Do non-GEP student has much chance with DSA

[kiasuson]

Vanilla Cake:

Hi kiasuson,


On behalf of my aunt who has a mainstream son taking PSLE this year, do you know the intake of RI boys based on PSLE S1 posting? She heard from last Saturday's RI open house that usually for Sec 1, there are 6 'GEP' classes, 1 'Sports' class and 8 mainstream classes every year.If half of the mainstream classes are taken by DSA, then basically 4 mainstream classes are left for PSLE S1 posting. Is this correct and how many students are there in a single mainstream class?

Thanks.

I have the information from RI last year that they offered to about 250 students including 30 waiting list. From some website, I understand that there are about 152 boys from GEP that chooses to go RI. The mainstream that go thru DSA will be only left with 68 boys. The others will be from PSLE S1 posting. All classes in RI have the maximum of 30 students regardless whether you are GEP or mainstream. For the past 2 years, most of the waiting list will be able to get a place as there are always about 30 odd boys chooses other school. I hope the information helps.

[Fairy]

kiasuson:

Vanilla Cake:

Hi kiasuson,


On behalf of my aunt who has a mainstream son taking PSLE this year, do you know the intake of RI boys based on PSLE S1 posting? She heard from last Saturday's RI open house that usually for Sec 1, there are 6 'GEP' classes, 1 'Sports' class and 8 mainstream classes every year.If half of the mainstream classes are taken by DSA, then basically 4 mainstream classes are left for PSLE S1 posting. Is this correct and how many students are there in a single mainstream class?

Thanks.

I have the information from RI last year that they offered to about 250 students including 30 waiting list. From some website, I understand that there are about 152 boys from GEP that chooses to go RI. The mainstream that go thru DSA will be only left with 68 boys. The others will be from PSLE S1 posting. All classes in RI have the maximum of 30 students regardless whether you are GEP or mainstream. For the past 2 years, most of the waiting list will be able to get a place as there are always about 30 odd boys chooses other school. I hope the information helps.

If 68 boys are from mainstream and 30 among these 68 are in Sports DSA, that means only 38 of them were admitted for Arts/Music and Academic talent? The competition seemed really stiff.

The 6 'GEP' classes have a mix of around 3 to 5 students from mainstream per class. Not sure how the school decides who from mainstream joins the 'GEP' classes.

[Vanilla Cake]

kiasuson:

I have the information from RI last year that they offered to about 250 students including 30 waiting list. From some website, I understand that there are about 152 boys from GEP that chooses to go RI. The mainstream that go thru DSA will be only left with 68 boys. The others will be from PSLE S1 posting. All classes in RI have the maximum of 30 students regardless whether you are GEP or mainstream. For the past 2 years, most of the waiting list will be able to get a place as there are always about 30 odd boys chooses other school. I hope the information helps.

Thks, kiasuson. Could my aunt and I interpret the scenario as below:


Total Sec 1 intake capped at maximum of 450 students.
Admission of GEPers via DSA -> 152 students.
Admission of Academic Domain/Music/Visual Arts talents via DSA -> 38 students
Admission of Sports talents via DSA -> 30 students
Places left for S1 central posting using PSLE T-score-> 230

assuming that the 30 students on waiting list from the academic domain/Music/Virtual Arts talents were eventually offered a place in RI?

[kiasuson]

Vanilla Cake:

kiasuson:

I have the information from RI last year that they offered to about 250 students including 30 waiting list. From some website, I understand that there are about 152 boys from GEP that chooses to go RI. The mainstream that go thru DSA will be only left with 68 boys. The others will be from PSLE S1 posting. All classes in RI have the maximum of 30 students regardless whether you are GEP or mainstream. For the past 2 years, most of the waiting list will be able to get a place as there are always about 30 odd boys chooses other school. I hope the information helps.

Thks, kiasuson. Could my aunt and I interpret the scenario as below:


Total Sec 1 intake capped at maximum of 450 students.
Admission of GEPers via DSA -> 152 students.
Admission of Academic Domain/Music/Visual Arts talents via DSA -> 38 students
Admission of Sports talents via DSA -> 30 students
Places left for S1 central posting using PSLE T-score-> 230

assuming that the 30 students on waiting list from the academic domain/Music/Virtual Arts talents were eventually offered a place in RI?

I am not so sure if they will admit 30 sports talent. Some of them came in after S1 Central postings.

[luckystar]

RI confirmed places 224 (152 gep), waitlist 64, same as last year.

[turquoise]

luckystar:

RI confirmed places 224 (152 gep), waitlist 64, same as last year.

Thanks. Where did you get the info from? Do you have similar info for RGS or NYGH?

[phankao]

luckystar:

RI confirmed places 224 (152 gep), waitlist 64, same as last year.

RI take in so many, ah? Wei, how you know all this ah? And how come you're also interested in DHS?

[luckystar]

I gather info from friends, neighbours etc, so to help kiasuparents here, kiasuparents wants to know these info.

[MdmKS]

turquoise:

luckystar:

RI confirmed places 224 (152 gep), waitlist 64, same as last year.

Thanks. Where did you get the info from? Do you have similar info for RGS or NYGH?

Each cohort has 500 GEP students and there are more boys than girls. If 152 go to RI, where do the rest of the GEP boys go to? Are there GEP boys at NUSH, DHS and RV?

[wiimum]

MdmKS:

Each cohort has 500 GEP students and there are more boys than girls. If 152 go to RI, where do the rest of the GEP boys go to? Are there GEP boys at NUSH, DHS and RV?

I believe the top choices among the boys would be RI, HCI, NUSH. Others may choose DHS, ACS(I). Very few would go to RV, SJI, NJC.

Among the girls, mostly RGS or NYGH.

Just my guess.