[Bukit Timah] Primary Schools

[spikey]

greenbean2011:

just wondering ... where do MGS and SCGS girls normally end up after O level ?


for the rich - perhaps send them England / US to study medicine or law degree ? what about those that remain back in SG ? where they go ?

they go to ACJC

[jtoh]

verykiasu2010:

greenbean2011:

yes！indeed, it’s really makes a world of huge difference, whether a child attends an affliated primary school - vs. those who don’t...

peace for 10 years but with the top JC's places mostly taken up by IP students at sec one, it will be heart breaking to try to fight into the top JC even with perfect scores for O levels...as it is now, you need 3 points for L1R5 to enter RJI/HCI

i think the advantage of pri-sec affiliation is over-hyped unless you can get into a sec school that has through-train to JC2....but then this will mean affiliation at a higher cut-off point, eg NYPS girls going to NYGH need min 250 for the through-train in NYGH/HCI...

I am sure Cat High / SCGS are raising the bar on the way to establish their own IP /JC through train .... affiliation won't be at 210 now (eg SCGS).....

too much hype on affiliation become an \"affliction\" later on when the scores are not good enough to enter top tier JC

An aggregate of 3 may not even be able to get you into RI (JC) and HCI (JC). It's that competitive.

250 to get into NYGH is a good 'discount' to get into a top school. After all, if you're not a strong student you may not be able to cope with the rigours of a top IP school.

Affiliated score for ACSI is about 235 for O levels and about 250(+/-) for IB.

So you could be right that schools like SCGS/SNGS/CatHigh/MGS may raise their IP thru train COP much higher, as compared to those who are only eligible for the O levels. SCGS' COP is already 220 currently, MGS' is 220 and the IP thru train hasn't even started yet.

[janet88]

greenbean2011:

yes！indeed, it’s really makes a world of huge difference, whether a child attends an affliated primary school - vs. those who don’t.


if a a child attends affliated primary school, the psle stress for both parents and kid –the mental anxiety during exam preparation, is so many times greatly reduced !

time flies! 6 yrs primary school pass very fast, in the twinkle of an eye! If no affliation, child has to find own secondary school himself.
I mean - of course every parent would love their child to do well.
which parent doesn’t ? But hor, sometimes in life hard to say, anything can happen during psle exam time.

at least can have peace for the next 10 years first!

This is one reason why hubby is determined to register daugher in my former school with affiliation...although further as compared to son's school 5 minutes walk away.
Those 6 years passes by VERY fast...like what you mentioned in a twinkling of the eye. My son is in P5 now in a school with non-affiliation...it wasn't too long ago when he started P1. Next year, he will be sitting for his PSLE and the stress of getting into a secondary school of his choice will be much harder with the higher COP.

It's hard to tell what could happen near/during PSLE period. During last Sat's briefing, the school principal asked parents to give their moral support by accompanying their children in the year their kids take the PSLE, as well as accompanying them when they collect results as it's once in a lifetime.

10 years of lesser worries from primary to secondary school as compared to 6 years of primary school without affiliation.

[Scary]

Hi Janet. . …


Hi,
Who is registering for their children this yr?

I am trying PHPPS. Hope no balloting is required.

[mummy of 3]

U stay within 1km?

[Joyfulhands]

Hi scary,

Me! Are u in 2B?
I just submitted the form for church member. Next will be the registration day in July.

[janet88]

Scary:

Hi Janet. . ..


Hi,
Who is registering for their children this yr?
I am trying PHPPS. Hope no balloting is required.

Hello Mummies.
I hope all of you staying within 1km can get in successfully. All the best.

[Eagle-Ladybird]

greenbean2011:

just wondering ... where do MGS and SCGS girls normally end up after O level ?


for the rich - perhaps send them England / US to study medicine or law degree ? what about those that remain back in SG ? where they go ?

they make it big in life, not being doctors and lawyers . . . . :lol:

[LOLMum]

Eagle-Ladybird:

greenbean2011:

just wondering ... where do MGS and SCGS girls normally end up after O level ?


for the rich - perhaps send them England / US to study medicine or law degree ? what about those that remain back in SG ? where they go ?

they make it big in life, not being doctors and lawyers . . . . :lol:

no matter where they go, some end up marrying acs/sji boys.

[janet88]

LOLMum:

no matter where they go, some end up marrying acs/sji boys.

or maybe become socialites...little 'tai tai'. But then MGS girls usually do go far in life.