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    DSA for JC/University

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    • A Offline
      ANWI
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      Is there DSA really for JC?

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        lego
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        Yes, direct admission is not limited to sec schools.

        There is DSA for JC.
        There is also EAE for Poly.

        https://www.moe.gov.sg/admissions/direct-admissions/dsa-jc/overview

        https://www.moe.gov.sg/admissions/direct-admissions/eae

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          zac's mum
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          ANWI:
          Is there DSA really for JC?

          Yes u can apply for DSA into JC during Secondary 4, if u wish to get in via your talents instead of via O level results.

          I don’t think it is very common though. My niece and her parents didn’t even consider it. Maybe they didn’t know. She ended up missing AJC’s cutoff point and chose Poly instead of a bottom-tier JC.

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            phtthp
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            zac's mum:

            Yes u can apply for DSA into JC during Secondary 4, if u wish to get in via your talents instead of via O level results.

            I don’t think it is very common though. My niece and her parents didn’t even consider it. Maybe they didn’t know. She ended up missing AJC’s cutoff point and chose Poly instead of a bottom-tier JC.
            apply for DSA into a Junior College :-
            is it done at end of Sec 3, or at middle of Sec 4, after Sec 4 SA1 exam over ?

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            • zac's mumZ Offline
              zac's mum
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              It is done before June of the Sec 4 year. By end-June, the JCs will start giving out COs already.



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                ngl2010
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                zac's mum:
                ANWI:

                Is there DSA really for JC?


                Yes u can apply for DSA into JC during Secondary 4, if u wish to get in via your talents instead of via O level results.

                I don’t think it is very common though. My niece and her parents didn’t even consider it. Maybe they didn’t know. She ended up missing AJC’s cutoff point and chose Poly instead of a bottom-tier JC.

                DS estimated there are about 50+ DSA students in RJC in current JC1. They joined the orientation together with IP students. As they were still in their secondary school uniform, they can be identified easily. 50+ students are not many considering the cohort size is about 1300.

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                  ngl2010:

                  DS estimated there are about 50+ DSA students in RJC in current JC1. They joined the orientation together with IP students. As they were still in their secondary school uniform, they can be identified easily. 50+ students are not many considering the cohort size is about 1300.
                  How did your DS estimate got about 50+ DSA students in RI in current JC1 ?

                  Amongst all students who joined orientation together with IP students at RI, do these 50+ DSA students wear any special tag on their uniform that indicate that they are from DSA entry, that distinguish them clearly from those 3 pointers O-level students, who joined RI via Joint Admission exercise, after O level results released, during the JC1 Orientation programme ?

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                    phtthp:
                    ngl2010:


                    DS estimated there are about 50+ DSA students in RJC in current JC1. They joined the orientation together with IP students. As they were still in their secondary school uniform, they can be identified easily. 50+ students are not many considering the cohort size is about 1300.

                    How did your DS estimate got about 50+ DSA students in RI in current JC1 ?

                    Amongst all students who joined orientation together with IP students at RI, do these 50+ DSA students wear any special tag on their uniform that indicate that they are from DSA entry, that distinguish them clearly from those 3 pointers O-level students, who joined RI via Joint Admission exercise, after O level results released ?

                    IP students started ‘early’ orientation in mid-January together with DSA students. JAE students only joined them in February. So, those students not wearing RI or RGS secondary school uniforms in January are definitely DSA students.

                    During the ‘early’ orientation, the IP students were grouped based on their Year 4 classes. There were about 2 DSA students assigned to each class. There were 14 classes from Year 4 RI and assuming there were 14 classes from RGS, the number of DSA students were approximately (14+14)*2 = 56 students.

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                    • zac's mumZ Offline
                      zac's mum
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                      Can I kaypoh a bit and ask for some names of the secondary schools uniforms he spotted?


                      Just curious to see if Raffles family really walks the talk of not being elite and opening up to various backgrounds. Would be nice to hear of some neighborhood schools kids got in to RJC based on their talent.

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                        ngl2010
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                        zac's mum:
                        Just curious to see if Raffles family really walks the talk of not being elite and opening up to various backgrounds. Would be nice to hear of some neighborhood schools kids got in to RJC based on their talent.

                        :? I don't think there is DSA based on background. If there is, I am sure MOE will not approve it and the Principal will get into trouble. All DSA is based on talent in music/arts/sports. DS never met any DSA student that came in based on academics but according to him all DSA students that he knew are 3 pointers. They actually can get into RJC based on their O level results instead of DSA.

                        DSA is never on whether the applicant is from neighbourhood school or not. I don't think it matters to RI which schools their students are coming from. I don't know where you heard that RI doesn't open up to various background. It is strange. :?

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