S'poreans to get priority for P1 places during balloting
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sounds like lots of witch hunt against PR, like the cultural revolution, some of the posting really reads like a cultural revolution witch-hunt speak
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ACS - try convincing any ACS alumni NOT to send their boy(s) back to ACS and see what happens. The gal frens were all asking her to consider NYPS since it is academically stronger. Oh, I should also add that she also has the choice of SNGS if she has a gal.
all great schools.osakachan:
[/quote]Just curious, which school did ur girlfriend choose? Both ACS and Nanyang are popular school, it should be tough decision.
absolut_vodka:
I'm sorry - at some point if you were a student of a certain school that is not govt funded, you would have been subjected to fund raising so definitely not true that old boys/gals do not contribute financially to the school. In all likelihood, those who have little 'affiliation' with their schools probably will not enroll their child(ren) in the school either (or these may be singles). Those with child(ren) and come from schools with strong alumni network will definitely continue their affiliations with the schools in whatever forms. Like someone said, try asking an ACS boy not to send their sons back to ACS, its practically impossible! I have a galfren who was from nanyang primary who just had a son - she has the choice of nanyang primary and ACS(J) - guess which school they are choosing for their son?
It comes back to the point again - why did the particular school become good or popular? It is because of her past, and thus its contributions from the old boys/gals!
[quote=\"wayne lai\"]I agree with you. I did not challenge the priority for Alumni.
I only questioned the numbers - and I am certain that not all alumni who gets in via 2A are of the same commitment you mentioned.
In fact, I dare say that more than 50% of the alumni do not contribute financially or non-financially to their alma mater. -
ACS choice is a no brainer cos of affiliation too.
NYPS have no affiliation to sec schs for boys. -
true but from the wife’s point of view (and all her galfrens too), NYPS is a better choice coz more likely to get better results.
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absolut_vodka:
true but from the wife's point of view (and all her galfrens too), NYPS is a better choice coz more likely to get better results.
nothing is absolute
to most parents, as long as the results are reasonable, it is okay
main reason why ACS is popular is because they are (or many of them) members of Methodist Church, and they prefer the Methodist tradition....I guess many people don't like to verbalise this point -
well, my fren and her hb are catholics so not applicable in this case.
i select the school based on the average results of the cohort instead of looking at one or two top students (who may be very brilliant/hardworking to begin with and that would have nothing to do with the school) so the current information available is quite useless to me. I would prefer the schools to be more open about how many passes vs how many quality passes in each given cohort instead of just trumpeting one or two (or a few) top students. I'm sure that is information that they have available.verykiasu2010:
nothing is absoluteabsolut_vodka:
true but from the wife's point of view (and all her galfrens too), NYPS is a better choice coz more likely to get better results.
to most parents, as long as the results are reasonable, it is okay
main reason why ACS is popular is because they are (or many of them) members of Methodist Church, and they prefer the Methodist tradition....I guess many people don't like to verbalise this point -
DH was lamenting about this not being implemented last year. Told him no diff lah for us. No schools within 1km. Reputable schools all oversubscribed by over 20% in phase 2C for within 1km. If we look at it objectively, PR registering in P1 make up a rather small %. Add to that, there are those who have siblings in the school already so they get in at phase 1. So truth is the bigger competition comes from our own compatriots.
While I applaud the move to put Singaporeans 1st, I think parents need to temper their expectations too. This new ruling does not improve your chances that much. In fact, I think it may just worsen it for most popular schools. Those who originally thought chances are way too slim will think that there is a bigger chance and join in the race thus resulting in the number of registrants going up.
Just my thoughts. -
Funz:
think so tooDH was lamenting about this not being implemented last year. Told him no diff lah for us. No schools within 1km. Reputable schools all oversubscribed by over 20% in phase 2C for within 1km. If we look at it objectively, PR registering in P1 make up a rather small %. Add to that, there are those who have siblings in the school already so they get in at phase 1. So truth is the bigger competition comes from our own compatriots.
While I applaud the move to put Singaporeans 1st, I think parents need to temper their expectations too. This new ruling does not improve your chances that much. In fact, I think it may just worsen it for most popular schools. Those who originally thought chances are way too slim will think that there is a bigger chance and join in the race thus resulting in the number of registrants going up.
Just my thoughts. -
verykiasu2010:
who tells you PRC allows dual citizenship ? Don't talk rubbish[/quote]PRC don't, but SG does, before the child turns 21yo.blessed777:
[quote=\"LOLMum\"]we are not just talking about pr from china, we also have many malaysians and indonesians who are pr too. doubt many of them would convert to citizenship just becasue of school.
pr from china would convert to citizen, as they hv nothing to lose, they can hv dual citizenship dont they. As fr pr from neighbouring countries they wd rather send their children else where such as aussie or relocate there if possible.
Apply PRC citizenship first, then apply Sg citizen.. ta-da.... dual citizenship.. :evil: :evil:
There are reports on this in the newspaper. PRC scholars holding dual PRC and SG citizenship.
But that fellow have to choose one when she turns 21yo. -
last year that PRC girl who got President Scholarship, she is a PR? her parents are PR or SC conversion?
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