Secondary School Selection 2012

[Nebbermind]

watmekiasu:

I'm reading one or two pages a day and am starting to get confused.


I read in the booklet that if you put in eg IP for SCGS as a choice but did not make it for the COP for IP, you would not be automatically given a place for normal route even if you qualify. Hence, to be on the safe side, can we select a school twice to be on the safe side eg IP SCGS and normal route SCGS ?

Yes, I believe the 2 diff prog of the same school is considered as two schools choices and have their own unique codes. So in order to qualify for either, they must be selected as 2 of the 6 choices

[watmekiasu]

BeContented:

Thot your DS also in neighborhood school? Isn't this typical of the neighborhood school? I guess just like not all good schools are the same, some neighborhood schools are not as neighborhood.

For those who are not aware, dun get shocked.
In DS school, >50% DO NOt get to express stream. Less than 10 students in whole P6 cohort score >250 ie. only top 3% vs good school 30-40%. So it's true, top 10% in real neighborhood school is 22x -25x (usually only 1-3 students above 26x). Top/first class range is 21x onwards....... :sad: sad but that's the reality.

This is very sad. I tot many people say all schools are the same. Every school will have smart and not so smart students. My dd told me her teacher said all previous students from her class score 250 and above every year (but maybe not my dd thus year bcos she doesn't seem to be of the same calibre :sad: :sad: ). So, scoring 250 is not that easy.

[watmekiasu]

Nebbermind:

watmekiasu:

Yes, I believe the 2 diff prog of the same school is considered as two schools choices and have their own unique codes. So in order to qualify for either, they must be selected as 2 of the 6 choices

Thank you for clarifying this.

I guess now it is my turn to work hard because my dd doesn't really care which school she goes to . She says as long as they do Lit - well, that's like every school in Spore.

Must keep in mind COP and distance.

[BeContented]

watmekiasu:

BeContented:

Thot your DS also in neighborhood school? Isn't this typical of the neighborhood school? I guess just like not all good schools are the same, some neighborhood schools are not as neighborhood.

For those who are not aware, dun get shocked.
In DS school, >50% DO NOt get to express stream. Less than 10 students in whole P6 cohort score >250 ie. only top 3% vs good school 30-40%. So it's true, top 10% in real neighborhood school is 22x -25x (usually only 1-3 students above 26x). Top/first class range is 21x onwards....... :sad: sad but that's the reality.

This is very sad. I tot many people say all schools are the same. Every school will have smart and not so smart students. My dd told me her teacher said all previous students from her class score 250 and above every year (but maybe not my dd thus year bcos she doesn't seem to be of the same calibre :sad: :sad: ). So, scoring 250 is not that easy.

Frankly, I dun subscribe to the 'all schools are the same'. IMO, it will not & will never be. We can try to equalise & start everything at same point, eventually all other factors will come in & things will not be the same again. We dun live in an ideal world.....

Above 250 means national top 10% leh. Of course not easy. There's another 90% ... I also praying hard for 250 & above

[PiggyLalala]

I also do not believe in all schools are the same. Some principals are more competent than the others, some are more hardworking. Similarly for trs, even in the same school, some teachers are better than the others, some works very hard, planning the lessons and worksheets for their students, some go home at 1 pm, but sad to say, the hardworking trs are sometimes not rewarded.

[SAHM_TAN]

Is it becos of bell curve that’s why only 10% will score 250 and above ?

[alng]

watmekiasu:

I'm reading one or two pages a day and am starting to get confused.


I read in the booklet that if you put in eg IP for SCGS as a choice but did not make it for the COP for IP, you would not be automatically given a place for normal route even if you qualify. Hence, to be on the safe side, can we select a school twice to be on the safe side eg IP SCGS and normal route SCGS ?

Yes this is correct. If you want SCGS either IP or O levels, you have to choose SCGS IP and SCGS O levels separately, using 2 out of your 6 choices.

[janet88]

Scoring 250 is definitely not easy…that means 2 A* and 2 As.

I am hoping for that too.

[watmekiasu]

Unfortunately, even though 250 is not easy to get, that score will not even give you a glimmer of hope of getting into the top secondary schools if you have no affiliation. :scared:


If I could do it all over again, I would get dd into a primary school with affiliation.

[phtthp]

watmekiasu:

Unfortunately, even though 250 is not easy to get, that score will not even give you a glimmer of hope of getting into the top secondary schools if you have no affiliation. :scared:


If I could do it all over again, I would get dd into a primary school with affiliation.

Yes, agree !
250 is only tip of the ice berg.

for affliated good pri school children - obtain 250 can get them into a Top Sec school, at least still can enter minimal O level track, if can't enter IP.

but for Non-affliated kids - obtain 250 can't even put 1 leg in, step into the entrance door of those Top Sec school. Need minimal lowest entry score of 26X +

that's why the wait list Transfer queue from parents for Transfer into good, affliated Primary schools is so .... long queue