2022 PSLE Discussions & Strategies (born in 2010)

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coast\" post_id=\"2090266\" time=\"1669370195\" user_id=\"38933:

Give your DD a big hug for the efforts and achievements :rahrah:

SNGS is a good school. Every year, there will be AL4 to AL8 students who choose O-level track instead of IP. SNGS is one of the schools attracting these students.

I hope she gets her first choice and excels in O-levels in 4 years time. SNGS has a good track record for O-levels performance.

All the best.

Note: If she does very well in Sec 1/2, there is a chance to be considered for transfer to IP in Sec 3.

:thankyou: for your kind encouragement
We really need it

This morning went to SCGS open house,
quite surprise with the school condition
I mean we went to NYGH and DHS during DSA and they are super old schools but still SCGS looks a bit run down already

Talked to one of their teacher, she said their admission in Y1 around 60% are from their own primary school
so we don’t really have hope for this school anymore (bcos of our citizenship)

4 class for IP (30students/class)
4 class for O level (+-35 students/class)
Most likely their COP stays at AL8 for 2022

Plus point:
Location is superb 5 ️
(esp with the newly open TEL line)

[rhinotroy]

hi experts,


if my DD score of 9 and not 9M and she opt for SCGS O level as 1st choice and CCHS main — COP 11. as 2 nd choice. can DD appeal for SCGS if she fail to get into n what are her chances of appeal

regards

Rhinotroy

[SG_KP1]

rhinotroy\" post_id=\"2090278\" time=\"1669372558\" user_id=\"199423:

hi experts,

if my DD score of 9 and not 9M and she opt for SCGS O level as 1st choice and CCHS main — COP 11. as 2 nd choice. can DD appeal for SCGS if she fail to get into n what are her chances of appeal

regards

Rhinotroy

Hi. You can put SCGS O as first choice and CCHM as second choice. At AL9 (no HCL), CCHM should still be (pretty) safe. She will only be able to appeal to SCGS O if she meets the COP. Last year that was AL8.

Good luck!

[KSHAMIAKSHA]

Hi parents,

My daughter got 7(P) with Higher Tamil.
Q1. Need your recommendations on the choices.
1. RGS - COP 4-6
2. MGS IP - COP 4-7
3. Cedar IP - COP 4-8
4. National JC - COP 4-8
5. SCGS IP - COP 4-8
6. Temasek JC - COP 4-8

Q2. Can she apply for SAP school even though she has not taken Chinese? Can she attend Higher Tamil from other nearby schools offering it?

Thank you in advance.

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KSHAMIAKSHA\" post_id=\"2090290\" time=\"1669376165\" user_id=\"42269:

Hi parents,
My daughter got 7(P) with Higher Tamil.
Q1. Need your recommendations on the choices.
1. RGS - COP 4-6
2. MGS IP - COP 4-7
3. Cedar IP - COP 4-8
4. National JC - COP 4-8
5. SCGS IP - COP 4-8
6. Temasek JC - COP 4-8

Q2. Can she apply for SAP school even though she has not taken Chinese? Can she attend Higher Tamil from other nearby schools offering it?

Thank you in advance.

NJC COP 21 was 4-7 according MOE website

[Superfly21]

Hi, sorry noob question. Do we have to fill in all six choices? Can we leave say the last 3 blank?


Asking because my son’s score is well within the cop of his first choice option. And we can’t think of any other schools to indicate for the last 3 options. Thks

[MerlionInGermany]

Superfly21\" post_id=\"2090295\" time=\"1669376938\" user_id=\"137741:

Hi, sorry noob question. Do we have to fill in all six choices? Can we leave say the last 3 blank?

Asking because my son's score is well within the cop of his first choice option. And we can't think of any other schools to indicate for the last 3 options. Thks

You can leave it blank and click submit and see if it goes through. If it doesn’t, you can put 3 girls school and see if it goes through (i am genuinely curious if the programming checks for this but didn’t dare to try it when it was our turn). If it still doesn’t, then I guess you will have to put another 3 schools.

[Bentley88]

KSHAMIAKSHA\" post_id=\"2090290\" time=\"1669376165\" user_id=\"42269:

Hi parents,
My daughter got 7(P) with Higher Tamil.
Q1. Need your recommendations on the choices.
1. RGS - COP 4-6
2. MGS IP - COP 4-7
3. Cedar IP - COP 4-8
4. National JC - COP 4-8
5. SCGS IP - COP 4-8
6. Temasek JC - COP 4-8

Q2. Can she apply for SAP school even though she has not taken Chinese? Can she attend Higher Tamil from other nearby schools offering it?

Thank you in advance.

Hi. Unfortunately it's going to be extremely hard for your daughter to get into RGS (Based on last year's cohort where there were many girls with AL6 who were balloted out while other AL6 girls got in.) For non SAP school, your higher tamil score wouldn't give you any advantage. Your daughter will be grouped together with other girls who got AL7 and didn't even take HMT in school.

I don't think there is anything official that says Malay/Tamil language students can't apply into SAP school (obviously no one will say that in case they get accused of being racist) However, if your daughter applies and is posted into a SAP school she will need to learn tamil outside of school hours at the tamil language center. And would you want your daughter to be (possibly) the only Indian girl in the sec 1 cohort? SAP schools will not go and hire a tamil teacher just for your daughter. Do i agree with this policy of SAP schools being only for chinese language students? No. But this is the rules and you will need to play by it.

Which is why it's harder to get into RI and RGS than HCI and NYGH... for the former, you have malay, tamil and chinese students vying for a spot... while for the later it's just chinese language students.

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KSHAMIAKSHA\" post_id=\"2090290\" time=\"1669376165\" user_id=\"42269:

Hi parents,
My daughter got 7(P) with Higher Tamil.
Q1. Need your recommendations on the choices.
1. RGS - COP 4-6
2. MGS IP - COP 4-7
3. Cedar IP - COP 4-8
4. National JC - COP 4-8
5. SCGS IP - COP 4-8
6. Temasek JC - COP 4-8

Q2. Can she apply for SAP school even though she has not taken Chinese? Can she attend Higher Tamil from other nearby schools offering it?

Thank you in advance.

Hi and congrats.

Q1 - I would suggest she think about whether there is a strong preference for MGS IP ahead of the remaining names on the list? If so, I would recommend removing RGS so that MGS IP has the best shot (\"first choice\"). Unfortunately, I think the general consensus is that RGS will not fall to AL7. However, if this is the preferred school and one is fine skipping over the AL7 schools (because any AL7 school would be second choice) then I understand the rationale to still put RGS as first choice.

Also, I would recommend putting at least one school at AL9+

As noted by others, last year NJC was AL7 COP. I also believe SCGS IP balloted at AL8 first choice (i.e. if ballot out at Cedar IP, may not have a chance for SCGS IP either. But as always, that was last year and this year may be different).

Q2 - I believe SAP school must take HCL and cannot attend Higher Tamil elsewhere, but please double confirm with the school if necessary.

Best of luck!

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MerlionInGermany\" post_id=\"2090297\" time=\"1669377344\" user_id=\"2964:

You can leave it blank and click submit and see if it goes through. If it doesn’t, you can put 3 girls school and see if it goes through (i am genuinely curious if the programming checks for this but didn’t dare to try it when it was our turn). If it still doesn’t, then I guess you will have to put another 3 schools.

I believe someone checked the other gender schools during DSA and the answer was cannot. Assume the same applies here.