Singapore Sports School
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Try to think from SSP perspective. They spend a lot on grooming medal worthy future athletes and they also must have a rate of return on their investment cost. Their KPI is different from a regular school.
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Jolene Tan\" post_id=\"2114774\" time=\"1690454390\" user_id=\"202323:[quote=\"Jolene Tan\" post_id=2114774 time=1690454390 user_id=202323]
No wait list in this school, because their thinking is ...
No waiting list, in which I find it unbelieveable as well, lol........
But they are the boss, they decide on the rules and regulations pertaining to their admissions of student atheletes.
I think they would rather leave some of their shooting lanes empty 😁😁[/quote]
if no talent, don't waste time, what for take the kid in ? Let the seats be empty -
How big is the pool of kids attending shooting trial?
On the contrary, I find it understandable. They put in quite a lot of investment and subsidies by government. If the kids have potential, SSP will take them in regardless of the vacancies. So depending on the quality of the batch every year, no fixed number.
I feel that not having a WL doesn’t mean they have not already casted their net wide. -
My personal opinion: they are unlike mainstream secondary schools, those usually take in only the kids who can win medals for them at NSG ie local events. Whereas isnt SSP’s purpose to groom for longer term & further shores, eg regional games, commonwealth games, asian games, Olympics?
Given that the earliest a kid can start shooting lessons is P5 (P4 if airgun) it’s a bit narrow minded to limit their intake to eg the already top top rather than considering the ones with some budding potential that can be trained further. -
From what I heard, for some students of SSP, after spending about 2 years there and improving in their skills of their respective sports, they will be bringing their excellent achievements to the principals of RI / ACSI / HCI, and so on.
Those students will very likely be taken in by those top schools, which are always hungry for medals.
They will then say bye bye to SSP, since their parents and them are just treating SSP as stepping boards in the first place.
I seriously wonder if SSP is aware that some of the so called \"talents\" whom they are taking in are only making use of it for their personal benefits 😆😆 -
Jolene Tan\" post_id=\"2114781\" time=\"1690459609\" user_id=\"202323:[quote=\"Jolene Tan\" post_id=2114781 time=1690459609 user_id=202323]
I trust your kid did his best. You as parents must have done a lot too. Kudos! It could be their loss not getting your kid. Continue to train and prove them wrong! That’s what I prepared to tell my kid if getting rejected too.
From what I heard, for some students of SSP, after spending about 2 years there and improving in their skills of their respective sports, they will be bringing their excellent achievements to the principals of RI / ACSI / HCI, and so on.
Those students will very likely be taken in by those top schools, which are always hungry for medals.
They will then say bye bye to SSP, since their parents and them are just treating SSP as stepping boards in the first place.
I seriously wonder if SSP is aware that some of the so called \"talents\" whom they are taking in are only making use of it for their personal benefits 😆😆[/quote]
Can always try again when the kids are ready.
As for the hear say, I would not think that they purposely treat SSP as stepping board, but rather they realise their kids need more academic reinforcement? I would not send my kids to top schools for his sports achievements if his academic standard is not there. So those who go to top school must have their reasons too. -
zac's mum\" post_id=\"2114780\" time=\"1690458156\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2114780 time=1690458156 user_id=53606]
Yes you are right. NSG is not their goal, must aspire to take part and win beyond the shore.
My personal opinion: they are unlike mainstream secondary schools, those usually take in only the kids who can win medals for them at NSG ie local events. Whereas isnt SSP’s purpose to groom for longer term & further shores, eg regional games, commonwealth games, asian games, Olympics?
Given that the earliest a kid can start shooting lessons is P5 (P4 if airgun) it’s a bit narrow minded to limit their intake to eg the already top top rather than considering the ones with some budding potential that can be trained further.[/quote]
(Interview question 😄)
I can’t say for shooting but they do look at raw talent potentials for other sports. Not necessarily top medalists.
Each sport may require different rate of developing and skills at different age so only they are the experts and know.
I searched for information on SSP before and couldn’t get much info, most of them are just hear say of parents whose kids may not even been in SSP. After a few encounters, I do feel more positive about them than before. -
zac's mum\" post_id=\"2114780\" time=\"1690458156\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2114780 time=1690458156 user_id=53606]
Indeed for shooting, because everyone starts at P5 or so for dsa, almost everyone is on par and not really ahead of another very much unlike other sports where headstart could begin as early as 3 y/o. Also based on my past experience and peer knowledge about the shooting intake, they do take it raw talent who hv nvr taken part in any comps before. The outcome after entering SSP is that these gems do improve tremendously and surpassing those who went to RI or HCI or XMSS instead.
My personal opinion: they are unlike mainstream secondary schools, those usually take in only the kids who can win medals for them at NSG ie local events. Whereas isnt SSP’s purpose to groom for longer term & further shores, eg regional games, commonwealth games, asian games, Olympics?
Given that the earliest a kid can start shooting lessons is P5 (P4 if airgun) it’s a bit narrow minded to limit their intake to eg the already top top rather than considering the ones with some budding potential that can be trained further.[/quote] -
Our discussions here is more on the waiting list of SSP.
Just imagine if top schools like RI / ACSI / HCI have no waiting lists.
It is like telling those eager parents, "Dear sir / madam, even if there were students who void their DSA confirmation offers due to certain reasons, we will not be considering your child, as we would rather leave those places vacant."
Can you imagine how those parents will react?
I think they will be cursing and complaining to Chan Chun Sing already, ha ha… -
@Jolene Tan, hi…i have sent u a PM. Pls check yr inbox
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