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

[putien]

Ling Jang\" post_id=\"2005740\" time=\"1606660665\" user_id=\"44574:[quote=\"Ling Jang\" post_id=2005740 time=1606660665 user_id=44574]

coast\" post_id=\"2005737\" time=\"1606659820\" user_id=\"38933:

[quote=\"Ling Jang\" post_id=2005707 time=1606653147 user_id=44574]Would like to seek for opinion, last yr cutoff point for Hwa zhong was 257. Understand that this school every yr got a lot of pupils get in based on DSA. If based on last yr cutoff point, if same point thus year, what is chance to get in?

Is your son's score 257 (inclusive of HCL)? If so, chance not high (refer HCI's last 5 years COP). But you should still choose it if your son likes HCI.

2020 - 257
2019 - 259
2018 - 258
2017 - 259
2016 - 260

All the best and congrats for doing well! :rahrah:[/quote]

What about additional pt by 1 more mark?[/quote]This year Top 10% cut-off is at 252.
2019 was at 250
2018 was at 252.
You can use 2018 cohort data, i.e. 2019 COP for HCI, as reference.

[Timmy21]

hohjm\" post_id=\"2005722\" time=\"1606657589\" user_id=\"18623:

So, does it mean that my DD who scored 249, with A in MTL in PSLE will not be accepted by a SAP sch like Nan Chiau. Her first choice is Cedar Olevel and second choice as NanChiau. Third as CHIJ Toa Payoh, Fourth as Anderson. She prefer Nan Chiau than CHIJ TPY and Anderson as we are staying in Seng Kang.

There are some students with high Tscore but didn’t get A* in Chinese, didn’t take higher Chinese in pri sch, and got posted to SAP schools such as NYGH, RV etc where everyone studies higher Chinese in Sec 1.

[Timmy21]

sandyy.haha\" post_id=\"2005732\" time=\"1606659562\" user_id=\"189846:

hello, my brother scored 238+2 +240 and i would like to ask for some advice about:

1) If we were to risk for Anglican High School (241 last year) as first and put Zhong Hua (236 last yr) as second choice, what are the chances of him getting accepted by Zhonghua if Anglican High rejects him?

2)Does my brother stand a lower chance than those who scored higher than him but put AHS as second or third choice instead of first?

3) In the situation that Anglican High rejects him, can we still appeal to get into the school?

4) I would like to ask how the teachers are like in Zhonghua because we just moved to Serangoon and we're not very familiar with the schools here


Thank you for taking time to read and i would appreciate if any of yall are willing to help🙈

Order of choice does not override Tscore. A student with higher Tscore and who puts Anglican as 6th choice will get in before your brother even if your brother puts as first choice.

[coast]

Ling Jang\" post_id=\"2005740\" time=\"1606660665\" user_id=\"44574:[quote=\"Ling Jang\" post_id=2005740 time=1606660665 user_id=44574]

coast\" post_id=\"2005737\" time=\"1606659820\" user_id=\"38933:

[quote=\"Ling Jang\" post_id=2005707 time=1606653147 user_id=44574]Would like to seek for opinion, last yr cutoff point for Hwa zhong was 257. Understand that this school every yr got a lot of pupils get in based on DSA. If based on last yr cutoff point, if same point thus year, what is chance to get in?

Is your son's score 257 (inclusive of HCL)? If so, chance not high (refer HCI's last 5 years COP). But you should still choose it if your son likes HCI.

2020 - 257
2019 - 259
2018 - 258
2017 - 259
2016 - 260

All the best and congrats for doing well! :rahrah:[/quote]

What about additional pt by 1 more mark?[/quote]50-50. No one can really tell in advance what is the COP for 2021 intake. Just make sure you prepare other good choices.

All the best!

[emoh]

Chilling\" post_id=\"2005710\" time=\"1606654241\" user_id=\"189845:

Hi we live in Hougang, son got 230. Need advice on sch choices:
1) Holy Innocents (233)
2) xinmin (235)
3) Bowen (226)
4) Edgefield (229)
5) presbytarian high (235)
6) ??

Are these ok, what other options should we look at?

Did u get the correct COP? Anyway u can consider:

Presbyterian High School (co-ed) – 236
Xinmin Secondary School (co-ed) – 234
Holy Innocents’ High School (co-ed) – 232
Edgefield Secondary School (co-ed) – 230
Ang Mo Kio Secondary School (co-ed) – 229
Bowen Secondary School (co-ed) – 226
Pei Hwa Secondary School (co-ed) – 226
St. Gabriel’s Secondary School (boys) – 225

[Ling Jang]

Thanks very much

[Ling Jang]

What is the difference btw IP and IB program?

[MrCool]

Is it reasonable to put ACSI- O level with score 247? Any idea that COP for o-level might go down by 5 points?

[phtthp]

cowiepig\" post_id=\"2005712\" time=\"1606655808\" user_id=\"9764:

phtthp\" post_id=\"2005687\" time=\"1606649012\" user_id=\"35251:

[quote=cowiepig post_id=2005685 time=1606648711 user_id=9764]But her schoolmate’s score was 233 and was offered HCL

233 is definitely also not within Top 10 %

Next question
Did your daughter
( score A * in her Standard Chinese or score minimum at least a merit in Psle Higher Chinese) ?

Pose the same qn, to this 233-girl
There should be some differences, between your daughter and this 233-girl

**Sad** She neither scored A* CL nor merit for HCL.
My guess is for the 233 girl, she scored an A* for her CL.[/quote]Don't be sad

If you really want to do Sec 1 HCL, but Don't qualify because MOE didnt give that eligibility HCL letter, there are a few ways to go around it

1) join those SAP schools that overide MOE HCL letter

Example

Join SAP schools like Chung Cheng High (Main), because their Chinese Department has overiden the MOE letter, enabling ALL Sec 1 students to take Higher Chinese.

Even if students never received MOE letter, never mind. All can take Higher Chinese from Sec 1 onwards, once joined CCH (Main)

Note
I mentioned join CCH (Main), never said join CCH (Yishun), because Yishun is not a SAP school. CCH (Yishun) branch, their Chinese Department never override Moe HCL letter.


2) if your girl join other schools , next year Y2021 Sec 1, continue to take external tuition in Higher Chinese outside, try to reach your targeted objective. That is

- by end of Sec 1,
try to score minimum grade A1 (75 marks & above) in your Standard Chinese (bu-hua)

- by end of Sec 1,
try to achieve minimum grade A (comprising either A1 or A2) in your Sec 1 both (Maths & Science) & minimum a B3 in your English language.

- Then, after Sec 1 year-end exam over, approach your Chinese HOD personally & appeal to let your daughter take HCL, starting from Sec 2 onwards.

The reason why, your other Sec 1 subjects (Eng, Maths, Science) must also be strong, not just your bu-hua stand alone one single Chinese subject strong only, is because for Secondary HCL, you need to spend time reading up zuowen (yi lun wen, ji lu wen, qing jing zuowen, debate argumentative type of zuowen), read up newspaper cut articles, listen to Chinese radio news current affair, etc. Otherwise, if u don't spend time reading, when zuowen ask you to comment and give your view or opinion whether you agree or u dont agree with the zuowen topic, u got no \"meat\", no substance to support your \"argumentative\" essay, which come in by Sec 2 AFTER end of Semester 1

[Ling Jang]

Need your opinion btw these two sch, ACS and SJI compared to Hwa zhong.

Thanks