GEP kids and their parents

[verykiasu2010]

jtoh:

Laura02:

[quote]parents' age is 35 when the son is 11 y/o


parents' age when son was born : 24

so age of marriage = 23 at the latest

age when finished A level = 18, plus 2.5 years NS = 21

so between age 21 to 23 gone to uni get a degree and get a wife for the father and for the mother, from first degree to Phd in 5 years immediately after A level ... wow

sorry for the :offtopic:

LOL!

Actually, I remember a conversation between female students who were doing their Masters & PhD. They commented that the women who were pregnant or had just given birth scored much better in their exams. Something like their brain cells had grown along with their body ...

Really? I thought mums got more forgetful with childbirth. ;)[/quote]a friend actually did well for the Phd while being pregnant

[metz]

I understand that GEP for primary schools start in 1984. How about secondary schools? Start in 1984 too? Heard a friend got selected for GEP after PSLE in 1984. Anybody has recollection of GEP tests after PSLE before/in/after 1984?

[jtoh]

verykiasu2010:

a friend actually did well for the Phd while being pregnant

Oh when you're pregnant you're like a superwoman, good memory, very fit etc. But after childbirth half your brain cells become non-functioning. At least that's how I felt. :rotflmao:

[jtoh]

chamonix:

I understand that GEP for primary schools start in 1984. How about secondary schools? Start in 1984 too? Heard a friend got selected for GEP after PSLE in 1984. Anybody has recollection of GEP tests after PSLE before/in/after 1984?

I had a relative who joined GEP in Secondary school after PSLE. Don't know if he sat for a test or if it was based on PSLE results.

[metz]

jtoh:

chamonix:

I understand that GEP for primary schools start in 1984. How about secondary schools? Start in 1984 too? Heard a friend got selected for GEP after PSLE in 1984. Anybody has recollection of GEP tests after PSLE before/in/after 1984?

I had a relative who joined GEP in Secondary school after PSLE. Don't know if he sat for a test or if it was based on PSLE results.

I remembered the top scorer from my school getting 392 but she wasn't in the special classes in RGS. Hmm, wondering how the selection process was like then.

If GEP in secondary schools start in 1984, that would mean the first batch of GEP parents should be 39 years old, and not 37. :evil:

[Andaiz]

The first batch of GEP parents are 40 this year

[metz]

Andaiz:

The first batch of GEP parents are 40 this year

So, the selection starts in 1983? heehee, you could be one of them :evil: . Care to share on the selection process back then?

All along, I was wondering what those two special classes in RGS were for. Think I'm starting to get the picture...

[Andaiz]

Crever…chamonix. I went for the selection test but was not selected. This year DD1 is through to second round (P3) and we are managing her expectation lah!


The test was based on PSLE Results and I think it was 3A* and above. like one other poster says, you lose some brain cells after pregnancy and I have 3 blessings so I’ve an excuse…lol!

[jtoh]

No leh, GEP started in 1984. Oh maybe Andaiz you sat for your PSLE in 1983 for the first intake of 1984?

[metz]

Andaiz:

Crever.....chamonix. I went for the selection test but was not selected. This year DD1 is through to second round (P3) and we are managing her expectation lah!


The test was based on PSLE Results and I think it was 3A* and above. like one other poster says, you lose some brain cells after pregnancy and I have 3 blessings so I've an excuse....lol!

So 3A* was the minimum requirement. No wonder I don't recall any GEP tests being mentioned even though there were twenty ofus among the Top 10% for PSLE. Think most of us missed the 3A* criteria.

All the best to your DD1 and those taking the GEP tests!