2021 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2009)

[happyhappyfamily]

Hi everyone,


My girl AL14,

Any advise if we can try for Anglican (12) & TKGS (13) as 1st 2 choices, is it possible?

Looking forward for advise.

[sembgal]

CK2405\" post_id=\"2048006\" time=\"1637777578\" user_id=\"191670:

Hi sembgal,

Thank you for your prompt advice and i agreed with what you said on the affiliated JC. Do you suggest that i should put Geylang Methodist as first choice?

Please advice?

I can only suggest to you to consider the emotional aspects and feelings of your child and leave the decision-making to your child regarding the child’s first choice.

Share your thoughts with your child and I’m sure your child will do the same too.

Guiding your child to make decision is never easy. There may be more decisions for your child to make in future such as choice of CCA and Sec 3 subjects combinations.

[CK2405]

sembgal\" post_id=\"2048002\" time=\"1637775428\" user_id=\"5559:

CK2405\" post_id=\"2048000\" time=\"1637774381\" user_id=\"191670:

Hi,

I need some urgent advice before I confirm my selection for secondary schools.
Any comments will be greatly appreciated.

My DD score is AL14 and we are staying in the south side.
She likes to go to co-ed school and SAP (unfortunately she didn’t do well for this psle)
and we have to arrange our option as follow.

1) Tanjong Katong Sec - (14)
2) Geylang Methodist School - (15)
3) Clementi Town Sec - (14)
4) Gan Eng Seng Sec - (15)
5) Queensway Sec - (17)
6) Kent Ridge Sec - (19)

I would like to check if it’s ok to have the first and second choice go for school with higher cop.
Her dream school is Chung cheng High (11M) and Anglican High (12P). Should we take the risk to add it into our 1st and 2nd choice? Is there better options for us to improve the list we had?

Thank you and hope to have some advice soon.

Keeping the affiliated ACJC (Anglo Chinese Junior College to GMSS (Geylang Methodist Secondary School) in mind, it may be useful to have a backup affiliated JC if your DD has intention to pursue JC (junior college) in future. Of course, your DD can choose not to go ACJC but other JC.

The regrets experienced by some parents who did not realise how important affilation was when choosing primary school 6 years back will bring to mind at this moment to have a backup affiliated JC with the secondary school.

Choose the first choice wisely with AL14.

Thank you for your prompt advice and i agreed with what you said on the affiliated JC. Do you suggest that i should put Geylang Methodist as first choice?

Please advice and hope to hear from you soon.

Thank you.

[CK2405]

sembgal\" post_id=\"2048008\" time=\"1637778246\" user_id=\"5559:

CK2405\" post_id=\"2048006\" time=\"1637777578\" user_id=\"191670:

Hi sembgal,

Thank you for your prompt advice and i agreed with what you said on the affiliated JC. Do you suggest that i should put Geylang Methodist as first choice?

Please advice?

I can only suggest to you to consider the emotional aspects and feelings of your child and leave the decision-making to your child regarding the child’s first choice.

Share your thoughts with your child and I’m sure your child will do the same too.

Guiding your child to make decision is never easy. There may be more decisions for your child to make in future such as choice of CCA and Sec 3 subjects combinations.

:thankyou:

[Veyron]

optrex80\" post_id=\"2047930\" time=\"1637761811\" user_id=\"72116:

How come I feel the new system make the entry to top school even harder.. in the old system, if have a few subject close to the top mark.. can bring up the total score.. now miss by some narrow marginsin each AL bands, can make a big difference..

Not exactly harder,AL system simply require students to be more all-rounded

[Veyron]

mummyof3angels\" post_id=\"2047971\" time=\"1637767292\" user_id=\"194437:

Bleep\" post_id=\"2047798\" time=\"1637741684\" user_id=\"195257:

[quote=siokhoon post_id=2047765 time=1637737577 user_id=122732]My girl has AL6M, if we put RGS as 1st choice and Nanyang as 2nd, is this safe?

Noooo! Lots of AL4 n 5 this year. Will get in first. Better choose another school. As both these top tier schools will get filled with AL 4 n 5.

I noticed that too! My daughter overall AL6. Quite a number of her classmates scored overall AL4 or AL5. Worried that my daughter may need balloting to enter her dream school.[/quote]It will be better if you one can help define what is many and also the name of the school.

If she is from GEP class or some top class of some top branded primary school, its possible. not also not many. Other than that I don't believe AL4 or AL5 is as common.

If she is aiming for RGS, AL6 will certainly require balloting, so my advice is to pick 2nd choice school very carefully.

[Veyron]

FantasyLandDreams\" post_id=\"2047813\" time=\"1637744014\" user_id=\"105816:

It seems AL8 or AL9 is the old 250?
2 different schools I know reported the below and the numbers are consistent with their past year results for number of students who achieved above 250.

School A: 57 students achieved AL9 and above
School B: 50 students achieved AL8 and above

In 2020, AL8 is around 251 and above, which mean AL9 will be around 248.
For last year AL9 COP school, the last student was a 250.

For 2021, we can expect AL8 to go as low as 247, for tudents with AL5 subject.
For AL9, it can go even lower to 232 if a student has an AL6 subject below 50 marks.

So those with AL9 PSLE grades this year, better not have too high hopes when applying for TJC or RVHS.

[sohcecilia]

Hi

My son got AL 18. We are staying in the east. There are limited school for him to choose. Most school eg Ngee Ann, Temasek, st Patrick only affiliated. Can he choose those affiliated but he was not from any of the school. Any advise on Bedok View and changkat changi? I realise this 2 schools do not have NT. Which mean is better choice to choose without NT?

[Squats]

Hi! My girl scored overall AL4. RGS is our first choice. But we are at foreigner status. Is it still sure to get in the school. Not sure which school to put at the second place. Roughly what % of the overall cohort score AL4 . TIA

[Squats]

Hi! My girl scored overall AL4. RGS is our first choice. But we are at foreigner status. Is it still sure to get in the school. Not sure which school to put at the second place. Roughly what % of the overall cohort score AL4 . TIA