Secondary School Selection 2012
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Still need a little more clarification…
Is the COP for the past 3 years a safe gauge? From what I’ve read in the different threads, the number of applicants who choose a school also plays a very big part in your chance of getting into that particular school. Given that this is the auspicious year of the dragon, competition would be a lot more stiff, wouldn’t it?
Does anyone know if this scenario has ever happened: where all the places in a school get filled up just by First Choice applications?
Still mulling over this very complicated affair… -
anneshirleygilbert:
Depends on how u choose your 6 choices lah. If the prev yr's COP between your 1st and 6th is only 2~3 pts apart, then if all 6 schools' COP rise in tandem, then you jialat liao lah!!Still need a little more clarification....
Is the COP for the past 3 years a safe gauge? From what I've read in the different threads, the number of applicants who choose a school also plays a very big part in your chance of getting into that particular school. Given that this is the auspicious year of the dragon, competition would be a lot more stiff, wouldn't it?
Does anyone know if this scenario has ever happened: where all the places in a school get filled up just by First Choice applications?
Still mulling over this very complicated affair....
u got 6 choices for a reason lah! Use them wisely! -
anneshirleygilbert:
The COP of a school is based on demand and supply, so obviously the number of applicants is the key deciding factor. Past year COPs are, as you mentioned, just a gauge.Still need a little more clarification....
Is the COP for the past 3 years a safe gauge? From what I've read in the different threads, the number of applicants who choose a school also plays a very big part in your chance of getting into that particular school. Given that this is the auspicious year of the dragon, competition would be a lot more stiff, wouldn't it?
Does anyone know if this scenario has ever happened: where all the places in a school get filled up just by First Choice applications?
Still mulling over this very complicated affair....
It is possible for all places in a school to be filled up by students who put it as a first choice. If that school has the highest COP in Singapore, anyone putting it as a 2nd choice will already have gotten into their first choice so no chance of them getting into this highest COP school. -
anneshirleygilbert:
No lah. don't work this way. You can refer to the PSLE booklet to find out how schools are being allocated. It all depends on the student's result.Still need a little more clarification....
Does anyone know if this scenario has ever happened: where all the places in a school get filled up just by First Choice applications?
Still mulling over this very complicated affair....
It doesn't mean that if Student A put SJI (just an example) as First Choice and Student B put SJI as Second Choice, Student A will get in. If Student B has a higher T-Score than Student A and put SJI as Second Choice, he will still get in before Student A.
Another example. If s there is only one more place left in SJI, and if both Student A and Student B apply for that school, Student B will get in although it is his Second Choice becos his T-Score is higher than Student A.
And if both of them have the same T-Score, then MOE will go into the decimals to decide who has the higher T-Score. -
kwcllf:
will all affiliated pri sch students able to get in if meet affiliated COP, or still have to depend on what is left over after other non-affiliated sch students have taken up the places since non-affl cop is higher?
No lah. don't work this way. You can refer to the PSLE booklet to find out how schools are being allocated. It all depends on the student's result.anneshirleygilbert:
Still need a little more clarification....
Does anyone know if this scenario has ever happened: where all the places in a school get filled up just by First Choice applications?
Still mulling over this very complicated affair....
It doesn't mean that if Student A put SJI (just an example) as First Choice and Student B put SJI as Second Choice, Student A will get in. If Student B has a higher T-Score than Student A and put SJI as Second Choice, he will still get in before Student A.
Another example. If s there is only one more place left in SJI, and if both Student A and Student B apply for that school, Student B will get in although it is his Second Choice becos his T-Score is higher than Student A.
And if both of them have the same T-Score, then MOE will go into the decimals to decide who has the higher T-Score. -
Based on my understanding, as long as affiliated students meet the affiliated COP, they will automatically get in. Only the balance will be left for the Non-Affiliated… Please correct me if I’m wrong.
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SAHM_TAN:
Was he able to handle them? I'm trying to understand is it a case of difference content or exposure to application type of qns and higher order type of qns.[/quote]Generally, there was a drop of 15-25 marks. For DS, Science & Chinese were the worst hit, even Maths was not spared. Content is probably similar. For languages, it's more of the difficulty/standard....eg. vocab, comprehension passages etc. For Science, less direct more application type and more varied. For Maths, more higher order questions.BeContented:
[quote=\"SAHM_TAN\"]Just curious. Parents with kids in real neighbourhood school, do you let them try test papers from the top schools?
Of course
If I just based on his school's easy exam papers, I'll still be in dreamland dreaming that DS is a 270s calibre :rotflmao: Which of course I know he's not. Better shock & expose DS earlier to difficult questions rather than during PSLE itself. -
jedamum:
will all affiliated pri sch students able to get in if meet affiliated COP, or still have to depend on what is left over after other non-affiliated sch students have taken up the places since non-affl cop is higher?
All affiliated pri sch students will enter the sec school first so long they meet the affiliated COP. Then whatever leftover vacancies will be given to non-affiliated students. The COP will then be determined. This is why NYGH's COP is higher than RGS, not because NYGH is more popular than RGS but because girls from NYPS get in first at COP of 250 before the non-affiliated students get in.
For those affiliated sec schools which are offering IP and O level dual routes now, where part of their seats are now converted to IP seats, there might be a situation in future that even when affiliated pri school girls meet the affiliated COP, demand may exceed supply and not every girl who meets the affiliated COP will enter the sec school. -
Thank you, everyone, for your contribution.
Have a clearer picture now, much relieved as it appears the award of your choice of school is primarily dependent on the student’s individual merit.
Shall patiently wait for Nov 22. -
alng:
hm...does it mean for dual routes, they will limit the proportion of affiliated students intake? or they will still admit affiliated students first (based on your first para if i read correctly)? if the latter, the non-affiliated students opting for O-level route will be badly hit.jedamum:
will all affiliated pri sch students able to get in if meet affiliated COP, or still have to depend on what is left over after other non-affiliated sch students have taken up the places since non-affl cop is higher?
All affiliated pri sch students will enter the sec school first so long they meet the affiliated COP. Then whatever leftover vacancies will be given to non-affiliated students. The COP will then be determined. This is why NYGH's COP is higher than RGS, not because NYGH is more popular than RGS but because girls from NYPS get in first at COP of 250 before the non-affiliated students get in.
For those affiliated sec schools which are offering IP and O level dual routes now, where part of their seats are now converted to IP seats, there might be a situation in future that even when affiliated pri school girls meet the affiliated COP, demand may exceed supply and not every girl who meets the affiliated COP will enter the sec school.
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