DSA 2011

[ngbrdad]

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Anybody knows how to prepare for nus high selection test? What is the format and the type of questions that they will ask?

Supposedly math and science components.
Math questions mainly math olympiad type of questions.
Science is about lower secondary school standard.

[ApronMama]

ngbrdad:

I always have this worry that if a student performs badly at A level in a IP programme, there is nothing to fall back on. Not even an O level. And if a students went thru DSA may not even have a good PSLE score to fall back on.


At least for IB 30% is based on daily work and NUSH is the modular system.

So in situation that an unfortunate event just before A level exam affects a student's result tremendously, what can the student do next ?

In HCI, also the future IP schools, those who really can't cope with the programme will be able to take 'O' level within the same school. So no worry.

[phankao]

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Ds went for ri gat today. Over 200 boys were there, geppers as well as boys in the sports and academic domain. Essentially gat date is determined by application dates.

How did he find the test? My friend's went and said couldn't finish the test. But then many of those who went also couldn't finish?

[phankao]

ngbrdad:

I always have this worry that if a student performs badly at A level in a IP programme, there is nothing to fall back on. Not even an O level. And if a students went thru DSA may not even have a good PSLE score to fall back on.


At least for IB 30% is based on daily work and NUSH is the modular system.

So in situation that an unfortunate event just before A level exam affects a student's result tremendously, what can the student do next ?

From the newspaper reports on Poly students, seems like quite a few also go in from RI or HCI. No problem - they just use their school results to apply after Sec 4. So, their school results are recognised too, even though they don't have O-levels. These are the \"opt-outs\" from the IP system.

[phankao]

ngbrdad:

phankao:

NJC test is also 3-hours. 1 hour for each paper. My elder son says should have enough time to finish the paper and check. But even if you finish early, you can't go on to the next paper bc each paper starts together with the rest in the following hour.

That's why not sure whether subjecting DS to 2 3 hour tests is a bit too much or not.
Then got the RI GAT somemore.

My elder boy said the NJC test not so tough lah. Can finish ahead of time and can have time to check also. It's only English/Math/Abstract. Cannot be as mind-boggling as the NUSH science/math 3-hr marathon, right? haha. RI-GAT is less than 1 hour only, right?

[Publica]

My son went for the RI GAT today, 20 mins to complete 60 questions. He could not finish the test. His friends also could not finish too.

[vlim]

Publica:

My son went for the RI GAT today, 20 mins to complete 60 questions. He could not finish the test. His friends also could not finish too.

wow 20 mins for 60qns ..that is challenging huh :roll: .....

[vlim]

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vlim:

[quote=\"Fretting\"]Hi Vlim / ngbrdad

Any news from your end from RI. My ds still no news.

No news for interview yet .. :skeptical:

Ge interview in July, again they will only inform us one week in advance so just have to wait.[/quote]oh ic..I thought their interview session starts from 27/6....

[Publica]

It was very challenging indeed. Didn’t help that there was 1 large screen with the countdown timer. Anyway, we told him to just try his best and not to worry since it seems that no one manage to finish the test.

[jtoh]

Zann:

So the question does exist: how GEPers get recruited into CHS, SJI, SCGS, MGS when they can't get an offer in RI/HCI/NY/RGS and the DSA thingy is all over if they had not applied DSA to these schools? Via PSLE T-score ? and what if they don't meet the COP? Do MOE post them to these schools?

I know of a GEP student who wasn't successful in DSA and didn't do that well in her PSLE and ended up in a neighbourhood school. But she's very happy there now because she's shining there, topping her cohort instead of languishing in the background if she had gone to a top IP school.

So if your results aren't good enough you don't get posted to SCGS/MGS/SJI/CHS etc but it's not the end of the world.