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[ahque]

need some good advices.


my ds had fever during psle, with special consideration of 4 points, he has 232. goin to appeal for sst as he didnt manage to clear e 2nd around. now, we are struggling as to which schools to choose. seems like too risky to put sji as 1st choice, but we can only appeal if we put sji as 1st choice rite? our choices :-

1st choice - sji
2nd choice - maris stella / nan chiau
3rd choice - clementi town
4th choice - ?
5th choice - ?
6th choice - ?

we are staying at bt timah.

[ruohoo97]

JieTing:

Hi, need some good advice here.


What do you think of following choices for 230 :

1.) Tanjong Katong Secondary school (COP 234)
2.) Nan Chiau (COP 231)
3.) Temasek Sec Sch (COP 230)
4.) ?
5.)??
6.)???

Thank in advance.
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I think you stand a chance for Victoria, why not try it?

[corneyAmber]

Advisepls:

Thank You pecalis and 25hourmaid

You are most welcome! Good luck! :celebrate: I am sure Cedar is within your reach even if you are unable to get into DHS.

[ksfaith]

Hi Pecalis


Have you submit your daughter choice of school?

[corneyAmber]

JieTing:

What do you think of following choices for 230 :

1.) Tanjong Katong Secondary school (COP 234)
2.) Nan Chiau (COP 231)
3.) Temasek Sec Sch (COP 230)
4.) ?
5.)??
6.)???

Thank in advance.
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ruohoo97:

I think you stand a chance for Victoria, why not try it?

Absolutely wrong and misleading advice! Trying for Victoria with 230 is asking for the impossibe.

[Almighty]

Advisepls:

pecalis:

[quote=\"Almighty\"]
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Getting into RI with 266 - shouldn't be a problem. I think.

The lowest score last year was 259. you should get in no prob :D[/quote]
Thankyou Advisepls and Pecalis
I am worried as the Mean is exactly 266... :?:

[ruohoo97]

autolycus:

The COP as a rule does not change very much if the situation of a given school is stable. It is ruled by 'market forces', with adjustments for 'market failures' such as DSA.


The reason that the COP does not change very much is that the overall distribution of the PSLE grades does not vary much because of the large candidature. After raw scores are converted to t-scores, most schools will see at most a COP adjustment of 1-2 points.

Now, suppose there is really a significant increase in the number of people in the range 250-260 and also for scores >260 (for example). The question would be, how come? The main reason would have to be that the distribution shifted up as a whole while the spread remained about the same.

That means, if a candidate got a 230, that candidate must be actually be significantly worse compared to this cohort than another candidate with 230 in a previous year. There are more people with better scores.

So why doesn't the COP change much?

Because the market is essentially random after the top few schools and the DSA are taken into account. By the time you reach your second, and certainly your third choice, it is a lottery. That is why you should aim to hit a school on your first choice.

People being mostly rational, that is what they do. They read the COPs from the MOE website (or from KSP) and they go for a 1st choice school that is not more than +1 or +2 compared to the PSLE aggregate, or lower.

Remember that the COP is the LOWEST score of a student getting into a given school. When you look at the range entering a school, that doesn't help either; the top scorer may be there for many reasons — one of which is something like: had 260, applied for RI first choice and didn't make it, wound up with third choice.

Just some thoughts...

Very convincing indeed, but taking into consideration of this year smaller population, and easier papers, which drives T score lower for overall performance, it is hard to conclude that this year's 230ers are far worse than last years.

[Proudparentof2]

Proudparentof2:

Hi Jeremyjamey, not a problem at all. My dd's name is Annisa, she is from P6 Patience.

JeremyJamey:

Oh, he knows Annisa. My son is Jeremy, her classmate!!
Small world!

Small world indeed!! Yes, Annisa knows Jeremy too. Good luck and all the best to Jeremy and you!

[parentof3]

My friend’s son scored 232 living at Bukit timah area. She headache where to choose. His son learning lab teacher ask him to try SJI


1. SJI 241
2. Maris Stellar 232
3. CTSS 230

then clueless what to put for the last 3

Can help?

[ksfaith]

Is nan chiau at sengkang too far for him? or he prefer travel to the west