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My opinion is based on the discussions I had with others. As per that, APJ is better than Cambridge because of proven track records in acads and extra currics. I spoke to a teacher who teaches Maths for senior classes in Noida, her kid studied in APJ and this was their perspective about APJ......

Rest I think group can add more or moderator can let you know more......Probably if I were to decide between APJ and Cambridge, I would have chosen APJ......But I applied to only Amity, DPS and Kothari and luckily my kid got through all 3 of them !!

Permalink Reply by Sanjeev Sharma on October 1, 2014 at 12:05pm

Varun,

Thanks for quick response.

I have also done quite reserach on both schools & found below inputs -

APPEJAY SCHOOL - Pros

Established & recognized Brand

Good in academics & ECA

http://www.apnnews.com/2014/05/21/outstanding-result-in-cbse-class-...

Big Infrastructure spread in 15 Acres.

CONS

Student:Teacher ratio is high. 1:50

Classes Infra is too old

Don't have there own transport facility

Fees is high as compared to what they are providing

Non-Transparent in there approach

Money-Minded People

No attention to student.

No smart board in classes, still using conventional method of teaching.

CAMBRIDGE-

Good in academics & ECA- At par with APJ

Student : Teacher ratio is 1:30/35

Very transpaart in there approach

Proper attention to child

Own transport

Focus on Innovative methods of teaching

Smart Boards in Nursery classes

50% less costiler than APJ

CONS-

No brand name as compared to APJ

Permalink Reply by Varun Gupta on October 1, 2014 at 12:11pm

That's good, you yourself have replied better to your question....Go ahead and deposit the fees in Cambridge.

Permalink Reply by Samir Kumar on October 1, 2014 at 12:40pm

Sanjeev,

If I were you, I would have gone for Cambridge seeing the comparison portrayed by you. Quality should be over brand value:)

Permalink Reply by Sanjeev Sharma on October 1, 2014 at 12:58pm

Yes Sameer. To be honest, my inclination is also at cambridge. But we are talking about 15 years of our son, So little confused. Don't want to regret on my decision later.

Permalink Reply by Narendra on October 1, 2014 at 12:59pm

Go ahead with what you like most and fits in your budget.

Permalink Reply by Preeti Khanna on October 1, 2014 at 1:01pm

Hi Varun,

Can you please share some points that made you not choose DPS Noida.

Permalink Reply by Varun Gupta on October 1, 2014 at 1:13pm

Dear Preeti,

I chose Amity over DPS bcoz of reasons mentioned below -

1. All people I spoke to, said DPS Noida is running on brand name. I mean obviously when DPS Society has over 200 schools across India & abroad while AIS having few 5-7 schools, DPS will have a bigger brand name. But all people said that since past 5 years Amity is growing leaps and bounds in terms of quality and DPS is kind of depreciating.

2. I was not happy at DPS when I went to have an interaction with them, they were kind of snobbish instead of supportive. The same feedback I received from teachers and parents that the staff at DPS Noida thinks themselves to be mini celebrities.

3. Amity has a better student teacher ratio, classes are more activity based rather than a monologue.

4. AIS Noida has been rated higher than DPS Noida in all surveys done by different private agencies. I mean all..

5. Amity is closer to our house rather than DPS

Permalink Reply by Narendra on October 1, 2014 at 1:44pm

Varun,

Good decision, You make little hope for us in DPS Noida. Even I preferred Amity Noida as it is very near to the place I stat but my son was not shortlisted for final admission after second interaction.

Your seat was confirmed or in pending status @ DPS Noida?

Permalink Reply by Varun Gupta on October 1, 2014 at 1:51pm

Narendra,

Its confirmed. I had to deposit the fees today.

Permalink Reply by Narendra on October 1, 2014 at 1:53pm

OK. Amity too is good school to go with. It is not less than DPSN in any corner. Even brand wise, Amity is bigger brand than DPS now.

Permalink Reply by Narendra on October 1, 2014 at 11:27am

Siddharth Verma,

Please provide your E-Mail id, I will send on your E-mail and you can talk to him. But I heard from him, that he wants to take his kid out from Mayoor.

Also one of my relatives take tutions, and she has got few kids from Mayoor too, and what I found from my relative that Mayoor school gives lot of home work to kids which they can't even finish hence parents need to hire tutor or parent need to be run behind kids to finish their home work.

Let me know your E-Mail Id, I can share the number to you.