2010 PSLE Discussion

[tryunited]

hi,

can someone please advise.
my dd has 247+1(HCL) applying:
1. CHIJ St Nic
2. Cedar
3. TKGS

do you think the selection is risky since my first and second choice are borderline??(vs COP 247 and 246 respectively)

thank you

[lizawa]

ahque:

yaya totally agree with u that discipline & distance shld b the main consideration. unfortunately we are stayin in bt timah & all the elite schs are nearby but beyond our reach. so near yet so far. hv a feelin tat he wont make it to nan chiau.

now more like :-

1. maris stella cop 232 band 3
2. clementi town cop 230 band 4

hv selected few schs but dunno how to place

fuhua cop 229 band 4
presbyterian cop 229 band 5
st andrew cop 233 band 7
gan eng seng cop 222 band 5
bt batok cop 221 band 5

what do u advise? heard of fuhua?

2 of my nieces are from Fuhua. If you are streamed into the best class, it's actually quite good. Both my nieces are well disciplined, and do well academically also in the school.

[ganchiong]

lizawa:

Adetan:

If happens both pupils get 224, first pupil put his 1st choice as Fuhua and second pupil put as 2nd choice. You think second pupil will get into Fuhua? Will first pupil get the first priority? Pls comment...thks

No, choice does not matter. There are many decimal places behind the 224 that you see on the result slip, in the database. So the one with the higher \"224\" will have priority over the one with the lower \"224\".

My wife called MOE regarding this and they agreed there will be a very small percentage that will have same T-score even they have many dec pl. In such cases, they said the person with 1st choice have an advantage.

[autolycus]

ganchiong:

My wife called MOE regarding this and they agreed there will be a very small percentage that will have same T-score even they have many dec pl. In such cases, they said the person with 1st choice have an advantage.

That's true. It's because if you read the book carefully, you can only get into a school if you can displace the lowest person in the queue. If somebody with the same T-score got there first, you cannot displace that person.

It's all on their website. http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/secondary-one-posting/

[lizawa]

autolycus:

ganchiong:

My wife called MOE regarding this and they agreed there will be a very small percentage that will have same T-score even they have many dec pl. In such cases, they said the person with 1st choice have an advantage.

That's true. It's because if you read the book carefully, you can only get into a school if you can displace the lowest person in the queue. If somebody with the same T-score got there first, you cannot displace that person.

It's all on their website. http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/secondary-one-posting/

Interesting. Then it depends on how the students are sorted when they are ranked. not the choice also. For example, if the students are sorted by T-score, then, by name. Then, the student whose name appears first will be allocated place first. If this person gets into his 2nd choice school, the next person with exactly the same score (even up to decimal place), but chose the school as 1st choice, won't be able to displace this last person !

Oh, sorry, maybe there is also a sorting by school choice. then it makes sense that the person who chooses the school as first choice gets priority. In any case, it will affect those who have exactly the same score and when there is only 1 place left. Tough luck !

[jtoh]

lizawa:

autolycus:

[quote=\"ganchiong\"]My wife called MOE regarding this and they agreed there will be a very small percentage that will have same T-score even they have many dec pl. In such cases, they said the person with 1st choice have an advantage.

That's true. It's because if you read the book carefully, you can only get into a school if you can displace the lowest person in the queue. If somebody with the same T-score got there first, you cannot displace that person.

It's all on their website. http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/secondary-one-posting/

Interesting. Then it depends on how the students are sorted when they are ranked. not the choice also. For example, if the students are sorted by T-score, then, by name. Then, the student whose name appears first will be allocated place first. If this person gets into his 2nd choice school, the next person with exactly the same score (even up to decimal place), but chose the school as 1st choice, won't be able to displace this last person !

Oh, sorry, maybe there is also a sorting by school choice. then it makes sense that the person who chooses the school as first choice gets priority. In any case, it will affect those who have exactly the same score and when there is only 1 place left. Tough luck ![/quote]No lah, they won't sort by name. Otherwise you'll find loads of kiasu parents naming their children Aaron. Ay, but kiasu might as well name Aaron just in case. hahahah!

[jabroni]

Not ks enough…


Must call Aaaaron…

[lizawa]

jabroni:

Not ks enough...


Must call Aaaaron..

LOL ! I must be :stupid:

[JonC]

Hmm… quiet again until posting is out.

[joconde]

just got the PSLE cert from the sch, surprised that the t-score is not printed on the cert, why argh ?? I think i’ll laminate the result slip