DSA 2012
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GoodDad:
I think Gold award for mainstreamers will at least get a WL. So if you put HCI as first choice you will get a CO. That is why the SMOPS training package cost more and more expensive and this year >$2000 :moneyflies: . Vendors arepapertree:
Anyone can share some experience with HCI DSA? My DS got smops gold award, and his SA1 overall is well above 80% (math is 95), however according to his tution teacher, it's not good enough to DSA to HCI. And we have already submitted the online application for DSA to HCI, according to the online information, only short listed applicants will be receiving the email for test. (but for the other schools, including RI, as long as you submit application and pay test fee, you will be eligible for the test anyway). On the other hand, one of my friend told me, as long as you can get silver award and above in SMOPS and has reasonable good school result, chances of DSA to HCI or NYGS will be quite high. His DD got silver and DSAed to NYGS 2 years ago. I am very confused now......
Is you DS GEP? Gold Awards might have some advantage. 2 years ago the standard might be different.
Please refer to the following link
http://www.hci.sg/aphelion/apmops/Results_of_SMOPS_2012.htm
There are about 80 students awarded Platinum and 100 students awarded Gold. Do you think how many CO would HCI given to SMOPS Platinum and Gold award?
I think for mainsteamer DSA, HCI will consider school results, SMOPS, interview & written test and other achivement.
As compare to RI, HCI has higher chance for mainstreamer get accepted by DSA.
Something not very right ! unless in the past there are silver,Gold or platnium awardees got rejected by HCI without being shortlisted to prove it wrong. What about those who can't afford?
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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%
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