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score 199 which secondary school

Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2012 7:57 pm
by stressful mum
HELP !!! my son score is 199 and i am considering the following school :

Here is my selection :
Yuying,
Guangyang,
bartly

Please advise if there are any comments for these school. Besides these school, any other school I can consider. I am staying in serangoon area .

Is Yuying a good school to consider ?

Re: score 199 which secondary school

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 5:08 pm
by Very Kiasu Student
stressful mum wrote:HELP !!! my son score is 199 and i am considering the following school :

Here is my selection :
Yuying,
Guangyang,
bartly

Please advise if there are any comments for these school. Besides these school, any other school I can consider. I am staying in serangoon area .

Is Yuying a good school to consider ?
Can find list of sec sch here, rankings and COP below.
http://www.acetutors.com.sg/Secondary-S ... SLE-Intake

Re: score 199 which secondary school

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 11:42 pm
by Holy Cow
sorry, this list is totally misleading. The strength of schools just isn't measured based on COP. COP just indicates the perceived popularity. Goodness gracious!

Re: score 199 which secondary school

Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2012 11:57 pm
by Dreamgear
Holy Cow wrote:sorry, this list is totally misleading. The strength of schools just isn't measured based on COP. COP just indicates the perceived popularity. Goodness gracious!
In the context of this post, this list is very useful. Cop is not the perceived popularity, it is the actual historical minimum entry point to a school and provides an indicative guide to the applicants.

Re: score 199 which secondary school

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 12:04 am
by bupashu
Holy Cow wrote:sorry, this list is totally misleading. The strength of schools just isn't measured based on COP. COP just indicates the perceived popularity. Goodness gracious!
just the same as, how holy is this cow ?

Re: score 199 which secondary school

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 12:08 am
by bupashu
seriously, for 199, better to apply for normal (acad) in a popular school, eg a school with COP of 24x for its express stream but also has normal stream

you will be in a very good school, and will likely to do well in year 1 of the normal acad stream, and stand a chance to be upgraded to express stream, which you will never be able to get in based on tscore of 199

if you try to squeeze into any other secondary school express stream at 199, you are likely to be at the bottom and imagine who else in the cohort ..... to be politically sensitive it is not right for me to mention what kind of students making up those COP 199~200 at express stream

and honestly, not all sec schools are the same

Re: score 199 which secondary school

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 10:03 am
by Holy Cow
Perhaps i wasn't too clear. My point is, a ranking based on COP might be misleading as the COP just doesn't do justice to how good a school is all the time. A higher COP does not mean better system or processes within the school.

And honestly, personally disturbed to see bupashu's comments on children with low t scores for express. Elitist remarks like this really don't go very far in teaching young minds. Alright, go ahead and flame if you want.

Re: score 199 which secondary school

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 10:18 am
by janet88
Holy Cow wrote:sorry, this list is totally misleading. The strength of schools just isn't measured based on COP. COP just indicates the perceived popularity. Goodness gracious!
COP is not an indication of the perceived popularity of the school...it gives a rough indication of the entry level. Whatever made you think COP is related to popularity ?

Re: score 199 which secondary school

Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 11:09 pm
by bupashu
Holy Cow wrote:Perhaps i wasn't too clear. My point is, a ranking based on COP might be misleading as the COP just doesn't do justice to how good a school is all the time. A higher COP does not mean better system or processes within the school.

And honestly, personally disturbed to see bupashu's comments on children with low t scores for express. Elitist remarks like this really don't go very far in teaching young minds. Alright, go ahead and flame if you want.
oh yeah, as elite as a holy cow ? how holy / elite are you cow by the way ?

Re: score 199 which secondary school

Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:07 am
by Cavin
199, is not the end, many people is late starter, I know of a boy who score around 199 in PSLE, but able to excel in the Sec sch & sebsquently get into JC and finally to Uni.
They might perform better with a new environment.
They will think of their future and study hard for it.
Do not stress yourself too much.
You would be surprise that some of the "188" COP students can perform better and excel :grphug: when come to 'O' level. :dancing: