2012 P1 Registration Exercise for 2013 In-Take

[alng]

I am still watching this P1 registration closely despite I am not registering this year. I had my fair share of stress and heartache last year. My dh told me last night that I am wasting too much time on this P1 registration when it is none of my concerns...LOL.


I do not think the birth rate has decreased as I remember that I was just qualified for the baby bonus when I gave birth to my ds2 in 2005. With the introduction of baby bonus, the birth rate went up a little before coming down again. Went to search for birth rates and found this link:

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/content/singapore-birth-rate-vs-available-primary-one-places

Instead, birth rate in 2006 is higher than that of 2005.

I must say it is more competitive this year. A number of schools are having less than 20 vacancies for phases 2b and 2c now. It won't be long for us to see balloting at phase 2a2.

[BubbleT]

phtthp:

alng:

[quote=\"pinetart\"]

Go for RV as it is nearer and you have higher chance because base on current seats bal at scgs, those > 2km may have risk to get rejected. Personally I think most people choose SCGS or ACS mainly due to prestige and affiliation. Schools that produce top PSLE scores in Singapore are mainly from NYPS, RGPS and most SAP neighborhood schools. Eg. If u go read the notice board at TLL(the learning lab) you cannot find SCGS members in the top psle scorer list.

RV is better than ST Margaret in terms of academic performance so you can consider that as last option.

Please do not just look at top score. While SCGS has not produced a top scorer above 275 in recent years (her top scorers were still above 270) her

results in terms of average T score and % of quality passes have been very good and were way better than many neighbourhood SAP schools. For example, SCGS's average T-score of 230+ vs a very popular school at jurong west (the one that produced top scorer) average T-score of 210+.

refer past 2011 PSLE average / mean score:-
SCGS mean of 233.35 & % Quality passes beat Rulang & River Valley. The academic results showed that SCGS is stronger than these 2 schools.

let's compare by subject, detailed breakdown (refer % Quality passes):-
English: SCGS (91.2 %) vs Rulang (64.2 %)


Chinese: SCGS (89.3 %) vs Rulang (89.8 %)

Science: SCGS (82 %) vs Rulang (64.5 %)

Maths: SCGS (68.6 %) vs Rulang (61.6 %)

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=29025&start=130

Rulang (page 4)
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=29025&start=30

page 2
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=29025&start=10

River Valley (page 3):-
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=29025&start=20

SCGS beat River Valley flat, in all 4 subjects.
let's compare by subject, detailed breakdown (% Quality passes):-
English: SCGS (91.2 %) vs RV (56.2 %): by a huge difference

Chinese: SCGS (89.3 %) vs RV (81.4 %)

Science: SCGS (82 %) vs RV (52.1 %): also huge difference

Maths: SCGS (68.6 %) vs RV (56.8 %): quite huge difference

St Margaret (page 14: scroll right to bottom of webpage)
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=29025&start=130

St Margaret need to improve academically, especially on her Maths.[/quote]Thanks all for your comments and analysis!!! Feeling the stress now as the registration numbers todate are much higher than past few years....

[jayphus]

Many parents woke up one morning and realised that they are actually an old boy or old girl of some schools. :heresmyfish:

[janet88]

alng:

I must say it is more competitive this year. A number of schools are having less than 20 vacancies for phases 2b and 2c now. It won't be long for us to see balloting at phase 2a2.

My 2nd one is in P2 but I am looking at vacancies available out of curiousity. Thought Phase 2A2 is still safe :scratchhead: and the stress comes in at 2B/C.

[alng]

janet_lee88:

My 2nd one is in P2 but I am looking at vacancies available out of curiousity. Thought Phase 2A2 is still safe :scratchhead: and the stress comes in at 2B/C.

Janet, today is day 2 of phase 2a2 and Rulang has 25 vacancies left! I really know how this is like as I PVed at Rulang but failed to get in last year. This year is worse than last year.

[pchong]

I must say it is more competitive this year. A number of schools are having less than 20 vacancies for phases 2b and 2c now. It won’t be long for us to see balloting at phase 2a2.[/quote]

I believe this is due to the results of schools going into single session and hence, the number of classes have to be reduced. Being said that, govt has also opened up a few new schools this year to cater for the outstanding numbers.

[pchong]

I was angry why din my parents send me to popular sch when I was young since there wasn’t much competition 30 to 40 years ago. If not, my children will be admitted straight away through phase 2A, my grandchildren will have no worries to go in and also my great grand children and great great grand…there will be no stress for the next generation.

[PhoBIA]

jayphus:

Many parents woke up one morning and realised that they are actually an old boy or old girl of some schools. :heresmyfish:

:goodpost:
Many parent may scramble to join the alumni too.

[lilfeets]

Don’t flame me but i think we are our worse enemy by creating the stress and the hype. I am guilty of worrying but i also am prepared for the fact that I may or may not get into the first choice of school. No hard feelings.


Let’s view the numbers objectively and hang in there. Make back-up plans. Good Luck!

[Pegasus24]

KK Yeo:

Has anyone got any idea if any schools have ever held balloting for Phase 2A2? I just registered today and learnt that there're only 25 vacancies left. I'm afraid if there are more than 25 applicants tomorrow, there'll be balloting held, and my chance will be extremely slim since i stay beyond 2km.


The school adminstrator told me it has never held balloting in the entire history of the school for this phase, but i'm still nervous!

Totally know how you feel. I saw only 30 seats left after 1st day of Phase 2A2.... biting nails now... cos still got 1 day to go.... if more than 30 applicants, 2A2 will require to ballot.... (cross finger! cross fingers!!!!)