Compare RGS vs NYGH

[Snow Crystal]

musette:

It would be good if anyone can share specifically the performance of the girls only at 'A' levels. Unlike last time, with the scrapping of the 'O' levels for IP schools, it is difficult to make a fair comparison.

Only the management of the JCs will know. Definitely they have such information but they have reasons not to release. If announce too much details, and we can tell which section is the one who pulls down overall performance in A levels, it will be detrimental to the recruitment exercise of the section. We can only hear from grapevine.

To add on to the comparison woes, JCs present their data in creative ways and parents have to dig in and analyse the results statistics. MOE should standardise their reporting so that parents have a clear picture.

I saw this in HCI Thread - the woes of being on the wrong side of the stellar A level results :
http://stopthe-pretence.blogspot.sg/2012/03/truth-behind-my-jc-life.html

[naggo-nitemare]

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Yet year after year they are able to produce sterling results, comparable to the Raffles school.[/quote]

I hv been following HCI n RI’s A level results closely over the past few years. It is obvious tt RI has widened the margin over the last couple of years. Academic results wise, HCI is good but RI is in a league of its own in every aspect except for maybe Higher Chinese.

Having to choose rgs betw nygh is tough. Both are great schools tt offer nurturing environments. However, which diploma I want to end up with in yr6 will ultimately help me decide rgs or nygh.

Happy choosing! Either way, Ur DDs will hv a wonderful time!

[ruohoo97]

Augmum:

ruohoo97:

[quote=\"Augmum\"]
U mean more kaisu = better ?? :scratchhead:

I meant \"in that sense\". Having KS parents, it's not necessarily bad thing, as long as parents know when to draw a line. There seems a correlation between how KS the parents are and how well the child perform in school. :roll:

It seems to me RGS's parents are more involved in their dd's school than those of NYGH's. Hope that will prompt more NYGH parents to share :boogie: .

Well......it certainly does not mean that parents not active in postings or sharing in this forum,
means that they are not inolved in their kid' studies.
Take for example in DHS thread, 
i personally know of DHS's parents who are very concern and involve in their kids' studies and activities,
But this thread does not seem to have many active participants of parents....

Several reasons for it.......
Some are FTWM who do not have the spare time to chitchat here,
Some are not comfortable in openly sharing while some have no interest in posting in forums,
And def there are some who arent aware of this thread/ forum ......[/quote]Totally.agree with you. It is also networking effort. One well-informed KSp will bring more KS parents to this forum. Redundant networking.

[ruohoo97]

friendship:

Due to affliation which allow their own primary schools to enter at lower aggregrate. Hence personally I concluded that RGS and RI are up to higher standard.


Nanyang or HCI are run by pool of chinese businessmen. In businessman's world,\" I buy your product, you buy my product\" , everything OK liao.

It may happen in China, unlikely in Singapore.

GLORYmum:

Err... since my dd may be going to NYGH, what product have we bought??
:nunchuk: :nunchuk: :nunchuk:
Quite an unfair statement rather unfounded ! :stompfeet: :stompfeet:

Yeh hor, wanted to cater tea for them, never got chance. :evil:

[ruohoo97]

MummySTay:

Let the A level results speak for itself.

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=32637&start=10

Of course, RI is still way at the top of the table based on statistics, followed by HCI...
But do note, none of the schools ever reveal the performance of their bottom say 10% (just giving a random figure).

What happened to them? do you mean they were not considered into school cohort?

[Edureach]

In addition to academic performance whereby RI’s mean of 85.5 vs HCI’s mean of 84.5, culture and distance, one needs to feel comfortable studying in the chosen school.


Another important factor is which school can provide your dd the best opportunities to excel in her cca or the likely hood of representing her college in national competitions. Just base on straight As without a good cca portfolio is considered only as good in one aspect. If a student aims to study for free in our local unis, a good cca record is a mandatory requirement. As both are the top girls’ schools, the positive feedback from some existing girls while informative cannot be totally instructive as is based on one’s personal experience only. No two persons are the same!.

For those who are highly capable and posses leadership qualities, evaluate which school is the most ideal platform to position you to sieze top student’s leadership positions ie president/vice president of student council or at least president/vice president of respective ccas. You will definitely be asked this question during scholarship interviews or selection interviews for admission to medicine and law faculties.

Remember you are not just competing within your own schools but the entire cohort.

[WeiHan]

friendship:

Due to affliation which allow their own primary schools to enter at lower aggregrate. Hence personally I concluded that RGS and RI are up to higher standard.


Nanyang or HCI are run by pool of chinese businessmen. In businessman's world,\" I buy your product, you buy my product\" , everything OK liao.

I think most schools in Singapore have chinese businessmen in their management board including HCI and RI.

Earlier on, there was also some comments that infer pulling of string to get into the school. I think MOE won't allow this and I hope everybody just keep a vigilant eye that such thing never happen in Singapore.

There is probably some lack of understanding about schools that have a chinese cultural roots. Communism and materialism is a later development in the overall chinese history. In general, chinese culture is great and has its fair share of weakness and strong points. The challenge is then for the schools to keep points with merit in chinese culture and also adopt western elements which are beneficial also. Open-mindedness is the key.

[Snow Crystal]

WeiHan:

Earlier on, there was also some comments that infer pulling of string to get into the school. I think MOE won't allow this and I hope everybody just keep a vigilant eye that such thing never happen in Singapore.

Friend - you are innocent :imcool:
For sec sch there are ways to do it... because appeal is not solely academic.
The sch need not reveal reasons on why they let an appeal case with several marks below COP get through :evil: Parents who hear such cases may not bother because subject sch not in their radar.

[Edureach]

You will never get to hear the fate of the bottom 10% whether in RI or HCI for obvious reasons. In fact the bottom 20% generally failed to qualify for local business schools so hve to choose unpopular courses.


For the bottom few percent, no choice hve to take distance learning degrees or retake A-levels as a pte candiate.

[WeiHan]

Snow Crystal:

WeiHan:

Earlier on, there was also some comments that infer pulling of string to get into the school. I think MOE won't allow this and I hope everybody just keep a vigilant eye that such thing never happen in Singapore.

Friend - you are innocent :imcool:
For sec sch there are ways to do it... because appeal is not solely academic.
The sch need not reveal reasons on why they let an appeal case with several marks below COP get through :evil: Parents who hear such cases may not bother because subject sch not in their radar.

Then, it is a concern. if it happens in education, it can also happen in other areas. And then, slowly our society degrades.

But generally speaking,MOE still won't gives the schools too much discretion in such practice. \"not revealing reasons\" until they are forced their hand is a general practice of the government of Singapore.