DSA 2023

[zac's mum]

topboy\" post_id=\"2117196\" time=\"1692763628\" user_id=\"162321:

But what can we do with the information, assuming we've no other COs or WLs given?

Probably only useful if need to decide between 2 WLs. Otherwise it’s just for (hopefully) better sleep at night.

[honeystars]

kshroom\" post_id=\"2117157\" time=\"1692714213\" user_id=\"188328:

Sure.
Deep interest in LEGO building since kindy years.
Enrolled in robotics classes since 6 years old.
Joined school robotics CCA
- awarded CCA Member of the Year.
Represented (either club or CCA) in FLL, IDE, NRC, and WRO.
Took coding classes and did well in project showcases.
Started NOI training.
Obtained a platinum award at the Hwa Chong Infocomm Challenge 2023.
For his DSA portfolio, he self-learnt and created a personal website for submission.

impressive portfolio! @kshroom, would like to know about your dsa strategies if you don't mind. 😊

[YouAreMySonshine]

WING_28\" post_id=\"2117197\" time=\"1692764296\" user_id=\"198378:

Verbal is 99% sure, that is their protocol, unless u tell him you are not keen. School call To maximise chances CO offered will be converted. if not they will offer to the next kid.... After they call, it will take a while for the official email..as they send out in Mass with other domains

Ok so in the case that we have decided to choose one school over the other (after 11 Sept), do you think we should inform the other school that we are not accepting their CO? Will this make a difference to them since all notifications have been sent out? Or we should decide before 11 Sept? I want to be considerate to the school but also to be fair to our DS if he needs time to decide.

[Momof2childs]

Shortribs\" post_id=\"2117177\" time=\"1692756514\" user_id=\"193978:

COs came the earliest, with emails all being sent on the same day. At the principals briefing they urged those who were certain that they were not going to take up the CO to let the school know, so that they could make places available to the next kids in line. Rejections I remember hearing came very late.

Ohh, so we should just wait for the Rejection email. Actually, in hindsight. it’s ok as my DS already has CO from the school he wanted. So this result was more for a sense of achievement. Any idea whether WLs were also sent alongside COs and btw, which school did your DS ultimately go to?

[tintinazure]

Looks like we are not gonna have good news from ACSI. The only hope left is CHS. Any news from Cat High yet…? be it rejection or acceptance

[Leikela02]

YouAreMySonshine\" post_id=\"2117203\" time=\"1692769161\" user_id=\"202507:

Ok so in the case that we have decided to choose one school over the other (after 11 Sept), do you think we should inform the other school that we are not accepting their CO? Will this make a difference to them since all notifications have been sent out? Or we should decide before 11 Sept? I want to be considerate to the school but also to be fair to our DS if he needs time to decide.

If u were given a verbal offer then it would be best to let the sch know that u are not accepting, before they send out the official one. So that they can still offer to the next in line for their sport. If u only inform them after the official offer is out. They can't do much about it already. The slot will go to their general sch pool when u reject officially in the system and may go to other domains and deprive their sport of a slot.

That's also why I think some were advising earlier, not to tell the verbal offer sch that u will confirm accept if u eventually won't be accepting because the 'industry' is small.. N ur kid may come across the sch, coaches or teachers at some point

So perhaps some consideration for u on when to release the slot vs how much time to give ur kid to consider also.. I wld assume all of us n our kids already have our own ranking of the schs we applied to

All the best!!

[Prislga]

This verbal offer thing only applies to Sports? Or across all domains ?


Also, at this juncture, would it be safe to assume results will come in the form of emails / snail mails rather than phone calls (like when calling for trials/interviews)?

Asking so that I can stop monitoring every phone call and just concentrate on mailbox 😂😂

[Icekachang]

Leikela02\" post_id=\"2117209\" time=\"1692772164\" user_id=\"201986:

If u were given a verbal offer then it would be best to let the sch know that u are not accepting, before they send out the official one. So that they can still offer to the next in line for their sport. If u only inform them after the official offer is out. They can't do much about it already. The slot will go to their general sch pool when u reject officially in the system and may go to other domains and deprive their sport of a slot.

That's also why I think some were advising earlier, not to tell the verbal offer sch that u will confirm accept if u eventually won't be accepting because the 'industry' is small.. N ur kid may come across the sch, coaches or teachers at some point

So perhaps some consideration for u on when to release the slot vs how much time to give ur kid to consider also.. I wld assume all of us n our kids already have our own ranking of the schs we applied to

All the best!!

Challenge is when your first choice school offers you a WL and your second choice school offers you a CO. If you tell the second choice school (verbal offer) that you would still rank the first choice WL above their CO, would they still offer the CO to you rather than giving it to the next in line?

[CoolSotongMom]

Icekachang\" post_id=\"2117214\" time=\"1692775649\" user_id=\"54959:

Challenge is when your first choice school offers you a WL and your second choice school offers you a CO. If you tell the second choice school (verbal offer) that you would still rank the first choice WL above their CO, would they still offer the CO to you rather than giving it to the next in line?

This is indeed challenging! TBH, we have not thought of this possible scenario. Hopefully it won't happen to any one of us!

Now when we did not receive any news, we are killing ourselves with the \"what if?!\"

[YouAreMySonshine]

Leikela02\" post_id=\"2117209\" time=\"1692772164\" user_id=\"201986:

If u were given a verbal offer then it would be best to let the sch know that u are not accepting, before they send out the official one. So that they can still offer to the next in line for their sport. If u only inform them after the official offer is out. They can't do much about it already. The slot will go to their general sch pool when u reject officially in the system and may go to other domains and deprive their sport of a slot.

That's also why I think some were advising earlier, not to tell the verbal offer sch that u will confirm accept if u eventually won't be accepting because the 'industry' is small.. N ur kid may come across the sch, coaches or teachers at some point

So perhaps some consideration for u on when to release the slot vs how much time to give ur kid to consider also.. I wld assume all of us n our kids already have our own ranking of the schs we applied to

All the best!!

Thanks for the input! Looks like I really need to have a serious talk with my DS after prelims and decide soon. To be fair, I did not say that I will confirm accept the CO nor did the coach ask me if I will put the school as 1st choice. So if for example I turn down the school before 11 Sept but after they send out official email, they can still change the WL offer to CO for another kid?