[Bukit Merah] Primary Schools

[Dino]

waynekwek1975\" post_id=\"1925158\" time=\"1564627002\" user_id=\"176420:

I just called to RMPS. Already 54 applicants within 1km. So my distance 1.2km is out.
Hope this info is useful for those eyeing on this school. Good luck!

54 for 51 seats. See later if more within 1km will want to play lottery as well.

[zac's mum]

bellathecorgi\" post_id=\"1925145\" time=\"1564624916\" user_id=\"175174:

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1925111\" time=\"1564620914\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1925111 time=1564620914 user_id=53606]

Hi, I'm a PR choosing between Cantonment and Zhangde in 2C. I note the above poster is a SC so hope someone can give me some advice for PR. I have heard many times Cantonment has a sizeable \"foreign\" population and therefore is more diverse (which we like). However, Zhangde location is slightly better and has a direct bus line. How would you decide?

Last year for phase 2C Zhangde balloted for SCs >2km. Which means PR had zero chance of entering.

This year, better check with Zhangde for the breakdown by the end of morning session. If you have zero chance, then you have to go to Cantonment this afternoon to register.

Cantonment Primary starts school at 7.45am, that’s 15 minutes later than most schools. Maybe you might have a direct bus (or two buses there), or walk from Outram MRT. It is still doable.

Thanks. Zhangde still had 30 places left this morning (btw I am already registered there but was considering withdrawing to go to Cantonment this afternoon), but the administrator said sometimes there's a flurry on the last day. Is that true, do you normally see so many families come in on last day to register?[/quote]I would trust the administrator’s experience and advice. And yes, for the popular schools there’s ALWAYS a flurry of activity in the last 2 hours, even last hour, even the last 15 minutes and last last absolute final minute at 4.29pm. I have seen it with my own eyes at my school. Don’t get caught out. U still need to factor in your travel time after withdrawing.

[Dino]

I would trust the administrator’s experience and advice. And yes, for the popular schools there’s ALWAYS a flurry of activity in the last 2 hours, even last hour, even the last 15 minutes and last last absolute final minute at 4.29pm. I have seen it with my own eyes at my school. Don’t get caught out. U still need to factor in your travel time after withdrawing.

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Yes please factor in the admin time and travel time for withdrawal. I have done this before myself last time and its so rush that I nearly fell and injured. The rush is not fun. Sometimes the admin take their own sweet time and its damn frustrating.

[floppy]

Once 30 places start trickling downwards after lunch, I will withdraw and move on. No need to wait for the dam to be breached. For PR, the certainty of having a place is WAY BETTER than the risk of ballot or getting flood by a last hour wave of applicants.

[bellathecorgi]

Dino\" post_id=\"1925165\" time=\"1564627462\" user_id=\"6726:

Yes please factor in the admin time and travel time for withdrawal. I have done this before myself last time and its so rush that I nearly fell and injured. The rush is not fun. Sometimes the admin take their own sweet time and its damn frustrating.

Yikes, that indeed does not sound fun...Thank you, all, for your feedback on this. I better not roll the dice on this. ALTHOUGH, let me pose this question. If I lose out on Zhangde, and Cantonment has still a healthy number of spaces left for 2C Supplementary (however you want to define healthy), wouldn't I still have a decent shot at this so-called \"less popular\" school that typically still has spaces for foreigners even?

[bellathecorgi]

floppy\" post_id=\"1925172\" time=\"1564628253\" user_id=\"97579:

Once 30 places start trickling downwards after lunch, I will withdraw and move on. No need to wait for the dam to be breached. For PR, the certainty of having a place is WAY BETTER than the risk of ballot or getting flood by a last hour wave of applicants.

Eek. Noted, ok.

[zac's mum]

bellathecorgi\" post_id=\"1925237\" time=\"1564634157\" user_id=\"175174:

Dino\" post_id=\"1925165\" time=\"1564627462\" user_id=\"6726:

Yikes, that indeed does not sound fun...Thank you, all, for your feedback on this. I better not roll the dice on this. ALTHOUGH, let me pose this question. If I lose out on Zhangde, and Cantonment has still a healthy number of spaces left for 2C Supplementary (however you want to define healthy), wouldn't I still have a decent shot at this so-called \"less popular\" school that typically still has spaces for foreigners even?

Grabbing a place in Cantonment at phase 2C is FAR better than encountering a freak result in phase 2CS where it’s oversubscribed by SCs. Then PR will have zero chance again.

[waynekwek1975]

My selection is CHIJ (K). Just finished registration at the school. I guessing there’ll be ballot for 1-2km SC…hope for the best!

[Lexy]

waynekwek1975\" post_id=\"1925466\" time=\"1564648069\" user_id=\"176420:

My selection is CHIJ (K). Just finished registration at the school. I guessing there'll be ballot for 1-2km SC..hope for the best!

This will be a surprise, never happen (2006 onwards)

[floppy]

Lexy\" post_id=\"1925472\" time=\"1564648224\" user_id=\"12180:

waynekwek1975\" post_id=\"1925466\" time=\"1564648069\" user_id=\"176420:

My selection is CHIJ (K). Just finished registration at the school. I guessing there'll be ballot for 1-2km SC..hope for the best!

This will be a surprise, never happen (2006 onwards)

Still don't think it would happen.

Ballot, yes. But for SC? Probably not.