DSA 2024

[00skyblue00]

Agree with Imp75 and floppy.

Choose wisely, every kid only has three DSA chances.
Go to a few non-IP but still reputable and popular schools open houses. Find out about their flagship prog and observe the students to get a better sensing. As parents, we will know if that is the right school for our child.

[Jwmummy]

DSA RI Math


My child’s Math award

1.RIPMWC  P5 Distinguish

2.RMO P6 Merit (did not do well at trial as too many homework. He did it in the midnight of the last day of deadline)

3.NMOS P5 Bronze

4. Numerous ICAS/Reach: Outstanding/ Merit since P3 after passing GEP round 1




P5 School transcript (math1, science 2, English 5, Chinese 5). But he is top 3 in his class

Any chance for RI DSA Math?

Any suggestion?

Thank you very much.

[Helioade]

Hi,

Anybody can share about innovation DSA on cedar girl. At first we do not have any plan for DSA, but DD seems interested in innovation DSA for cedar after reading what is innovation in their website. Plan to go for open house and ask more, but any parents here that know about it maybe can share some info. Thank you.

[Whysler23]

Jwmummy\" post_id=\"2132050\" time=\"1712295142\" user_id=\"202188:

DSA RI Math

My child's Math award

1.RIPMWC  P5 Distinguish

2.RMO P6 Merit (did not do well at trial as too many homework. He did it in the midnight of the last day of deadline)

3.NMOS P5 Bronze

4. Numerous ICAS/Reach: Outstanding/ Merit since P3 after passing GEP round 1




P5 School transcript (math1, science 2, English 5, Chinese 5). But he is top 3 in his class

Any chance for RI DSA Math?

Any suggestion?

Thank you very much.

For Math domain, in top ip school, will be shortlisted for a test. Except NUSH where, u apply they will test you. For RI and HCI, there will be a 1st round of selection before test. Nobody is able to tell you the chances as we all dont know how they select.

So is, you don't try you won't know. All the best and good luck!

[Ecyin]

Hi Parents,


Would like to ask about rhythmic gymnastics for DSA. I note that schools with RG for DSA are the following four:

PLMGS, RGS, CHIJ TP & CHIJ SNGS.

For success applicants, can share your strategy?
DD is now 6 and we are investing 4 days a week with an external RG. Apart from just aiming to win at competitions, I do think that connections plus following the right coach aka head coach of the dream school is important.

For external classes, did you follow the coaches that are head coaches of the DSA schools?

I.e. I read from Releve gym website that the the founder is also the head coach with CHIJ St Nicks.

We are aiming for RGS but cant find info on the RGS head coach. Appreciate it if anyone can help shed some light, thank you!

[Shortribs]

Jwmummy\" post_id=\"2132050\" time=\"1712295142\" user_id=\"202188:

DSA RI Math

My child's Math award

1.RIPMWC  P5 Distinguish

2.RMO P6 Merit (did not do well at trial as too many homework. He did it in the midnight of the last day of deadline)

3.NMOS P5 Bronze

4. Numerous ICAS/Reach: Outstanding/ Merit since P3 after passing GEP round 1




P5 School transcript (math1, science 2, English 5, Chinese 5). But he is top 3 in his class

Any chance for RI DSA Math?

Any suggestion?

Thank you very much.

Could have a look at the past 1-3 years DSA threads. Quite a number of parents have shared profiles of their kids who successfully DSAed to RI via math domain. Just search keywords RI math.

[phtthp]

Jwmummy\" post_id=\"2132050\" time=\"1712295142\" user_id=\"202188:

DSA RI Math

My child's Math award

1.RIPMWC  P5 Distinguish

2.RMO P6 Merit (did not do well at trial as too many homework. He did it in the midnight of the last day of deadline)

3.NMOS P5 Bronze

4. Numerous ICAS/Reach: Outstanding/ Merit since P3 after passing GEP round 1




P5 School transcript (math1, science 2, English 5, Chinese 5). But he is top 3 in his class

Any chance for RI DSA Math?

Any suggestion?

Thank you very much.

Every batch of DSA candidates differ, in terms of quantity & quality. Thus,

Nobody here in this forum is able to answer your question :

\"so, what is my chance of getting into RI ? \"

Why ?

Because
Nobody knows what's going to be the competition rate, this year. None of us here in this forum is from the RI selection interview panel in Maths, or represent RI selection interview outcome panel, correct ? True ?

So, if your son is really interested in RI, what is stopping him from applying ? Just proceed, to apply.

See, every parent think their child is great, with whatever their kid has achieved. But don't forget, u are competiting with not 1, but several thousands of applicants for the same domain. After all, In Chinese, isn't there a saying, that goes like this :-

\" yi shan bi yi shan gao \" !

Meaning ...

One mountains is always higher, than another.

[Pamelatan.pw]

Hi all, any one knows about DSA Judo to HC,RI,SJI? My son has AL13 for P5 EOY. He is quite good in his Judo, brown belt, won gold in all club competitions. Should he even try HC and RI ?

[AHsDad]

Pamelatan.pw\" post_id=\"2132479\" time=\"1712812189\" user_id=\"169542:

Hi all, any one knows about DSA Judo to HC,RI,SJI? My son has AL13 for P5 EOY. He is quite good in his Judo, brown belt, won gold in all club competitions. Should he even try HC and RI ?

Hi there. AL13 may be slightly higher than the expected grade for either HC and RI. Minimally must be top3 in the Nationals and deemed capable to handle the IP course. Iirc, last year (sec1 in 2023) RI took in ZERO for Judo and 2 only in 2022. So it means even if u are the best, no guarantees.

Perhaps AL13 can be mitigated by midyr P5 or P4? So… no harm just try lah. Big question is does ur son train in SA Judo (HC) or TDJ (RI) or neither? Coach can help advise and speak to the teacher-in-charge to put up their respective case.

On the other hand, SJI (under SOJ) may have higher probability of acceptance. Hope this helps and all the best!

[ChiefKiasu]

00skyblue00\" post_id=\"2132047\" time=\"1712285671\" user_id=\"143605:

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Choose wisely, every kid only has three DSA chances.
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Only 3??! I think it is 2 too many
We should see DSA is a means to get into our dream school. It is not about shopping around for cheap deals.