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My child is joining AHS, I quite like the school after attending it during the registration day. I learnt from a friend I met who had an older child there that the school makes it mandatory to learn chinese literature and chinese history. Is that true? If so, that sounds pretty good. Also my child is given the option for HMT which means he can get the 2 point advantage at O levels which is good/


How about Sports CCA, in VS I was told that only high achievement sports CCA while the rest can join drama or choir or stuff like that. Does AHS have ‘regular’ sports CCA?

Sieg:

Sorry to hear about the rejection.
Many schools have come out with this notice that appeal will not be entertained if the t-score is lower than the COP of the school this year. May be a new directive from MOE.
Not sure about VS but you can try.
Since your DS score is below COP, appeal based on CCA should be more appropriate, imho.
Wish your ds luck!

Thanks, appealed based on CCA. I really wonder why this year's COP increased so much across the top tier schools. It seems the middle tier school didn't move that much, AHS was 239 last year and this year is 240.

My son’s score is 246. He didn’t get in. But he did put VS 1st and 2nd choice, was shortlisted for DSA but not selected during the DSA exercise. Any idea what his appeal chances are and if I should submit the appeal based on academic or CCA?

Bahasa Indonesia or Malay (special program). What’s the difference? Just pass get 2 bonus points?

I think Maris Stella is fine choice. I think it is in the same league as Nan Chiau and Chung Cheng. Maris Stella produce pretty good people too, most recently Dr. Koh of AMK GRC. It maybe that the COP is marginally lesser and hence ‘marginally’ not so good, I think the reality is that I suspect not much difference from the two in teaching quality. Boys at that age is never easy to handle.


Comparing friends, distance and school pride, I think Maris Stella sounds like a good choice.

I think Maris Stella is fine choice. I think it is in the same league as Nan Chiau and Chung Cheng. Maris Stella produce pretty good people too, most recently Dr. Koh of AMK GRC. It maybe that the COP is marginally lesser and hence ‘marginally’ not so good, I think the reality is that I suspect not much difference from the two in teaching quality. Boys at that age is never easy to handle.


Comparing friends, distance and school pride, I think Maris Stella sounds like a good choice.

Thanks for all the discussion guys. It's so interesting how intellectually ks we parents are


So my take away is this.
The likelihood of kids with the same T score up to 13 dec places is rare.
The likelihood of kids with the same T score up to 13 dec places and applying for the same school is rarer.

Therefore I will go with the logic as proposed which is 1st and 2nd choice to take some risk and go for schools with COP 2 or 3 points above T score as I don't think it really matters position of choice as long as I place them in COP in descending order

13 decimal points? Seriously? Wow if ballot really doesn't come into play then might as well just try, with a shrinking cohort, maybe it doesn't follow that COP will rise. (Hopeful speak )

My son’s score is 246. Planning to go for VS ‘O’ level which had cut off at 243. Just wondering any point to try VS ‘IP’ where cutoff was 249, and if i did, any harm done in case the cutoff this year raised to 246 and the position of choice comes into play.

It is widely speculated that this year the T score is generally higher due to a tougher paper. Therefore, we can expect higher COP as a result.


Doesn’t it follow that given T score = 50 + Diff from Mean / Std_dev, wouldn’t it mean that if the paper is tougher, Std_dev is higher, and hence general T score is lower? If so, shouldn’t it follow then that the COP will be lower?