2020 PSLE Discussions and Strategies(for those born in 2008)

[kylene]

Puk1975\" post_id=\"2003983\" time=\"1606298612\" user_id=\"187443:

My daughter got 259+2. Her first choice is NYGH. Is that a little far-fetched? And her second choice is NJC which is more safe. Should she just put NJC first just to be safe?

Can share if she got ESIS?

[MrCool]

My DS has been given eligibility to apply for Third language (Chinese or Malay). Which one is easiest? I guess we can get 2 bonus points if we complete the special programe right?

[phtthp]

Yes, students will get 2 bonus points at O level, if they study MSP or


CSP

[Zappy]

Puk1975\" post_id=\"2003983\" time=\"1606298612\" user_id=\"187443:

My daughter got 259+2. Her first choice is NYGH. Is that a little far-fetched? And her second choice is NJC which is more safe. Should she just put NJC first just to be safe?

Just put NYGH if that's her first choice...
It's not far-fetched; that's around the COP last year (not sure the exact number).
Anyway, this is not a choice preference thing.

[MrCool]

phtthp\" post_id=\"2004022\" time=\"1606303063\" user_id=\"35251:

Yes, students will get 2 bonus points at O level, if they study MSP or

CSP

Thanks. Which one is relatively easier? I guess they start from the base right? Coz, my son doesn't know either languages.

[tshanmug]

Hi


My son got 253 and Possible to get to RI or NJC. Can you please help to advise, how to list for S1 Posting?
Thanks a lot for your support.

[phtthp]

GreenPixie\" post_id=\"2004017\" time=\"1606302665\" user_id=\"189368:

I think that the psle scores this year has been affected by covid and online classes, and yes. Since attention spans are reduced during online classes, students wouldn't have been able to absorb information as well as they could in face-to-face lessons. This would have resulted in not-as-high-as-expected psle scores for most of the students. That and the reduced time for lessons. We've been through a lot this year, so cut them some slack. Schools also have to lower their expectations as if they don't, they will have only a few students taking secondary 1 next year.

Due to circuit breaker, all schools did online HBL (home based learning)

Frankly, HBL learning is very different from face to face.
I don't know how much or how little they actually learnt, via HBL

[Hendon]

tshanmug\" post_id=\"2004025\" time=\"1606303158\" user_id=\"119939:

Hi

My son got 253 and Possible to get to RI or NJC. Can you please help to advise, how to list for S1 Posting?
Thanks a lot for your support.

Unlikely for RI, IMHO based on 2019 PSLE COP

[xiaomingiconic]

marquez\" post_id=\"2004001\" time=\"1606300527\" user_id=\"122042:

My daughter gotten 248 and merit for hmt. If she choose the first 4 choices above her aggregate score and crescents girls as her 5th choice. Will it be safe to say she can get in crescents girls even though it is her 5th choice?

i’m not 100%% sure but putting schools that are above your score in your 1st 2nd 3rd choices,, it’s not very likely that you’d get in... unless like you go to a sap school where the cop is like 249,, then okay yes you stand a chance but if you’re putting a school with cop is let’s say 250 and not a sap school unlikely that you’d get in. idk about the crescent girls part, but i’d just say put it in your daughter’s top 3 choices to be safe. atb

[floppy]

GreenPixie\" post_id=\"2004017\" time=\"1606302665\" user_id=\"189368:

I think that the psle scores this year has been affected by covid and online classes, and yes. Since attention spans are reduced during online classes, students wouldn't have been able to absorb information as well as they could in face-to-face lessons. This would have resulted in not-as-high-as-expected psle scores for most of the students. That and the reduced time for lessons. We've been through a lot this year, so cut them some slack. Schools also have to lower their expectations as if they don't, they will have only a few students taking secondary 1 next year.

While the students’ performance would be affected by COVID somewhat, it’s not true that the scores would be affected. The score is a transformed score and takes into account the mean and standard deviation. If everyone is affected, then there’s no effect to the overall score.