2023 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2011)

[su27]

DD surprised us with AL4 and HCL Merit.


With that score she can go for RGS, Nanyang, MGS.

May I have ask which will you choose? I am noob at this. Daughter said RGS environment is very toixc. Nanyang CL is extremely tough. So the next best thing is MGS.

We did attended the open houses. Frankly speaking I was impressed with the physical schools of RGS and Nanyang.

[manorway]

su27\" post_id=\"2123168\" time=\"1700662423\" user_id=\"80180:

DD surprised us with AL4 and HCL Merit.

With that score she can go for RGS, Nanyang, MGS.

May I have ask which will you choose? I am noob at this. Daughter said RGS environment is very toixc. Nanyang CL is extremely tough. So the next best thing is MGS.

We did attended the open houses. Frankly speaking I was impressed with the physical schools of RGS and Nanyang.

Congrats! Will you please share more what you like with RGS and Nanyang please? What gives your child the impression that RGS environment is toxic?

MGS's 6 year program will end with IB. Does it matter to you or your child?

[manorway]

floppy\" post_id=\"2123003\" time=\"1700531618\" user_id=\"97579:

Original CHIJ (now known as CHIJ TP) was founded in 1854 and moved to TP in 1983. Therefore, SNGS definitely wasn't founded after the move. That aside, the various CHIJ were indeed established for various communities / locations in Singapore:

Katong Convent (1930)
St Nicholas Girls’ School (1933)
St Theresa’s Convent (1933)
St Joseph’s Convent (1938)
Bukit Timah Convent (1955; now known as CHIJ Our Lady Queen of Peace)
CHIJ Punggol (1957; now known as CHIJ Our Lady of the Nativity)
Opera Estate Convent (1959; merged with the primary section of Katong Convent to form CHIJ Katong Primary in 1990)
Our Lady of Good Counsel (1960)
Kellock Convent (1964)

thanks floppy and Zac's mum!

[su27]

manorway\" post_id=\"2123170\" time=\"1700662882\" user_id=\"9303:

Congrats! Will you please share more what you like with RGS and Nanyang please? What gives your child the impression that RGS environment is toxic?

MGS's 6 year program will end with IB. Does it matter to you or your child?

I dunno. I feel the school's layout is more structured for RGS and Nanyang. RGS being a fairly new campus with all the tech stuff (ergonomic classroom furniture).Nanyang's Layout is very organised. It is just my layman's observation. MGS seems to be abit cluttered.

RGS, probably all the gifted and high flyer students are there. Hence tends to be competitive. I assume that is what they meant by toxic.

IB and IP about the same right? Just that IB is more ang moh, while IP is more locally?

You probably guessed I am really novice at all this secondary school selection.

Any advices or information will be grateful.

[jewelfarmer]

Wonder12\" post_id=\"2123088\" time=\"1700635367\" user_id=\"203342:

Hi, I'm wondering who here got esis scholarship and what al is it.

Hello! Congrats! Your child must have done well for PSLE to be receiving the ESIS scholarship! It is awarded to the top one-third of students admitted to independent schools by PSLE score. There is no specific AL stated. You can read more about the ESIS here on MOE's website : https://www.moe.gov.sg/financial-matters/awards-scholarships/edusave-scholarships-independent

[gaiksin]

Hi all,


My DD got AL12D.
If distance is not an issue, which school shld apply first?
Nan Chiau SAP (cop12) or PLMGS (cop13)?

Anyone can feedback on school cultures/teachers/students for PLMGS vs Nan Chiau vs St Margaret?

Thanks al

[Momo70]

su27\" post_id=\"2123173\" time=\"1700663754\" user_id=\"80180:

I dunno. I feel the school's layout is more structured for RGS and Nanyang. RGS being a fairly new campus with all the tech stuff (ergonomic classroom furniture).Nanyang's Layout is very organised. It is just my layman's observation. MGS seems to be abit cluttered.

RGS, probably all the gifted and high flyer students are there. Hence tends to be competitive. I assume that is what they meant by toxic.

IB and IP about the same right? Just that IB is more ang moh, while IP is more locally?

You probably guessed I am really novice at all this secondary school selection.

Any advices or information will be grateful.

Competitiveness is subjective and contingent on individual perception. \"toxic\" is too strong a word to describe it.

RGS is undoubtedly highly competitive, and I'm quite certain the same holds true for NYGH and MGS as well..

[blesseddad]

gaiksin\" post_id=\"2123190\" time=\"1700695215\" user_id=\"133716:

Hi all,

My DS got AL12D.
If distance is not an issue, which school shld apply first?
Nan Chiau SAP (cop12) or PLMGS (cop13)?

Anyone can feedback on school cultures/teachers/students for PLMGS vs Nan Chiau vs St Margaret?

Thanks al

Wait...DD or DS? Some of those that you have listed are girls school.

[gaiksin]

blesseddad\" post_id=\"2123200\" time=\"1700699366\" user_id=\"6241:

Wait...DD or DS? Some of those that you have listed are girls school.

Opps its DD

[ajshabeel]

su27\" post_id=\"2123168\" time=\"1700662423\" user_id=\"80180:

DD surprised us with AL4 and HCL Merit.

With that score she can go for RGS, Nanyang, MGS.

May I have ask which will you choose? I am noob at this. Daughter said RGS environment is very toixc. Nanyang CL is extremely tough. So the next best thing is MGS.

We did attended the open houses. Frankly speaking I was impressed with the physical schools of RGS and Nanyang.

Congrats! Based on feedback from other parents and some of my daughter’s classmates who have been in each school, I think RGS is a competitive environment where everyone is striving to study harder and do well while Nanyang is slightly more relaxed and the ties with HCI are quite strong. However MGS IB will allow your DS to spend 2 years in ACS(I) which could be beneficial and has the most interaction with opposite genders. However there is minimal interaction during the first 4 years while Nanyang and HCI regularly organise sports meets and other events together. Overall I would pick MGS IB as I really like the curriculum becoz it equips these youths better for real world situations and increased interaction with classmates as there are many group projects