DSA 2012
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jtoh:
Which school is the boy in now?GoodDad:
Totally agreed.
I knew one of my DS schoolmates, he was the top boy in his pri school, school team of a popular sport which had won serveral zone and national award and Head Prefect. He scored 26x for his PSLE and went into RI via S1 posting.
After 2 months he requested to transfer to another school which he is currently in. When he was in RI, he just an \"ordinary\" student, there are many \"Head Prefects\", many \"School team captians\", many \"top achivers\". He was just one of them, nothing special. PSLE T-Score 26x was one of the lowest in the class.
ACSI -
Don’t quite understand WL, is it as good as CO? Any PSLE cut off points has to be met before it could be converted to CO? Why schools offer WL instead of CO? for the previous years, there are movement after PSLE results announcement for DSA pupils, however it won’t happen this year. Then what is the purpose of WL?
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papertree:
Don't quite understand WL, is it as good as CO? Any PSLE cut off points has to be met before it could be converted to CO? Why schools offer WL instead of CO? for the previous years, there are movement after PSLE results announcement for DSA pupils, however it won't happen this year. Then what is the purpose of WL?
Some students have multiple DSA confirmed offers, from say RI, HCI, NUS High etc. So when these boys exercise their offers, they will create vacancies in the other two schools they did not take up the COs with. Then those who are on the waitlist will have the opportunity to be given a place in the school, depending on how high up the WL they are. -
papertree:
Don't quite understand WL, is it as good as CO? Any PSLE cut off points has to be met before it could be converted to CO? Why schools offer WL instead of CO? for the previous years, there are movement after PSLE results announcement for DSA pupils, however it won't happen this year. Then what is the purpose of WL?
Please refer to the following link. It has all the answer to your questions. FAQ 20 mentioned about WL.
http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/dsa-sec/faqs/#priority-explanation -
GoodDad:
Thank you.papertree:
Don't quite understand WL, is it as good as CO? Any PSLE cut off points has to be met before it could be converted to CO? Why schools offer WL instead of CO? for the previous years, there are movement after PSLE results announcement for DSA pupils, however it won't happen this year. Then what is the purpose of WL?
Please refer to the following link. It has all the answer to your questions. FAQ 20 mentioned about WL.
http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/admissions/dsa-sec/faqs/#priority-explanation -
mummy so kiasu:
Am I right to say that no point for mainstream students to try academic DSA, even their SA1 result is 90% & above? They will not be given a chance to sit for the test nor interview? Academic DSA is for GEP students only. Mainstream students could only apply for Sport DSA.
why no point ? if results have been consistently good, give it a try!
who knows what will happen during the 4 days of PSLE - flood, traffic incidents causing delays, sickness, injury, stomach upset etc etc ... by then too late to decide to take DSA ..... -
jtoh:
Thank you for your explenation. How many WL usually the school will offer? If the school offers limited WL, I think the chances should be very high and if they offer quite a number of WL, then should treat it like no offer at all.papertree:
Don't quite understand WL, is it as good as CO? Any PSLE cut off points has to be met before it could be converted to CO? Why schools offer WL instead of CO? for the previous years, there are movement after PSLE results announcement for DSA pupils, however it won't happen this year. Then what is the purpose of WL?
Some students have multiple DSA confirmed offers, from say RI, HCI, NUS High etc. So when these boys exercise their offers, they will create vacancies in the other two schools they did not take up the COs with. Then those who are on the waitlist will have the opportunity to be given a place in the school, depending on how high up the WL they are. -
Kiasucy:
in RI DSA, the acad domains are : Math, Sci, CL, and EL; and GEPmummy so kiasu:
Am I right to say that no point for mainstream students to try academic DSA, even their SA1 result is 90% & above? They will not be given a chance to sit for the test nor interview? Academic DSA is for GEP students only. Mainstream students could only apply for Sport DSA.
There is no academic DSA at RI, mainstreamer has to indicate a domain of their talent, be it maths, science, sport or language .
other domains incl sports, music, fine art, visual art -
papertree:
Don't quite understand WL, is it as good as CO? Any PSLE cut off points has to be met before it could be converted to CO? Why schools offer WL instead of CO? for the previous years, there are movement after PSLE results announcement for DSA pupils, however it won't happen this year. Then what is the purpose of WL?
no cut off points to meet for WL
why WL ? for whatever reasons under the sun, the CO take up will not be 100% -
verykiasu2010:
mummy so kiasu:
Am I right to say that no point for mainstream students to try academic DSA, even their SA1 result is 90% & above? They will not be given a chance to sit for the test nor interview? Academic DSA is for GEP students only. Mainstream students could only apply for Sport DSA.
why no point ? if results have been consistently good, give it a try!
who knows what will happen during the 4 days of PSLE - flood, traffic incidents causing delays, sickness, injury, stomach upset etc etc ... by then too late to decide to take DSA .....
Agreed. We should think positive, quite number of mainstream students DSAed to top schools. Especially for NUSH/DUMH.
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