2022 PSLE Discussions & Strategies (born in 2010)

[DoraLee]

bbpinksg\" post_id=\"2089956\" time=\"1669285299\" user_id=\"198702:

Whoa that’s very far to travel to no 1-3
How bout DHS? CCMS?
My girl also AL8 w/o HCL
Bit tough to decide if we should try IP/non IP

unfortunately DD not keen on DHS or CCMS. she is quite keen on AHS. east side limited options

[SG_KP1]

DoraLee\" post_id=\"2089994\" time=\"1669297820\" user_id=\"9794:

thank you for sharing. May i check those schoolmates who got in with AL8, were they from SCGPS or did they take HCL? just wondering if priority is given to some or pure balloting.

For SCGS IP, there is no priority (affiliation or HCL); posting will be done based on Citizenship, Choice, Ballot tiebreakers.

For SCGS O, SCGS Primary girls will retain priority if they tried SCGS IP (first choice) and were ballot out (i.e .had AL8) but kept SCGS O as their second choice. In this case, they will be given spot in SCGS O based on affiliation (met AMR of AL17).

[phtthp]

DoraLee\" post_id=\"2089994\" time=\"1669297820\" user_id=\"9794:

thank you for sharing. May i check those schoolmates who got in with AL8, were they from SCGPS or did they take HCL? just wondering if priority is given to some or pure balloting.

SCGS primary Is affliated to their SCGS Secondary. What is their Affliation COP ? Is it AL 17 ?

( correct me, if I am wrong, if it is not AL 17)

The Affliation rule says that -
As long as an SCGS pupil is still able to meet her Affliation COP, she can still come back to O-level (SCGS), if she so desires.

Example

Even if this SCGS P6 student were to say, fail her Chinese (pu-hua),
Eg.
say, scored AL 8 for pu-hua Chinese subject alone, but say, happen to have scored AL 1 for
(English, Maths, Science),
Total, how many ?

(8 + 1 + 1 + 1) is equal to
Total AL 11.

Does AL 11 still meet AL 17 ?
(Affliation SCGS COP)

Yes, 11 still lesser than 17.

So, can this SCGS pupil still come back for O-level, under affliation, even though she had failed Chinese ?
Yes, of course, she can.



This AL 8, you mentioned,
is only for Non-affliated students' Cut off point. Not applicable to SCGS primary students returning back to their O-level, under affliation privilege.

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Qn

In order to come back to SCGS (O level), how should SCGS P6 students put their first 2 choices ?

To retain Affliation advantage (privilege), they must put SCGS back at Top of the list, as their first 2 choices.

A) if want IP, then put

1) SCGS (IP)
2) SCGS (O level)


B) If want only O-level, don't want IP, then put

1) SCGS (O level)
2) name some other Secondary school ...

[MrCool]

phtthp\" post_id=\"2089993\" time=\"1669297609\" user_id=\"35251:

1) Swiss Cottage Secondary no doubt churn out stellar O level results, but no affliation to any Junior College, after O level

2)
MGS (O-level), in contrast, is affliated to Anglo-Chinese Junior College, whose L1R5 Cut off point may not be easy to get in, for some students. In other words, having an affliation to a decent, good enough JC, is better than nothing.


3) MGS (O-level), in Lower Secondary 1 and 2,
for certain students who did well in Maths and Science,
eg. Those scored AL1 for Maths & Science,
are offered some very good Talent development programme. This type of Science Talent programme inside MGS, is very different from that offered by Swiss Cottage Sec. You can contact VP (Academic) in MGS Secondary, to find out more about it.

After u find out, after spoken to the VP, then u decide for your kid : which type of Science Talent development programme exposure, do u think is better or more suitable, for your daughter ?

3) both MGS and SCGS are All Girls schools.

As a parent, if u dislike \"co-ed\" schools just in case BGR (boyfriend girlfriend relationship) develop when your daughter is in her teenager years (aged 13 to 16), hence caused distraction to her O-level studies preparation, then better stick to All Girls' schools.


