2011 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[Simply Kiasu]

Hi All,


Can anyone advise how are cut off points of top schools affected if :

(i) if papers are generally easy like this year (understand from previous threads) that T-score may be lower --->does that mean COP of top schools will be higher ?
(ii) if the P6 cohort is larger than average (heard that 1999 rabbit year had a lot more babies

[verykiasu2010]

Simply Kiasu:

Hi All,


Can anyone advise how are cut off points of top schools affected if :

(i) if papers are generally easy like this year (understand from previous threads) that T-score may be lower --->does that mean COP of top schools will be higher ?
(ii) if the P6 cohort is larger than average (heard that 1999 rabbit year had a lot more babies

if general t-score is lower, then COP of every school will drop, eg last year top t-score was only 282 and RI's cop was 259, HCI was 257 etc

in other years where the top t-score was 290+, the cop was 26+ for RI


a few thousand more babies per year will not affect the t-score up or down, out of the pool of +/- 40 thousand

[Simply Kiasu]

verykiasu2010:

Simply Kiasu:

Hi All,


Can anyone advise how are cut off points of top schools affected if :

(i) if papers are generally easy like this year (understand from previous threads) that T-score may be lower --->does that mean COP of top schools will be higher ?
(ii) if the P6 cohort is larger than average (heard that 1999 rabbit year had a lot more babies

if general t-score is lower, then COP of every school will drop, eg last year top t-score was only 282 and RI's cop was 259, HCI was 257 etc

in other years where the top t-score was 290+, the cop was 26+ for RI


a few thousand more babies per year will not affect the t-score up or down, out of the pool of +/- 40 thousand

Thanks so much for your info, didn't realize that this year's paper is similar to last year's. Great.. hopefully the COP for top schools will stay the same or not change much. This is good news!! :imcool:

[Mamo]

Will the COP for affiliation be dropped too? Or up to the school’s discretion?

[jtoh]

Mamo:

Will the COP for affiliation be dropped too? Or up to the school's discretion?

Completely at the school's discretion.

[phankao]

Mamo:

Will the COP for affiliation be dropped too? Or up to the school's discretion?

COP for affiliated students is either set by the school. Usually the more popular schools will set the COP bc they don't want to set aside a specific number of places for affiliated students and possibly see COP(affiliated) drop.

[Ms tay]

Ds sch announced that the psle release date will be on 24th-28th but they cant confirm the date .I went to ds’s sch website and checked their past yrs calendar for the psle release date .Fr 2008-2010 ,the psle release days fell constantly on the last Thursday of the November . So does that mean this yr it must be on 24thnov thurs also ?

[vlim]

Ms tay:

Ds sch announced that the psle release date will be on 24th-28th but they cant confirm the date .I went to ds's sch website and checked their past yrs calendar for the psle release date .Fr 2008-2010 ,the psle release days fell constantly on the last Thursday of the November . So does that mean this yr it must be on 24thnov thurs also ?

hopefully with not so difficult papers this year, they will be able to release the result on 24/11.. :roll:

[Pen88n]

Yes, PSLE results is usually released on a Thurs. Expecting it to be 24 Nov, though MOE and most schools still will not commit and say as tentative date.


Why results released on Thur:
1) newspaper can published top scorer on Fri and over weekend can arrange interview with top scorer or family
2) students can spend Fri "digest" results, "racky" and choose schools, then face family over weekend to discuss choices, celebrate, etc.
3) last few days of school choice key-in should fall on weekdays in case of computer issues easier for technical access

[Vanilla Cake]

Ms tay:

Fr 2008-2010 ,the psle release days fell constantly on the last Thursday of the November . So does that mean this yr it must be on 24thnov thurs also ?

Hi Ms tay,
For your info:

Year 2010\t- 25 Nov 10 - Thursday
Year 2009\t- 26 Nov 09 - Thursday
Year 2008\t- 20 Nov 08 - Thursday
Year 2007\t- 22 Nov 07 - Thursday
Year 2006\t- 23 Nov 06 - Thursday
Year 2005\t- 24 Nov 05 - Thursday
Year 2004\t- 24 Nov 04 - Wednesday
Year 2003\t- 22 Nov 03 - Saturday
Year 2002\t- 28 Nov 02 - Thursday
Year 2001\t- 29 Nov 01 - Thursday
Year 2000\t- 29 Nov 00 - Wednesday
Year 1999\t- 27 Nov 99 - Saturday
Year 1998\t- 30 Nov 98 - Monday
Year 1997\t- 29 Nov 97 - Thursday
Year 1996\t- 30 Nov 96 - Thursday
Year 1995\t- 30 Nov 95 - Thursday