2011 Request for Advice on Selecting Secondary Schools

[Helping--Hand]

Hi

Wonder how can i transport to CGS (Crescent) if i take the Serangoon Interchange Thanks

[sall]

Helping--Hand:

Hi

Wonder how can i transport to CGS (Crescent) if i take the Serangoon Interchange Thanks

You can take MRT to red hill station and walk or can take bus.
Bus 132 and 111 stop at the bus-stop outside the school.

[phtthp]

not sure which Band Crescent & Tanjong Katong girls fall under.

COP (cut off points) for 2011 …

Crescent Girls

Express 243

http://app.sis.moe.gov.sg/schinfo/SIS_SearchDtls.asp?strCode=3005


\tTanjong Katong Girls

Express 234

http://app.sis.moe.gov.sg/schinfo/SIS_SearchDtls.asp?strCode=3013


compare with other Band 1 girls schools
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1)\tCedar Girls

Express 248

http://app.sis.moe.gov.sg/schinfo/SIS_SearchDtls.asp?strCode=3004


2)\tCHIJ St. Nicholas Girls

affliated Express 211, outsiders 249
difference 38 points

http://app.sis.moe.gov.sg/schinfo/SIS_SearchDtls.asp?strCode=7118


3)\tSingapore Chinese Girls school (SCGS)

affliated Express 210, outsiders 250
difference 40 points

http://app.sis.moe.gov.sg/schinfo/SIS_SearchDtls.asp?strCode=7014


4)\tBukit Timah Methodist Girls (MGS)

affliated Express 220, outsiders 253
difference 33 points

http://app.sis.moe.gov.sg/schinfo/SIS_SearchDtls.asp?strCode=7030


Band 2
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CHIJ (Toa Payoh)

a) affliated Express 193, outsiders 238
difference 45 points

b) affliated Normal Academic 154, outsiders 185
difference 31 points

http://app.sis.moe.gov.sg/schinfo/SIS_SearchDtls.asp?strCode=7004

[UncleLim]

In my working days, I had a top junior college in my CV and 3 previous employers that were publicly listed in the US or Europe. Somehow that gave my prospective employers the impression I was capable and desirable as an employee, and that probably gave me an edge over candidates who actually might be better-suited for that position.


From a brand recognition point of view, I would say choose SCGS. I do not like what I am saying but the truth is certain things in your CV helps you clear obstacles in your life. Like a Harvard degree, or if you have worked in Goldman Sachs. Many people have a certain impression of SCGS girls or RGS girls. I am not saying those perception is correct or mere stereotyping. But I feel many people do not know what to expect a Crescent girl to represent.

[naggo-nitemare]

There are 3 accounts of negative experiences in scgs (sec sch) tt confirmed my long held impression of the largely privileged bunch there.


Account 1 was my cousin who got in with her gd psle results. Prob was she lived in a 3 room hdb flat. She was miserable as she experienced ostracism from the affiliated old girls who snubbed at hdb dwellers. She was much happier at her less class- based JC.

Account 2 was from a close friend whose parents were traditional tailors. She too got in at sec 1 based on her gd psle results. She told me she was snubbed at n the ridiculing made her miserable. Likewise, JC life was a much needed relief from the ostracism. M

Account 3 was a straits times interview mediacorp actress rui en gave a couple of years back. She recounted her days in scgs as feeling like she never fitted in. Many of the girls had mothers who were already in the same social circle, unlike hers. The exclusive social setting was a negative experience for her. She eventually went to rjc for her a level education.

From these accounts, I would advise those from humble backgrounds with high psle marks to consider instead other schools tt admit pupils strictly based on meritocracy like crescent, raffles, cedar etc.

[phtthp]

under SCGS alumni, we have:-


- lawyer Thio Li Ann
- Dr Susan Lim (surgeon)
- Jazreel Low (actress)
- Rui En (actress)

her remarks on SCGS:-
http://7-princesses.blogspot.com/2008/12/rui-en-inside-outsider.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rui_En

source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Chinese_Girls%27_School

under MGS alumni, we have:-
Cherie Lim
http://www.mgs.sch.edu.sg/documents/0000/0799/newsamongus1-prestige0710.pdf

Lina Ng - Geylang Methodist

under Crescent alumni, we have:-
Chen Li Ping
http://www.trevvy.com/sgboyx/index.php?s=128de3cd5df34175b60022508b5d53f2&showtopic=24698

Diana Ser, Sharon Au - CHIJ St Nicholas
Jacelyn Tay - Cedar girls
Ng Hui - RGS, HCJC, NTU (Mass comm)

what different type of impression do you think - interviewers, employers and parents have of daughters graduating from following schools:-

a) CHIJ St Nicholas

b) MGS

c) Cedar ?

[UncleLim]

naggo-nitemare:

There are 3 accounts of negative experiences in scgs (sec sch) tt confirmed my long held impression of the largely privileged bunch there.


Account 1 was my cousin who got in with her gd psle results. Prob was she lived in a 3 room hdb flat. She was miserable as she experienced ostracism from the affiliated old girls who snubbed at hdb dwellers. She was much happier at her less class- based JC.

Account 2 was from a close friend whose parents were traditional tailors. She too got in at sec 1 based on her gd psle results. She told me she was snubbed at n the ridiculing made her miserable. Likewise, JC life was a much needed relief from the ostracism. M

Account 3 was a straits times interview mediacorp actress rui en gave a couple of years back. She recounted her days in scgs as feeling like she never fitted in. Many of the girls had mothers who were already in the same social circle, unlike hers. The exclusive social setting was a negative experience for her. She eventually went to rjc for her a level education.

From these accounts, I would advise those from humble backgrounds with high psle marks to consider instead other schools tt admit pupils strictly based on meritocracy like crescent, raffles, cedar etc.

Hi naggo-nitemare,

I believe your accounts and do not doubt for a moment there are class divides in the brand name schools. Maybe that is why they are branded in the first place with some parents trying their best to get their children into them to rub shoulders with future VIPs.

But I don't think that should stop anyone from going there. We just have to teach our children not to be ashamed of a humble background. Sometimes these rich girls or boys overestimate their own sense of privilege. And many of them do not really make something of themselves despite being sent to elite colleges abroad later on in life.

Increasingly in Singapore, we are faced with a greater disparity in wealth. Whilst in the past we regard a family in a Mercedes Benz as rich, now we have to deal with the ever increasing number of super rich in Porsches and Bentleys. So like it or not, the effects of this social stratification are going to be staring at our children in their faces. If not in school, then in their work, professional or business life a few years down the road.

[naggo-nitemare]

My friend n my cousin were not ashamed of their backgrounds. Youth is a short period of time of self discovery n teenagers should fully enjoy the last phase of childhood. Not to feel miserable n belittled.

[naggo-nitemare]

I think lim Hwee hua and Ho Ching were Crescent girls.

[phtthp]

Crescent girls


Ho Ching:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Ching