DSA 2011

[soka]

Thank you ngbrdad and Grandmasters Phankao and Tinkerbelle. Will let daddy decide with these info. 1248. Hope these could be a guide for you too.

[Nightrace]

soka:

Thank you ngbrdad and Grandmasters Phankao and Tinkerbelle. Will let daddy decide with these info. 1248. Hope these could be a guide for you too.

EESIS is not enough, need to top up $$ plus $750 per year. DHS monthly school fee is $23. but if need to chauffeur, petrol is also not cheap.

In PSLE, every mark counts... With inflation here to stay, every $ counts.

[phankao]

Nightrace:

soka:

Thank you ngbrdad and Grandmasters Phankao and Tinkerbelle. Will let daddy decide with these info. 1248. Hope these could be a guide for you too.

EESIS is not enough, need to top up $$ plus $750 per year. DHS monthly school fee is $23. but if need to chauffeur, petrol is also not cheap.
:

Altho' for DHS, there is bus service:
http://www.dhs.sg/school-transport.html

[Augmum]

soka:

1248, same headache here for DD between NYGH and DHS. $$$$Fee is also a reason. TIll now I also can't decide leh.

soka,
i had the same dilemma as u 2 yrs ago, having to decide on DHS or NYGH ??

since my gal had gotten the EESIS, school fees is not an issue (a small amt of top-up for upper sec)
but distance travelled, is a hassle of having to fetch her to and fro,
4 times a day, 22 x 4=88 times a month,
not forgetting the mad jam at the exit of PIE in the early morning and evening.....

in the end, my decision was to go with my gal's heart,
as she would be the one studying in the school and till date,
she enjoys every bits of it, loves her school, her friends and teachers there.......

below was what i had posted at DHS's thread after making the decision.

Augmum:

hi all

i've submitted the S1 form.........1st choice : DHS
2 nd choice : NYGH
these few days, while i was trying to convince myself to put DHS as 1st choice,
on the other hand, my gal was trying to please me (i know she's trying to please me) by saying, \" if u want NYGH, then NYGH lorr......\"
in the end, i go with her heart, by saying, \"Confirmed! DHS as 1 st choice\",
immediately i saw the gleam in her eyes.........
i hope to see the continunity gleams in the eyes, 6 yrs down.........

[Tinkerbelle]

Nightrace:

soka:

Thank you ngbrdad and Grandmasters Phankao and Tinkerbelle. Will let daddy decide with these info. 1248. Hope these could be a guide for you too.

EESIS is not enough, need to top up $$ plus $750 per year. DHS monthly school fee is $23. but if need to chauffeur, petrol is also not cheap.

In PSLE, every mark counts... With inflation here to stay, every $ counts.

Friend's DD is currently in NYGH...EESIS is just enough to cover her monthly fees of $200 (for Sec1 & Sec2 Singaporeans). She still needs to pay $750/annum for miscellaneous fees, and also need to pay for CCA & enrichment lessons (which is deducted from Edusave account).

[Augmum]

soka

an added info…
maybe u would like to know, DHS’s flag raising time is at 8 .00 am,
instead of the usual 7.20/7.25 a.m
and on thursdays, it is at 9.00 a.m

[soka]

From these advices, most probably will take public bus from north then circle line to DHS. (School bus only one way)

A happy news to at least a NYGH WLer too.

[1248]

Thanks for such good info, this decision should take by DS, and I just checked with him. He wants to go to DHS.Actually, his dream school is HCI, but HCI DSA failed, so I advice him to work hard for PSLE.

[yukilei]

ngbrdad:

PiggyLalala:

yes, do consider DHS for DSA. It is a good school and the DSA process is not complicated for GEP students. Just fill in the DSA form. No interview for my son last year. You can visit the school open house next year and get the DSA form. If I did not remember wrongly, I think the requirement for GEP overall is like 75%.

Problem is it's all the way in the east.
Not convenient for people staying on the west side.

agree with ngbrdad. I've thought of DHS. It seems like it's one of the \"easiest\" DSA for GEP student. Think they're asking for >75%. But the location is very inconvenient. Esp, when we're staying in the west.

[yukilei]

PiggyLalala:

yukilei:

[quote=\"Blur Dad\"]

Not sure, but I have done some simple calculation . There are estimated about 320-330 x P6 GEP boys in year 2011.

1)\tAssume 90%++ have applied for RI. So Est. 300 GEP boys have applied to RI
2)\tRI has about 175 seat for GEP Students
3)\tTo my understanding there are few cases of GEP boys who scored low end of 80% were awarded WL for RI
4)\tSo I assume that there are more than 175 GEP boys scored more than 80% for their SA1
5)\tThere are total about 450 primary 6 GEP students in year 2011. Including those P6 GEP girls, I believe there are more than 50% of the total cohort scored more than 80% for SA1.

However, you might not agree with me.

My DS scored 77.x% for his SA1. Applied DSA to RI, HCI and ASCI. Got rejected from RI and HCI. WL for ACSI. The DSA journey was quite painful for my DS. Take sometime for him to get over it.

Well, I guess this is the price to pay for not scoring >80% and hoping to get DSA to the top boy’s school via DSA.

Cheers

Blurdad, sorry to hear abt this. This is my worry too... I really hope that my ds can score >80% next year, hoping he does not need to go thru such agony. But seems like those who get low 80% also can't be spared by such agony this year. Imagine there're 350 GEP boys in 2012 batch!
Wishing your ds all the best for his PSLE!

Just to add on.
The computation of the average is based on normal chinese and not higher chinese. So make sure your child do well in the normal chinese in P6.

I think for most GEP students, they are able to achieve > 80% in Maths and science. As to whether their overall >80% would then depend very strongly on their CHinese and English. GEP english is quite tough and not many can scored >80%. Hence my advice is to aim for 90% for maths; 85% for science. English around 75 and not too low for chinese too. If you score below 70% for chinese, it is very difficult to pull the overall up to 80%.

Same for PSLE, if you are aiming above 260, then your chinese cannot be too poor, must at least a high A.

In short, I think chinese plays an important part in determine their overall as the mark difference for the other 3 subjects are usually not that great.
JMHO. :)[/quote]PiggyLalala, thks. That's the standard that I've told my DS for both Math & Science. But he can't even meet 70% for his English in P5 SA1, that's my worry. His English was >70% in P4. So now, I told him he has to target at least 70% for English. Surprisingly, he did better for his HCL, a subj that he take up only in P5.