SMPS as at 4.46pm


75 vacancies
<1km 24 applied
1-2km 32 applied
>2km 24

All the above are SC

goldpiggy:

daddy2007:

[quote=\"goldpiggy\"]

There were more 2B applicants this year as compared to last year. Wonder why. We chose SMPS cos we didn't want our little girl to be in a pressure cooker but instead to just enjoy growing up in a nurturing environment

With all the good comments in this thread, including yours.... Am not surprise the take up rate will surge

I did some homework by asking friends working in educational institutions abt SMPS and was told about the nurturing environment and the emphasis of good values versus academic results. We understood that we couldn't have the whole cake and eat it. So we agreed that it was more important for our dd to have a strong values foundation to being a wholesome person when she grows up. Everything else can build from there [/quote]Goldpiggy,
You really do your homework well.

I’m not sure.

HTCblues:

Publica:

[quote=\"HTCblues\"]Oh No, more parents subscript to it this year.


Left 75 vacancy for 2C.

There were 104 vacancies for 2C last year. This year, only 75. I think there will not be many seats left for citizens above 2km.

You are right, more seat taken up from 2B (Parent-volunteering).
A year ago, i asked smps, the admin say no PV. :stupid:[/quote]I called the school, they told me that seats are mostly taken by applicants >2km in phase 2B.

I think they PV way before. Maybe more than 1 -2 years.

Adelene28:

Thank you all for the updates. NYPS is within 1km for us. RGPS will be within 2km. RGPS history for balloting for 2C has always been for those within 1km, the rest not eligible. But this year the vacancy is higher with 58 slots. Hence rather than balloting for NYPS within 1km maybe we have a chance without balloting at RGPS. Still deciding......

You need to monitor closely till the last day. Applicants <1km of RGPS may wait till the last mintute to register.

Yeah, too many applicants in 2B and most are >2km.

Erm… Last year, I checked with the admin staff whether our application has to be in their system by 4.30pm. They told me that so long if we reach before 4.30pm, they will have to register us in the system. That’s what I was told.

ChiefKiasu:

sglady:

This is exactly the same scenario for what I did last year.


I deregistered my son from ACSP at around 4.10pm, took me 5 mins and I managed to reach ACSJ at 4.20pm and registered my son under Phase 2C. I was rushing like mad.

It was a close shave I swear I will never gonna do this ever.

If your other kid is a boy, you will never have to do this again

Thanks! Chief.

You are right! But I've a girl to register at SMPS, 1-2km under Phase 2C this year.

I'll never register and deregister last minute. It's too stressful and I may have missed my chance. :lightrod:

This is exactly the same scenario for what I did last year.


I deregistered my son from ACSP at around 4.10pm, took me 5 mins and I managed to reach ACSJ at 4.20pm and registered my son under Phase 2C. I was rushing like mad.

It was a close shave I swear I will never gonna do this ever.

cutyyan:

She switched to acsp as her registered add is within 1km for both acsj and acsp.
since balloting conducted for both school, she would like to try her luck with acsp first.
Evan she failed in phase2b in acsp ballot, she was still able to register under phase 2c with acsj again. I was at acsp on Tuesday, the lady came in at 4.10pm and making our applicants increased from 26 to 27. Finally, there was another mummy who < 1km pulled out her application immediately and would rush to another school for registration. Due to the deregistration took times, her hubby kept calling her from another school.It was like a drama, the admin staff worried if they deregister her son, she has insufficient time to do registration again. Finally, the deregistration done at 4.15pm.

Anyway, thanks for the mummy withdrawal and making our acsp balloting less competitive. Hopefully, she has sufficient time to register her son with another school.

ryes:

sglady:

I was still hoping its like last yr trend then at least have 100 seats available for 2c....I'm out of 2km. Sob sob. Worrying.

Same here. No school within 1km for my dd, only boy schools. Only SCGS n SMPS within 1-2km for my dd. SCGS is definitely out for my girl.

No need to ballot for applicant 1-2km under phase 2c, I hope.

Do u happen to know what's the breakdown for last yr 2c
In terms of 1km, 1-2km and more than 2km who balloted.
I want to know how many vacancies left for those more than 2km who balloted. Applicant vs seats left for balloting.[/quote]

I've no idea, I only know that 1 girl from >2km was balloted out, out of 104 vacancies in Phase 2C.