PSLE 2010 Results Report Here

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Is 235 safe for TKSS? Advise pls. We are in the East.

[AlwaysKiasu]

Is Fu Hua a good school?? PLS HELP

[momsie]

This is more for average students.


I have a story to share with all parents choosing a secondary school for their children. I have a daughter who was from one of the top SAP schools. She was only an average student there. My daughter was a well behaved and quiet girl. With her average results, she was not given much opportunities to shine. With her aggregate of 207 at the end of P6, I decided to put her in one of the notoriously ‘bad’ school, where she was top of her cohort. She was put into the best class and was given all kind of opportunities to shine. For 4 years, her teachers willingly stayed back after school whenever she needs extra coaching. At the end of 4 years, she was a leader in her CCA, a peer support leader and an oganiser of many activities, each allowing her to hone her leadership skills. She went into her 1st choice in Poly, Business Engineering, because of her strength in A/E Maths. Her Sec 4 teacher is still her mentor. She’s just as popular in the Poly. The head of her Course is given her extra guidance now and then and she’s just as active in all the activities. My daughter is now in her 2nd year in Poly and is one of the top 10 students there. I believe she would not have any problems getting accepted into our local U and most importantly, she has become a very confident girl.

My son this year score 226. He’s all along had his eyes set on Temasek (COP 230-252). My choice for him is Bedok View (COP 218-229). Thanks to koguma for highlighting the Means and Median, I agree this is also very important. I brought him to Bedok View this morning and I was greeted by 4 students cousillors there, all in their Sec 2. The Principal and Manager were not available to answer to my questions. In fact there was no one in school other than these student cousilors. But, my trip was not wasted. They politely, diplomatically and clearly answered all my questions in good simple English, even the difficult ones I put in to test them. I saw with my own eyes the confidence the School has in them and how well they were trained. Yes, although Bedok View is just an average school, I’m impressed. My son wiill be one of the top cohort there in their best class. I believes like my daughter, he’ll be given all opportunities to shine there and being one of the best, his morale will be high and that will motivate him to give off his best. But, if I were to appeal for him to go to Temasek, or put him in one of the better schools with COP 22X, he’ll only be at the bottom of his cohort.

With so many of his peers better than him, would he be able to shine?

With my son’s personality, I believes Bedok View is a good fit. My son also feels comfortable interacting with these students and is convinced Bedok View is more suitable for him. This school will be my son’s 1st choice.

I’ve scanned thru many comments in this and other threads and I feel it is not how good the school is, but how good will your child be in that school. That’s the questions you should be asking. A good school is a school that would give your child lots of opportunity to shine without overwhelming him. Hope all of you will make the right decision where to put your child in.

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INNOVATE:

WeiHan


Peking and Tsinghua are now considered as elite unis. Grads of these unis are warmly welcome in leading western societies.

I was in Boston last weekend and stayed with friends who are both Harvard professors/Research scientists. The husband commented that he knows that Shanghai Fudan university has a very good science program. Peking, Tsinghua and Fudan are the 3 top universities in China.

[AlwaysKiasu]

AlwaysKiasu:

Is Fu Hua a good school?? PLS HELP

[WeiHan]

d1s2:

INNOVATE:

WeiHan


Peking and Tsinghua are now considered as elite unis. Grads of these unis are warmly welcome in leading western societies.

I was in Boston last weekend and stayed with friends who are both Harvard professors/Research scientists. The husband commented that he knows that Shanghai Fudan university has a very good science program. Peking, Tsinghua and Fudan are the 3 top universities in China.

With the deteriorating financial condition of US, I suppose many of these scientists have difficulty securing research funding. On the other hand, the chinese government is pumping bigger funding into research. My question is do these scientists you met has considered any possibility of shifting to these universities for their career in the future?

My answer is \"likely\".

[sunzhi]

MooMoo:

jtoh:

[quote=\"sunzhi\"]
hi, tks for the input. ACSI is too far. btw, will it jeopardize his chance if a school is placed as 2nd/3rd choice? the admittance to school is based on merit (score) or order of choices? let's say HCI cop is 257, will a boy with 257 and put HCI as 1st choice has priority over someone with 259 but put HCI as 2nd choice?

