2011 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[tiggermum]

Mummychris:

Hi, my dd scores 248. SNGS is her dream school but their cop is 249. Was wondering if we shd try as 1st choice n Anderson as 2nd? I was thinking if its too risky coz we might lose our chance w Anderson too if she fails to get into SNGS. Please advice. Thank you!

COP of SNGS may drop this year, as they may lose some students to Cedar (which is going IP next year). So i'd say give it a shot. My niece joined SNGS Sec and really loves the school.

[Helping--Hand]

jtoh:

Someone enlighten me. Why is everyone talking about appealing when they haven't even submitted their S1 Central Posting forms yet and the posting results are not out? Aren't appeals for when you don't get the school of your choice after posting? I can understand the situation for DSA students who didn't get any COs and now want to appeal. But why is everyone else talking about appealing?

I think they too KIASU... scared cannot go in to their dream school. :rotflmao:

[Mummychris]

tiggermum:

Mummychris:

Hi, my dd scores 248. SNGS is her dream school but their cop is 249. Was wondering if we shd try as 1st choice n Anderson as 2nd? I was thinking if its too risky coz we might lose our chance w Anderson too if she fails to get into SNGS. Please advice. Thank you!

COP of SNGS may drop this year, as they may lose some students to Cedar (which is going IP next year). So i'd say give it a shot. My niece joined SNGS Sec and really loves the school.

Thank you so much for all your info! I really don't know all these. Ok! We will give it a try!

[jtoh]

Mummychris:

Really! I really thought that it was based on priority! Meaning if my dd put SNGS as her first choice and she does not get in,she may not get into anderson because others choose it as their 1st choice? And do u think she will stand a chance w the different of 1 point?

Posting is based on merit then choice of school. So if your dd doesn't qualify for her first choice school, the computer will consider her for her 2nd choice, then 3rd choice etc and give her a school before they move on to the next student who's ranked after her. All this is clearly spelt out and illustrated in the MOE handbook given to all PSLE students in helping them to make an informed choice for schools.

[LightningStrikesXIII]

Mummychris:

Really! I really thought that it was based on priority! Meaning if my dd put SNGS as her first choice and she does not get in,she may not get into anderson because others choose it as their 1st choice? And do u think she will stand a chance w the different of 1 point?

the COP may fluctuate, so it's actually quite safe. it would be even better if your dd takes hmt and has bonus points, as it's a SAP school. i got 249+2, and SNGS is definitely my first choice as i got a lot of good feedback from friends who are studying/used to study there.

[2ppaamm]

jtoh:

Someone enlighten me. Why is everyone talking about appealing when they haven't even submitted their S1 Central Posting forms yet and the posting results are not out? Aren't appeals for when you don't get the school of your choice after posting? I can understand the situation for DSA students who didn't get any COs and now want to appeal. But why is everyone else talking about appealing?

Keke i am also wondering how come so strange this year. The only reason i can think of is that parents ate preparing to put in a school slightly off limit and then appeal later. the rate this is going, there may no longer be much room for appeal going forward.

[Pen88n]

jtoh:

Someone enlighten me. Why is everyone talking about appealing when they haven't even submitted their S1 Central Posting forms yet and the posting results are not out? Aren't appeals for when you don't get the school of your choice after posting? I can understand the situation for DSA students who didn't get any COs and now want to appeal. But why is everyone else talking about appealing?

Jtoh, nowadays everything is \"short-cut\". From what I read, if COP is far off (>=2 points?) from last year COP, putting in S1 posting may not be successful. So, may put in as 1st choice for S1 posting (or may not under advice of school) and submit appeal at the same time rather than waiting for posting results to be out. \"Short-cut\" the process and maybe turnaround time??? I think the schools are gonna receive a lot more appeal.

Btw, I'm curious, do you pay a fee for appeal?

[2ppaamm]

jtoh:

Someone enlighten me. Why is everyone talking about appealing when they haven't even submitted their S1 Central Posting forms yet and the posting results are not out? Aren't appeals for when you don't get the school of your choice after posting? I can understand the situation for DSA students who didn't get any COs and now want to appeal. But why is everyone else talking about appealing?

Keke i am also wondering how come so strange this year. The only reason i can think of is that parents ate preparing to put in a school slightly off limit and then appeal later. the rate this is going, there may no longer be much room for appeal going forward.

[Mummychris]

LightningStrikesXIII:

Mummychris:

Really! I really thought that it was based on priority! Meaning if my dd put SNGS as her first choice and she does not get in,she may not get into anderson because others choose it as their 1st choice? And do u think she will stand a chance w the different of 1 point?

the COP may fluctuate, so it's actually quite safe. it would be even better if your dd takes hmt and has bonus points, as it's a SAP school. i got 249+2, and SNGS is definitely my first choice as i got a lot of good feedback from friends who are studying/used to study there.

Don't have... :gloomy:

Thank you so much for your reply. I read the book given by MOE on school posting & posting phase n i understand now that its based on merit first according to their PSLE aggregate scores. But i really dont understand how 2nd, 3rd choice works... Eg, if my dd couldnt get into her 1st choice school, will she be able to get into her 2nd choice school even with other student getting lower score than her but its their 1st? Please enlighten me ^^ thank you!

[Big Octopus]

random 99:

Snow Crystal:

[quote=\"random 99\"]What are my chances of getting into RI with a score of 258 + i have already appealed?

So we assume you have no DSA CO and you are under S1 posting. 258 is just below past 3 years' COP and so considered risky. That's why you have gone to appeal at RI under suppl exercise. However, appeal route has even lesser vacancies than S1 posting and your competitors are the GEPpers and top scorers with COs from other schs eg HCI and ACSI wanting to trasnfer over to RI too. Past year appeal COP apparently higher than S1 COP. Thus if you can't get in via S1, your chance of gg in via appeal is low. Any talents to offer RI? CCA? If you have HCL, you will likely get into HCI with the bonus HCL points I assume you have min +1. Your 2nd choice is HCI?

I am in the student council of my school and I am a Leading boy in Boys' Brigade. I have also won many competitions for the school including CCA's. On top of that my father and brother is from RI. Does that help? I will be putting HCI as second choice with 2 HCL points but my dream school is still RI. So do I still stand a chance in entering RI.[/quote]You are not from GEP rt? I know the appeal form asks if your family is from RI but I am not sure how much weightage they give to that. Hopefully some KSP can shed some light on this. Besides, most of the boys appealing would have some leadership positions or CCA achievements or family are ex RI, and most important, from GEP. The number of GEPpers who can't get RI via DSA is not small at all. 350 GEP boys and RI gives out probably only 160-180 DSA places to GEP boys who hit min 8x%. Other than some GEPpers who genuinely want to go HCI and ACSI, the preferred choice among GEPpers remains as RI Did you win any exceptional prizes in competition eg Olympiad Platinum? Ques is : Is Boys Brigade a CCA that is core to RI? I can't answer that. Basically, if you can't get RI via S1, you are up against v strong competition via appeal. You will most likely get HCI.[/quote]

Why can't RI open up more classes and accept all GEPpers instead ? I know there are some with GEPpers with low T score, but that is not what they are look at in the first place rite ? Otherwise, no need to identify GEP rite ?
Boys generally mature later and these kids might be doing very well later on as they mature.