DSA 2012

[whitety]

The criteria for dsa for performing arts states that the child has to score 80 marks and above for all subjects. What will happen if the kids did not score above 80 marks for all subjects ? will the dsa application be automatically rejected as the students did not meet the min. criteria or will they still stand a chance of being called for audition ?


Thanks!

[phankao]

whitety:

The criteria for dsa for performing arts states that the child has to score 80 marks and above for all subjects. What will happen if the kids did not score above 80 marks for all subjects ? will the dsa application be automatically rejected as the students did not meet the min. criteria or will they still stand a chance of being called for audition ?


Thanks!

That depends on the schools. I think only the top schools ask for that average 80marks? I think schools like DHS adhere quite strictly to it. Not sure about RVHS.

[MMM]

whitety:

The criteria for dsa for performing arts states that the child has to score 80 marks and above for all subjects. What will happen if the kids did not score above 80 marks for all subjects ? will the dsa application be automatically rejected as the students did not meet the min. criteria or will they still stand a chance of being called for audition ?


Thanks!

I've not read about the 80 marks. Maybe the target school is different.

BTW, the 80 marks is really subjective. Different schools have different standards. Eg. in my kids' school, she is in 3rd best class and the best for maths/ science is only 79. So how???? This part to me is :?

[phankao]

MMM:

whitety:

The criteria for dsa for performing arts states that the child has to score 80 marks and above for all subjects. What will happen if the kids did not score above 80 marks for all subjects ? will the dsa application be automatically rejected as the students did not meet the min. criteria or will they still stand a chance of being called for audition ?


Thanks!

I've not read about the 80 marks. Maybe the target school is different.

BTW, the 80 marks is really subjective. Different schools have different standards. Eg. in my kids' school, she is in 3rd best class and the best for maths/ science is only 79. So how???? This part to me is :?

The schools can tell from the school's standard too, I guess. And usually the position or statistics given. Average/highest/lowest marks for class/level.

[MMM]

phankao:

The schools can tell from the school's standard too, I guess. And usually the position or statistics given. Average/highest/lowest marks for class/level.

The issue is that such level highest, average information is not widely available. Eg. some teachers published, some don't even internally. They even do away with level ranking as they don't want the kids at the back to feel demotivated....But as parents, we thought that allows us to see where our kids stand. So i really wonder how they measure externally with the lack of transparency in such information.

[phankao]

MMM:

phankao:

The schools can tell from the school's standard too, I guess. And usually the position or statistics given. Average/highest/lowest marks for class/level.

The issue is that such level highest, average information is not widely available. Eg. some teachers published, some don't even internally. They even do away with level ranking as they don't want the kids at the back to feel demotivated....But as parents, we thought that allows us to see where our kids stand. So i really wonder how they measure externally with the lack of transparency in such information.

I had the same concern last time too, but from what other parents have shared, those schools who put those criteria of 80% average tend to simply follow it by face-value, I'm afraid!!! For DSA at least.

[whitety]

phankao:

whitety:

The criteria for dsa for performing arts states that the child has to score 80 marks and above for all subjects. What will happen if the kids did not score above 80 marks for all subjects ? will the dsa application be automatically rejected as the students did not meet the min. criteria or will they still stand a chance of being called for audition ?


Thanks!

That depends on the schools. I think only the top schools ask for that average 80marks? I think schools like DHS adhere quite strictly to it. Not sure about RVHS.

Thank you phankao!

With the kids spending so much time preparing for syf (even full day on weekends and even skip classes), the poor kids have no time for revision and yet got to achieve such high score for all subjects. How did your kids manage to perform well? I try not to stress dd by letting her concentrate on syf first but after syf, dd only has abt 1 mth to prepare for SA1. How???

[4lessStress]

[quote]As for DSA sports students all being in the same class, this varies from school to school. Some spread them out, some (like RI) group them all in the same class. The reason being they want to work around their competition schedules and to give them more attention knowing that they sometimes have to miss classes bec of training or competitions. I don't think the schools would focus any less academically on these students though. Maybe parents whose kids have children in DSA sports can comment.[/quote]
Just a correction to the above, DSA sports students in RI are not automatically grouped into the 2 sports class. If the student qualifies entry into RI by merit, he will join the normal class based on his PSLE aggregate scores. There are some boys who excel in both sports and study. These are the rare ones.

[phankao]

whitety:

With the kids spending so much time preparing for syf (even full day on weekends and even skip classes), the poor kids have no time for revision and yet got to achieve such high score for all subjects. How did your kids manage to perform well? I try not to stress dd by letting her concentrate on syf first but after syf, dd only has abt 1 mth to prepare for SA1. How???

I fully understand how syf years are. I never said my kids performed well. haha. My younger son got into a fairly good sec school by DSA not by his score, and not bc he got 80% average either. Actually he had that from P4 and below, but that dropped to like below 70% in p5 and never revived. LOL. The school he applied for dsa doesn't have a criteria for academic average.

[janicelhl]

What are the school in the east region offer DSA ?