DSA 2017

[lee_yl]

I always shake my head when I hear students DSAed into TOP IP schools via sports. Until this year, DD1 told me a few of her classmates who have been invited to join RGS via sports, not just the girls are very good in sports, they are also coping well with their school work, despite intensive training into late evenings plus the need to go overseas for competitions. I think they are not just blessed with good brains and perhaps, also instilled with the kind of discipline (through sports training) since young.


So I suppose if the child is good in sports and at the same time currently in the top class, should have no problem surviving next 6 years. But if just based on being excellent in sports alone and so so academic results, I would still think it could be painful if the student were to choose to enter TOP IP schools via sports.

[Imp75]

lee_yl:

So I suppose if the child is good in sports and at the same time currently in the top class, should have no problem surviving next 6 years. But if just based on being excellent in sports alone and so so academic results, I would still think it could be painful if the student were to choose to enter TOP IP schools via sports.

Yes this is very true...esp in the top 4 schools.....I think someone mentioned before and I totally agreed that if you are not in the national team, perhaps DSA Sports does not take such a big toll on the studies I personally feel.

[MeMyselfAndI]

phtthp:

Anyone giving up CO for IP, from CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' Secondary ?

I did.

[MeMyselfAndI]

phtthp:

Anyone giving up CO for IP, from CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' Secondary ?

I did.

[Cloud Cloud]

MeMyselfAndI:

phtthp:

Anyone giving up CO for IP, from CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' Secondary ?

I did.

My friend’s dd also gave up St Nicks Co for Nanyang WL. Hope the WL gets converted to CO or she do well enough in PSLE. :xedfingers:

[MeMyselfAndI]

Cloud Cloud:

MeMyselfAndI:

[quote=\"phtthp\"]Anyone giving up CO for IP, from CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' Secondary ?

I did.

My friend’s dd also gave up St Nicks Co for Nanyang WL. Hope the WL gets converted to CO or she do well enough in PSLE. :xedfingers:[/quote]Unfortunately, I did not get offers from NYGH. So giving up sngs CO to try for RGS. :xedfingers:

[veryscared]

PSLE results will be out on 24/11/17.

[hojicha]

veryscared:

PSLE results will be out on 24/11/17.

Thanks! :xedfingers:

[ngl2010]

fable:

I have to say I agree. The great majority of kids who enter an IP school or JC via DSA Sport struggle badly and end up repeating / switching to O levels or doing badly. Yes, there are exceptions that do well, but to me, its kinda dangerous to plan on being an exception.

This is an unfair statement. DS has more DSA Sports friends that are doing fine than those who are doing badly. We looked at the year book and identified DSA Sports boys so our assessment is quite accurate for DS’s batch in his school.

Having said that, around 14 out of 18 in his batch’s O level class are unfortunately from DSA Sports.

[fable]

ngl2010:

fable:

I have to say I agree. The great majority of kids who enter an IP school or JC via DSA Sport struggle badly and end up repeating / switching to O levels or doing badly. Yes, there are exceptions that do well, but to me, its kinda dangerous to plan on being an exception.

This is an unfair statement. DS has more DSA Sports friends that are doing fine than those who are doing badly. We looked at the year book and identified DSA Sports boys so our assessment is quite accurate for DS’s batch in his school.

Having said that, around 14 out of 18 in his batch’s O level class are unfortunately from DSA Sports.

You are right - its not my place to generalise. What I meant to say, or should have said was \"The great majority of the kids I personally know who entered an IP school or JC via DSA Sport struggle badly.\"

This is how I would evaluate it for my son. If he is doing well in school and I think he has a good chance of scoring close to or about the qualifying Tscore of the school, and if he enjoys the sport and would be happy to do it for the next 6 years, and from my knowledge of my child, he will be able to handle the increased workload of Secondary school and balance that with his sport, AND he wants to go to the school, then ok, DSA via Sport. And I do know kids that that - they're doing pretty well academically and their sports is outstanding.