Appeal Secondary One Posting

[Happygolucky]

Dear Just Mama,


255 is already a good score(among top 10% of cohort), why are you depressed? Not being able to get into NJC is not the end of the world. SO what if your child managed to get in to NJC, you will be further depressed if he/she doesn’t performed as well as you have expected compared to peers. Your child will be the depressing one. PLEASE read Schweppes’ article on surviving the normal stream. You will be happier that your child has done pretty well and deserve a pat and hug from you. NO offense, just feeling very depressed that you are depressed when your child has achieved 255. Nonetheless, good luck to you and hope that your child does get into NJC.

[ooptimizer]

Yes 255 is a very good score. Hope you get to NJC, if not, there are still many good schools around.

[mathsparks]

xxjustakidxx and ycpang,


maybe i've lost you guys somewhere. Why specifically, the number of people between 260-270 decreased significantly..based on your analysis, shouldnt it be no. of kids above 260 has decreased significantly.

:?

[xxjustakidxx]

mathsparks:

xxjustakidxx and ycpang,


maybe i've lost you guys somewhere. Why specifically, the number of people between 260-270 decreased significantly..based on your analysis, shouldnt it be no. of kids above 260 has decreased significantly.

:?

However, we can see that the number of people on the ranking hasn't drop!
It is still about the same, with the lowest score on the list 1 mark higher than last year.

[mathsparks]

haiz…i give up.

[ycpang]

mathsparks:

xxjustakidxx and ycpang,


maybe i've lost you guys somewhere. Why specifically, the number of people between 260-270 decreased significantly..based on your analysis, shouldnt it be no. of kids above 260 has decreased significantly.

:?

Yes u r right to say that instead of no of pupil scored between 260 and 270 drop, it should be No of those scored above 260 has dropped.

[mathsparks]

thank you, ycpang. what a relief to hear that!

[VitoRelax]

mathsparks:

thank you, ycpang. what a relief to hear that!

But I still dont understand what is this EESIS COP that they equate to top 3 % ?

How do they know that the EESIS COP for PSLE 2009 is 261 ?

Thanks

[Augmum]

Way2GO:

If we take 10% COA at 248 and 3% COA at 261 (EESIS) and this year's PSLE cohort at 48,500+,
there are ~1,455 students in top 3%;
leaving ~3,395 students spread over a 13 point range from 248 - 260.
We don't know the distribution of this range, but I would hazard a guess that those in the 257 - 260 range stands a very good chance of getting into NJC.
I understand that NJC had ~ 200 places still available excluding DSA just b4 S1 posting exercise.

can i know how the above sentence in bold (the statistics) derived from?
i had called NJC (B4 the PSLE results released) to enquire abt the remaining vancanies after DSA, they refused to reveal anything.

i also understand that most IP schools would fill in half of the total vancanies during DSA.
btw, i'm just curious abt the statistics. ( i'm not \"targetting\" at NJC).

below is what i gathered fr NJC thread posted by one of the forumer in 2008.

kiasuson:

Here are some information given by the Principal and information booklet:

1. There will be 150 vacancies for next year Sec 1.
2. They have offered about 50% to the DSA. Some of the DSA students have multiple offers. So you might look at about 60% to 70% available.
3. The class sizes will not be more than 25.
4. They will increase year to 200 in year 2010 and 250 in year 2011. They also indicate that they do not have sufficient classroom yet and will be building for the next 2 years. The Senior High student(Year 5 and 6) might need to study in the containers.
5. Base on history, their students PSLE averages is above 250. This is also the averages for IP Students. Base on this, we can estimate the cut off point.
6. During the first 2 years, the students can try all the CCA in the college. They can switch every 6 months. By year 3, they will have to choose one.
7. Their curriculum is also different. They do not believe in text books and will follow college style with Notes and Lettures. But they have personal mentors.
8. They curriculum is also base on modules which is quite smiliar to NUS High.
9. They are good at Science and have a lot of projects/research with univerities around the world.
10. The other focus is on leadership and arts.

[VitoRelax]

ycpang:

mathsparks:

xxjustakidxx and ycpang,


maybe i've lost you guys somewhere. Why specifically, the number of people between 260-270 decreased significantly..based on your analysis, shouldnt it be no. of kids above 260 has decreased significantly.

:?

Yes u r right to say that instead of no of pupil scored between 260 and 270 drop, it should be No of those scored above 260 has dropped.

But I still dont understand what is this EESIS COP that they equate to top 3 % ?

How do they know that the EESIS COP for PSLE 2009 is 261 ?

Thanks