2012 P1 Registration Exercise for 2013 In-Take

[ryanko]

Hi, I am newbie here. Looking for advice on behalf of my brother. She has a girl ( not Singaporean) registering for P1 next year. They live near Paya Lebar Methodists Girls.


Any advise on chances of getting admission ? If not likely, which schools should they consider ?

Thanks in advance !

[zoolet]

Is affiliation important? I always think it is not important until this year when I saw my niece’s PSLE results. My niece did very well in my opinion for her PSLE. Her score is 250. However, she can’t qualify to her dream school, MGS. The cut off of the school without affiliation is 253. She was very disappointed. Now she has to apply for other alternatives. If she was from MGS primary, she would be guaranteed a place. More and more good secondary schools are going IP, MGS, SCGS, Cedar girls etc. This would mean cut-off points to get to these secondary schools will be higher. Affiliation seems to be the only way to obtain a place in such schools if your child’s score is between 235 to 250. To me such score is good but they may not be good enough to qualify for such good secondary school.

[jedamum]

zoolet:

Is affiliation important? I always think it is not important until this year when I saw my niece's PSLE results. My niece did very well in my opinion for her PSLE. Her score is 250. However, she can't qualify to her dream school, MGS. The cut off of the school without affiliation is 253. She was very disappointed. Now she has to apply for other alternatives. If she was from MGS primary, she would be guaranteed a place. More and more good secondary schools are going IP, MGS, SCGS, Cedar girls etc. This would mean cut-off points to get to these secondary schools will be higher. Affiliation seems to be the only way to obtain a place in such schools if your child's score is between 235 to 250. To me such score is good but they may not be good enough to qualify for such good secondary school.

at one point in time, i feel that affiliation is not important, but then again without even 1 mark, one cannot get into one's dream school , so every mark counts. and it gets :gloomy: if you know that that dream sch has affiliated schs that enjoys the benefit and you wish you were in that pri sch.
your niece did well. congrats to her.
there is no affiliation benefits for entry into IP stream for affilate schs. but for schs like ACSI where i read that they give priority to own O-level stream students for transfer to their IP-IB stream (correct me if i am wrong), the benefits starts when the boys go into ACSpri. MHO.

[zoolet]

jedamum:

zoolet:

Is affiliation important? I always think it is not important until this year when I saw my niece's PSLE results. My niece did very well in my opinion for her PSLE. Her score is 250. However, she can't qualify to her dream school, MGS. The cut off of the school without affiliation is 253. She was very disappointed. Now she has to apply for other alternatives. If she was from MGS primary, she would be guaranteed a place. More and more good secondary schools are going IP, MGS, SCGS, Cedar girls etc. This would mean cut-off points to get to these secondary schools will be higher. Affiliation seems to be the only way to obtain a place in such schools if your child's score is between 235 to 250. To me such score is good but they may not be good enough to qualify for such good secondary school.

at one point in time, i feel that affiliation is not important, but then again without even 1 mark, one cannot get into one's dream school , so every mark counts. and it gets :gloomy: if you know that that dream sch has affiliated schs that enjoys the benefit and you wish you were in that pri sch.
your niece did well. congrats to her.
there is no affiliation benefits for entry into IP stream for affilate schs. but for schs like ACSI where i read that they give priority to own O-level stream students for transfer to their IP-IB stream (correct me if i am wrong), the benefits starts when the boys go into ACSpri. MHO.

ACI allows affiliation. MGS is similar to ACI. MGS is providing mid-stream IP program.

[phtthp]

if child can enter an affliated primary school, safer to enter first in P1.

6 years later if psle score is better, can always go another school … at least got choice mah.

1 mark difference … counts a lot. don’t underestimate the power of this significant 1 mark, to meet COP. 1 mark difference can determine if a child can enter his dream Sec school smoothly or … still need to appeal, thus subject to a lot of uncertainty & stress.

in the event child can’t enter his dream school because miss the COP by 1 mark - can still fall back on the affliated Sec school as backup. Blessed are those parents with kids able to enter affliated primary schools.

example:
if boy from Maris Stella primary miss HCI COP by 1 mark (this year cut off at 259), he can appeal. if appeal fail, can fall back on MS affliated Sec. ie. he has to put HCI as 1st choice (dream school), and put MS Sec as 2nd choice (but 2nd choice must be a confident school to get in, in the event 1st choice fail).

example:
if he score 255 + (3) ==> 258, he can appeal to HCI (COP at 259). in the event appeal fail, can still fall back on MS Sec at 258.

[phtthp]

hi zoolet,


yes, ACSI allow affliate to infiltrate.
one parent said \"Expect cut off for 2011 for IP to be lower\"
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=14433&start=7850

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=6254&start=740

psle top ACS GEP boy going RI:-
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=4460&start=160

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=4409

[kancheong mum]

[quote]example:

if boy from Maris Stella primary miss HCI COP by 1 mark (this year cut off at 259), he can appeal. if appeal fail, can fall back on MS affliated Sec. ie. he has to put HCI as 1st choice (dream school), and put MS Sec as 2nd choice (but 2nd choice must be a confident school to get in, in the event 1st choice fail).

example:
if he score 255 + (3) ==> 258, he can appeal to HCI (COP at 259). in the event appeal fail, can still fall back on MS Sec at 258.[/quote]Just a note that if the affiliated school is placed as second choice, the child will not be able to enjoy the affiliated COP. Children can only enjoy affiliated relationship if the affiliated school is placed as the first choice.

[Nebbermind]

kancheong mum:

Just a note that if the affiliated school is placed as second choice, the child will not be able to enjoy the affiliated COP. Children can only enjoy affiliated relationship if the affiliated school is placed as the first choice.

That's my understanding too!!

[margaret99]

bumped this thread…glad that it’s already in the discussion - my son is going to P1 in year 2013. We failed in getting the PV job in RUlang Primary school so looks like can only choose Jurong Pri. which is just 5 minutes’ walk away. though my son’s cousin are all from RUlang…but not siblings. even though…look at this years PSLE result, wondering if we should still try Rulang at phase 2C if fail then try Jurong Pri. at phase 2CS? any advice there? Thx!

[phtthp]

if your child enters an affliated primary school from P1 & intend to let child study all the way for the next 10 years, you may be curious to find out how is the existing current banding of the corresponding affliated Secondary school performing ?


http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=26056