DSA 2017

[lynntan15]

mommyNg:

My friend has this problem. Her DD was unsuccessful from Sch A but received a CO from Sch B. Her choice school is really Sch A. Now her dilemma is whether to reject CO from Sch B and try her best in PSLE to enter her dream Sch A (but risky because you won't know the results until Nov), or to accept CO from Sch B but with possible regret if PSLE results good enough to enter Sch A?


Any parents with past experiences (successful and unsuccessful ones) to share?

I would suggest wait till after she take her PSLE. How confident she is with the papers before deciding whether to accept the CO or not?

[lynntan15]

mommyNg:

My friend has this problem. Her DD was unsuccessful from Sch A but received a CO from Sch B. Her choice school is really Sch A. Now her dilemma is whether to reject CO from Sch B and try her best in PSLE to enter her dream Sch A (but risky because you won't know the results until Nov), or to accept CO from Sch B but with possible regret if PSLE results good enough to enter Sch A?


Any parents with past experiences (successful and unsuccessful ones) to share?

I would suggest wait till after she take her PSLE. How confident she is with the papers before deciding whether to accept the CO or not?

[mommyNg]

lynntan15:

I would suggest wait till after she take her PSLE. How confident she is with the papers before deciding whether to accept the CO or not?

Logical, however sometimes children's feedback bei-zhun one

[bbrooster]

TigerPanda:

Hi bbrooster, congrats! Email or snail mail?

Hi TigerPanda. It is through snail mail.

[hojicha]

mommyNg:

lynntan15:

I would suggest wait till after she take her PSLE. How confident she is with the papers before deciding whether to accept the CO or not?

Logical, however sometimes children's feedback bei-zhun one

[Chocochipcookiedough]

Anyway, the School Preference Period is on 30 Oct - 3 Nov... By then the kids already finish their PSLE and time for them to relax already...

[skcmummy]

bbrooster:

TigerPanda:

Hi bbrooster, congrats! Email or snail mail?

Hi TigerPanda. It is through snail mail.

I think is for both successful and not successful applicants. My girl just received her rejection letters from NYGH and DHS.
Only good news today is she did well for prelim. :love:

[Estéema]

skcmummy:

bbrooster:

[quote=\"TigerPanda\"]Hi bbrooster, congrats! Email or snail mail?

Hi TigerPanda. It is through snail mail.

I think is for both successful and not successful applicants. My girl just received her rejection letters from NYGH and DHS.
Only good news today is she did well for prelim. :love:[/quote]Good for her. I'm sure she will be more willing to work for merits. Tell her she's good just that other factors changed.

Was chatting with a few KSP mums & we're seeing more COs oferred for sports & talents. Think schools started to heed MOE's directive. DS hv many academically well-deserving frds who received only WL (applied only thro academic as they're not active or sports talents with a handful who do not want DSA thro sports bcoz of heavy commitments).

加油！ Dint loose heart, keep up the momentum for just one more month!

[skcmummy]

Estéema:

\"skcmummy\"]

bbrooster:

[quote=\"TigerPanda\"]Hi bbrooster, congrats! Email or snail mail?

Hi TigerPanda. It is through snail mail.

I think is for both successful and not successful applicants. My girl just received her rejection letters from NYGH and DHS.
Only good news today is she did well for prelim. :love:

Good for her. I'm sure she will be more willing to work for merits. Tell her she's good just that other factors changed.

Was chatting with a few KSP mums & we're seeing more COs oferred for sports & talents. Think schools started to heed MOE's directive. DS hv many academically well-deserving frds who received only WL (applied only thro academic as they're not active or sports talents with a handful who do not want DSA thro sports bcoz of heavy commitments).

加油！ Dint loose heart, keep up the momentum for just one more month!

[/quote]Thanks Estéema for your encouraging message. True that the DSA has changed this year. My DD1 got into her sch through DSA academic 3 years ago. Although she need to go thru GAT, but i think it is much easier for her then.

Will wait till end of PSLE for my DD2 to decide if she wants to take up the only CO she received.

[FantasyLandDreams]

May I check, for NUSH CO letter this year, is there any clause that says ‘place is only confirmed only if put NUSH as first choice’, or something along this effect? Thanks.