Thank you very much anxious, I will follow your advice!

jtoh:

loveSG,


All the three schools you mentioned are very popular and the chances of balloting for SCGS and MGS are very high so living beyond 2km would almost definitely put you out of the running. You stand a much higher chance of getting into RGPS as you live within 1km. RGPS is a good school and they do prepare the girls well for PSLE, as there's no affiliated secondary school.

I doubt if the schools will entertain a visit.

Thank you very much for your input jtoh!

Hello,

I am hoping to get some advice from seasoned kiasu parents! We moved to SG two years ago from NYC and became PRs last year. We have a 5 year old daughter that we would like to enroll in the local system but feel at a loss in terms of which school to choose.
We live in under 1 Km from Raffles GS, but scared about stories on the amount of academic pressure on the girls. I don’t think that would be the right environment for our girl. Heard good things about SCGS in Novena, and MGS but then >2Km …am I wasting my time by trying to enroll her in those schools?

Is it possible to contact schools for a visit? I realize that I am very late in the process but any advice would be highly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!!!