SIS results released!

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As singaporean is supposed have priority to get in, therefore first batch will usually cover most of singaporean and some nonsingaporean with top performance. Remaining vacancies will be filled in second batch. As there is another deadline for late application which is logically for xpat from singapore.

sunflowersg

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seems this year is not the case. we hold singapore passports,but hvn't got the letter yet. while some of my friends (other nationalities) had got rejection letters.

There do have some singaporeans who have got offer letter and heard they have to do registration by 11th Feb.

Jane1983

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Is the applicant (your son/daughter) Singaporean? Or just the parents are passport holders?

Jane1983

Priority of the second one is much lower.

vivian-chy

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We are Singaporean, I haven't got the result yet.

nys262

I have 2 friends had got rejection letters, both are Singaporean family with sibling.
Sure that those kids who got offer, should be super smart!!!

evatsoihk

我知道明年小六sis会有一些空位......因为有部分孩子考进了cis和gsis、及返回星加坡读书....如果真的那么喜欢sis的家长请留意，可以试考升读明年小六。

minirat

nys262 發表於 14-2-11 10:21
I have 2 friends had got rejection letters, both are Singaporean family with sibling.
Sure that thos ...

May I know whether both your Singaporean friends applied PY1 for upcoming 2014/ 2015 admission?

nys262

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Yes! applying PY1 for yeay 14/15.

sunflowersg

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His mummy is Singaporean, his daddy is PR holder. not too sure abt the boy.

sunflowersg

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what?! even citizenship cannot guarantee a seat?

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原帖由 sunflowersg 於 14-02-11 發表
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what?! even citizenship cannot guarantee a seat?

Yes, this is real cases. Sis never promise guareete for singaporean but just a priority .... They always put performance as the top scoring criteria as i knew all the way. They will rank kids in the order of performance , the first 100 top kids will be granted a seat on yheir PY1. If  at the end two kids w same performance but only one seat, they will let the singaporean in. This is what i heard and how they handle application...and seems they did follow this rule by observing thosr success applicants.All of them are in certain smart style.In the past years, there are quite some friends they said they knew management in sis but still cannot get an offer via Relationship. Waiting list should be in this performance ranking too.

vivian-chy

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Yes I heard such case before but from my friends experience, their kids didn't perform that well (grabbed the teacher's pen and refused to answer their questions), the teacher called the parent and asked them to reconsider if sis is the right place for their kids. But somehow they got an offer. I think for those Singaporean kids who are rejected by sis, they can write a letter to MOE and raise up an issue/ask for help. Not sure if it helps but no harm to have a try. My understanding is that government would strongly advise against rejecting citizens.

minirat

112200 發表於 14-2-12 00:23
Yes, this is real cases. Sis never promise guareete for singaporean but just a priority .... They al ...

Yes, I spoke to SIS admission officer and she confirmed that there is indeed no guaranteed spot for Singaporeans coz the school needs to maintain their standard and to recruit suitable candidates.  The process of sifting happens in all schools nowadays and is thought to be necessary for maintaining a good standard.  Having said that, I am not sure whether it is fair to label the children at only 3 years old, and I thought the school plays an important role to bring out the potential in their students, not vice versa.  However this is a separate and complicated issue, not to be discussed here.  Back to SIS, I do not think the selection process is like you mentioned, otherwise the proportion of Singaporeans in the school will never make up 40% (approximate), considering the fact that Singaporeans should be the minority group among overall applicants (we are talking about 4000 over applicants) and I am sure local families who are keen on SIS will be very aggressive and well prepared for the admission.  The admission officer also mentioned that there are indeed different levels of priority, for eg, a Singaporean child with both Singaporean parents will enjoy higher priority than another with one Singaporean parent, or a Singaporean child over a non-Singaporean child with Singaporean parents, etc.  This is fair and acceptable.  As a Singaporean, I do hope the original intention of setting up SIS will not be too distorted, and that is to provide close-to-home education for overseas Singaporeans.

ikerberg

My previous understanding was that all Singaporeans would be acccepted.  Looking back the past two years PY1's acceptance rates -- i.e. Year 12/13 and Year 13/14, Singaporeans occupied roughly 75-80%.... the remaining are other nationalities including HK.  

My bold "guesstimation" for PY1 Year 14/15 would be like that perhaps....as what the school has meant.... in order to maintain the standard..... then [I guess] certain % of seats would be set aside for other nationalities, say 20%, then in that case - seat for Singaporeans: other natioanalities would be like 80: 20...

And if the no. of Singaporeans is over 80, say 120, then 40 could not be offered a seat.

I think the school has to work out such a way because in the long run there must be some years in which the no. of Singporeans would be over the no. of seats available [perhaps already happening in Year 14/15?] ... and if the school really wants to tap into the group of elite candidates, they have to do it this way, i.e. competititions within two different groups - One group - Singaporeans, the other group - other nationalities.

Anyway, the above is just my 'guesstimation'

In view of my children's school work -- 1 kid in P1, 2 kids  in PY1, I could say that SIS's programmes/cirriculum are rigorous ---  but if the children can get along with the programmes/cirriculum, you would see super awesome rewards along the path of SIS's education, esp. the development of bilingual capabilities.

  Good luck to all!

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原帖由 minirat 於 14-02-12 發表
本帖最後由 minirat 於 14-2-12 09:43 編輯

You are right too.. To make up 40%singporean... Performance oriented may be only apply on non~singaporean to fight for small portion of vancancy left over , after all priored singaporean are placed. So just 60 seats for 4000 non sing families  .

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原帖由 112200 於 14-02-12 發表
You are right too.. To make up 40%singporean... Performance oriented may be only apply on non~singap ...

Use the wrong icon....should be this one

Accepted nonsing should be v smart.

ikerberg

112200 發表於 14-2-12 11:21
Use the wrong icon....should be this one

Accepted nonsing should be v smart.

from the figures of the past 2 years, there should not be that large no. of seats (60) for non singaporeans.... singaporeans in my two children PY1 classes would be like 70-80 %

minirat

ikerberg 發表於 14-2-12 11:17
My previous understanding was that all Singaporeans would be acccepted.  Looking back the past two y ...

Thanks for your useful sharing as always!  I always thought Singaporeans in SIS only make up close to 40%.  80% is a big majority!

"I think the school has to work out such a way because in the long run there must be some years in which the no. of Singporeans would be over the no. of seats available [perhaps already happening in Year 14/15?] ... and if the school really wants to tap into the group of elite candidates, they have to do it this way, i.e. competititions within two different groups - One group - Singaporeans, the other group - other nationalities."

I couldn't agree more!

minirat

112200 發表於 14-2-12 11:21
Use the wrong icon....should be this one

Accepted nonsing should be v smart.

Agree that the non-Singaporeans in SIS must be very outstanding!