DSA 2022

[Momof2childs]

magically\" post_id=\"2081672\" time=\"1662733943\" user_id=\"197072:

Very unlikely to shortlist for the interview round especially when your child is in GE. As mentioned by another forummer, since your child is only P5, he still have time to pull up his language score to at least AL3. He needs to put in effort in the coming EOY. Good luck!

Thank you all for your feedback. Really appreciate that. Yes he is in GE. I hope he can take things more seriously now and improve his school grades. Best wishes to all the kids for coming exams.

[Smartiepants55]

It is an unfair comparison…


Geppers are given a diff exam papers hence benchmarking is different. Lest Chinese, but it may differ from school to school, some of the geppers do GEP Chinese. Of course assuming your child is taking Chinese as MT.

Once Prelims comes, they will join their peers to take the Mainstream exams.

Dont need kan chiong….

[Smartiepants55]

It is an unfair comparison…


Geppers are given a diff exam papers hence benchmarking is different. Lest Chinese, but it may differ from school to school, some of the geppers do GEP Chinese. Of course assuming your child is taking Chinese as MT.

Once Prelims comes, they will join their peers to take the Mainstream exams.

Dont need kan chiong….

[bbpinksg]

Imp75\" post_id=\"2081411\" time=\"1662596522\" user_id=\"2358:

AL11 is not too far from its cutoff point so I would say very good chance.
Jiayouz!

:thankyou: you’re so kind

Usually she’s at AL8 but this time prelim she made quite a careless mistakes in her math

[bbpinksg]

phtthp\" post_id=\"2081459\" time=\"1662612463\" user_id=\"35251:

What was last year 2021 P6 PSLE batch (born 2009) official Cut off point, for Dunman High ?

is it AL 8 (Distinction) ?

Since your kid's primary school exam score is AL 11,
that is,
3 points away from AL 8.
3 points is not far away.

Being an IP school,
Dunman High will still consider giving out CO. Yes, still got hope !
But,
if is 5 points or more away from the Cut off point, probably DHS may offer Wait-list, instead of offer CO.

No matter how strong, how good your child's talent is -

at the end of the day,
because

Dunman High happen to be an IP school, they will still look at your P5 / P6 school results, make sure that your kid can cope with IP rigor,
before start to offer any CO or Wait-list, to suitable candidates. That is, on condition that your child have the talent that DHS is really looking out for, first.

:thankyou: You’re indeed the Master 👍

Usually she’s at AL8 but this time prelim she made quite a careless mistakes in her math

[lee_yl]

Smartiepants55\" post_id=\"2081674\" time=\"1662752939\" user_id=\"197279:

It is an unfair comparison…

Geppers are given a diff exam papers hence benchmarking is different. Lest Chinese, but it may differ from school to school, some of the geppers do GEP Chinese. Of course assuming your child is taking Chinese as MT.

Once Prelims comes, they will join their peers to take the Mainstream exams.

Dont need kan chiong….

Not unfair comparison. Geppers just benchmark against other geppers lor. For GEP, 70 marks is considered to be just meeting the mark.

For P6 prelims, geppers will do the same papers as mainstream students but DSA applications would already be over by then. Therefore, P5 and P6 mid-year results are very important when one intends to apply for DSA

[lee_yl]

Momof2childs\" post_id=\"2081663\" time=\"1662728699\" user_id=\"106468:

Also have similar question - whether anybody got CO from IP schools via Math/Science with overall AL around 12. My DS has Gold in NMOS and SPSO, HD in RIPMWC but Top 20 in none and getting about 70+ in languages. Should we be even expecting a shortlist for IP.

Will NUSH be more lenient to applicants whose languages are less outstanding compared to their strengths in Maths/Sc?

But if you are aiming for RI/HCI, then your DS must buck up for his languages. I recalled I was looking at only RGS/NYGH for my DD2 so I make sure her overall results cross 85%. At 85%, she was like average in her class but this is for girls only (and some years back already). Am not sure if girls generally outdo boys at psle level.

DD2 had a classmate whose results were not strong, around high 70s. She was shortlisted for DSA interviews but was eventually unsuccessful.

[ichigo15]

lee_yl\" post_id=\"2081692\" time=\"1662774255\" user_id=\"17023:

Will NUSH be more lenient to applicants whose languages are less outstanding compared to their strengths in Maths/Sc?

But if you are aiming for RI/HCI, then your DS must buck up for his languages. I recalled I was looking at only RGS/NYGH for my DD2 so I make sure her overall results cross 85%. At 85%, she was like average in her class but this is for girls only (and some years back already). Am not sure if girls generally outdo boys at psle level.

DD2 had a classmate whose results were not strong, around high 70s. She was shortlisted for DSA interviews but was eventually unsuccessful.

Would you know what score we can expect for PSLE English if gep kid score 70+ for gep English?

[Dragon Pearl]

phtthp\" post_id=\"2081459\" time=\"1662612463\" user_id=\"35251:

What was last year 2021 P6 PSLE batch (born 2009) official Cut off point, for Dunman High ?

is it AL 8 (Distinction) ?

Since your kid's primary school exam score is AL 11,
that is,
3 points away from AL 8.
3 points is not far away.

Being an IP school,
Dunman High will still consider giving out CO. Yes, still got hope !
But,
if is 5 points or more away from the Cut off point, probably DHS may offer Wait-list, instead of offer CO.

No matter how strong, how good your child's talent is -

at the end of the day,
because

Dunman High happen to be an IP school, they will still look at your P5 / P6 school results, make sure that your kid can cope with IP rigor,
before start to offer any CO or Wait-list, to suitable candidates. That is, on condition that your child have the talent that DHS is really looking out for, first.

Actually, shouldn’t the assessment be more holistic at the final interview, rather than offer CO/WL based on p5/6 results? If results is indeed a key determinant, then isn’t it a waste of their time to conduct DSA auditions/interviews by filtering by results only at the final interview? They should have sieved out by results at the onset before talent trial.

[Mr.025413Clumsy]

ichigo15\" post_id=\"2081694\" time=\"1662775014\" user_id=\"42562:

Would you know what score we can expect for PSLE English if gep kid score 70+ for gep English?

Apologies for asking as my DS is not in the GEP. Why would a score for a GEP subject be different (higher or lower) vs. the non-GEP subject. I always thought that GEP was just a different way of learning so the exams are crafted differently to assess the student. Are the papers more difficult (unlikely, that they are easier) such that a lower score for a GEP subject would mean a better score for the same non-GEP subject?