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    PSLE COP 2009

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    • autolycusA Offline
      autolycus
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      tisha:
      Who decides the COP? Individual schools? If a student scores more than the COP then is there a guarantee that he/she will get into the school or is there again a dependency on the number of vacancies?

      The market decides the COP. Essentially, the reported COP is the lowest t-score that a school has accepted that year. The COPs are not decided by the schools.

      To conclude: COP for a given year is established AFTER all students have already been posted. It is then reported to give a crude guideline for the next year's intake to think about.

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        kiasuest2
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        tisha:
        Who decides the COP? Individual schools? If a student scores more than the COP then is there a guarantee that he/she will get into the school or is there again a dependency on the number of vacancies?

        Hi it doesn't work the way you describe. It is NOT \"determined\" upfront. Instead, the COP is the PSLE score of the last student who is allocated a place in the school.

        What this COP is will be determined primarily by the popularity of the school. The more students applying for for a particular school, the higher COP will be (and vice versa).

        But generally speaking, the COP of past batches is usually quite a good gauge of what the COP will be.

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        • autolycusA Offline
          autolycus
          last edited by

          kiasuest2:
          tisha:

          Who decides the COP? Individual schools? If a student scores more than the COP then is there a guarantee that he/she will get into the school or is there again a dependency on the number of vacancies?


          Hi it doesn't work the way you describe. It is NOT \"determined\" upfront. Instead, the COP is the PSLE score of the last student who is allocated a place in the school.

          What this COP is will be determined primarily by the popularity of the school. The more students applying for for a particular school, the higher COP will be (and vice versa).

          But generally speaking, the COP of past batches is usually quite a good gauge of what the COP will be.

          The likelihood of a high COP is determined primarily by the quality of the students applying. You might have a lot of applicants, but if they are all (for example) 234-245, then your COP will be 234 if you can take them all in, or higher than 234 and probably around 236-237 if you can't.

          From historical analysis (which you can do if you have the time at MOE's website), the COP seldom varies by more than 1-2 points. The only exceptions are when a school changes status or programme very suddenly. That normally means a stronger 'pull' factor and students with high t-scores will enter the queue. If enough of them are 'pulled', then the COP will likely rise.

          Just think 'market forces'. You can also think of DSA etc as 'market failure'. 🙂

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            tisha
            last edited by

            kiasuest2:
            tisha:

            Who decides the COP? Individual schools? If a student scores more than the COP then is there a guarantee that he/she will get into the school or is there again a dependency on the number of vacancies?


            Hi it doesn't work the way you describe. It is NOT \"determined\" upfront. Instead, the COP is the PSLE score of the last student who is allocated a place in the school.

            What this COP is will be determined primarily by the popularity of the school. The more students applying for for a particular school, the higher COP will be (and vice versa).

            But generally speaking, the COP of past batches is usually quite a good gauge of what the COP will be.

            Thanks kiasuest2 and autolycus. I understand now.
            When I went to a open-house recently, the Pricipal said that she does not know the COP? :!: It depends on demand and supply.
            Now with your reply it is clear.
            My kid will be P6 next year, just being kiasu and gathering info, in order to make 'informed choices' next year. 😉

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              JonC
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              Should read http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?p=279822#279822

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                doublesmile10
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                MooMoo:
                AWSP:

                just rcvd ds - hci 258+2


                Received SMS posting at 6am too. My DS got his 1st choice - HCI with 258+2.

                Wonder what is the COP for RI this year?

                259

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                • corneyAmberC Offline
                  corneyAmber
                  last edited by

                  doublesmile10:
                  MooMoo:

                  [quote=\"AWSP\"]just rcvd ds - hci 258+2


                  Received SMS posting at 6am too. My DS got his 1st choice - HCI with 258+2.

                  Wonder what is the COP for RI this year?

                  259[/quote]I personally think we should not revive this thread to avoid confusing our members, especially at this time.

                  This thread is about 2009 COP for 2010 Secondary 1 and RI's 259 has already been taken into account. So I think we should avoid posting misleading and confusing information especially at this time since the PSLE selection of schools has just ended.

                  Fine to start a new thread to collate the 2010 COPs for 2011 Sec 1 intake, but not okay to revive this thread to confuse others.

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                    AnotherKiasu
                    last edited by

                    I came across this site, when I was looking for 2010 COP.


                    http://schoolranking.blogspot.com/

                    Where from the data was compiled is not known. You may want to check individually your schools of interest.

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                    • corneyAmberC Offline
                      corneyAmber
                      last edited by

                      AnotherKiasu:
                      I came across this site, when I was looking for 2010 COP.


                      http://schoolranking.blogspot.com/

                      Where from the data was compiled is not known. You may want to check individually your schools of interest.
                      The data is based on the 2010 Sec 1 cohort. The official figures for the 2011 Sec 1 cohort is not out yet. Usually between March to April.

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                        AnotherKiasu
                        last edited by

                        Oops…Sorry.


                        Since the article date is "Thursday, November 18, 2010", I thought it is for 2011.

                        Since this date itself is before PSLE 2010 result, it must be for 2010.

                        Thx for pointing.

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