secondary school posting in 2011

[sall]

stsl:

Regarding the COP being wasted, me and DH at first also felt a bit wasted to let my DD choose her dream school of COP 240 while she got a 260. But second thought, we think that if she can perform well and most important thing she likes the school, then that is better to follow her choice. After all, the school she wants to go in is a good school too.

I am also in the same situation, dd's score is 19 points above COP of her dream sch, but we like the sch and the prog offered . That's what matters most.

[INNOVATE]

For those whose T-score are way above the school’s cop, must strive to be among the tops of the entire cohort. Also excel in your ccas, win honours and aim to assume a leadership position in sec 3.


If you can do all the above, you are in a better situation than being posted to a better school.

[WeiHan]

sall:

stsl:

Regarding the COP being wasted, me and DH at first also felt a bit wasted to let my DD choose her dream school of COP 240 while she got a 260. But second thought, we think that if she can perform well and most important thing she likes the school, then that is better to follow her choice. After all, the school she wants to go in is a good school too.

I am also in the same situation, dd's score is 19 points above COP of her dream sch, but we like the sch and the prog offered . That's what matters most.

But having a t-score 20 points higher than the COP of the schools isn't rare, take for example a boy who score 275 who chose HCI, for example, his score will be 18 points above the school COP. And I am very sure, it is quite common even in schools like RGS (and RI) and Nanyang. The question is that once your score is above certain percentile, your score will be significantly higher than most people.

[sall]

WeiHan:

sall:

[quote=\"stsl\"]Regarding the COP being wasted, me and DH at first also felt a bit wasted to let my DD choose her dream school of COP 240 while she got a 260. But second thought, we think that if she can perform well and most important thing she likes the school, then that is better to follow her choice. After all, the school she wants to go in is a good school too.

I am also in the same situation, dd's score is 19 points above COP of her dream sch, but we like the sch and the prog offered . That's what matters most.

But having a t-score 20 points higher than the COP of the schools isn't rare, take for example a boy who score 275 who chose HCI, for example, his score will be 18 points above the school COP. And I am very sure, it is quite common even in schools like RGS (and RI) and Nanyang. The question is that once your score is above certain percentile, your score will be significantly higher than most people.[/quote]Yeah, I agree. But somehow, I got bombarded by criticism from everybody about my choice, even her pri sch teachers do not agree with our choice.

[wonderm]

sall:

WeiHan:

[quote=\"sall\"]
I am also in the same situation, dd's score is 19 points above COP of her dream sch, but we like the sch and the prog offered . That's what matters most.

But having a t-score 20 points higher than the COP of the schools isn't rare, take for example a boy who score 275 who chose HCI, for example, his score will be 18 points above the school COP. And I am very sure, it is quite common even in schools like RGS (and RI) and Nanyang. The question is that once your score is above certain percentile, your score will be significantly higher than most people.

Yeah, I agree. But somehow, I got bombarded by criticism from everybody about my choice, even her pri sch teachers do not agree with our choice.[/quote]I guess it is because not many people feel so confident about the school of their choice. I often hear parents saying that it is important that the child likes the school of his/her choice. I agree too but in reality, our 12 year-olds have not attended the school before, and they could only base on impression at Open House and some get influenced from their friends. Choice of Sec school is a very difficult decision. KSP certainly provides lots of valuable informations to parents and students. Hopefully all make the best choice.

[INNOVATE]

At this level, any mistake made is still managable as after all, still sit for the same exam ie 0-level. For high ability students, they hve a choice to opt for IP at yr3, so no worries.


After that, any mistake made in the selection of route ie poly vs jc or a course to pursue in poly or jc is going to be a major one. It will hve a major impact on the morale of students and the choices available in unis.

Needless to say, thousands of mistakes occur every year in each cohort.

[WeiHan]

sall:

WeiHan:

[quote=\"sall\"]
I am also in the same situation, dd's score is 19 points above COP of her dream sch, but we like the sch and the prog offered . That's what matters most.

But having a t-score 20 points higher than the COP of the schools isn't rare, take for example a boy who score 275 who chose HCI, for example, his score will be 18 points above the school COP. And I am very sure, it is quite common even in schools like RGS (and RI) and Nanyang. The question is that once your score is above certain percentile, your score will be significantly higher than most people.

Yeah, I agree. But somehow, I got bombarded by criticism from everybody about my choice, even her pri sch teachers do not agree with our choice.[/quote]I understand the reasoning that if a child isn't very sure which school she prefers, then it is logical to just put six schools with descending order according to COP. But if the child is clear which school she prefers, there is no reason to follow any fix rules. Are there any real reason why one school has a higher COP than the other besides some mysterious reasons better students tend to choose the first school over the latter?

[sall]

Most girls who score 260+ will always choose RGS or NY. For boys, it’ll be RI or HCI. So the COP of these schs never drop. The public just have gd impression of these elite schs, so lots of parents will hope their children get a place there.

Actually, with the DSA sports, some students have much lower score than the COP. I know of gals who scored less than 240 this yr, got into NY because of sport talent.

[JieTing]

Is it true that we can only know the COP for all the secondary school on 22 Dec?


No way to find out now?

[rosecy]

JieTing:

Is it true that we can only know the COP for all the secondary school on 22 Dec?


No way to find out now?

yes. COP is based on the score of the last student posted to the school through the PSLE posting exercise. students posted through DSA are not considered for the COP.