DSA 2012

[peterch]

little kiasu:

Basketball. That's the way they did for years and I think they are the only one who do that

I think ... they are not only one... other sport also same concept.... different school has diff way of selection method.... some time coach already familier with kids by seeing them in other competation/friendly match performance, etc... :evil: ...[/quote]

If I saw what happened last Saturday, the concept backfired at the coach at last :evil: as the other school is 'more appealing' :censored:[/quote]

I checked with a few school and they said DSA via sport only take in 2 or 3 kids per sport per year only. So may be they short list 10kids and later only take in 2-3 kids [/quote]

I don't know about other school, but one of the school that my DS went for trial, they have a record of accepting 12 candidate thru basketball alone

[little kiasu]

If I saw what happened last Saturday, the concept backfired at the coach at last :evil: as the other school is 'more appealing' :censored:[/quote]


I checked with a few school and they said DSA via sport only take in 2 or 3 kids per sport per year only. So may be they short list 10kids and later only take in 2-3 kids [/quote]

I don't know about other school, but one of the school that my DS went for trial, they have a record of accepting 12 candidate thru basketball alone :)[/quote]

Thanks for info, it's new info for me

[jtoh]

peterch:

I don't know about other school, but one of the school that my DS went for trial, they have a record of accepting 12 candidate thru basketball alone

So many! So there's no chance of the other boys in the school making the school team if they didn't DSA in.

[peterch]

jtoh:

peterch:

I don't know about other school, but one of the school that my DS went for trial, they have a record of accepting 12 candidate thru basketball alone

So many! So there's no chance of the other boys in the school making the school team if they didn't DSA in.

Yeah, the other boys/girls may be able join the CCA but may not be able to represent school. But come to this point, I think the most qualified ones would be the ones who represent school in competition.

[friendship]

My friend’s daughter DSA thru ballet to SCGS via ballet instructor. The ballet school is in Bedok CC. So many students there basically eyeing on DSA.


Before taking up any sports, screen off the coach whether she/he has any connection with any schools. The chances are higher thru coach’s recommendations.

[peterch]

friendship:

My friend's daughter DSA thru ballet to SCGS via ballet instructor. The ballet school is in Bedok CC. So many students there basically eyeing on DSA.


Before taking up any sports, screen off the coach whether she/he has any connection with any schools. The chances are higher thru coach's recommendations.

Lesson learned :evil:

I still prefer to take the offer from the school which suits my DS academic's ability range. No point getting into a 'prestigious school' and yet my DS may not be able to cope with the academic standard.

[jtoh]

friendship:

My friend's daughter DSA thru ballet to SCGS via ballet instructor. The ballet school is in Bedok CC. So many students there basically eyeing on DSA.


Before taking up any sports, screen off the coach whether she/he has any connection with any schools. The chances are higher thru coach's recommendations.

So did your friend's dd get into SCGS through DSA?

[Way2GO]

Whylikethat888:

No one is saying that the NYPS girls do not appreciate the lower COP but the fact remains - WHY does everyone try to DSA in the first place...this includes the GEPers ? It is for a peace of mind. .......

My point was never about the COP. It was about DSA.

Perhaps, it would help if you put yourself in these NYPS Tweens' position.

They ask why so and so, no matter how outstanding/ talented at NYPS was rejected by NYGH. They know that quite a few who were rejected by NYGH during the DSA phase ( some via CCa and some via academics) subsequently performed very well at PSLE but because they were hurt and disappointed, they automatically moved to RGS/ NUSH to prove their point. The feeling that they are disadvantaged at DSA, ironically, encourages them to try DSA into other schools in the first place. It's a double whammy.

Everyone knows that anything can happen on exam day and marks can be volatile even for the top 10-20% of the cohort.

They KNOW that they are disadvantaged when it's comes to direct admission into their own sister school, NYGH. They talk about it all the time ! They also know that rival schools such as RGS would be quite happy to take them if it could. The psychological impact of feeling disadvantaged at DSA by their sister school is under estimated. Perhaps, the answer is balance. The need to balance what is good for NYGH in terms of medals and what is good for the overall Nanyang spirit.

I didn't quote ur whole post but I only showed d relevant points in ur post dat I responding to.

Hard to believe NYPS P6s were discouraged to DSA for NYGH coz as recently as in a school talk n roadshow before d June holidays, NYGH was present n NYPS staff did not specifically discourage those present not to try for NYGH.
Seems to me NYGH wld be out of their minds to reject students fr its affiliated primary school thro’ DSA exercise IF they qualify n will be an asset to d school.
How r NYPS P6s disadvantaged in DSA for NYGH? :skeptical:
I gathered fr ur 5 posts dat u r not pleased dat NYPS P6s r not given priority over other students during DSA.
Is dat ur main point of contention?

[G Tan]

jtoh:

friendship:

My friend's daughter DSA thru ballet to SCGS via ballet instructor. The ballet school is in Bedok CC. So many students there basically eyeing on DSA.


Before taking up any sports, screen off the coach whether she/he has any connection with any schools. The chances are higher thru coach's recommendations.

So did your friend's dd get into SCGS through DSA?

So did your fren daughter got any offer to go for audition??

[Whylikethat888]

I didn't quote ur whole post but I only showed d relevant points in ur post dat I responding to.


Hard to believe NYPS P6s were discouraged to DSA for NYGH coz as recently as in a school talk n roadshow before d June holidays, NYGH was present n NYPS staff did not specifically discourage those present not to try for NYGH.
Seems to me NYGH wld be out of their minds to reject students fr its affiliated primary school thro’ DSA exercise IF they qualify n will be an asset to d school.
How r NYPS P6s disadvantaged in DSA for NYGH? :skeptical:
I gathered fr ur 5 posts dat u r not pleased dat NYPS P6s r not given priority over other students during DSA.
Is dat ur main point of contention?[/quote]

Dear Waytogo,

My reply to your question is not really. From what we heard and know of last year, quite a few were not offered CO because these places were deemed to be better reserved for students from other schools ( varied talents but academically not as strong) and because the NYPS students were expected to get in via the COP. To some extent, this has its own rationale but because of this, many did not even bother to try DSA into their own sister school this year or they tried to DSA into even more schools aside from NYGH & RGS. For exmaple, there seemed to be an increased number of applicants to 2 top girls' missionary school recently. Just have to look at how many NYPS students sat for their other tests, aside from GAT.