DSA 2022

[tutu_san]

hi, can i check if anyone of you has experience in successful DSA through dance? my gal has been learning ballet since 3 and she is a member of the chinese dance CCA in her primary school.

currently we are thinking of trying SOTA / SCGS or St Margarets. any comments? she is not particularly strong academically though. thanks

[zac's mum]

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Anyone know of official site that publishes school game final results/performance outcomes (performing art/uniform groups) pls

Sports NSG results published here (click the menu for the sport u want):

https://nsg.moe.edu.sg/

[bbbay]

:thankyou:

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https://nsg.moe.edu.sg/[/quote]

[floppy]

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Anyone know of official site that publishes school game final results/performance outcomes (performing art/uniform groups) pls

zac’s mum has shared the NSG site. The other sites are the various NSA websites where they will publish the results of national comp / ranking comp.

Uniform groups / performing arts are kinda black hole at the moment.

[bbbay]

:thankyou:

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zac’s mum has shared the NSG site. The other sites are the various NSA websites where they will publish the results of national comp / ranking comp.

Uniform groups / performing arts are kinda black hole at the moment.

[ainunnajib]

Seeking advice/suggestions for DSA Math. Our first choice is NUS High, and then Raffles Institution. We're not sure which school to aim for the third choice.


My son is strong in Math (but not topmost, he has Silver in NMOS & SMOPS and 97 percentile in RIPMWC, didn't make it to Round 2). He loves coding and aspires to be an informatics olympian.

Weighing between HCI - Hwa Chong International, SST - School of Science & Technology or NJC - National Junior College (Secondary) for the last slot. How & what should we consider?

Thank you in advance 🙏

PS: I made a google sheet template to help prepare for filling the DSA online form. I put in max 50 characters & max 300 characters check too. Hopefully useful: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VuXcKe0SPeuA4n9DHoEfySTSGHlJLQ5zDBMs4g3lGuk/copy

[floppy]

ainunnajib\" post_id=\"2067207\" time=\"1652288156\" user_id=\"166513:

Seeking advice/suggestions for DSA Math. Our first choice is NUS High, and then Raffles Institution. We're not sure which school to aim for the third choice.

My son is strong in Math (but not topmost, he has Silver in NMOS & SMOPS and 97 percentile in RIPMWC, didn't make it to Round 2). He loves coding and aspires to be an informatics olympian.

Weighing between HCI - Hwa Chong International, SST - School of Science & Technology or NJC - National Junior College (Secondary) for the last slot. How & what should we consider?

Thank you in advance 🙏

PS: I made a google sheet template to help prepare for filling the DSA online form. I put in max 50 characters & max 300 characters check too. Hopefully useful: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VuXcKe0SPeuA4n9DHoEfySTSGHlJLQ5zDBMs4g3lGuk/copy

I think the important question you should consider is what you hope to achieve out of this DSA.
For experience? Aim for only the dream school(s), failing which, fall back on PSLE AL score? Schools that you think best fit?

Unless there are other information that you have not included, prima facie, your son is not likely to make the DSA final cut for NUSH and RI.

If the approach is to go for all the top school(s) and hope for the best, you can consider HCI (Hwa Chong Institution; Hwa Chong International is an International school) or NJC. However, the most likely outcome for HCI is going to be the same as above. Unless the 3 schools (NUSH, RI and HCI) decide to broaden their base and include as many people as possible for their tests / interviews, your son may not even clear the first cut and gain any experience out of this exercise.

Realistically, your best chance lies with SST. If the approach is to ensure that he secures a school that satisfies his interest and strength in this DSA exercise, you would probably have to include it as one of your 3 options. Furthermore, like NUSH, SST intake is by DSA and supplementary intake only. If you miss the boat now, opportunities from supplementary intake may be limited.

