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

[Boys club]

😊 thanks for the advice

[Boys club]

😊 thanks for the advice

[floppy]

Allgood\" post_id=\"2004199\" time=\"1606323815\" user_id=\"189719:

Hi, my dd has the same 260 with HMT distinction, she also would like to choose RGS, BUT the COP 2020 is 261, she is concerned if she would waste her first choice. Other choice of school are NYGH, St Nicholas Girls. Any advise for her?

She got better use of that first choice? RI, HCI, ACS?

On a VERY serious note, she got 6 schools to use up those 6 choices meh? By the time she / the system gets to SNGS, it’s already game over.

[floppy]

Luxedream\" post_id=\"2004197\" time=\"1606323051\" user_id=\"98340:

floppy\" post_id=\"2004196\" time=\"1606322719\" user_id=\"97579:

[quote=\"Boys club\" post_id=2004194 time=1606322074 user_id=102859]My Boy got 246. If he choose a school with cop 248, is it risky?

Very.
He may risk starting the next world war, or creating the next super virus, or causing Singapore to sink.

Or he may have just expended one of his six choices and the system will just move on to his other five.

Notti notti Uncle Floppy! :rotflmao:

Jokes aside, it is actually good strategy to try a school with COP 1 or 2 points above your t score. It fluctuates every year you never know if it’s your turn to hit jackpot.[/quote]“audentes Fortuna iuvat”

+1 or 2 is frankly, too conservative. Go with +5 (or more). At worst, it’s just a wasted choice.

[starstar70]

Hello folks, any advise for travelling from Jurong to Gan Eng Seng sec for kid, travelling time 50mins. Is it consider too tiring? Any one with kid travelling that long to school?

[starstar70]

Hello folks, any advise for travelling from Jurong to Gan Eng Seng sec for kid, travelling time 50mins. Is it consider too tiring? Any one with kid travelling that long to school?

[moohoo]

Any advise on whether to choose VS or Catholic High? Distance wise VS is nearer. Around 35 mins against 50 mins for Cath High. Prefer SAP environment but prefer VJC to EJC.

Anyone has been through this previously and which option did u go with in the end?
Thank you

[bbbay]

Davidson232\" post_id=\"2004143\" time=\"1606314608\" user_id=\"189711:

My daughter scored 235 no HCL. We stay in Commonwealth, kindly advice on the following school that we are considering
Crescent girls school 242 Tanglin
Clementi Town secondary school 234
Fuhua 236 jurong West
Tangjong katong secondary school 234
Gan eng seng 227 Redhill
Queensway secondary school 222

Another way is to research yourself, which school
Is more suitable for your child. No one will know your child better than yourself. These are how u can research:
- attend E open house; listen to the principal speech. You can gain some idea on the ethos/ focus of the school
- search for video posted by schools on YouTube. Sometimes you will get to see the school environment / student activities. Again you can get some ideas of the school.
- for SAP schools, 2 years back MediaCorp’s “Tuesday report” run a impressive series on SAP schools’ history. Academic performance standard is definitely there for SAP schools. But You get to know how long these schools have come and the “school spirit” that defined their motto. Again, shed light on their ethos. These videos are on YouTube too. Search with keyword “when the bell rings”
- on This Kiasu parent site, search for a discussion on those school you researching on. Some discussions go back many years. You can pick up comments made on the schools; you get to know the schools more.

[Hendon]

jedamum\" post_id=\"2004202\" time=\"1606324287\" user_id=\"159:

Olive3\" post_id=\"2004121\" time=\"1606310887\" user_id=\"121372:

[quote=kaisuparents post_id=2003979 time=1606298469 user_id=35019]Hi All,
My DD got 266. She is deciding between RGS n CEDAR. Any pros/cons, your suggestions/experiences pls.
Thanks.

I am interested in the responses to your question. I am also deciding between these 2 schools. My dd1 was from Cedar. She enjoyed her time in Cedar very much. Dd1 was blessed with very good teachers. Cedar and VJ has a nice, comfortable ‘kampong’ feel (my opinion only). Dd2 has a very different personality and interests and I hope to find a good fit for her. Certainly not ruling out Cedar. I watched RGS online open house video. Very impressive campus.

:offtopic: Cedar’s COP may be 25x. But in my dd1’s cohort, there were no lack of girls scoring 26x and 27x.

Actually, just ask your dd1 since she is in Cedar. And she knows her younger sister. Ask her if she thinks Cedar suits her younger sis. Observe your dd2 response to her sis answers too - cos u also need to consider if the siblings prefer to study in the same sch/same alumni or prefer their own space to grow. :)[/quote]wise

[Hendon]

somehow if you are in position to choose among the top schools and yet am concern about distance, you are not hungry enough to compete against the top foreign students.