2009 DSA(Direct School Admission)

[LearningParent]

mathsparks:

Hi Learningparent,

With a platinum, yr son's got both feet in RI's door already. Fret not.

Congrats! :celebrate:

Thanks, but not very sure. One of my friend son got Platinum in 2007 He applied HCI DSA and was only in the waiting list. But I heard that this year RI will offer more DSA places than last year.

[MdmKS]

LearningParent:

mathsparks:

Hi Learningparent,

With a platinum, yr son's got both feet in RI's door already. Fret not.

Congrats! :celebrate:

Thanks, but not very sure. One of my friend son got Platinum in 2007 He applied HCI DSA and was only in the waiting list. But I heard that this year RI will offer more DSA places than last year.

Did your friend's son get into HCI thru DSA eventually?

[LearningParent]

MdmKS:

LearningParent:

[quote=\"mathsparks\"]Hi Learningparent,

With a platinum, yr son's got both feet in RI's door already. Fret not.

Congrats! :celebrate:

Thanks, but not very sure. One of my friend son got Platinum in 2007 He applied HCI DSA and was only in the waiting list. But I heard that this year RI will offer more DSA places than last year.

Did your friend's son get into HCI thru DSA eventually?[/quote]Yes. I think almost all the pupils on the waiting list can get in.

[JustKP]

LearningParent:

mathsparks:

Hi Learningparent,

With a platinum, yr son's got both feet in RI's door already. Fret not.

Congrats! :celebrate:

Thanks, but not very sure. One of my friend son got Platinum in 2007 He applied HCI DSA and was only in the waiting list. But I heard that this year RI will offer more DSA places than last year.

Wow! looks like your son is sure to get a place. Although my son was selected by his school for SMOPS, he didnt get any award coz his school didn't provide any formal training He was selected based on his consistent good results for Maths. He was only given 4 lessons (2 hours each) by his Maths teacher and off he went for the competition. Is like sending him to the battle field without teaching him how to hold his rifle :stupid:

In my opinion, Maths Olympiad is not like any other gifted test (e.g P3 GEP screening test or GAT whereby preparation is not encouraged). In fact, I realised that many schools engaged external trainers to train their students and on top of that, some parents even sent them for private tuition.

Anyway, I'm not putting too much hope for DSA coz it's really tough competing among all the awardees. I am already happy that he was selected for the RI Selection test as I know of people with formal training didn't even make it to the selection round :?

[NdHelpParent]

Ykiasu:

JustKP:

Hi, did anyone who apply under the Academic Domain receive confirmation from RI?

Still waiting too. No news from any school yet!

My child applied for DSA to NYGH...after the GAT ...no interview and of cos no news yet....we are supposed to check the status from the website with the password given ...but its seems that the status is always not updated..
eg..i thot she was not selected for DSA based on the status ...but later got a surprised call thru phone that she was shortlisted for GAT... Anybody here has different input? I so far didn't talk or discuss about it infront of my child ... dont want to stress her .
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[nothing2do]

NdHelpParent:

Ykiasu:

[quote=\"JustKP\"]Hi, did anyone who apply under the Academic Domain receive confirmation from RI?

Still waiting too. No news from any school yet!

My child applied for DSA to NYGH...after the GAT ...no interview and of cos no news yet....we are supposed to check the status from the website with the password given ...but its seems that the status is always not updated..
eg..i thot she was not selected for DSA based on the status ...but later got a surprised call thru phone that she was shortlisted for GAT... Anybody here has different input? I so far didn't talk or discuss about it infront of my child ... dont want to stress her .
.[/quote]hi me too. GAT test is also inform by nanyang staff, no use checking the web site. i ask them, they say they wont update, as not successfull, only YES or NO, and NO is by dafault. when they call me for GAT test i ask them will u update to web site they say no. But after the test i went in and realise they update to Yes for GAT test and Yes for attend.

[Fairy]

nothing2do:

NdHelpParent:

[quote=\"Ykiasu\"]
Still waiting too. No news from any school yet!

My child applied for DSA to NYGH...after the GAT ...no interview and of cos no news yet....we are supposed to check the status from the website with the password given ...but its seems that the status is always not updated..
eg..i thot she was not selected for DSA based on the status ...but later got a surprised call thru phone that she was shortlisted for GAT... Anybody here has different input? I so far didn't talk or discuss about it infront of my child ... dont want to stress her .
.

hi me too. GAT test is also inform by nanyang staff, no use checking the web site. i ask them, they say they wont update, as not successfull, only YES or NO, and NO is by dafault. when they call me for GAT test i ask them will u update to web site they say no. But after the test i went in and realise they update to Yes for GAT test and Yes for attend.[/quote]You may call the school to check. Quite a number of my daughter's friends already got calls from NYGH informing them of a confirmed place. I understand that they have already called those whom are 'clearly confirmed cases' in their list...

[NdHelpParent]

I rather wait for their call because those called are clearly 1st choice ppl. As for the rest who include my DD, they must really make sure and scrutinise whether in or not mah haha…No point disturbing them by calling i think.

[edanson]

Hi,


Just a little info. My son's classmates who scored above 80% for SA1 results this year and applied for Nanyang Girls through DSA need not go through any test or interview but received letter of acceptance from the school about two weeks ago.

However, the boys who applied for DSA to HCI still need to go through an interview and a writing test even though they obtained above 80 % too - my son says unfair - is better to wear skirts :shock: :x

All his boys classmates, regardless of Platinum winner or RI Math winner who top singapore need to go though interview - there is no guaranteed entrance to both schools - they are just hear say or myth.

And till now, non of his friends received any news from both RI or HCI, even for those Platinum winners for SMOPS or the top RI Math winner in singapore .

But I have check with both schools and they mentioned that result will be out in the middle of this month for RI and 22 Aug for HCI.

[NdHelpParent]

edanson:

Hi,


Just a little info. My son's classmates who scored above 80% for SA1 results this year and applied for Nanyang Girls through DSA need not go through any test or interview but received letter of acceptance from the school about two weeks ago.

However, the boys who applied for DSA to HCI still need to go through an interview and a writing test even though they obtained above 80 % too - my son says unfair - is better to wear skirts :shock: :x

All his boys classmates, regardless of Platinum winner or RI Math winner who top singapore need to go though interview - there is no guaranteed entrance to both schools - they are just hear say or myth.

And till now, non of his friends received any news from both RI or HCI, even for those Platinum winners for SMOPS or the top RI Math winner in singapore .

But I have check with both schools and they mentioned that result will be out in the middle of this month for RI and 22 Aug for HCI.

Yr son's classmate must have some attributes that NYGH find suitable to enter. Congrats to her really.