Mainstream & DSA 2011
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In case anyone's interested - SOTA online registration for Talent Academy for this year is available on the school's website. First Talent Academy will be held on 14 March 2011. Deadline for registration, 1 March, 12 noon.
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SOTA
Registration for the Talent Academy 2011 opens on 4 January 2011 at http://www.sota.edu.sg.
Check out this url for details regarding Talent Academy, time frame etc.
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Just to share my experience: My DD1 applied DSA for NYGH and DHS. She went for the GAT test for NYGH in the morning and rushed to DHS in the afternoon (same day) only to discover that the GAT test is the same ! They’re told to indicate in the afternoon GAT test if they have taken the same test b4 and the results from only the first GAT test will be taken. Lesson learnt : check with the schools if the GAT test is conducted by the same centre and you only need to pay the fees once.
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ningy:
Just to share my experience: My DD1 applied DSA for NYGH and DHS. She went for the GAT test for NYGH in the morning and rushed to DHS in the afternoon (same day) only to discover that the GAT test is the same ! They're told to indicate in the afternoon GAT test if they have taken the same test b4 and the results from only the first GAT test will be taken. Lesson learnt : check with the schools if the GAT test is conducted by the same centre and you only need to pay the fees once.
You mean you didn't know about this? If the student is applying for DSA at different schools which are similarly using GAT, they should only be taking the GAT once. However for schools which administer other tests(eg. the HAST), they have to take it more than once. My son took the HAST 2x at different schools and although the components are the same, the questions are different. -
phankao:
Even for schools taking GAT, the questions may not be the same. For example, for 2010 DSA tests in RI and HCI, I heard that applicants have to take the GAT tests in both schools.ningy:
Just to share my experience: My DD1 applied DSA for NYGH and DHS. She went for the GAT test for NYGH in the morning and rushed to DHS in the afternoon (same day) only to discover that the GAT test is the same ! They're told to indicate in the afternoon GAT test if they have taken the same test b4 and the results from only the first GAT test will be taken. Lesson learnt : check with the schools if the GAT test is conducted by the same centre and you only need to pay the fees once.
You mean you didn't know about this? If the student is applying for DSA at different schools which are similarly using GAT, they should only be taking the GAT once. However for schools which administer other tests(eg. the HAST), they have to take it more than once. My son took the HAST 2x at different schools and although the components are the same, the questions are different. -
wonderm:
Even for schools taking GAT, the questions may not be the same. For example, for 2010 DSA tests in RI and HCI, I heard that applicants have to take the GAT tests in both schools.[/quote]Yes, the questions may not be the same, but when we were applying DSA for my elder boy in 2009, the school websites, eg. RI & HCI & DHS all said that only one of the GAT would apply, and the child will need to only take it once, and the schools concerned would be able to get the GAT results from CSC from that one GAT. Has the practice changed?phankao:
[quote=\"ningy\"]Just to share my experience: My DD1 applied DSA for NYGH and DHS. She went for the GAT test for NYGH in the morning and rushed to DHS in the afternoon (same day) only to discover that the GAT test is the same ! They're told to indicate in the afternoon GAT test if they have taken the same test b4 and the results from only the first GAT test will be taken. Lesson learnt : check with the schools if the GAT test is conducted by the same centre and you only need to pay the fees once.
You mean you didn't know about this? If the student is applying for DSA at different schools which are similarly using GAT, they should only be taking the GAT once. However for schools which administer other tests(eg. the HAST), they have to take it more than once. My son took the HAST 2x at different schools and although the components are the same, the questions are different. -
phankao:
Yes, the questions may not be the same, but when we were applying DSA for my elder boy in 2009, the school websites, eg. RI & HCI & DHS all said that only one of the GAT would apply, and the child will need to only take it once, and the schools concerned would be able to get the GAT results from CSC from that one GAT. Has the practice changed?[/quote]Good that the kid only need to go thru' GAT once. But in case that one time is not satisfactory result, it will affect the DSA application for all the schools. Any second opportunity to retake??? :roll:
Even for schools taking GAT, the questions may not be the same. For example, for 2010 DSA tests in RI and HCI, I heard that applicants have to take the GAT tests in both schools.wonderm:
[quote=\"phankao\"]
You mean you didn't know about this? If the student is applying for DSA at different schools which are similarly using GAT, they should only be taking the GAT once. However for schools which administer other tests(eg. the HAST), they have to take it more than once. My son took the HAST 2x at different schools and although the components are the same, the questions are different. -
Pen88n:
Good that the kid only need to go thru' GAT once. But in case that one time is not satisfactory result, it will affect the DSA application for all the schools. Any second opportunity to retake??? :roll:[/quote]Actually for the year 2010 DSA, the GAT by HCI and RI are from different sources, based on instructions from the schools, and so the kids had to do it once for each school because these are no longer outsourced to CSI. The tests are not similar; HCI is easier, based on feedback by a few kids who are my DS' friends. And some other schools' tests are called by other names like HAST etc....over and above the subject written test like math, language etc
Yes, the questions may not be the same, but when we were applying DSA for my elder boy in 2009, the school websites, eg. RI & HCI & DHS all said that only one of the GAT would apply, and the child will need to only take it once, and the schools concerned would be able to get the GAT results from CSC from that one GAT. Has the practice changed?phankao:
[quote=\"wonderm\"]
Even for schools taking GAT, the questions may not be the same. For example, for 2010 DSA tests in RI and HCI, I heard that applicants have to take the GAT tests in both schools. -
phankao:
Yes, the questions may not be the same, but when we were applying DSA for my elder boy in 2009, the school websites, eg. RI & HCI & DHS all said that only one of the GAT would apply, and the child will need to only take it once, and the schools concerned would be able to get the GAT results from CSC from that one GAT. Has the practice changed?[/quote]wonderm:
[quote=\"phankao\"]
You mean you didn't know about this? If the student is applying for DSA at different schools which are similarly using GAT, they should only be taking the GAT once. However for schools which administer other tests(eg. the HAST), they have to take it more than once. My son took the HAST 2x at different schools and although the components are the same, the questions are different.
May i know what is HAST stand for? and is there anyway to prepare my kid for this test?
Even for schools taking GAT, the questions may not be the same. For example, for 2010 DSA tests in RI and HCI, I heard that applicants have to take the GAT tests in both schools. -
won’t say can’t prepare for GAT but very very limited available resources in the public arena…some uni website has it but is at different level
some questions in those IQ test are a little bit like GAT-style
one thing for sure : GAT questions has no language ability requirement.
but clearing GAT is only one hurdle to qualify for the next round on the road to DSA offers -
That’s no need to prepare for any test. If a p6 pupil needs to prepare for any admission test, he/she may not be suitable for dsa.
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