2019 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2007)

[deardear07]

FantasyLandDreams\" post_id=\"1948798\" time=\"1574603882\" user_id=\"105816:

Saw the below Facebook post that highest score for KCPS is 280 and was just reminded ‘oh yeah hor’ this year ksp forum don’t have a thread on top t-score for each school?

I’m wondering how other schools perform besides the GEP schools ( I assume they did very well as per usual), as I think my school did not do very well in my opinion and hence wondering what’s the general feel/take now?

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Which sch is KCPS?

[phtthp]

KCPS : Kuo Chuan Presbyterian primary school

[manorway]

thanks Esteema

Estéema\" post_id=\"1950525\" time=\"1575001285\" user_id=\"66413:

manorway\" post_id=\"1950508\" time=\"1574996683\" user_id=\"9303:

I have come across really good kids whom I think are most likely going to fall through the cracks. No fault of the kids. They attended kindy dutifully but had below average teachers, absent parents or parents who cared too much of t score but yet ignorant how to help effectively. These kids are stuck until someone can give them a hand.

Then I have another group of “friends” who are convinced their kids are superior, smarter and more talented, so they deserve better. Parents and kids are equally arrogant.

My kids did relatively well during their PSLE. But I always remind them they have been luckier than others to be given headstart right from young. Yes they worked hard but they had advantages to build on. Never forget to share their advantages and lift others up if they can.

You’re a great mum! The greatest friend any child can have!

[harvardalum]

peasants\" post_id=\"1950503\" time=\"1574992296\" user_id=\"75885:

…….Just like those who scored 14x and cried. Parents may have no time, no control or means. Maybe they have higher priority like keeping the roof stable and putting food on the table. Maybe they are down to earth, and grateful if child can pass. One thing for sure, children who cried, they will grow up stronger than lucky kids.

This paragraph tugged at my heart. Back when I interviewed applicants for an Ivy-League college, the kids who despite life's vicissitudes, who forged forward - who attended high schools and held down 2-3 jobs, from broken families with jailbird/drug addict parents, no parents - their SAT scores in the region of 2100-2200 impressed me much more than the ones who hailed from good/affluent families, some of whom were legacy kids, scoring almost perfect or perfect scores. I've always believed that they were the truly remarkable ones even when I saw near perfect/perfect scorers. It's a real shame that amongst other things, alphabets and numbers still play a major role in tertiary selection processes. That's why I make it a point to remind my daughter often that she's a very lucky little girl and also that being intelligent is useless if one's lazy. Intelligence without hard work would result in mediocracy at best. Average with hard work would result in success. Intelligence with hard work, nothing is impossible. My personal belief.

I'm already starting to hyperventilate for next year's exam

[Serendipity]

After a long wait for PSLE results, it's another 3 weeks of anxious waiting again...

Any suggestions on how to make time go faster?

[Kialoukui]

synthesis77\" post_id=\"1950499\" time=\"1574989285\" user_id=\"32304:

Mine was initially adamant not to apply for DSA. In the end, we secretly applied and she was selected for the initial assessment with a very popular school. Showed black face and simply ‘no heart’ to even attend. She kept saying it’s ‘back door’ way....not keen etc etc.

TLDR: she did similarly rather ok/well for the actual. *Phew*

DSA is never a ‘back door’ but perhaps a ‘Main Door’ in the coming years. The world is looking for Talents and Character, not academic excellence, MOE realised that to quickly refocus education efforts to identify talents at a young age, scrap Tscore, groom and nurture future Ronaldo, JJ Lin, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates etc.

Main Door - DSA
Side Door - Unidentified Talents (Join Main Cohort with Tscore/AL)
Back Door - Appeals/Donations

[zac's mum]

Not bad, your analogy.


My analogy: DSA is like priority entry (in terms of timing). Those CO kids get to enter first. Then WL kids.

T score kids usual entry timing. Must wait for posting results.

Appeal kids are the last batch to enter.

[Kialoukui]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1950708\" time=\"1575080250\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1950708 time=1575080250 user_id=53606]
Not bad, your analogy.

My analogy: DSA is like priority entry (in terms of timing). Those CO kids get to enter first. Then WL kids.

T score kids usual entry timing. Must wait for posting results.

Appeal kids are the last batch to enter.[/quote]

Yes. And this is why DSA takes precedence before PSLE because it is the most important.

And not forgetting 4 specialised schools SOTA, NUS High, Sports School, SST can enter only by DSA.

[Albon]

Personally DSA helps in promoting social mixing and de-emphasing academic excellence, somewhat as a result of our culture of meritocracy.

[phtthp]

Kialoukui\" post_id=\"1950701\" time=\"1575077277\" user_id=\"182021:

synthesis77\" post_id=\"1950499\" time=\"1574989285\" user_id=\"32304:

Mine was initially adamant not to apply for DSA. In the end, we secretly applied and she was selected for the initial assessment with a very popular school. Showed black face and simply ‘no heart’ to even attend. She kept saying it’s ‘back door’ way....not keen etc etc.

TLDR: she did similarly rather ok/well for the actual. *Phew*

DSA is never a ‘back door’ but perhaps a ‘Main Door’ in the coming years. The world is looking for Talents and Character, not academic excellence, MOE realised that to quickly refocus education efforts to identify talents at a young age, scrap Tscore, groom and nurture future Ronaldo, JJ Lin, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates etc.

Main Door - DSA
Side Door - Unidentified Talents (Join Main Cohort with Tscore/AL)
Back Door - Appeals/Donations

Depend, from which angle u look at

1) if consider, by mass Volume of traffic, entering into Secondary schools

Main door (majority) : by PSLE Tscore, or by AL points


Side door (smaller number) : by DSA (CO and Wait-list successfully converted)


Back door : by Appeal



2) if consider, by timing of entry

Main door (Round 1, earlier batch ) :
by DSA (CO + Wait-list successfully converted ones), BEFORE sitting for Psle timing


Main door (Round 2, later batch ) :
by Tscore / AL points, AFTER sat for Psle timing


No side door, because
side door too small (narrow).
The side door will gate crash, break down, because unable to accommodate the sheer enormous force of the huge majority (the bulk) pouring in through S1 posting by computer, who still entered by Tscore / AL,


Back door :
by Appeal, those were way below the school's Cut off point in the past, BEFORE Moe intervened : no appeal allowed, unless meet COP

donation $ (to build air-con library, swimming pool for Cca like swimming, water polo, water ballet synchronized , new additional school facilities, air-con hall for students to take National exam, air-con classroom) :
not accepted