Appeal Secondary One Posting

[Jennifer]

atuna99:

Hi there,


Just to share. Appeal will start either on 22 or 23Dec 09. It depends on the school. My son did not do that well, so, i have spoken to 4 - 5 schools' principal on appeal. Reason -> it is only this time that there will be movements and the school will look at who appeal and select those they want.

While most school will take in appeal based on CCA, a few based on result. One principal that i spoke to told him told me his selection is based on result, and of course, if the child has leadership quality, it may help. The other one said he wants basketballer and badminton player, if my child has that he will take him despite of aggregate. Yet another principal said it will not make sense if the selection is based on result, he wants to see what the child has and whether the child can give them something extra.

Just to take note, most of the school will accept appeal only if you put them in the first choice, however there may be exception. So, the best thing is to dig out all the credentials that your child has and appoach the school to understand their criteria of accepting appeal cases. From there, you can roughly gauge whether the chance is high or not.

How many schools can we appeal at? The admin staff at Hwa Chong told me 1 appeal only. Is she correct?

[luckystar]

Would like to share with the parents with younger kids, choosing school by

1) dsa – required few years effort on certain gifted talent
2) psle result – 5 years consistent hardwork + exam luck

You really need to discover the talent in your kid as young as possible. most important is natural and they enjoy.

If you miss those, when you need to apeal after psle result, still back to the square, most of the transfer of school is based on the TALENT in your kid.

[jktron]

Hi, can anyone give me some hints on how to appeal if my son’s mark is not too far away from COP?

[worried123]

my daughter got 257 for psle last yr,missed the cop by 2m

she is currently in scgs now and is it possible for her to appeal to enter njc in sec 2?
:?

[Bentan]

Enjoy your reading on the same topic at:


http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7127

[kiasuson]

Vikaesh:

jktron:

Hi, can anyone give me some hints on how to appeal if my son's mark is not too far away from COP?

IF he has had a good record of consistently high scores for previous years, photocopy/bring original for the appeal [interview] also prepare answers to typical Qns like \"What contribution will u be able to make to the school?\" etc. Also photocopy/ bring original certificates to competitions [regardless of genre].

(NOTE: My advice is do not appeal as even if yr son gets into the school he will be amongst the bottom few and is likely to suffer)

Not true. Most of students below the COP and making it to the schools are doing very well. It all depends on your attitude.

[daisyt]

Just Mama, to share with you my personal experience last year. My girl was very upset when she could not get in her dream school. We appealed, she was called for interview, and the biggest stab into her heart, the appeal was unsuccessful. It was a difficult time for all of us. The last 2 weeks of Decemeber was totally ruined because everyone was in no mood for anything, except the appeal thing. She kept blaming herself for not getting that few marks more and cried many times. To cut the story short, eventually, she accepted the fact and move on with her posting school. During the 1st week, she already starting to love the posting school so much. Here, she has many opportunities, in CCA, in some writing compeitions, student leaders etc. which I think, she won't even have a chance if she is in that dream school. This appeal process has made her learn many important lessons of life and pull our relationship one more step nearer. Now she always tell me, \"Every cloud has a silver lining\" and I can see, she has grown stronger after that incident.

[MdmKS]

Quote from the grandmother of the recent top PSLE girl :


" 是金子到那里都会发光 “

[csc]

MdmKS:

Quote from the grandmother of the recent top PSLE girl :


\" 是金子到那里都会发光 “

I like this. :lol:

How about diamonds? Dazzling Diamonds? (SV's theme for annual prize giving night)

[JustKP]

kiasuson:

Not true. Most of students below the COP and making it to the schools are doing very well. It all depends on your attitude.

Hi Kiasuson,

Have sent PM to you for some advice. Thank you in advance.