Yup the policy kicks in this year. Schools can either increase non-affiliates number at DSA stage or S1 posting so even if they open for S1 posting, it will be competitive & may be limited in numbers. COP for non-affiliates based on years they had S1 posting seems to be around 240-250.

floppy\" post_id=\"1925602\" time=\"1564656338\" user_id=\"97579:

The policy kicks in this year right? Then They don’t have a choice not to change.

Based on "intelligence", sec schs with affiliated pri schs are likely to give out more COs because of the new policy this year which "forces" them to cut away 20% of the affiliation numbers & reserve it for non affiliates. Notably, non-affiliates admitted through DSA numbers can count towards this 20% so the DSA stage is also where the sch can afford to pick & choose the potential students who are suitable for the school.


For those who still have kiddos in pri sch, this may be a factor to consider when deciding which basket to put ypur eggs in.

PLMGS(Sec) did not participate in S1 Posting for the past few years as all their places were taken up by those in PLMGS(Pri) and those from DSA. Not sure if this will change this year because of the new policy.

Not sure if they are the first school to do so but PLMGS just sent out notification of CO through email.

phtthp\" post_id=\"1921665\" time=\"1563850411\" user_id=\"35251:

Hi parent2008,

Confirmed Offer means as long as you accept their offer, the seat already guaranteed for u, hence no need to take part in S1 posting anymore, post PSLE results announcement.

When a school offer your child a CO, is a matter of whether u want to accept, or decline the offer.

Wait list : nothing is been guaranteed
Waitlist depend on 2 situation, whether can get converted into CO, or not -

1)

whether anyone from inside the \"Confirmed Offer\" list not interested in taking up the offer, gave up the offer.


AND

2)

by your own internal ranking, within the \"Waitlist\" itself, assigned by DSA school.

You will never know what's your own ranking, because school will never tell (disclose) u.
You won't know whether you are somewhere, at the Top / bottom / middle, of the \"Waitlist\"

Eg

Say, there are two p6 students (X and Y) inside Wait list, for Nanyang Girls High (NYGH)

Example

a)

Student X :
Wait list, for Bilingualism academic domain (NYGH)

Suppose X is Ranked right at the Top of the Wait list.

Suppose, one student from the Confirmed list (CO) list, decided to turn down NYGH CO, accept CO from some other school instead.

What happen, now ?

Student X is lucky.

Since she is ranked #1 within the Waitlist, her Waitlist now gets converted into CO successfully, hence X is allocated a seat inside NYGH, so she is not allowed to take part in S1 posting anymore.


b)

Student Y,
another Waitlist for say, Science domain. Suppose she is ranked right at the bottom of the Waitlist

So, Y must wait patiently for everyone else before her,one by one, inside the Waitlist to get converted into CO first, before her turn come. Most likely, her chance never come, unable to convert, not successful, in the end still rely on her own PSLE T-score to enter, based on those 6 Secondary school choices she made, during S1 posting

S1 posting (abbreviation) : Secondary 1 posting

Just to say that the CO is only confirmed IF your child meets the respective stream criteria set by the school or MOE. If your DSA school only offers Special/Express but your child's score qualifies for Normal Academic then he/she will have to re-join the S1 Posting Exercise.

In all, we gotta remind our children that they still need to work hard to get better/maintain results to make sure they can go to their DSA school :rahrah: Jiayou all!

Ph.D. Mommy\" post_id=\"1914878\" time=\"1560845706\" user_id=\"16972:[quote=\"Ph.D. Mommy\" post_id=1914878 time=1560845706 user_id=16972]
Just to encourage you if your child does not get invited to interview: Silver lining is that there is more time to focus on PSLE.

Imagine, a child went through the whole process and in the end get a \"not accepted\" result in late august. There is a shorter time to get over the initial disappointment. But of course many kids are resilient and bounce back in time for PSLE. Parents may be more sad than the kids too.

It is just one way to be positive....if your child does not hear back about interview.

Truth be told, I am writing this for myself. In a way to prep myself for child's DSA journey to end before interview. heeheehee. At least we tried and we will continue to persevere for PSLE in Sept.

Wishing everyone the best!![/quote]

Same here. So far haven't heard from the schools yet. Maybe it's good to just concentrate on PSLE itself. Anyone heard from PLMGS?:)

Anyone heard from other schs?

Anyone heard from other schs?

Yeap, am aware of all these dates. Just wondering if anyone has received calls yet for being shortlisted

phtthp\" post_id=\"1914247\" time=\"1560389913\" user_id=\"35251:

dates for PLMGS Sports / Performing Arts dsa Trial & audition are out, on school website

https://www.plmgss.moe.edu.sg/about-us/school-admission/dsa


Students who have applied for \"Leadership\" : need not attend any audition nor trial.
PLMGS Secondary school will contact the applicants for the interview, if they have been shortlisted.

Yeap, am aware of all these dates. Just wondering if anyone has received calls yet for being shortlisted

phtthp\" post_id=\"1914247\" time=\"1560389913\" user_id=\"35251:

dates for PLMGS Sports / Performing Arts dsa Trial & audition are out, on school website

https://www.plmgss.moe.edu.sg/about-us/school-admission/dsa


Students who have applied for \"Leadership\" : need not attend any audition nor trial.
PLMGS Secondary school will contact the applicants for the interview, if they have been shortlisted.

Hihi, has anyone heard from PLMGS yet? Thanks