2021 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2009)

[SG_KP1]

Asdfgh\" post_id=\"2048067\" time=\"1637803905\" user_id=\"61111:

Hi,

We are staying at Pasir Ris. My son got AL7M.
May I know what any advise on Secondary School Selection?
1. NAN CHIAU HIGH SCHOOL - 40 min
2. HWA CHONG INSTITUTION - 80 min
3.TEMASEK JUNIOR COLLEGE - 65 min (upgrading from 2024 to 2027 (tentative), school will hold classes at 2 Tampines Ave 9)
4.CATHOLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE - 70 min

Should we even consider if the travelling take more than 1 hour?
Any other school that we should put into consideration?

Hi and congrats. I think at AL7(M) you will almost certainly be posted to NCHS.

Assuming you are keen on Chinese/SAP, the others to considers are Anglican High (probably not much different travel time from NCHS), Chung Cheng High Main, and Dunman High (probably around 1 hour+ or slightly shorter time than to HCI). For choice #4, I assume you mean Catholic High (Secondary)? CJC should not be applicable at this point in time.

[emoh]

sohcecilia\" post_id=\"2048019\" time=\"1637794118\" user_id=\"90934:

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?

No NT posted could also mean the school has lower demand in general which might result in school mergers in future. Anyway MOE may decide to post in NT for 2022 Sec 1 if there is enough demand.

with AL18 in the east can also consider

Pasir Ris (18)
Meridian (19)
Bedok South (19)
Tampines (19)

[newstart2022]

my boy got 6M, if we put

1st RI,
2nd HCL,
3rd ACS,
4th RV
Is it too risk to lost 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, if this year there are a lots 4 and 5, then cop for RI, HCL and ACS to 6 or below?

or we put
1st HCL
2nd ACS
3rd RV.
if sequence of choice matters, then maybe go HCL if this year there are a lots 4 and 5, then cop for RI, HCL and ACS to 6 or below?

Please advice.

[emoh]

mamagreat\" post_id=\"2048025\" time=\"1637795732\" user_id=\"122654:

Hi my gal got 19, also not many schools left. We are staying in central and moving to Clementi in 2024 (when she is Sec2). anyone here can advise.

can consider

Jurong West Secondary School (18)
Unity Secondary School (18)
Hillgrove Secondary School (19)
Kent Ridge Secondary School (19)
Yuan Ching Secondary School (19)
Bukit View Secondary School (19)
New Town Secondary School (20)
Jurongville Secondary School (20)

[Asdfgh]

Thanks SG_KP1 for the advice.


Yes it is Catholic High not CJC.
Oh, I have not rank it yet. I only had all these 4 schools NAN CHIAU HIGH SCHOOL, HWA CHONG INSTITUTION,TEMASEK JUNIOR COLLEGE and CATHOLIC HIGH in mind putting into secondary school consideration.

Thanks for the additional Anglican High option. Will put it into consideration too.

For those who are considering Anglican High. Do take note the children who are taking public transport. You will need to do climb the slope up and down daily. Good exercise!

[Veyron]

happydaddy\" post_id=\"2048058\" time=\"1637802713\" user_id=\"5470:

Sad to say, most of the elit schools have many foreigners and PR. These are the group of people did very well ($$) and put Singaporean children in a disadvantage position. You seldom see a blue collar's kid get into elit school compare to old time.

The so call all schools are good schools are invalid because the ratio of people being successful in life between the elit and neighbour schools are too wide.

Even with Singaporean first, not many local children meet the requirement.

When I pass by or visit the following school, below is my opinion:
Look at RVHS, it is as good as China School.
Look at RI, never see so many Indian in the School.
Look at Hwa Chong/NYGHS, it is looks like a Rich School. The countless trail of luxury cars waiting to drive into the school.

And many more.

Chinese and Indian are not natives of Singapore and most of us grand and great grand children of immigrants who came to Singapore maybe 50 yo 60 years ago. If the British or the native Malays share your view on immigrants, then you and your children are unlikely to be Singaporeans today.

