DSA 2011

[ngbrdad]

phankao:

ngbrdad:

Just called NJC.

There is no wait list this year.
CO letters sent last week.
Rejection letters not sent yet.

Wah, that means they must have given out ALOT of CO??? Or maybe they feel that it'd be better for them to take in students under S1 posting. ;(

They said about 50%

[jtoh]

tisha:

There is one thing I'd like to know though. Do GEP students fair badly in PSLE? What is the avg T Score of a GEP class?
Maybe some parents of Gep students who have already finished PSLE can throw some light on it? This can help ease a lot of anxiety of those parents who do not yet have a CO.

In general, GEP students do very well in PSLE. There are of course a few who don't do as well as expected but these are in the minority. The students who don't do as well are usually weaker in one subject, for eg. CL or Math.

[Publica]

ngbrdad:

phankao:

[quote=\"ngbrdad\"]Just called NJC.

There is no wait list this year.
CO letters sent last week.
Rejection letters not sent yet.

Wah, that means they must have given out ALOT of CO??? Or maybe they feel that it'd be better for them to take in students under S1 posting. ;(

They said about 50%[/quote]Is the intake still 200 this year?

[Strparent]

tisha:

There is one thing I'd like to know though. Do GEP students fair badly in PSLE? What is the avg T Score of a GEP class?
Maybe some parents of Gep students who have already finished PSLE can throw some light on it? This can help ease a lot of anxiety of those parents who do not yet have a CO.

Tisha,

like Nebbermind said, it's not that they do badly, but high expectations from them, so some buckle under pressure, I guess. This is normal everywhere.

Indicatively, my DS batch from his school last year had about 49 GEPpers.
Group A - 270 and above - 12 students from GEP ( 1 from mainstream )
Group B - 260 and above - btw 30 to 35 ?
Group C - 259 or below - about 3 from GEP
( lowest was about 247 or 250, cant remember )

But some take their foot off the pedal after CO from their dream school, so cannot say for sure. But last year, those from GEP in DS batch were all excellent students, good attitude, diligent, hardworking, cooperative, etc. So he was fortunate that he had good peer pressure, because he is the lazy type ( who studies for his exams 4-5 days before the paper ).

LangMum:

Dear Strparent,
Do you mind sharing with us what was your DS tscore? I understand that for Supplementary intakes, the tscore has got to be much higher then the COP for that year. Is that right?

Langmum, my DS is in Group B, good enough for us

as for those who think 4 A* will reap you 260, it is not necessarily true. I have seen a student get 4 A* ( maybe 4 low A* ) and his Tscore was around 244, and another student 3 A* with 1 A, with a Tscore of 262 ( 3 high A* and 1 high A ).

Good luck to all taking PSLE this year.
I am having a break this year, but next year my DD will be P6 :nailbite: :nailbite:

[jtoh]

ngbrdad:

Just called NJC.

There is no wait list this year.
CO letters sent last week.
Rejection letters not sent yet.

They should have sent out the rejection letters together with the CO letters so parents will have closure on the status ASAP. Otherwise you're left wondering if your CO letter has gone missing.

Good luck to all parents waiting for NJC!

[ngbrdad]

Strparent:

tisha:

There is one thing I'd like to know though. Do GEP students fair badly in PSLE? What is the avg T Score of a GEP class?
Maybe some parents of Gep students who have already finished PSLE can throw some light on it? This can help ease a lot of anxiety of those parents who do not yet have a CO.

Tisha,

like Nebbermind said, it's not that they do badly, but high expectations from them, so some buckle under pressure, I guess. This is normal everywhere.

Indicatively, my DS batch from his school last year had about 49 GEPpers.
Group A - 270 and above - 12 students from GEP ( 1 from mainstream )
Group B - 260 and above - btw 30 to 35 ?
Group C - 259 or below - about 3 from GEP
( lowest was about 247 or 250, cant remember )

But some take their foot off the pedal after CO from their dream school, so cannot say for sure. But last year, those from GEP in DS batch were all excellent students, good attitude, diligent, hardworking, cooperative, etc. So he was fortunate that he had good peer pressure, because he is the lazy type ( who studies for his exams 4-5 days before the paper ).

LangMum:

Dear Strparent,
Do you mind sharing with us what was your DS tscore? I understand that for Supplementary intakes, the tscore has got to be much higher then the COP for that year. Is that right?

Langmum, my DS is in Group B, good enough for us

as for those who think 4 A* will reap you 260, it is not necessarily true. I have seen a student get 4 A* ( maybe 4 low A* ) and his Tscore was around 244, and another student 3 A* with 1 A, with a Tscore of 262 ( 3 high A* and 1 high A ).

Good luck to all taking PSLE this year.
I am having a break this year, but next year my DD will be P6 :nailbite: :nailbite:

4A* can't be 244 only.

[ngbrdad]

Publica:

Is the intake still 200 this year?

I think what they meant was around 50% of those who went for round two.

[jtoh]

Strparent:

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as for those who think 4 A* will reap you 260, it is not necessarily true. I have seen a student get 4 A* ( maybe 4 low A* ) and his Tscore was around 244, and another student 3 A* with 1 A, with a Tscore of 262 ( 3 high A* and 1 high A ).

Hi Strparent,

I too know of a student who had 3A* and 1A who scored high 260. And another who had 4A* and scored 249. It all depends on whether they had high or low A* and A.

[Nebbermind]

Strparent:

Indicatively, my DS batch from his school last year had about 49 GEPpers.
Group A - 270 and above - 12 students from GEP ( 1 from mainstream )
Group B - 260 and above - btw 30 to 35 ?
Group C - 259 or below - about 3 from GEP
( lowest was about 247 or 250, cant remember )

think last yr's GEP lowest scorer was around 237~238 for the whole cohort.

[Publica]

ngbrdad:

Publica:

Is the intake still 200 this year?

I think what they meant was around 50% of those who went for round two.

We did not receive any letter today. All the best to you ngbrdad and all waiting for NJC news.