Therefore, my suggestion would be to pick the following:
1. NUSH
2. SST
3. Anything

[AHsDad]

For DSA, the 2 considerations are only Domain and School. Good that Domain is settled for ur kid. Ask yourself if receive CO from third school, would u accept or possibly turn it down and fallback on psle? If latter, best just apply for 2 schools. My daughter did DSA last yr. Upfront we had an idea of the 3-4 school options but for DSA only applied to 1


I read before that there were COs from top schools to students who were good at math but no Olympiads experience. Who knows, RI may still be a possibility, although very competitive. If for non-Chinese, HCI may not be ideal cos arrangements for 2nd language may be inconvenient.

ainunnajib\" post_id=\"2067207\" time=\"1652288156\" user_id=\"166513:

Seeking advice/suggestions for DSA Math. Our first choice is NUS High, and then Raffles Institution. We're not sure which school to aim for the third choice.

My son is strong in Math (but not topmost, he has Silver in NMOS & SMOPS and 97 percentile in RIPMWC, didn't make it to Round 2). He loves coding and aspires to be an informatics olympian.

Weighing between HCI - Hwa Chong International, SST - School of Science & Technology or NJC - National Junior College (Secondary) for the last slot. How & what should we consider?

Thank you in advance 🙏

PS: I made a google sheet template to help prepare for filling the DSA online form. I put in max 50 characters & max 300 characters check too. Hopefully useful: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VuXcKe0SPeuA4n9DHoEfySTSGHlJLQ5zDBMs4g3lGuk/copy

[libran269]

AHsDad\" post_id=\"2067224\" time=\"1652315235\" user_id=\"172457:

For DSA, the 2 considerations are only Domain and School. Good that Domain is settled for ur kid. Ask yourself if receive CO from third school, would u accept or possibly turn it down and fallback on psle? If latter, best just apply for 2 schools. My daughter did DSA last yr. Upfront we had an idea of the 3-4 school options but for DSA only applied to 1

I read before that there were COs from top schools to students who were good at math but no Olympiads experience. Who knows, RI may still be a possibility, although very competitive. If for non-Chinese, HCI may not be ideal cos arrangements for 2nd language may be inconvenient.

Which DSA did your opt for? Maths? What certs did she have?

[ainunnajib]

Hi! Thank you for your kind advice & detailed response!


I do been wondering if \"less than Gold/Platinum/top\" in NMOS, SMOPS, and RIPMWC stands any chance for DSA Math into RI/HCI. There's probably higher chance for NUSH due to their 100% DSA policy with cohort size of ~180 students. So your \"prima facie\" reply nailed it.

I guess I'll go for full transparency here as we need as much advice as we can get, and we do not have any friends who'd been in this similar DSA Math journey. We do have friends who gotten into NUSH but via SIE (after PSLE), and into RI via Sec 1 posting. But we're not confident with PSLE either due to mother tongue & English.

So here's my son's full DSA awards/activities list, would love to have suggestions & comments please 🙏 to maximize his chance getting into NUSH or RI or HCI or SST or NJC via DSA Math/STEM/Infocomm route: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CGLhSDwH0ejd13owa1B3ulMcCcsonQz-tTSp29xxOaQ/edit?usp=sharing

floppy\" post_id=\"2067211\" time=\"1652293718\" user_id=\"97579:

I think the important question you should consider is what you hope to achieve out of this DSA.
For experience? Aim for only the dream school(s), failing which, fall back on PSLE AL score? Schools that you think best fit?

Unless there are other information that you have not included, prima facie, your son is not likely to make the DSA final cut for NUSH and RI.

If the approach is to go for all the top school(s) and hope for the best, you can consider HCI (Hwa Chong Institution; Hwa Chong International is an International school) or NJC. However, the most likely outcome for HCI is going to be the same as above. Unless the 3 schools (NUSH, RI and HCI) decide to broaden their base and include as many people as possible for their tests / interviews, your son may not even clear the first cut and gain any experience out of this exercise.

Realistically, your best chance lies with SST. If the approach is to ensure that he secures a school that satisfies his interest and strength in this DSA exercise, you would probably have to include it as one of your 3 options. Furthermore, like NUSH, SST intake is by DSA and supplementary intake only. If you miss the boat now, opportunities from supplementary intake may be limited.

Therefore, my suggestion would be to pick the following:
1. NUSH
2. SST
3. Anything