GEP 2011 - Screening & Selection

[lwzh]

sweetheart:

Only 5 from Nanhua ? So few? My son who is from a vvv Neighbourhood Sch has 6-7 kids who gets selected to GEP ..

yeah, I can't believe it, last year it had 16 students in. So big different, what happened?

[LegoMan]

Hi all,


My son managed to qualify for GEP and now we have a tough decision on which school to choose.

Nanyang is one of the nearest to our house but heard it is quite competitive. Also with so many GEP kids, harder for your child to stand out and shine.

Does anyone have any experience with Nanyang GEP ?

Other choices are Rosyth, which is much further from our house, but looks to have very interesting CCAs, and ACS, but slots are limited.

[Nebbermind]

lwzh:

yeah, I can't believe it, last year it had 16 students in. So big different, what happened?

if 'giftedness' is naturally and not by training, then why shd anyone be surprised? :?

[lwzh]

Nebbermind:

lwzh:

yeah, I can't believe it, last year it had 16 students in. So big different, what happened?

if 'giftedness' is naturally and not by training, then why shd anyone be surprised? :?

Yes, if all conditions remain the same as before, why results can't keep consistent. Or do u mean the only changed condition is trained before but no training any more in nan hua?

[drickymummy]

Nebbermind:

[quote]How are pupils posted to the schools in the GEP?


In the primary GEP, if the pupil is from a school that offers the programme, then the pupil could choose to remain in the school. A pupil would be posted to a school of his/her choice as long as there is a vacancy. If there are more applicants than vacancies, other criteria would apply. A pupil applying for a SAP school would be given preference if he/she comes from a SAP school. Likewise for a pupil applying for a single-sex school if he/she comes from a single-sex school. All else being equal, distance of school from home is an important factor.

It was discussed before, they will try to match the new school with the previous school like what they stated above. They prob have a checklist and see if u 'scored' enough to get to the school of your choice.[/quote]So chance shd be higher if my child is fr SAP sch and stated that he wld like to go to another SAP?

[drickymummy]

jtoh:

pinball:

I was told 20 from ACSJ so with ACSP maybe most the places would be taken up by them.


I checked with the teacher at the booth on sat, they have about 20 from the 2 schs. So should have 1 more class for others if none of their boys left to join others.

There are only 2 GEP classes in ACS, so if the affiliated students take up 40 places, there would only be about 10 places left for other students.[/quote]

At least I know there shd be 1 lesser since tat boy wants to go NYPS...

[drickymummy]

pinball:

We were told at the briefing last Sat, P1&P2 will be at a different site at Toh Tuck (think from next year??) If parents are thinking of putting their younger one into NY within a year or two, have to take this into consideration

It is the yr after that they will move...

[jtoh]

Cats:

Thanks! Jtoh!


I heard the envt is very competitive n New girls has problem settling in.

Wats your girl's experience like? Was she transferred over from another girls school too?

Thanks!

Cats, I've pm'd you.

[Flowermonaster]

lwzh:

Nebbermind:

[quote=\"lwzh\"] yeah, I can't believe it, last year it had 16 students in. So big different, what happened?

if 'giftedness' is naturally and not by training, then why shd anyone be surprised? :?

Yes, if all conditions remain the same as before, why results can't keep consistent. Or do u mean the only changed condition is trained before but no training any more in nan hua?[/quote]Sorry, don't really understand. Even all conditions remain the same, the students taking the test are different wat. You mean whether the kids are natural gifted or not depend on which school they go? :? It should not be so right?

[25hr mama]

lwzh:

Nebbermind:

[quote=\"lwzh\"] yeah, I can't believe it, last year it had 16 students in. So big different, what happened?

if 'giftedness' is naturally and not by training, then why shd anyone be surprised? :?

Yes, if all conditions remain the same as before, why results can't keep consistent. Or do u mean the only changed condition is trained before but no training any more in nan hua?[/quote]Gifted + no training > Gep = genuinely gifted
Gifted + training > Gep = still considered genuinely gifted
Non-Gifted + training > Gep = artificially gifted :siam: :rotflmao: