GEP and DSA 2011

[verykiasu2010]

NUSH : Admissions Process in 2011 for 2012 intake Sec 1


There are two admission phases for Year 1 - Direct School Admission (DSA) and PSLE phase. However, there is only one admission phase for Year 3 - Direct School Admission (DSA) phase.

Year 1 (Phase 1 – DSA Phase)

Application Process

The registration period for Phase 1 will begin on 4 April 2011, 10am and end on 26 June 2011, 10pm.
Phase 1 comprises of a Selection Test and a Selection Camp. All applicants will have to sit for the Selection Test. Applicants will be informed about the outcome of the Selection Camp via registered email if shortlisted.

Description
Level
Date/s
Time
Selection Test
Year 1
2 July 2011
9am - 11am
Selection Camp
Year 1
23 July 2011
Half-day Camp

90% of the available vacancies in NUS High School will be offered in Phase 1.

http://www.highsch.nus.edu.sg/content.php?id=1f0e3dad99908345f7439f8ffabdffc4

[TREX8]

SOTA Open Symposium - 18 Feb 2011, 7.30 to 9.00 pm. Pre-registration on first-come-first-serve basis. Pre-register at http://www.sota.edu.sg


SOTA Open House - 30 April 2011, 10 am to 5pm. For details on special programme line-up, check out http://www.sota.edu.sg

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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.
http://www.sota.edu.sg/Admission/AboutAdmission/tabid/799/Default.aspx

[vt61]

Hi

Happy New Year To All !
I heard that for successful DSA application, the single most important factor are the P5 & P6 grades particularly P6 SA1 grades; that is if a GEP child achieves 80 or more for each subject in P6 SA1, he/she is almost certain to secure a place in the choice of school thru DSA.

How about the IRS project ? Can anyone advise whether the IRS project is also important for DSA application ? And how important is it ?

Thanks !

[h530251]

jtoh:

Need your advices urgently as she has to decide/register her CCA on 6 Jan.

It depends on the school you're DSA-ing into. During the interview, the school will want to find out more about you and someone with a strong CCA record will have an advantage over someone with a weak CCA record, all other things being equal. But if your dd is thinking of NYGH, then if her grades are good, she may be offered a place even without an interview, so CCA might not be that important.[/quote]

Can check those DSA school , are they different every year ? Any idea how to find which CCA these schools are interested in ? Are they listed anywhere ?

[verykiasu2010]

h530251:

jtoh:

Need your advices urgently as she has to decide/register her CCA on 6 Jan.

It depends on the school you're DSA-ing into. During the interview, the school will want to find out more about you and someone with a strong CCA record will have an advantage over someone with a weak CCA record, all other things being equal. But if your dd is thinking of NYGH, then if her grades are good, she may be offered a place even without an interview, so CCA might not be that important.

Can check those DSA school , are they different every year ? Any idea how to find which CCA these schools are interested in ? Are they listed anywhere ?[/quote] schools' open house

meanwhile work hard in both studies and CCA

[jtoh]

Just to clarify that the above comments by vk2010 and h530251 were misquoted. Allamanda was the original poster, quoted below. Thanks.

jtoh:

allamanda:

Hi parents

My girl has just started her GEP in NYPS this year, as she is new to the school, she has to sign up a CCA. She wish to continue her chinese orchestra (since P1 to P3 in her previous sch, ever took part in SYF<silver> and International Arts Festival competition<gold>). She has a high chance of getting into NYPS sch team. Due to long travelling distance (tampines ~ bukit timah) and logistic problem, I am thinking of letting her choose another CCA end at 4pm whereby she can still catch the last school bus back home. As for orchestra, practices end at 5pm twice a week.

Is CCA important for GEP students? I heard they usually based on results/interviews/portfolios to apply for DSA.

Need your advices urgently as she has to decide/register her CCA on 6 Jan.

It depends on the school you're DSA-ing into. During the interview, the school will want to find out more about you and someone with a strong CCA record will have an advantage over someone with a weak CCA record, all other things being equal. But if your dd is thinking of NYGH, then if her grades are good, she may be offered a place even without an interview, so CCA might not be that important.

[verykiasu2010]

jtoh:

Just to clarify that the above comments by vk2010 and h530251 were misquoted. Allamanda was the original poster, quoted below. Thanks.

jtoh:

[quote=\"allamanda\"]Hi parents

My girl has just started her GEP in NYPS this year, as she is new to the school, she has to sign up a CCA. She wish to continue her chinese orchestra (since P1 to P3 in her previous sch, ever took part in SYF<silver> and International Arts Festival competition<gold>). She has a high chance of getting into NYPS sch team. Due to long travelling distance (tampines ~ bukit timah) and logistic problem, I am thinking of letting her choose another CCA end at 4pm whereby she can still catch the last school bus back home. As for orchestra, practices end at 5pm twice a week.

Is CCA important for GEP students? I heard they usually based on results/interviews/portfolios to apply for DSA.

Need your advices urgently as she has to decide/register her CCA on 6 Jan.

It depends on the school you're DSA-ing into. During the interview, the school will want to find out more about you and someone with a strong CCA record will have an advantage over someone with a weak CCA record, all other things being equal. But if your dd is thinking of NYGH, then if her grades are good, she may be offered a place even without an interview, so CCA might not be that important.

[/quote]Thanks for clarifying

[jtoh]

h530251:

Can check those DSA school , are they different every year ? Any idea how to find which CCA these schools are interested in ? Are they listed anywhere ?

You'll have to check with the individual schools. Some schools will list their Sports DSA list on their website. Others you'll have to call up. And yes, the sports DSAs may change from year to year depending on their requirements.

[jtoh]

vt61:

Hi

Happy New Year To All !
I heard that for successful DSA application, the single most important factor are the P5 & P6 grades particularly P6 SA1 grades; that is if a GEP child achieves 80 or more for each subject in P6 SA1, he/she is almost certain to secure a place in the choice of school thru DSA.

How about the IRS project ? Can anyone advise whether the IRS project is also important for DSA application ? And how important is it ?

Thanks !

First and foremost, if you're applying for DSA via academic or GEP domains, your grades will be most important. If you need to sit for the GAT, even having a sterling IRS (ie even if you've won awards at IRS) will not help you if you don't clear GAT.

At the interview stage, some schools will take a closer look at your portfolio and achievements. IRS will come into play here, as will any other special abilities/achievements/certs that you have, be it Math Olympiads, school sports teams etc. It also depends on your IRS, what awards you garnered with that IRS (represented Singapore at OM, garnered distinction etc at IvP, FPS etc) etc.

[vt61]

Thanks jtoh. Where grades r concerned, to hv a higher n better chance at dsa, does the gep student hv to achieve 80marks or more for each subj or an average of min 80marks?

Thanks!