2010 DSA(Direct School Admission)

[Panicmi]

Thank you for all the advises and discussion. I accept & agree 'No chopping'.

Just pray hard for her to get into her dream school

[OngMum]

Hi, I would like to know any parents here having their children going to apply DSA via sports? I would like to know what to expect for in the interview after the trial? Thank you.


Cheers!

[verykiasu2010]

as the closing dates are closing in, still hesitating whether to apply or not …


has anyone gave it a miss at the last minute ?

[jtoh]

verykiasu2010:

as the closing dates are closing in, still hesitating whether to apply or not .....


has anyone gave it a miss at the last minute ?

If your child is certain that's the school he/she wants to go to, then most definitely give DSA a shot. It's an additional opportunity to get into the school of his/her choice. I think the regrets for not trying are a lot higher than trying, giving one's best shot and not getting in.

[fruitplus]

Applying for DSA is like applying for jobs, cast your net and see whether you get any offers. Choose the one that suit you most.

[john.09525316]

I found out thru the recent OPEN house at RI, the officers said that this year they will offer 50% (225 places) thru DSA, and 150 for the Gepper and 75 for the main stream.


Has anyone know how many places will HCI offer? How many for the GEPPER and main stream respectively?

Thanks in advance!

[fruitplus]

I remembered during the open house, HCI said 225 DSA, too.


But no one asked how many GEPers accepted by DSA.

I thought RI is 50% (of 225) DSA accepted are GEPers, 1/3 of total intake is GEPers. My son and me remembered these figures.

[verykiasu2010]

fruitplus:

I remembered during the open house, HCI said 225 DSA, too.


But no one asked how many GEPers accepted by DSA.

I thought RI is 50% (of 225) DSA accepted are GEPers, 1/3 of total intake is GEPers. My son and me remembered these figures.

RI total intake = 450

50% for DSA = 225

50% OF DSA = 113 is for GEPpers

Balance of DSA places = 112 is for sports dsa and academic dsa. Sports DSA as some mentioned is about one class size, may be 30? 40 ?. If sports DSA take up 40, balance 72 places are for academic dsa - but no guarantee that they will make 72 offers if there is no deserving candidates

at S1 posting after PSLE result is released, there will be more GEPpers taken in for the other 50% of overall intake - some GEPpers may not have taken part in DSA

overall GEPpers from DSA + S1 Posting may be as high as 2/3 of the overall intake, as most GEPpers do well enough to get into RI based on PSLE results

[wonderm]

verykiasu2010:

fruitplus:

I remembered during the open house, HCI said 225 DSA, too.


But no one asked how many GEPers accepted by DSA.

I thought RI is 50% (of 225) DSA accepted are GEPers, 1/3 of total intake is GEPers. My son and me remembered these figures.

RI total intake = 450

50% for DSA = 225

50% OF DSA = 113 is for GEPpers

Balance of DSA places = 112 is for sports dsa and academic dsa. Sports DSA as some mentioned is about one class size, may be 30? 40 ?. If sports DSA take up 40, balance 72 places are for academic dsa - but no guarantee that they will make 72 offers if there is no deserving candidates

at S1 posting after PSLE result is released, there will be more GEPpers taken in for the other 50% of overall intake - some GEPpers may not have taken part in DSA

overall GEPpers from DSA + S1 Posting may be as high as 2/3 of the overall intake, as most GEPpers do well enough to get into RI based on PSLE results

At RI Open House, they said that each year there are about 300 GEP boys. We know RI has a total of 450 Sec 1 students, if 2/3 of their overall intake are GEPpers, that means ALL the GEP boys go to RI? Then how to account for the GEP boys in HCI, NUSH, ACSI, and other top schools?

[vlim]

So for my ds cohort, there are abt 375 boys so if 300 go ri then the rest go other schools.. :?