2010 DSA(Direct School Admission)

[OngMum]

verykiasu2010:

I think the tscore required by the DSA offer for sports and arts as mentioned above are mild. In the first place if the child is really that weak, is it wise for the child to be in the midst of all the rest who are around 250 and above ?


may be some are around 23x, 24x, but way below it will means the child will really be at the bottom of the cohort while spending lots of time away doing his/her sports or arts cca will really demoralise the kids in the academic performance. Even back in the primary school, the kids are streamed into different classes.

DSA via sports and arts are good only for those who can buck up in their studies after the sports and arts are done. Else it will be a long struggle. Met someone who got DSAed via sports, tscore was 23x, was lamenting it was hard to catch up in studies because the pace of studies caters to those (majority of the cohort) above 26x. That school does not set any min tscore for the DSA successful candidates

That's a good sharing. Thanks.

[OngMum]

My child’s application for DSA via sports in other school was not successful and she planned to have it as her first choice for S1 posting (never give up attitude) despite the fact, she can choose her affiliated secondary school.


I would like to hear your take and will it be a wise choice? Thanks!

[phankao]

verykiasu2010:

phankao:

[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]

those CO letters I have seen never state any min tscore needed

But they usu say must be eligible for express stream, right?

ya lah, so the eligibility for express stream is 200, chicken feed

that means those given minimum tscore to meet for sports and arts dsa kids ..... :stupid:[/quote]Actually express stream is 188! But most of the IP schools will only take 200.

There are schools who take 188 though. Yes, those with min score for DSA above 200 - like 230 - sad, lor.

[jtoh]

OngMum:

My child’s application for DSA via sports in other school was not successful and she planned to have it as her first choice for S1 posting (never give up attitude) despite the fact, she can choose her affiliated secondary school.


I would like to hear your take and will it be a wise choice? Thanks!

Could you share more information? Such as:

What's the COP for her to get back into her affiliated secondary school?
What's the COP for the school she wants to get into (the one that she got declined at DSA)?
And what is her likely PSLE score you think she might get?

We'll be better able to advise you if we have the above information.

[OngMum]

jtoh:

OngMum:

My child’s application for DSA via sports in other school was not successful and she planned to have it as her first choice for S1 posting (never give up attitude) despite the fact, she can choose her affiliated secondary school.


I would like to hear your take and will it be a wise choice? Thanks!

Could you share more information? Such as:

What's the COP for her to get back into her affiliated secondary school?
What's the COP for the school she wants to get into (the one that she got declined at DSA)?
And what is her likely PSLE score you think she might get?

We'll be better able to advise you if we have the above information.

Thanks for your response, jtoh.
With regards to your qns and here're what I have gathered and thought of:-

1. 188
2. 246 range based on 2009
3. about 235 range

Thanks and Cheers!

[Pen88n]

OngMum:

jtoh:

[quote=\"OngMum\"]My child’s application for DSA via sports in other school was not successful and she planned to have it as her first choice for S1 posting (never give up attitude) despite the fact, she can choose her affiliated secondary school.


I would like to hear your take and will it be a wise choice? Thanks!

Could you share more information? Such as:

What's the COP for her to get back into her affiliated secondary school?
What's the COP for the school she wants to get into (the one that she got declined at DSA)?
And what is her likely PSLE score you think she might get?

We'll be better able to advise you if we have the above information.

Thanks for your response, jtoh.
With regards to your qns and here're what I have gathered and thought of:-

1. 188
2. 246 range based on 2009
3. about 235 range

Thanks and Cheers![/quote]I think your choice of school for your DD for the S1 posting should be based on her PSLE results. By then, the PSLE results are out and you should know if she has reached the standard required. If her preferred school is same or lower or even slightly higher (<3-5 marks above her T-score), then you should put that as 1st choice.

Meantime, sit tight and give her the support and encouragement she needs to do well for PSLE. Good Luck!

[jtoh]

OngMum:

jtoh:

[quote=\"OngMum\"]My child’s application for DSA via sports in other school was not successful and she planned to have it as her first choice for S1 posting (never give up attitude) despite the fact, she can choose her affiliated secondary school.


I would like to hear your take and will it be a wise choice? Thanks!

Could you share more information? Such as:

What's the COP for her to get back into her affiliated secondary school?
What's the COP for the school she wants to get into (the one that she got declined at DSA)?
And what is her likely PSLE score you think she might get?

We'll be better able to advise you if we have the above information.

Thanks for your response, jtoh.
With regards to your qns and here're what I have gathered and thought of:-

1. 188
2. 246 range based on 2009
3. about 235 range

Thanks and Cheers![/quote]Hi Ongmum,

Scenario 1: If your dd's PSLE score is higher than the COP of her preferred school, put that as first choice during the S1 posting exercise.

Scenario 2: If her PSLE score is lower than the COP of her desired school, take a look at the historical non-affiliated COP of her affiliated school. If your dd's PSLE results are clearly higher than the non-affiliated COP of her school, go ahead and put the desired school as her first choice, and her affiliated school as 2nd choice. This way, even if she doesn't get into her first choice school, she'll still be able to get back into her affiliated school.

Scenario 3: If your dd's PSLE score is lower than the COP of her desired school and is also not much higher or lower than the non-affiliated COP of her affiliated school, then it's probably best to just play safe and put her affiliated school as her first choice.

All the best to your dd.

[OngMum]

Thank you for your take and advice, jtoh & Pen88n. Appreciate your well wishes for my child. I hope she does her very best for her final lap.


I would like to ask further on scenario 2 - what if she does not get into the desired school as her first choice in view her marks is higher than its COP, I think I read somewhere that COP for affiliated school will no longer stand at 188 if it is put as second choice. She will need to compete with a bigger pool of applicants and no longer having the \"priority\" rights. That's my main concern.

Thanks and Cheers!

[jtoh]

OngMum:

Thank you for your take and advice, jtoh & Pen88n. Appreciate your well wishes for my child. I hope she does her very best for her final lap.


I would like to ask further on scenario 2 - what if she does not get into the desired school as her first choice in view her marks is higher than its COP, I think I read somewhere that COP for affiliated school will no longer stand at 188 if it is put as second choice. She will need to compete with a bigger pool of applicants and no longer having the \"priority\" rights. That's my main concern.

Thanks and Cheers!

Hi Ongmum,

Yes, that is correct. She only enjoys her affiliated COP of 188 if she puts her affiliated secondary school as 1st choice. That is why I wrote to check the historical non-affiliated COP of her affiliated secondary school. Because this is the COP she will need to get back into her affiliated secondary school if she puts it as second choice.

So for eg. if the COP of her desired secondary school is 246 and your dd scores 244, while the non-affiliated COP of her affiliated secondary school is about 234, your dd can try putting her desired school as 1st choice and her affiliated secondary school as 2nd choice. Because she should be able to make it back into her 2nd choice if she fails to get into her 1st choice school. Of course we are assuming that her affiliated secondary won't suddenly make a ten point improvement in her COP.

If you think that's too much of a risk, then the other option is to put her affiliated secondary school as 1st choice and appeal to the desired school for a transfer after posting results are out. This is a very tedious process though.

[maggieloh]

nymom:

my son had exempted from mother tongue(chinese), but DHS call and said i will give yr son an offer but he need to sit for the chinese exam in the future. So funny har? already exempted why still need to sit for the chinese. Lucky my son already had few offer from others school, i ask the lady pass the ofer to other students(for good deed)

That's nice of you

My good friend's daughter is exempted from MT too but still got DSA sport offer for one of the SAP school. She is not required to take MT at all