DSA 2022

[Shortribs]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2067353\" time=\"1652419193\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2067353 time=1652419193 user_id=53606]
…and I heard thru the grapevine (unverified) that they have already given out COs to the top handful even before the MOE portal opened.

So their seats are already confirmed and the written test is merely a formality.[/quote]

This is correct. The IMSO team (24 pax every year) will be the first to receive CO. This group is exempted from the test.

[zac's mum]

Shortribs\" post_id=\"2067356\" time=\"1652419295\" user_id=\"193978:

This is correct. The IMSO team (24 pax every year) will be the first to receive CO. This group is exempted from the test.

Thx for clarifying that they are exempted from the test.

Not all will take up the offer though. Basically everyone else just has to wait for the leftover seats. Odds not high is correct.

[bbbay]

Most of our leaders are humanities major, not STEM.


If your child aspire to lead, STEM may not be the best direction statistically

[Tookies]

ainunnajib\" post_id=\"2067232\" time=\"1652320823\" user_id=\"166513:

Hi! Thank you for your kind advice & detailed response!

I do been wondering if \"less than Gold/Platinum/top\" in NMOS, SMOPS, and RIPMWC stands any chance for DSA Math into RI/HCI. There's probably higher chance for NUSH due to their 100% DSA policy with cohort size of ~180 students. So your \"prima facie\" reply nailed it.

I guess I'll go for full transparency here as we need as much advice as we can get, and we do not have any friends who'd been in this similar DSA Math journey. We do have friends who gotten into NUSH but via SIE (after PSLE), and into RI via Sec 1 posting. But we're not confident with PSLE either due to mother tongue & English.

So here's my son's full DSA awards/activities list, would love to have suggestions & comments please 🙏 to maximize his chance getting into NUSH or RI or HCI or SST or NJC via DSA Math/STEM/Infocomm route: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CGLhSDwH0ejd13owa1B3ulMcCcsonQz-tTSp29xxOaQ/edit?usp=sharing

Impressive profile for No 6 & 7. I feel that you are on the right track in these 2 areas for informatics Olympian. And you stand a good chance for Stem DSA domain. Usually top performers for National Olympiad Informatics r from NUSH, RI and HCI, but I’m not sure if RI and HCI has stem domain or not.

[SG_KP1]

For those who are looking at NUSH but aren’t triple platinum award winner, my suggestion is just apply…


The bad news is that historically NUSH has had ~2,000 applicants for 170-180 spots. When you take out some of the groups mentioned above (i.e. kids with reasonably good odds), the odds for the remaining spots are even worse (could be 20:1 or so - hard to say the exact figure).

However, the conditional odds for any individual kid will be different than this range, and "you can’t win if you don’t play." Given that everyone will be able to sit for the selection test this year, using one choice (if dream school) is probably a better option than it was over the last two years where the applications were screened for interviews (probably 300-400 kids).

Additionally, I’d guess NUSH will take in a wider range of students than say RI (or RGS) math. The cohort has previously been made up of kids from 70+ primary schools, and I doubt all of these kids are Platinum award winners, etc. While there are definitely kids that get three COs across Raffles + NUSH + Something Else, there are also plenty of cases where got only NUSH or didn’t get NUSH but got something else (some "complainers" last year).

This is not to say the odds are "good" but if you are hoping for the school I’d say give it a try. At a minimum, you may have a chance at a few of the spots that open up during the SIE.

[Curioustudent]

Those that are invited already probably also have other offers from other schools so it is not confirmed yet.


NUSH provides a somewhat fair starting point for everyone through a written test. Those that do well will then be tested for aptitude through a camp and an interview if necessary.

Even if you are accepted into the waiting list, the probability of you getting in is very high since most people with CO have offers from other schools too.

However, it is true there are many applicants thus success rate is low. Do note that NUSH syllabus is different so it will be hard if you "mug" for this test and do not keep up the hard work in the future. All the best.

[sleepyhuey]

hi all. would like to check if you have tried applying DSA via MOE website?

Any idea why the Talent Area drop down box does not contain any fields? I tried searching and just drop down the entire list but nothing inside.


Thanks.

[sleepyhuey]

hi all. would like to check if you have tried applying DSA via MOE website?

Any idea why the Talent Area drop down box does not contain any fields? I tried searching and just drop down the entire list but nothing inside.


Thanks.

[zac's mum]

sleepyhuey\" post_id=\"2067460\" time=\"1652497217\" user_id=\"47529:

hi all. would like to check if you have tried applying DSA via MOE website?
Any idea why the Talent Area drop down box does not contain any fields? I tried searching and just drop down the entire list but nothing inside.


Thanks.

Note: The DSA-Sec Portal is best viewed on Chrome and Microsoft Edge browser.

This is what I see when I use Chrome:
https://i.imgur.com/wsjxA6p.png\">

[Shortribs]

sleepyhuey\" post_id=\"2067459\" time=\"1652497206\" user_id=\"47529:

hi all. would like to check if you have tried applying DSA via MOE website?
Any idea why the Talent Area drop down box does not contain any fields? I tried searching and just drop down the entire list but nothing inside.


Thanks.

Are you using Chrome? This happened to me when i used Chrome but was ok when I switched to MS Edge.