DSA 2011

[phankao]

ngbrdad:

Dnls_mum:

ngbrdad,
Just curious, how did NJC known which kid has CO already? I understand from the teachers in DS2's school that even MOE does not know (initially) who is given CO. In fact, the teachers in DS2's school needs to check with each child in the GEP if they received CO just before PSLE, so that they can report to GE branch at MOE.

MOE definitely knows which CO or WL a kid has.
Or else how could they list down the CO and WL on the DSA form ?

But mOE would probably not know the full list at the point of the NJC interview that you are talking about.

[Dnls_mum]

phankao:

ngbrdad:

[quote=\"Dnls_mum\"]


ngbrdad,
Just curious, how did NJC known which kid has CO already? I understand from the teachers in DS2's school that even MOE does not know (initially) who is given CO. In fact, the teachers in DS2's school needs to check with each child in the GEP if they received CO just before PSLE, so that they can report to GE branch at MOE.

MOE definitely knows which CO or WL a kid has.
Or else how could they list down the CO and WL on the DSA form ?

But mOE would probably not know the full list at the point of the NJC interview that you are talking about.[/quote]I agree with phankao. I don't see how NJC can know who already has CO when they gave out theirs.
In the case of MOE, even if they knows (which I doubt they do at that point), why should they share the info with NJC? If they do that, all schools may start asking for it and there will be no end.......

[jtoh]

They just probably asked the kids during the interview which other schools they tried for and which ones they’ve heard back from.

[Dnls_mum]

jtoh:

They just probably asked the kids during the interview which other schools they tried for and which ones they've heard back from.

Jtoh,
DS2 confirmed that at the NJC interview, they did ask him which other schools he applied for DSA and why he decided to apply to these schools. But at the time of the interview, the Hwa Chong DSA CO result was not out yet, neither did NJC ask him if he has received any other COs.

[ngbrdad]

Dnls_mum:

jtoh:

They just probably asked the kids during the interview which other schools they tried for and which ones they've heard back from.

Jtoh,
DS2 confirmed that at the NJC interview, they did ask him which other schools he applied for DSA and why he decided to apply to these schools. But at the time of the interview, the Hwa Chong DSA CO result was not out yet, neither did NJC ask him if he has received any other COs.

I got the info thru someone's posting on this thread around the time the NJC DSA results came out.
So far no one has mentioned on this thread about anyone who has a CO from NJC plus another school.

[yukilei]

ngbrdad:

Dnls_mum:

[quote=\"jtoh\"]They just probably asked the kids during the interview which other schools they tried for and which ones they've heard back from.

Jtoh,
DS2 confirmed that at the NJC interview, they did ask him which other schools he applied for DSA and why he decided to apply to these schools. But at the time of the interview, the Hwa Chong DSA CO result was not out yet, neither did NJC ask him if he has received any other COs.

I got the info thru someone's posting on this thread around the time the NJC DSA results came out.
So far no one has mentioned on this thread about anyone who has a CO from NJC plus another school.[/quote]& it also seems like majority of them are from mainstream.

[Dnls_mum]

yukilei:

ngbrdad:

[quote=\"Dnls_mum\"]
Jtoh,
DS2 confirmed that at the NJC interview, they did ask him which other schools he applied for DSA and why he decided to apply to these schools. But at the time of the interview, the Hwa Chong DSA CO result was not out yet, neither did NJC ask him if he has received any other COs.

I got the info thru someone's posting on this thread around the time the NJC DSA results came out.
So far no one has mentioned on this thread about anyone who has a CO from NJC plus another school.

& it also seems like majority of them are from mainstream.[/quote]
This could be because NJC does not have a school based gifted programme like RI, HCI, NUSH and ACSI. In DS2's school, most of his GEP classmates apply to RI, HCI and NUSH because of their special programs for GEPers. In DS2's case, we went for the 2 schools that DS2 liked and was comfortable with after attending their talks.

[ngbrdad]

Dnls_mum:

This could be because NJC does not have a school based gifted programme like RI, HCI, NUSH and ACSI. In DS2's school, most of his GEP classmates apply to RI, HCI and NUSH because of their special programs for GEPers. In DS2's case, we went for the 2 schools that DS2 liked and was comfortable with after attending their talks.

So your son is one of the rare GEP boy who did not apply for RI DSA ?
Congrats on the NJC DSA CO.

[Dnls_mum]

ngbrdad:

Dnls_mum:

This could be because NJC does not have a school based gifted programme like RI, HCI, NUSH and ACSI. In DS2's school, most of his GEP classmates apply to RI, HCI and NUSH because of their special programs for GEPers. In DS2's case, we went for the 2 schools that DS2 liked and was comfortable with after attending their talks.

So your son is one of the rare GEP boy who did not apply for RI DSA ?
Congrats on the NJC DSA CO.

ngbrdad,
Thanks.
We attended the RI talk but somehow DS2 was not comfortable with RI. Too focussed on excellence that DS2 is scared. My son knows his own calibre! He is not the hardworking type, he may not survive RI! :rotflmao:

NJC gave the impression that they will focus on overall development of the kids and in fact both DH and I like what we heard very much. Only drawback was the lack of a school based gifted programme which we finally reconciled that it is not essential. We may be wrong, but oh well, that's life, cannot have best of both worlds. :xedfingers:

[ngbrdad]

Dnls_mum:

ngbrdad:

[quote=\"Dnls_mum\"]


This could be because NJC does not have a school based gifted programme like RI, HCI, NUSH and ACSI. In DS2's school, most of his GEP classmates apply to RI, HCI and NUSH because of their special programs for GEPers. In DS2's case, we went for the 2 schools that DS2 liked and was comfortable with after attending their talks.

So your son is one of the rare GEP boy who did not apply for RI DSA ?
Congrats on the NJC DSA CO.

ngbrdad,
Thanks.
We attended the RI talk but somehow DS2 was not comfortable with RI. Too focussed on excellence that DS2 is scared. My son knows his own calibre! He is not the hardworking type, he may not survive RI! :rotflmao:

NJC gave the impression that they will focus on overall development of the kids and in fact both DH and I like what we heard very much. Only drawback was the lack of a school based gifted programme which we finally reconciled that it is not essential. We may be wrong, but oh well, that's life, cannot have best of both worlds. :xedfingers:[/quote]I quite like NJC's programme too that's why DS1 applied for the DSA.
Surprised to find out that quite a few of his GEP classmates applied too but none were successful.
What's the other school that your DS applied and what's the outcome ?