The computer will allocate based on MERIT first. So the student with 259 will be allocated his choice of school before the student who scores 258, 257 etc.

So anyone who's ranked above your son will get to exercise his choice first, regardless of whether it's his 1st choice, 2nd choice etc. Similarly, your son will get to exercise his choice before those ranked below him. So if he doesn't get his first choice of RI, he will get his 2nd choice etc before the computer moves down to the person ranked after him.

jtoh is right. MOE system stores the aggregate score with multiple decimal points for ranking purpose. Hence, at the end of the day, it is important to discuss with your DS to allow him to rank his choices and then you moderate to ensure it is indeed a good combination. He must be comfortable with his choice as this is going to be another 6 years journey. Hope you get what I mean. Last year, my DS wants HCI and I want him to get into RI for convenience sake. At the end, I stepped back. Both RI and HCI are great schools. Anyway, congratulations for the good achievement!

:celebrate:[/quote]yes, exactly. I told him the same too, most importantly he has to be 'happy' for the next 6 years. I am just not too sure whether he is able to cope considering he is not the self-motivated type.

many thanks moomoo & jtoh for the great info

[AlwaysKiasu]

AlwaysKiasu:

May I know if Fuhua Secondary is a good school??? :?: :?:

[vynx]

momsie:

This is more for average students.


I have a story to share with all parents choosing a secondary school for their children. I have a daughter who was from one of the top SAP schools. She was only an average student there. My daughter was a well behaved and quiet girl. With her average results, she was not given much opportunities to shine. With her aggregate of 207 at the end of P6, I decided to put her in one of the notoriously 'bad' school, where she was top of her cohort. She was put into the best class and was given all kind of opportunities to shine. For 4 years, her teachers willingly stayed back after school whenever she needs extra coaching. At the end of 4 years, she was a leader in her CCA, a peer support leader and an oganiser of many activities, each allowing her to hone her leadership skills. She went into her 1st choice in Poly, Business Engineering, because of her strength in A/E Maths. Her Sec 4 teacher is still her mentor. She's just as popular in the Poly. The head of her Course is given her extra guidance now and then and she's just as active in all the activities. My daughter is now in her 2nd year in Poly and is one of the top 10 students there. I believe she would not have any problems getting accepted into our local U and most importantly, she has become a very confident girl.

My son this year score 226. He's all along had his eyes set on Temasek (COP 230-252). My choice for him is Bedok View (COP 218-229). Thanks to koguma for highlighting the Means and Median, I agree this is also very important. I brought him to Bedok View this morning and I was greeted by 4 students cousillors there, all in their Sec 2. The Principal and Manager were not available to answer to my questions. In fact there was no one in school other than these student cousilors. But, my trip was not wasted. They politely, diplomatically and clearly answered all my questions in good simple English, even the difficult ones I put in to test them. I saw with my own eyes the confidence the School has in them and how well they were trained. Yes, although Bedok View is just an average school, I'm impressed. My son wiill be one of the top cohort there in their best class. I believes like my daughter, he'll be given all opportunities to shine there and being one of the best, his morale will be high and that will motivate him to give off his best. But, if I were to appeal for him to go to Temasek, or put him in one of the better schools with COP 22X, he'll only be at the bottom of his cohort.

With so many of his peers better than him, would he be able to shine?

With my son's personality, I believes Bedok View is a good fit. My son also feels comfortable interacting with these students and is convinced Bedok View is more suitable for him. This school will be my son's 1st choice.

I've scanned thru many comments in this and other threads and I feel it is not how good the school is, but how good will your child be in that school. That's the questions you should be asking. A good school is a school that would give your child lots of opportunity to shine without overwhelming him. Hope all of you will make the right decision where to put your child in.

True. I agreed with you. My niece went to Ngee Ann with an aggregate of 250 last yr. She top in the Sec 1 cohort and she is very happy there. She have told me that if she has gone to any of the top school, she would not shine there.