

Hi all, i quote another poster mentioned few months ago:

[quote]This year is ballot for >1km in Phase 2B
31 vacancies, 30 students within 1km, 3 students at 1~2km[/quote]

Is this for Dragon babies? Does it mean if normal circumstances, 2B within 1km usually get in no problem?
I've read the balloting history chart but didnt quite understand the 0.88 risk index thing for MGS.
Can someone explain the probability if I rent within 1km and join a church few years ahead?

Thanks! :rahrah:

[seriallain85]

ricedoll:

Hi all, i quote another poster mentioned few months ago:

[quote]This year is ballot for >1km in Phase 2B
31 vacancies, 30 students within 1km, 3 students at 1~2km

Is this for Dragon babies? Does it mean if normal circumstances, 2B within 1km usually get in no problem?
I've read the balloting history chart but didnt quite understand the 0.88 risk index thing for MGS.
Can someone explain the probability if I rent within 1km and join a church few years ahead?

Thanks! :rahrah: [/quote]Only for MGS, the balloting strategy is reversed for dragon year. Otherwise, MGS has always been highly risky to enter every year with very high chance of oversubscription.

If you aren't a Christian and you choose to magically convert to one, the pastor will know it. The level of suspicion is very high. Even when our daughter already got in long ago, every \"old bird\" was still asking my wife \"when is your daughter going to register p1\" as if she volunteered in order to become a member.

During my wife's membership class which was years after mine, a lot of parents were filtered out during the classes. They got baptised but were not accepted as members. Suppose, if you didn't get the membership in time for applying and you paid 24 x 2~2.5k rent, you would immediately lose around 50k. It is a huge gam-ble

[ricedoll]

[quote]Only for MGS, the balloting strategy is reversed for dragon year. Otherwise, MGS has always been highly risky to enter every year with very high chance of oversubscription.


If you aren't a Christian and you choose to magically convert to one, the pastor will know it. The level of suspicion is very high. Even when our daughter already got in long ago, every \"old bird\" was still asking my wife \"when is your daughter going to register p1\" as if she volunteered in order to become a member.

During my wife's membership class which was years after mine, a lot of parents were filtered out during the classes. They got baptised but were not accepted as members. Suppose, if you didn't get the membership in time for applying and you paid 24 x 2~2.5k rent, you would immediately lose around 50k. It is a huge gam-ble [/quote]
Thanks for the reply. :salute: First of all, what do you mean balloting strategy is reversed during dragon year?

You mean even within 1km and a methodist member theres high risk?
Can i confirm the baptise is for the parents only, not the kids right?

I mean my kids are still babies, so if I join a church now, its not going to be suspicious yeah? What do you mean a lot of parents were filtered out during classes? How? By what criteria?

I'm very curious how selective methodist churches are. I mean of course we would like our kids to grow up christian and with great values, so its not just converting for the school. But how much selection do they do even for membership? :?

[zac's mum]

Why 24 x 2~2.5k rent? The MOE statutory period is 30 months right?

[seriallain85]

zac's mum:

Why 24 x 2~2.5k rent? The MOE statutory period is 30 months right?

ah, you are right. I keep remembering it as primary 1 and primary 2.

[seriallain85]

ricedoll:

[quote]Only for MGS, the balloting strategy is reversed for dragon year. Otherwise, MGS has always been highly risky to enter every year with very high chance of oversubscription.


If you aren't a Christian and you choose to magically convert to one, the pastor will know it. The level of suspicion is very high. Even when our daughter already got in long ago, every \"old bird\" was still asking my wife \"when is your daughter going to register p1\" as if she volunteered in order to become a member.

During my wife's membership class which was years after mine, a lot of parents were filtered out during the classes. They got baptised but were not accepted as members. Suppose, if you didn't get the membership in time for applying and you paid 24 x 2~2.5k rent, you would immediately lose around 50k. It is a huge gam-ble

Thanks for the reply. :salute: First of all, what do you mean balloting strategy is reversed during dragon year?

You mean even within 1km and a methodist member theres high risk?
Can i confirm the baptise is for the parents only, not the kids right?

I mean my kids are still babies, so if I join a church now, its not going to be suspicious yeah? What do you mean a lot of parents were filtered out during classes? How? By what criteria?

I'm very curious how selective methodist churches are. I mean of course we would like our kids to grow up christian and with great values, so its not just converting for the school. But how much selection do they do even for membership? :?[/quote]1) Go look at the past records of dragon year babies. It is very unusal
2) wah lau, a very large part of the membership class is about baptizing your kid as well.
3) nobody knows but there are definitely basic background checks

[sharonkhoo]

seriallain85:

ricedoll:

You mean even within 1km and a methodist member theres high risk?

Can i confirm the baptise is for the parents only, not the kids right?

I mean my kids are still babies, so if I join a church now, its not going to be suspicious yeah? What do you mean a lot of parents were filtered out during classes? How? By what criteria?

I'm very curious how selective methodist churches are. I mean of course we would like our kids to grow up christian and with great values, so its not just converting for the school. But how much selection do they do even for membership? :?

1) Go look at the past records of dragon year babies. It is very unusal
2) wah lau, a very large part of the membership class is about baptizing your kid as well.
3) nobody knows but there are definitely basic background checks

Membership class is to prepare adults for baptism. But since Methodist churches also perform infant baptism, parents *may* be encouraged to have their young children baptised too. However, I doubt they are required to.

There will be interviews as part of the baptism preparation to check on the sincerity of beliefs. If the church decides that the person is not ready for whatever reason, they will be asked not to be baptised until they are. And baptism is required for membership.

[seriallain85]

This really isn’t the right forum to debate about religion but it really is very unusual not to baptize the infant/child especially as a methodist christian parent. In the membership booklet/phamplets, there is a large portion of literature dedicated specifically to this. Of course, all this is optional because there are also parents that feel it is against the child’s freedom.

[ricedoll]

My daughter is born in 2017 which is one of the lowest birth rate in whole decade of SG!!

I assume that does up my chances?

Also, which methodist church in the east is more old school, no flashy rock and roll concert kind?

[ricedoll]

My daughter is born in 2017 which is one of the lowest birth rate in whole decade of SG!!

I assume that does up my chances?