DSA 2022

[Imp75]

mystique_j\" post_id=\"2085289\" time=\"1665368539\" user_id=\"39431:

I know of someone who applied to a school far away.. Staying north, school in the east, because they heard it’s a good school, did not consult their kid.. and got a CO for that school. And now unsure of whether to accept or not.. because it’s very far away. 🤦🏻‍️

There are parents or child who are willing to travel to get to dsa schools. I stay in one section of the island and my eldest dsa into 3 different Sch at three other extreme regions.

[Mr.025413Clumsy]

mystique_j\" post_id=\"2085293\" time=\"1665368954\" user_id=\"39431:

Which will then potentially deprive another kid that may really want to get to that school. Oh well.. that’s how the system works.

I agree.

However, I believe that this is how university applications work too so it's not peculiar to the DSA. For example (back in the day), UCAS allowed applications to 8 different universities and offers were given based on preliminary results etc. I don't know what it's like today but I believe that it's similar. (Happy to stand corrected if otherwise.)

In any event, I suspect that the schools know this too. They know that not all students who get COs will take up the offer. In that sense, it doesn't totally deprive others as the schools would likely make an allowance for those COs which aren't utilized (hence the WL system). What I'd be keen to know is whether parents whose children have secured COs into top and highly contested schools like RI, HCI, RGS etc. actually turn down their CO in favour of other less prominent schools?

Anyway, like it or not, this is Asia where Asian parents thrive.

[Imp75]

Parents who apply for nush prob apply to the R or H schools as well and the outstanding ones will get more than one offer. It’s not uncommon to reject either schools for NUSH

[Zeal mummy]

After our highly debatable discussion on IB vs IP… Some may turn down R and H schools for A.

[phtthp]

Daddy with one son\" post_id=\"2085310\" time=\"1665371739\" user_id=\"102861:[quote=\"Daddy with one son\" post_id=2085310 time=1665371739 user_id=102861]
Hi, will the boys who had a CO from HCI be attending any briefing by the school?[/quote]

Some of these boys who have received joint COs
from
(Hwa Chong and ACSI),


may drop CO (HCI),
go over to IB (ACSI) instead,

since

This is reality, a fact -

It is easier to get more than 42 points readily,
than to

get 4As from SG-A-level.


The same,
apply to those who received joint COs
from (RGS / NYGH / MGS).
They can turn down CO ( RGS / NYGH), accept IB CO (MGS) instead.
The ball is thrown into your court now, those who received joint COs from

SG-A-level destination bound IP schools

Vs.

IB schools (ACSI / SJI / MGS).

Starting from Sec 1,
you have 6 long years ahead to run & manovere your runway, to choose from,

compared to O level JAE candidates, who have an extremely short 2 years runway, to move around.

[phtthp]

kaisuism\" post_id=\"2085237\" time=\"1665308154\" user_id=\"199574:

I guess everyone who has a CO will accept?

Of course not everyone will accept.

It all depends, on yourself.
How hungry, or how much
do you really desire your CO ?
If not that keen,
u will tend to give up and end up, rely on your Psle AL score to enter schools.

But if you are very hungry,
then u can't wait to accept the CO.


Who will turn down the CO ?
Those who received more than one CO ?

[kaisuism]

mystique_j\" post_id=\"2085277\" time=\"1665361592\" user_id=\"39431:

But shouldn’t this uncertainty or not wanting to be tied down to a certain activity be part of the discussion before applying for that domain or that school?

Issues like distance, commitment, programs, or that one dream school only etc should have been researched and discussed before submitting the application, in my opinion, rather than after getting a CO. Then there won’t be this dilemma of whether to accept or reject the CO, and try their luck with PSLE because there’s a target school all along.

Rejections when offered O levels instead of IP, this sounds like a valid reason.

Agree. That's why I thought those who has a CO will accept based on what you said. They should have done their due diligence before that. Of course others pointed out the change of preference could be one of the reasons not to accept.

I am sure schools and MOE are monitoring the stats, especially since it changed to online application and max of 3 applications. I was looking at the info shared by KP1 and coast, number of applications for DSA has been increasing for the past 3 years. PSLE new scoring system, increasing awareness of DSA and more opportunities for students helped push up the numbers. We dont know the % of COs accepted. Can we assume 8 out of 10 will accept their COs? If the numbers are not high, isnt that a waste of time and resources?

[mystique_j]

Imp75\" post_id=\"2085318\" time=\"1665373831\" user_id=\"2358:

There are parents or child who are willing to travel to get to dsa schools. I stay in one section of the island and my eldest dsa into 3 different Sch at three other extreme regions.

Yes but you made a conscious decision to apply to the school, knowing the distance. So I believe distance was already considered when applying, that’s the difference.

[mystique_j]

Increase in application could also be due to the ease of application, compared to the old manual way. Now one online form for all 3 schools. So I guess it’s natural to just want to fill up all 3 spots, the Asian way! 😂

[Imp75]

mystique_j\" post_id=\"2085348\" time=\"1665382855\" user_id=\"39431:

Yes but you made a conscious decision to apply to the school, knowing the distance. So I believe distance was already considered when applying, that’s the difference.

Agreed. For my subsequent kids, I only apply one dsa school (to follow the eldest). There’s no faltering to second choiced school etc. It’s either to hit the jackpot or no (use PSLE then).