DSA 2022

[zac's mum]

The difference is, COs are as good as a confirmed place in the school. The only factor that can erase your place is if your PSLE score turns out to be below the offered Stream’s minimum requirement (generally known to be 200 or 20, for Express stream).


For WLs, the additional factor that first determines whether you will get the place is: if someone higher up the list has turned down their place (during the form submission phase). If none turned theirs down, WLs dont get any chance even if meet the Stream’s minimum requirement.

Perhaps a blunt way to put it is, WL is the reserve team (sports analogy) or understudy (theatre analogy). Only if a CO forgoes the place, then the WL has a chance to step in and take the place.

[fy2000jp2]

fyi

"Invitation to SOTA’s Theatre Programme
Your child has been selected to attend our Theatre session on 9 April. We would like to invite you and your child to visit
SOTA for an immersive experience of our school and the Theatre programme.
Apart from a school tour, your child will get to befriend our Theatre Buddies and participate in a workshop.
Through the shared interest in Theatre, we hope the exposure and exchanges with our students will invigorate your
child’s curiosity in Theatre and inspire them to further their pursuits.
Theatre Programme
Date: 9 April 2022, Saturday"

[zac's mum]

Congrats!!

[fy2000jp2]

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Hi parents

This is a workbook created with data from school finder site. It may be of some help to you in your research on selecting a school based on DSA domain.

Go to this site:
https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/sg.parent
And view the “Singapore Secondary School Search DSA” workbook.

It may not work from smart phone. do view it from computer

Thank you so much for this (from a QV-user ). Is there a central place/link where I can get a better understanding/clarification of the similar/overlapping terms used in the DSA column (talent areas) ?

[kmom]

Hi, I understand that results still matters for DSA. However, i would like to ask if the school offers NA/NT stream, does that mean school usually will not consider giving a CO if the results fall under that range? Thanks!

[zac's mum]

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Hi, I understand that results still matters for DSA. However, i would like to ask if the school offers NA/NT stream, does that mean school usually will not consider giving a CO if the results fall under that range? Thanks!

U may need to check with the specific school directly. Not much data/personal stories on this issue available on this forum.

[Couragemom]

Dear phtthp,


Thank you for your explanation. It is a wake-up call to me that actually even with the CO in hand, my DD still has to to work hard so as not to land in the last class! I am having extreme tunnel vision now - of just a 3-months ahead forward vision to be frank!

[ChiefKiasu]

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The difference is, COs are as good as a confirmed place in the school. The only factor that can erase your place is if your PSLE score turns out to be below the offered Stream’s minimum requirement (generally known to be 200 or 20, for Express stream).

For WLs, the additional factor that first determines whether you will get the place is: if someone higher up the list has turned down their place (during the form submission phase). If none turned theirs down, WLs dont get any chance even if meet the Stream’s minimum requirement.

Perhaps a blunt way to put it is, WL is the reserve team (sports analogy) or understudy (theatre analogy). Only if a CO forgoes the place, then the WL has a chance to step in and take the place.[/quote]

Wait a minute. So there is a difference between those with COs and WLs. I didn't know about WLs. :oops:
Well, I suppose the one good thing about a WL is that of choice. If the kid does very well in PSLE and then a place is opened up for him in the school, he can choose to reject the place unlike those with COs. I'm still curious what they can do if someone rejects a CO? Fine the person?

[zac's mum]

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Wait a minute. So there is a difference between those with COs and WLs. I didn't know about WLs. :oops:
Well, I suppose the one good thing about a WL is that of choice. If the kid does very well in PSLE and then a place is opened up for him in the school, he can choose to reject the place unlike those with COs. I'm still curious what they can do if someone rejects a CO? Fine the person?

Oh the accept/reject stage (submit exercise preference form) is done after sitting PSLE, but before the PSLE results release. All the CO and WL recipients have to decide at that point. They cannot change their mind later.

[phtthp]

No fine involved.

If a student turn down the CO, the CO just lapsed. The vacancy created by the rejected (turned down ) CO, then goes to the WL.

WL need to be careful, whether they want to accept the WL, or not. Once a WL gets successfully converted into CO, the student cannot take part in S1 posting anymore, because he already have gotten a seat in a Sec school.

Exercising of CO / WL takes place 1 to 2 weeks, after the last PSLE HCL is over, but before the release of PSLE resukts. During this period, students will reflect upon how they have fared, per PSLE subject. They can discuss with their parents. This will help them to make the decision : accept or turn down CO / WL.

In the past, there have been cases where on PSLE results announcement day, the student unexpectedly realized that he did very well, gotten AL 4. He can go RI, with AL 4. But because his WL (for another school) had already been successfully converted, he cannot get out of the signed DSA contract. He had to honor the MOE contract, stick to the WL-school