For a small country like Singapore, which relies heavily on foreign investment and global trade, I believe its important for the country to remain open to foreigners and new immigrants alike because a small fish that travels the ocean will be wiser than a big fish living in a small pond.

Contrary to what you are saying, students at top secondary schools in Singapore are admitted merit, not race or wealth.

[sushi88]

Pegasus08\" post_id=\"2047984\" time=\"1637770697\" user_id=\"41264:

Since the results are out, any sense on whether this year's cohort did better or worse than last year?

In terms of overall pass rate to secondary school, it is the same 98.4% as 2020.
In terms of students making to Express course, it has increased from 66. 3% in 2020 to 68.4% in 2021
In terms of students making to Normal Acad course, it decreased from 21.2% in 2020 to 18.9% in 2021.
For Normal Tech, it was increased from 11% to 11.1%.

Looking at this, it seems the 2021 cohort did better since the % of students going to Express from NA is higher (2.1%) then NA going to NT (0.1%) and probably a remaining rounding to 1 decimal place of 0.1% unaccounted for in the decrease for NA, (2020 ~ 66.3+21.2+11 = 98.5% when it should be 98.4%)

[Veyron]

newstart2022\" post_id=\"2048083\" time=\"1637805431\" user_id=\"195956:

my boy got 6M, if we put
1st RI,
2nd HCL,
3rd ACS,
4th RV
Is it too risk to lost 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, if this year there are a lots 4 and 5, then cop for RI, HCL and ACS to 6 or below?

or we put
1st HCL
2nd ACS
3rd RV.
if sequence of choice matters, then maybe go HCL if this year there are a lots 4 and 5, then cop for RI, HCL and ACS to 6 or below?

Please advice.

I will go with first option because 2020 COP for RI is 259 (AL6), hence unlike RGS which is 261, it is most likely that COP for 2021 will still be AL6 instead of AL5.

For HCI, 2020 COP was 257 or AL7(M), hence AL6 students should have a good chance for HCI in 2021 even as 2nd choice

[Timmy21]

newstart2022\" post_id=\"2048083\" time=\"1637805431\" user_id=\"195956:

my boy got 6M, if we put
1st RI,
2nd HCL,
3rd ACS,
4th RV
Is it too risk to lost 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, if this year there are a lots 4 and 5, then cop for RI, HCL and ACS to 6 or below?

or we put
1st HCL
2nd ACS
3rd RV.
if sequence of choice matters, then maybe go HCL if this year there are a lots 4 and 5, then cop for RI, HCL and ACS to 6 or below?

Please advice.

I think ACS(I) will be a \"safety net\" choice for you because it is very unlikely that AL9 (indicative by MOE) will leap to AL6. So you can afford to put RI and HCI in whichever order (1st / 2nd) you want and give it a shot. If it doesn't work out, you will get your 3rd choice of ACS(I).

[tyne]

Hi All


Having a hard time deciding on schools. My son scored AL9(M) and we are tossing around a few options. He is attracted to the idea of skipping another major exam in 4 years but not exactly fixated about getting into IP and he has an affiliated secondary school with cut off at AL12 (for non-affiliates). Given these considerations, we are thinking of:
1.\tCatholic High – IP (AL8)
2.\tCatholic High – O’levels (AL9M)
3.\tACSI – O’levels (AL9)
4.\tSJI – O’levels (AL10)
5.\tAffiliated School (AL12)

For #1 and #2 scenario – our hypothesis is that if he can’t get into Catholic High IP and Catholic High O’levels goes into tiebreaker, given that he is Singaporean and had chosen the same school in #1 and #2, the system still views his choice of Catholic High as first choice. Can I pls affirm this understanding?

Given that we have SJI and affiliated school as #4 and #5 and there is a 1–2-point buffer here, this should be a safe fall-back strategy to at least get into either one of these schools if he fails to get into the schools ranked ahead?

Appreciate any feedback and advice.