4) SCGS is a school, with many kids from well-to-do families. In fact, only minority stay in HDB flats, while the majority stay in (condo / landed property).

If refer to history,
who founded SCGS ?
Is those very rich Peranakan families.

Of course, in today context,
not all students studying inside SCGS are Peranakan. However, if u look at SCGS students' family background profile, many of them come from well-to-do families. In fact, if u stay in a HDB flat, u fall into the minority group, esp. From SCGS primary school.

Sometimes, parents enroll their daughters into SCGS,
so that
when they grow up into career working women, they can continue to \"network\" with their fellow SCGS class-mates / school-mates.

Sometimes, even parents themselves, also network amongst themselves, in SCGS. Are u aware that there are some parents who group together, at times go for afternoon High tea.

Is the same reasoning, why there are parents who desired to enrol their sons into RI or ACSI. Is in the playing game of \"networking\".

Wow!! :thankyou: So many things beyond academic excellence

[decollette]

Can I ask if my boy scored 11 and chung cheng main cop is 11M, its a wasted choice?


Want to place
1. Maris Stella cop 12
2. Chung cheng Main 11M
3. Zhonghua sec 13
4. Kuo Chuan Pres

And I don’t know what to do with the other choices, would appreciate input, thank u so much!

[Benedictb]

Hi, I wish to confirm my understanding how the COP works. Let’s say the ACTUAL 2022 COP for my 1st to 5th choices turns out to be 10 for each of them. And the ACTUAL 2022 COP for my 6th choice is 15.


If my PSLE score is 12, does this mean that I will definitely get posted to the 6th choice? Meaning if my score is better than the ACTUAL 2022 COP of the school I choose, how I rank it has no relevance?

[zac's mum]

Benedictb\" post_id=\"2090004\" time=\"1669299936\" user_id=\"117093:

Hi, I wish to confirm my understanding how the COP works. Let's say the ACTUAL 2022 COP for my 1st to 5th choices turns out to be 10 for each of them. And the ACTUAL 2022 COP for my 6th choice is 15.

If my PSLE score is 12, does this mean that I will definitely get posted to the 6th choice? Meaning if my score is better than the ACTUAL 2022 COP of the school I choose, how I rank it has no relevance?

Yes.

[zav_zay]

Asking on behalf of a friend. Her DS scored 17. He is a PR. Below are the choices. Risky? If 1st to 5th choices not able to get, 6th shd be quite safe right?


1) Queensway /17/Margaret Drive
2) St Gabriel / 17/ Serangoon
3) Mayflower /17/ AMK
4) Deyi Sec / 18/ AMK
5) Kent Ridge / 18/ West Coast
6) Pierce Sec / 19/ Bishan

[Benedictb]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2090006\" time=\"1669300170\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2090006 time=1669300170 user_id=53606]Yes.[/quote]

Thanks!

[coast]

coast:

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2089970\" time=\"1669287911\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2089970 time=1669287911 user_id=53606]Oh, really got successful cases? Cos all along in the forum (and teachers etc) everyone said the grade never changes even after review.

I’m not appealing (though our school briefed the entire hall on the appeal fee and process). I have 2 friends quite traumatized by the drop, still wavering cos any change will not impact the secondary school outcome anyway. Maybe just the satisfaction of getting a corrected cert.

Got lah, just very rare. I have read some cases (seemed legit to me).

I think we need to take into account factors for under-performance such as careless mistakes, nervousness (first National Exam with external invigilators), exam techniques (e.g., stuck/affected by questions they have not seen before), ...

SEAB -> When a candidate submits an appeal, there will be a senior marker to conduct a thorough review of the marking and he/she will make sure that the computation of the marks is correct. There are stringent quality control processes and multiple independent checks to make sure the results released are accurate. A change in grade after appeal is very rare.