2010 DSA(Direct School Admission)

[ningy]

Thanks for pointing me to the website; took a look at the sample questions - quite tricky !! luckily the quiz is only 1 hr ; otherwise my DD1 will probably have headache aft going thru the questions; some of the answers will be so close and the more i read, the more confused i’ll be + can’t decide which to choose.


i guess from now onwards, the various schools will be doing their advertisements; i heard some sec sch will do roadshows too. although DSA application will begin in May (for some sch), most people will have to wait for the SA1 results as they will be essential especially if apply via academic.

[verykiasu2010]

ningy:

Thanks for pointing me to the website; took a look at the sample questions - quite tricky !! luckily the quiz is only 1 hr ; otherwise my DD1 will probably have headache aft going thru the questions; some of the answers will be so close and the more i read, the more confused i'll be + can't decide which to choose.


i guess from now onwards, the various schools will be doing their advertisements; i heard some sec sch will do roadshows too. although DSA application will begin in May (for some sch), most people will have to wait for the SA1 results as they will be essential especially if apply via academic.

NUSHS open house this saturday (17 Apr)

ACSI open house on 30 Apr

[ningy]

Thanks Verykiasu2010; lots of open houses on these 2 mths. glad nowadays they have open houses and we can take a look at the sch compound, facilities, teachers and students.

[verykiasu2010]

ningy:

Thanks Verykiasu2010; lots of open houses on these 2 mths. glad nowadays they have open houses and we can take a look at the sch compound, facilities, teachers and students.

and we skipped the NUSHS open house over the weekend ... totally \"forgotten\" about it since we had no strong desire to try NUSHS

[Ca3kids]

Anyone can advise if a student is selected by a school during DSA selection but then PSLE marks is much better when released. Can this student choose another better school and reject the offer from DSA school?


I am not clear on the DSA part.

[verykiasu2010]

Ca3kids:

Anyone can advise if a student is selected by a school during DSA selection but then PSLE marks is much better when released. Can this student choose another better school and reject the offer from DSA school?


I am not clear on the DSA part.

You would have made the choices before u sit for the PSLE and on result day, u have no more choices.

You would have \"accepted\" the DSA offer before the PSLE is out.......as in u are required to rank your choices of DSA offers from the schools that have offered u

MOE will do the rest and on PSLE result day, you will be notified of your posting to your first choice school chosen in the above school ranking of choice by DSA offeree

[Ca3kids]

verykiasu2010:

Ca3kids:

Anyone can advise if a student is selected by a school during DSA selection but then PSLE marks is much better when released. Can this student choose another better school and reject the offer from DSA school?


I am not clear on the DSA part.

You would have \"accepted\" the DSA offer before the PSLE is out.......am I wrong ??

Most schools with DSA process would spell out what is required of parent / student after the schools have made the offer at the end of the DSA exercise

I called one of the DSA school and ask this question, the staff say if PSLE result is better and want to enroll another better school, it depend on the \"better\"school whether accept the student. If the student is accepted and the DSA school will release upon principal's approval (but normally will release as if a student don't want them, they also won't force). This is what I learnt from the staff. But later I saw somewhere in web that you cannot reject the DSA school once they give you a confirm place.

That is why I am puzzled on this as I am not clear on the DSA procedure

[verykiasu2010]

Ca3kids:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"Ca3kids\"]Anyone can advise if a student is selected by a school during DSA selection but then PSLE marks is much better when released. Can this student choose another better school and reject the offer from DSA school?


I am not clear on the DSA part.

You would have \"accepted\" the DSA offer before the PSLE is out.......am I wrong ??

Most schools with DSA process would spell out what is required of parent / student after the schools have made the offer at the end of the DSA exercise

I called one of the DSA school and ask this question, the staff say if PSLE result is better and want to enroll another better school, it depend on the \"better\"school whether accept the student. If the student is accepted and the DSA school will release upon principal's approval (but normally will release as if a student don't want them, they also won't force). This is what I learnt from the staff. But later I saw somewhere in web that you cannot reject the DSA school once they give you a confirm place.

That is why I am puzzled on this as I am not clear on the DSA procedure[/quote]If you know the principal, they would tell you directly that some parents are very \"dishonourable\" and play dirty in asking for transfer. Ya, u cannot force the student to go where s/he does not \"want\" to go.

Why in the first place went for the DSA and wasted the time and resources of the school if not sure about wanting to get into that school?....and yet treating them as not good enough and going for \"better\" one when the result is much better ?

[ycpang]

Ca3kids:

Anyone can advise if a student is selected by a school during DSA selection but then PSLE marks is much better when released. Can this student choose another better school and reject the offer from DSA school?


I am not clear on the DSA part.

If you accept the DSA offer, your kid will not be able to participate in S1 posting. So he/she has to appeal to the school he wants to go after the S1 posting results are out.

There is no guarantee he can go to the appealed school even if his PSLE score may above the COP of the school. So far I have seen a few cases in 2009 (2010 sec 1) and most of them have been successful in their appealing. But please be prepared for the \"stressful\" period while waiting for the appealed result.

[mathsparks]

Ca3kids:

I called one of the DSA school and ask this question, the staff say if PSLE result is better and want to enroll another better school, it depend on the \"better\"school whether accept the student. If the student is accepted and the DSA school will release upon principal's approval (but normally will release as if a student don't want them, they also won't force). This is what I learnt from the staff. But later I saw somewhere in web that you cannot reject the DSA school once they give you a confirm place.

That is why I am puzzled on this as I am not clear on the DSA procedure

There're parents who wrote about their successful appeal for transfer in this thread. So I guess, you need patience to go thru the many pages here plus loads of persistence to chase after the schools!