atutor2001:

ahque:

as he had fever during psle, with special consideration of 4 points, he has 232. goin to appeal for sst as our ds didnt manage to clear e 2nd around. now, we are struggling as to which schools to choose. seems like to risky to put sji as 1st choice, but we can only appeal if we put sji as 1st choice rite? our choices :-

1st choice - sji
2nd choice - maris stella
3rd choice - clementi town
4th choice - ?
5th choice - ?
6th choice - ?

:?: :?: :?: pls advise.

I think appealing for SJI through normal channel is difficult because the COP is 241. Therefore, there is no real advantage in putting it as the 1st choice.

My personal consideration for Sec school is discipline and distance. I think Maris stella is a good choice. Maybe you would also like to consider Nan Chiau (231) and Presbyterian High (229). The 4th, 5th ... choices are not important if we are realistic with our first 3 choices.

yaya totally agree with u that discipline & distance shld b the main consideration. unfortunately we are stayin in bt timah & all the elite schs are nearby but beyond our reach. so near yet so far. hv a feelin tat he wont make it to nan chiau.

now more like :-

1. maris stella cop 232 band 3
2. clementi town cop 230 band 4

hv selected few schs but dunno how to place

fuhua cop 229 band 4
presbyterian cop 229 band 5
st andrew cop 233 band 7
gan eng seng cop 222 band 5
bt batok cop 221 band 5

what do u advise? heard of fuhua?

parentof3:

maisy:

[quote=\"ahque\"]need some good advices.


my ds had fever during psle, with special consideration of 4 points, he has 232. goin to appeal for sst as he didnt manage to clear e 2nd around. now, we are struggling as to which schools to choose. seems like too risky to put sji as 1st choice, but we can only appeal if we put sji as 1st choice rite? our choices :-

1st choice - sji
2nd choice - maris stella / nan chiau
3rd choice - clementi town
4th choice - ?
5th choice - ?
6th choice - ?

we are staying at bt timah.

Hi ahque
You seem to be in the same situation as Parentof3's friend. (or are you the friend he/she is talking about)?

My advice for your son is to forget SJI.
232 is 9 points away from last year's COP for SJI (241). Even with affiliation, SJI's COP last year was 238. Don't waste your 1st choice in this manner.

Your son can consider MS as his 1st choice instead since his Tscore meets last year COP for MS. This would be a more realistic approach. Hope this helps.

PS: Besides MS, there's also St Andrew's (233). In fact, St Andrew's would be a better choice than SJI (241). Do consider.

LOL.. yes, she's my friend...
We did talk about St Andrew's but it's a bit too far. How about the last 3 choices? Any suggestions?[/quote]tks maisy. hehehe been askin my dear friend parentof3 til she had to ask for more advices.

no doubt st andrew is a better choice the banding is 7.

:roll: now more like :-

1. maris stella
2. clementi town

4 choices to go ya. stil need more thinkin ya.

need some good advices.


my ds had fever during psle, with special consideration of 4 points, he has 232. goin to appeal for sst as he didnt manage to clear e 2nd around. now, we are struggling as to which schools to choose. seems like too risky to put sji as 1st choice, but we can only appeal if we put sji as 1st choice rite? our choices :-

1st choice - sji
2nd choice - maris stella / nan chiau
3rd choice - clementi town
4th choice - ?
5th choice - ?
6th choice - ?

we are staying at bt timah.

atutor2001:

ahque:

hi,

my son has 1a* 3a, his score is 228. he is very disappointed. wonder should go for appeal. need yr advice pls. thank you.

Hi

The worst possible Total Raw Score for 1A*+3A = 91 + 3x75 = 316
The worst possible Average Raw Score = 316/4 = 79 (per subject)

T-score per subject = 50 + 10(79 - 69)/15 (Based on estimated mean = 69 & SD = 15)
T-score per subject = 56.66...
Total Aggregate T-score for 4 subjects = 56.66... x 4 = 226.66...
(which is lower than your son's T-score of 228)

Therefore, based on the estimates, it should be possible for 1A* + 3A to get 228.

tq so much atutor2001.

as he had fever during psle, with special consideration of 4 points, he has 232. goin to appeal for sst as our ds didnt manage to clear e 2nd around. now, we are struggling as to which schools to choose. seems like to risky to put sji as 1st choice, but we can only appeal if we put sji as 1st choice rite? our choices :-

1st choice - sji
2nd choice - maris stella
3rd choice - clementi town
4th choice - ?
5th choice - ?
6th choice - ?

:?: :?: :?: pls advise.

atutor2001:

atutor2001:

My analysis to estimate the average and stardard deviation based on feedback we got here :


T-score 282 (assuming that the raw score is 99 for every subject)
T-score 263 with 4A* (assuming that the raw score is 91 for every subject)

Based on the above assumptions, the \"average\" mean per subject is about 64 and the \"average\" standard deviation i.e. spread is about 17 marks.

Very surprised that the sd (spread) is so big.

There is another case where 3A* & 1A gets 249. Based on my above estimates for mean and SD, the T-score will be about 254. Therefore, the above estimates are quite off.

I have adjusted the assumption for the average raw score from 91 to 92 for the T-score of 263. That gives the following new estimates of the mean and SD :

Mean is about 68.8
Sd is about 14.7

With this mean and SD, the 3A* & 1A will be about 249.5.
Therefore, I think for future estimation of T-score, we can use

Mean = 69 and SD = 15

hi,

my son has 1a* 3a, his score is 228. he is very disappointed. wonder should go for appeal. need yr advice pls. thank you.

Jennifer:

markfch:

But what about the 'middle class' squeezed in between?

DIY lor

aiyo they were pathetic. struggling. really diy. teacher always on course, past year papers done & never gone thru.