Cedar Girls Secondary School

[CJS]

It’s about 10-15 minutes walk from Potong Pasir Station.

[jedamum]

CJS:

It's about 10-15 minutes walk from Potong Pasir Station.

if you walk with friends, the journey will appear very much shorter.
i used to deliberately take a different bus to Potong Pasir to meet my friends to walk to school even when there is a nearer stop to the school.
besides, early morning, it is best to walk in groups.

[Hu Yan Ling]

Thanks all for your help!

:thankyou:
We checked out Crescent yesterday just to take a look at the school since it wasn't the open house.
Great.
My girl was completely \"defeated\".
She said we've to travel one hour plus and we've asked a student there about the JC rate. She replied it wasn't 100% but 65.
She was willing to go to Cedar.
I heaved a sigh of relief.
And she completely removed Crescent from the 6 choices.

In the end her choices were(accordingly): Cedar, Anglican, St. Nicholas, TKGS, TK Sec, Chung Cheng Main.
I'm quite happy with her choices.

Actually there was another reason why she chose Cedar: The immersion programme includes her cousin's daughter's(my girl's dad is the youngest in his family so...) school.

Thanks all the parents once again!
:salute:

[Bounty]

For a cut off score of 241, what would the chances be for getting into Cedar girls SEc school? Based on past History, would we get through if we appeal provided we choose Cedar girls as 1st choice?

The cut off this year is 244.

Helpless.

[maisy]

Bounty:

For a cut off score of 241, what would the chances be for getting into Cedar girls SEc school? Based on past History, would we get through if we appeal provided we choose Cedar girls as 1st choice?

The cut off this year is 244.

Helpless.

Chances r slim since it is 3 points off.. if u wanna appeal , you must have \"something to offer\" for the appeal as there will be people with 243, 242 appealing too ... u can take it that you are offering a skill in exchange for the 3 points shortfall... and by skill, i m referring to Track & Field (ie Cedar's forte for many many years) FYI Cedar reigns in the Track & Field department & almost always the defending champion until the Singapore Sports School came along which makes it even more challenging...so if your girl can run, jump or throw... then maybe u can try..however this is still subject to Principal's approval.

Yes Cedar is also v good in Science - during my time there were 4 pure Science classes. I would say girls in generally are well-behaved & motivated ...however as in any other schools, there are bound to be some \"bad hats\" here & there every year - these are usually the girls the prefects & head mistress \"watch over very closely\" year after year ...and the school works very closely with parents of these girls to ensure they grow up observing proper decorum, so, even if they are naughty, it is quite hard for them to be \"those true blue ah lians\" (if u know wat i mean)

Many of my frens i know from Cedar graduated w 1st class honours eventually ...well, except me & a few others..just armed w a Bachelor

And someone mentioned \"notes\" - yes that's Cedar - the teachers work extra hard & supplement lots of notes they compiled together & passed it on to the students for revision. If i rem correctly, this is usually the history & literature papers as these 2 subjects have a lot of details to remember so the teachers kinda help out by providing summary & sample essays

Chinese emphasis is great too.. They always hold \"Chinese Oratorical Contest\" (Xiang Sheng) supposedly to build confidence (overcome stage fright) and inculcate an accurate diction ..hehe

By & large , a very very good school with an equally rich culture which only Cedarians will live to tell & appreciate ...as the song goes Unite Cedarians Unite :celebrate:

[heutistmeintag]

Hu Yan Ling:

In the end her choices were(accordingly): Cedar, Anglican, St. Nicholas, TKGS, TK Sec, Chung Cheng Main.
I'm quite happy with her choices.

Hey our choices are about the same, Cedar, TKGS, AHS, Dunman Sec, TK Sec and Chung Cheng Main. (all along the east to south) We just submitted

[jedamum]

heutistmeintag:

Hu Yan Ling:

In the end her choices were(accordingly): Cedar, Anglican, St. Nicholas, TKGS, TK Sec, Chung Cheng Main.
I'm quite happy with her choices.

Hey our choices are about the same, Cedar, TKGS, AHS, Dunman Sec, TK Sec and Chung Cheng Main. (all along the east to south) We just submitted

heutistmeintag,
in case you have not found out....

heutistmeintag:

I am not familiar with the public transport system :oops: as I have been driving in the past. Could anyone help to advise what is the easiest/fastest way to get from Pasir Ris or Tampines MRT to
1) Cedar Girls

not sure if these are the fastest way, but they are the only few ways that i am familiar with
1) MRT to Potong Pasir MRT --- walk
2) Tampines Interchange - Bus No. 8, 65 to Macpherson (Landmark : Betime Bldg) --- walk

Bus 8 Route
http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/journeyplan/route_information.asp?qdirect=1&qservno=008&qpoint=NO%20LOOP&dispno=8&qstart=TAMPINES%20INT&qend=TOA%20PAYOH%20INT

Bus 65 Route
http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/journeyplan/route_information.asp?qdirect=1&qservno=065&qpoint=NO%20LOOP&dispno=65&qstart=TAMPINES%20INT&qend=HARBOURFRONT%20INT

if your mind is set to select this school, after a few days, your girl should be able to find out from her friends the nearest/fastest way to commute from home to school cos she should be able to find a mix of students from all across SG. (i spent some weeks taking feeder bus to interchange to take bus to sch before finding out from friends that there is a short-cut )

Good Luck!

[Bounty]

Thank you Maisy for your help and information.


My daughter has made her choices -
Cedar, PLMGS, TKGS, St. Margaret’s, Riverside and Yishun town Sec.
The last 2 being in the North where we live.

Keeping our fingers crossed.
She got Merit for HMT but I understand that they will add the 2 pts only for SAP schools. So, she loses out in the case of Cedar, I guess. It could have been 241+2 and very close to the COP.

[DadOfGirl]

Bounty:

Thank you Maisy for your help and information.


My daughter has made her choices -
Cedar, PLMGS, TKGS, St. Margaret's, Riverside and Yishun town Sec.
The last 2 being in the North where we live.

Keeping our fingers crossed.
She got Merit for HMT but I understand that they will add the 2 pts only for SAP schools. So, she loses out in the case of Cedar, I guess. It could have been 241+2 and very close to the COP.

Since you have put Cedar as first choice, you can appeal. Appeal form are on Cedar website & they ask for mail/post it.

[maisy]

Bounty:

Thank you Maisy for your help and information.


My daughter has made her choices -
Cedar, PLMGS, TKGS, St. Margaret's, Riverside and Yishun town Sec.
The last 2 being in the North where we live.

Keeping our fingers crossed.
She got Merit for HMT but I understand that they will add the 2 pts only for SAP schools. So, she loses out in the case of Cedar, I guess. It could have been 241+2 and very close to the COP.

No worries - oh u didn't mention abt your daughter's achievement in HMT. Even though Cedar is not a SAP school; the school values Chinese Language & its culture too (well at least in my time ) In that case if she doesn't get in, (i hope she does really so it saves u the hassle of appealing), then u may appeal using the HMT, just tell the Principal you heard the school has a strong appreciation for the Chinese Language & culture & you are hoping your daughter can continue to flourish in this area as well as other areas in this school

I'm not sure if it is right for me to say such things in a public forum but people , please don't throw stones at me... I'm just trying to help Bounty & her/his daughter out.