DSA 2024

[revils_ling]

mystique_j\" post_id=\"2134479\" time=\"1717149147\" user_id=\"39431:

The boarding for S1 is not compulsory, it is on a FCFS basis. It used to be only for S3 I think but last year the S1 boys were the 1st batch to be offered boarding, 8 weeks in Term 2. They do go home on weekends and public holidays.

I’m sorry I have no idea about Infocomm DSA but infocomm is a compulsory subject for S1/2.

Thanks again for responding. Appreciate the info shared regarding Year 1 boarding and about Infocomm as a subject in Year1-2. 👍

And also thanks to @Chingg for your kind advice. 🙏

[bridememe]

Hi, got 2 qns. Hope any parents who know can help to answer:


1. anyone know how many spots usually avail for stem- robotics in anglican high?
2. Will p4 academic results be sent to the school too?

Thanks in advance!

[phtthp]

bridememe\" post_id=\"2134484\" time=\"1717163832\" user_id=\"23172:

Hi, got 2 qns. Hope any parents who know can help to answer:

...
2. Will p4 academic results be sent to the school too?

Thanks in advance!

Go and call up, clarify and confirm with your own primary school General Office (GO) staff -

What kind of content is stored inside your kid kid primary school's database server ?
If the server contains (P1 to P6) exam results, that means -

the Secondary school DSA selection panel team, which your kid is applying DSA for, will be able to have access to everything, from ( P1 to P6 ) info (data).

But if your kid's primary school GO staff reply that oh, they only uploaded (P4 to P6),
then that means,

the Secondary school DSA shortlisting team can only see
( P4 up to P6 ) stuff.

Hence, answer is -

It all depend on what your kid's primary school GO staff, has uploaded into the DSA database server!

[CoffeeCat]

revils_ling\" post_id=\"2134474\" time=\"1717146448\" user_id=\"136480:

My DS is now leaning towards DSA Infocomm for HCI instead of DSA Maths after doing some online research on this domain today. But he doesn't have much to show, except for the HCIC results he received today. I was wondering if it's worth trying since his Infocomm achievement will just appear as a 1-liner in his DSA submission. 🤔 A part of me being a parent is wondering if he will have a higher chance in this domain as compared to Maths. He's not dying to get into HCI, but I think he wants to have this option if possible. His 2 other options are NUSH and SST. Would appreciate any advice on this. Thanks!

Some background info:
The results for HCIC 2024 were released this morning, and to our amazement, my DS did surprisingly well. He doesn't have a background or any prior accolades in coding/programming so it was really out of the blue. So far, he has only dabbled in HTML on his own on rare occasions, and for this competition, it was meant as a try for fun activity since he doesn't attend any coding classes and was never particularly keen to. To prep, we borrowed some Python- and robotics-related books from the library for him to read up about 2-3 weeks before the competition. We didn't expect much because most of his afternoons were spent on attending MOs and revising for school common tests. I think he only spent less than 8-10 hours in total reading the books, and about 2 hours trying out the codes on the computer. So when we saw the results this morning, we were dumbfounded and it made us wonder, is this area another strength of his that we didn't know about? His almost 12 years of life has mostly been about his love for Maths only, so we naturally thought that he would just try for DSA Maths when the time comes and that would be it. Now we (including my DS) are not so sure anymore. 😅

Personally I believe a good result in HCIC is quite shiny, because there isn't many coding competitions at the primary school level.
Besides computational thinking and coding, Competitive coding also involves algorithmic thinking and problem solving (some problems are also mathematical in nature), and often people who do well in maths also tens to do well in the latter aspects, so I believe by this logic, your DS's math achievements would also add value to his portfolio for DSA infocomm.

Also, I think it's not strange or rare for some students to discover that they are good or interested in maths and infocomm coding/programming, there exists (and I know at least one Hwa Chong person) who excelled in maths and coding at the international olympiad level.
One thing to note is that competition maths at the secondary school level is quite different from the primary school level as there is a shift in emphasis and transition from solving problems and computing numerical answers to proving mathematical statements. This proving aspect is much harder and may seem more abstract, and many students may lose interest halfway.

[Winnie0720 1]

Hi


Anyone shortlisted for SOTA performing arts?

[Winnie0720 1]

Hi


Anyone shortlisted for SOTA performing arts?

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CoffeeCat\" post_id=\"2134492\" time=\"1717176926\" user_id=\"18640:

Personally I believe a good result in HCIC is quite shiny, because there isn't many coding competitions at the primary school level.
Besides computational thinking and coding, Competitive coding also involves algorithmic thinking and problem solving (some problems are also mathematical in nature), and often people who do well in maths also tens to do well in the latter aspects, so I believe by this logic, your DS's math achievements would also add value to his portfolio for DSA infocomm.

Also, I think it's not strange or rare for some students to discover that they are good or interested in maths and infocomm coding/programming, there exists (and I know at least one Hwa Chong person) who excelled in maths and coding at the international olympiad level.
One thing to note is that competition maths at the secondary school level is quite different from the primary school level as there is a shift in emphasis and transition from solving problems and computing numerical answers to proving mathematical statements. This proving aspect is much harder and may seem more abstract, and many students may lose interest halfway.

Thanks for your input CoffeeCat! 😊

We have successfully submitted DS' application for DSA Infocomm to HCI. And hopefully that little shiny bit (a platinum in HCIC) will help to get him a chance to be shortlisted for the next round in the DSA selection process. 🤞🤞

All the very best to everyone who has also submitted their applications in this year's DSA! :celebrate:

[yuuri]

For this year, only GEP and 4pointers were placed in iSpark.

revils_ling\" post_id=\"2134357\" time=\"1716865470\" user_id=\"136480:

Hi parents,

My DS is keen to try HCI via DSA Maths as one of his 3 choices. He is a Gepper and Maths fanatic (for background info). I was wondering what difference will there be in terms of opportunities available to him if we compare him getting into HCI via DSA Maths vs PSLE. Is there a significant difference between those 2 pathways for the individual students? In addition, will there be any difference between Geppers and mainstream students in terms of class/program allocation (iSpark etc)? Please share your thoughts on this. Thanks in advance! 🙏

[temjin68]

Dear Parents,


Applying DSA via Sport to RGS. If we have coach’s testimonial, can we submit to RGS? RGS only requires additional information for Rhythmic Gymnastics.

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Seunggi\" post_id=\"2134732\" time=\"1717618424\" user_id=\"68488:

Hi. Now that DSA application is closed I have a stupid question to ask

For the life of me I cannot remember if the contact details we provided is the one they extracted from Singpass profile or if it was manually keyed in. I went thru a copy of the DSA application and it wasn’t listed.

Just a bit paranoid I may miss out the emails informing the results … I thought the results would be posted on DSA portal (like SOTA) but according to the process, the schools will email us individually whether we will be shortlisted to progress to next steps.

2 sets of email addresses and contact numbers had to be manually typed, as I remember asking my DS to double check for me due to my failing eyesight 😅