I realise that the green MOE booklet, “Choosing Your Secondary Schools”, only lists the cut-off aggregate score for a particular school. This is helpful to some extent, but you also need to consider the MEDIAN aggregate PSLE score of the Sec 1 pupils of that school for the past 3 years or so, to estimate your chances of getting in, or the probability of being selected for good additional learning programmes provided by the school.
To put it simply, the median is the “average” PSLE aggregate score of the Sec 1 students. So if your score is lower than the median, and you still manage to get into the school because your score happens to be higher than the last student accepted into the school, you’ll find yourself enrolled into the “bottom class” of that school. For some schools, this MAY mean getting “less capable” teachers or less enrichment programmes.
You can find out a school’s median PSLE aggregate score through this link provided by the MOE; http://app.sis.moe.gov.sg/schinfo/.
Of course there are other considerations in choosing a school, such as school type, academic band and distance from home. Well, I wish all of you post-PSLE students all the best in your secondary school selection.
Rgds,
