NUS High School of Mathematics and Science (Diploma)

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Rio\" post_id=\"1939765\" time=\"1570170203\" user_id=\"788:

myrick88\" post_id=\"1939741\" time=\"1570165231\" user_id=\"6175:

Oops...we are out of town for holiday.

Hi Rio,

So your DS is choosing NUSH or RI?

Mine is still thinking whether to exercise the WL or take a risk and rely on PSLE result and try for Hwa Chong.

We will most likely choose NUSH. I like the curriculum whereby the kids can move at their own pace, and choose to excel in their strong area. And the huge plus point for me is that there is no A level, n yet they are almost secured a place in NUS. I have heard enough of high stress level during JC level, leading to depression. To many of us who has taken A level before, I am sure that's one of the darkest period of our life. And since my son has the chance to skip this option n yet excel in future, why not. Last but not least, they have dedicated, supportive teachers who are always engaging the students. And with the support from NUS n MOE, I think he will have much more opportunity to explore and develop his passion.

No \"A\" level is definitely a big plus. I see my son rather relaxed in his final year whereas his peers in other schools are preparing hard for \"A\" level. I am very thankful he got into this school indeed.

[myrick88]

phtthp\" post_id=\"1939772\" time=\"1570171704\" user_id=\"35251:

myrick88\" post_id=\"1939745\" time=\"1570166620\" user_id=\"6175:

[quote=Albon post_id=1939743 time=1570166213 user_id=22359]I am also considering whether to take the Nush CO or wait for Psle results and try HCI. DS didn’t talk much after each paper. So not sure how to gauge.

I asked DS his thoughts since PSLE is over. He told me is either he exercise WL or he will give up and try for HCI.

He seems confident in the PSLE but I am not sure if his guts feelings are accurate.

So I told him to try taking public transport and gauge the journey himself too before coming to a decision.

But in the event if he cannot get in HCI, he must have another \"favourite\" school in mind.

fyi

last year (2018), Cut-off-point for

Hwa Chong : 258

RI : 257


Dunman High : 255

Victoria (IP) : 252
Victoria (OP) : 246


source of info (2019 Sec 1 cohort, born 2006)
https://beta.moe.gov.sg/files/s1-posting-english.pdf[/quote]Thanks!

Will you be choosing SST?

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Rio\" post_id=\"1939737\" time=\"1570162287\" user_id=\"788:

The email to invite students to attend the Newton Fun Camp on the 18 Oct is out. Do check your email and indicate interest by 13 Oct. Mine went to Spam folder, so chk tat as well.

Rio. Regarding this fun camp, do the school organise it yearly? What is the purpose of this camp? Any idea?

[myrick88]

Have trial the journey last weekend and it took us 1.5hr to and another 1.5hr back. Shacks!


I persaude DS to give up but he said he can try travelling. But this is not a try thing, it’s a 6 yr committment

Will talk to him again…if he still insist, i might need to shift house. I cannot imagine a 12 yr old kid spending 3 hrs on the road daily.

Or anyone got private transport lobang?

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myrick88\" post_id=\"1940393\" time=\"1570578306\" user_id=\"6175:

Have trial the journey last weekend and it took us 1.5hr to and another 1.5hr back. Shacks!

I persaude DS to give up but he said he can try travelling. But this is not a try thing, it's a 6 yr committment

Will talk to him again...if he still insist, i might need to shift house. I cannot imagine a 12 yr old kid spending 3 hrs on the road daily.

Or anyone got private transport lobang?

NUSH and HCI is not too far off yah so if choose HCI how much travelling time does it cut? tbh, SG is not too big where travelling time/distance is a concern. NUSH is a specialized school so if your son is selected, it means he has that something special that others may not have. I think if he wants to go, the travelling should not be a stumbling block. Instead of moving cos homes in Clementi are not cheap, have you considered Grab etc? It may not be that costly after all......definitely cheaper than moving. My gals also stay more than 1.5h away from school each way.....but we still send them there regardless......however we fetch both ways lah (before 8 and after 6) so travelling becomes like 0.5h each way.

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myrick88\" post_id=\"1940393\" time=\"1570578306\" user_id=\"6175:

Have trial the journey last weekend and it took us 1.5hr to and another 1.5hr back. Shacks!

I persaude DS to give up but he said he can try travelling. But this is not a try thing, it's a 6 yr committment

Will talk to him again...if he still insist, i might need to shift house. I cannot imagine a 12 yr old kid spending 3 hrs on the road daily.

Or anyone got private transport lobang?

There is school bus to the school, but not for return as everyone end at different time. Some parents also try to group together and share transport.

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myrick88\" post_id=\"1940393\" time=\"1570578306\" user_id=\"6175:

Have trial the journey last weekend and it took us 1.5hr to and another 1.5hr back. Shacks!

I persaude DS to give up but he said he can try travelling. But this is not a try thing, it's a 6 yr committment

Will talk to him again...if he still insist, i might need to shift house. I cannot imagine a 12 yr old kid spending 3 hrs on the road daily.

Or anyone got private transport lobang?

TBH, 1.5hr is not a very long journey
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myrick88\" post_id=\"1940393\" time=\"1570578306\" user_id=\"6175:

Have trial the journey last weekend and it took us 1.5hr to and another 1.5hr back. Shacks!

I persaude DS to give up but he said he can try travelling. But this is not a try thing, it's a 6 yr committment

Will talk to him again...if he still insist, i might need to shift house. I cannot imagine a 12 yr old kid spending 3 hrs on the road daily.

Or anyone got private transport lobang?

it could be better to create a whatsapp group after people all decide their acceptance. Then maybe you can easily find people living nearby.

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myrick88\" post_id=\"1940393\" time=\"1570578306\" user_id=\"6175:

Have trial the journey last weekend and it took us 1.5hr to and another 1.5hr back. Shacks!

I persaude DS to give up but he said he can try travelling. But this is not a try thing, it's a 6 yr committment

Will talk to him again...if he still insist, i might need to shift house. I cannot imagine a 12 yr old kid spending 3 hrs on the road daily.

Or anyone got private transport lobang?

We also stay in the east and there are many NUSH students who stay in the east including far east like Pasir Ris and Changi. We were also very apprehensive at first but this was DS dream school and he wasn’t going to let travel time get in the way! (DS had other CO offers from IP schools much closer to home but he was quite adamant about NUSH.)

What surprised me is that the students cope very well and are very enthusiastic about school despite the time spent on the road. My DS and his CCA mates stay till 1030 pm for CCA that means > than 15 hours in school yet they don’t seem to mind and coped well physically. I think these teens can handle it much better than we think. The crux is they must be passionate about the specialised curriculum.

Having said that, we carpool with other parents so it is only 30 mins journey. This is probably the best arrangement and it won’t be too difficult to locate other NUSH families staying nearby.

[myrick88]

Hi all, thanks for the advise here. Perhaps it’s us parents who are worried if it’s too tiring to spend so much time on the road. Current Primary School is only 15 min away.


The father work at Changi so it’s virtually impossible for him to send DS to school.

So hopefully there will be some private transport that we can share.