DSA 2023

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LimSX\" post_id=\"2113442\" time=\"1689241376\" user_id=\"200267:

Hi, anyone can share what is the selection ratio / chances after interviewed for HCI Leadership ?

Any interview, whether Is at HCI or at any other Secondary school -

the outcome is ... 50% chance.
Because

either
you make it or you don't.

[happy_parenting_123]

Hello everyone! My kid got invitation for interview for Hwa Chong Infocomm DSA. Does any parent have experience in Infocomm interview in Hwa Chong? Are they required to take a test and/or interview? What do we need to prepare for such test/interview? Many thanks in advance!

[Paneermomo]

Anxious irene\" post_id=\"2113406\" time=\"1689222665\" user_id=\"45759:[quote=\"Anxious irene\" post_id=2113406 time=1689222665 user_id=45759]
Just received email from HCI on the track and field.

Interview is on 22 Jul (sat), duration is 1hr 15mins.

Any experience parents know what will be the interview like for Sports domain? Thanks in Advance[/quote]

Here are some commonly asked questions. Good luck:)

- Tell me about yourself.
- Why did you choose our school?
- Why do you think we should we pick you?
- Which other schools have you applied to?
- How can you contribute to this CCA?
- Why do you like this sport?
- What have you learnt from this sport?
- Share with us about your leadership experience.
- How do you deal with teammates that disagree with you?
- How do you plan to juggle long CCA hours, competitions and studies?

[Anxious irene]

Bear123456\" post_id=\"2113431\" time=\"1689232912\" user_id=\"202193:

Congratulation! Thanks for sharing....

:thankyou:

[Anxious irene]

Paneermomo\" post_id=\"2113462\" time=\"1689260787\" user_id=\"202162:

Here are some commonly asked questions. Good luck:)

- Tell me about yourself.
- Why did you choose our school?
- Why do you think we should we pick you?
- Which other schools have you applied to?
- How can you contribute to this CCA?
- Why do you like this sport?
- What have you learnt from this sport?
- Share with us about your leadership experience.
- How do you deal with teammates that disagree with you?
- How do you plan to juggle long CCA hours, competitions and studies?

:thankyou:

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fy2000jp2\" post_id=\"2113337\" time=\"1689166367\" user_id=\"197677:

Hi -

The Kid was not selected for Bi-L. Instead he was selected for English (Humanities). Yup, HCI allowed multiple DSA tracks.

If you want to about HCI English/Humanities DSA selection, the Kid says:

The English DSA process starts with a written test of writing a poem. This poem was of the type where my child had to make one sentences with every letter used to spell a given word, each beginning with the letters of the written word. Ie: E... A... R... T... H... Note that the sentences had to be related to the word itself. The Kid wrote about how earth is abused by mankind, but other students wrote about the scenery and wonders of the earth.

The test was followed by a group interview.
Interview was on the child's fav book, and which char matches the child best. The Kid says he should have brought along a literary classic book instead of Harry Potter.

Cheers & best of luck.

Observation noted. Thank you.


so,
what Hwa Chong DSA selection panel basically did was to,

pick / route
some Applicants from the
(DSA Bilingualism ) domain,

into another


DSA (English Humanities) domain,
if

u can prove (demo) to Hwa Chong that,
u (P6 student) have got the English language prowess which Hwa Chong is looking for.

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Earlier, someone posted in this forum, was it you, zac mom, asking for -

what sort of criteria, is Hwa Chong or any other Secondary school looking for, in those candidates applying for DSA (Humanities) domain ?

So zac mom,
have u gotten the answer now (refer above), in case u have more than 1 kid ?

[zac's mum]

I was wondering more about DSA Humanities for ACSI, which appeared first time in 2022 DSA exercise. Did it replace a former DSA English domain in the school?

[LevainQ]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2113477\" time=\"1689288245\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2113477 time=1689288245 user_id=53606]
I was wondering more about DSA Humanities for ACSI, which appeared first time in 2022 DSA exercise. Did it replace a former DSA English domain in the school?[/quote]

Nope, nothing to do with English. It's based on humanities subjects in sec sch. I asked what criteria is needed they just told me they looking for pp with critical thinking 😅

[zac's mum]

LevainQ\" post_id=\"2113487\" time=\"1689302251\" user_id=\"196295:

Nope, nothing to do with English. It's based on humanities subjects in sec sch. I asked what criteria is needed they just told me they looking for pp with critical thinking 😅

So vague 😆

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zac's mum\" post_id=\"2113488\" time=\"1689303376\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2113488 time=1689303376 user_id=53606]
So vague 😆[/quote]

And I think there was only 1 successful candidate last year.

Funny thing is- when I went to the humanities booth during open house during April 2023, they don’t seemed to know much about dsa (or that candidate). (Although they know a lot about their club)

Same could be said about the infocomm booth.
They were so passionate about what they do.
When I asked them about dsa - they also claimed only 1 candidate.
(And goes on telling me that 100s will apply to join their cca during cca week and around 20 will be accepted as cca member)