Victoria School

[Cheerfuldad]

Hi Zhuge,


What I meant in regards to Primary school level is the whole Singapore.my DS is only managed to be in the top 10 position in whole Singapore.

Zhuge:

Cheerfuldad:

[quote=\"Zhuge\"]hi rylee, cheerfuldad and jsw555,

congratulations to your kids for being awarded places in VS next year..
i wonder if you all can share what are the factors that made your kids being selected...
thanks!

Hi Zhuge,

My DS applied VS by using his racket sport talent. He has involved in racket sport since P2. He spent average 12 hrs a week to train. Beside the sport achievement, your academic result has to be around 75% for 4 subjects. Through this DSA exercise, I have come to conclusion that beside the academin result, your DS/DD has to be in the top 10 positions in primary school level to stand a chance to be selected. Therefore, JMHO, it is better for parent to focus on DS/DD academic result than using sport talent to try for DSA. For your info - There are about close to 300 kids applied VS 'O' level Sport DSA. Only 23 kids from different sport field got selected.

Top 10 positions in primary school level - the standard may varies in different primary schools.
23 out of 300 kids through Sport DSA - I guess your DS must be a champion in his racket sport to be selected.[/quote]

[Snow Crystal]

Cheerfuldad:

Therefore, JMHO, it is better for parent to focus on DS/DD academic result than using sport talent to try for DSA. For your info - There are about close to 300 kids applied VS 'O' level Sport DSA. Only 23 kids from different sport field got selected.

:goodpost: Thanks for sharing, Cfdad. The best scenario realistically would be do well academically, get into dream school via results and in any case should be able to make it for the dream sch CCA sports selection trial :nunchuk:. No pressure to excel in that sports and have flexibility to switch CCA. But I guess in kiasu Singapore, if your kid is top 10 in whole of Singapore in his sports, surely you want to chope a seat in dream school . Ques: if your kid gets CO from dream IP school via CCA sports but his usual school average is >20 marks below the school's past years' average COP, what are your considerations in accepting the CO? Assume no surprise in his PSLE result. Just exchanging views

[rylee]

Zhuge:

hi rylee, cheerfuldad and jsw555,


congratulations to your kids for being awarded places in VS next year..
i wonder if you all can share what are the factors that made your kids being selected...
thanks!

Thanks Zhuge,

As there are 3 components (academics results, GAT and interview) in the selection process, we are not sure on the portions of GAT and interview as the outcome was not revealed. Only the academic portion we can roughly estimate 3 years school results (p4 to p6) must be in the range of ~85%.

Did your DS also DSA to any other schools?

Regards.

[rylee]

Cheerfuldad:

Hi Zhuge,


What I meant in regards to Primary school level is the whole Singapore.my DS is only managed to be in the top 10 position in whole Singapore.

Hi cheerfuldad,

Wow, your DS must be very good in his sport. Sure he will continue to bring glory to VS in future.

Well done.

Regards.

[rylee]

Vanilla Cake:

Hi rylee/jtoh,


Thks. Still undecided at this moment and will let nature takes its course.

VC's mum

Hope your dd2 do well in her PSLE and go to her dream school. Regards.

[Cheerfuldad]

Snow Crystal:

Cheerfuldad:

Ques: if your kid gets CO from dream IP school via CCA sports but his usual school average is >20 marks below the school's past years' average COP, what are your considerations in accepting the CO? Assume no surprise in his PSLE result. Just exchanging views

IMHO, a kid who is good in sport, his IQ is not weaker than his peers who are stronger in academic subjects. Just that he has to spend more times to master the sport and neglect his study. Therefore, if a kid is able to score a +/- 20 marks off the COP, he should go ahead to apply his dream IP school. As he progress in an environment that is competitive, he will eventually channel his competitive mindset in sport to academic.

I came across a kid who has a score of 230 and dsa into a IP school by using sport four years ago. Today, he managed to get a scholarship to study in year four.

[Zhuge]

rylee:

Zhuge:

hi rylee, cheerfuldad and jsw555,


congratulations to your kids for being awarded places in VS next year..
i wonder if you all can share what are the factors that made your kids being selected...
thanks!

Thanks Zhuge,

As there are 3 components (academics results, GAT and interview) in the selection process, we are not sure on the portions of GAT and interview as the outcome was not revealed. Only the academic portion we can roughly estimate 3 years school results (p4 to p6) must be in the range of ~85%.

Did your DS also DSA to any other schools?

Regards.

DS in P5.

[rylee]

Zhuge:

rylee:

[quote=\"Zhuge\"]hi rylee, cheerfuldad and jsw555,


congratulations to your kids for being awarded places in VS next year..
i wonder if you all can share what are the factors that made your kids being selected...
thanks!

Thanks Zhuge,

As there are 3 components (academics results, GAT and interview) in the selection process, we are not sure on the portions of GAT and interview as the outcome was not revealed. Only the academic portion we can roughly estimate 3 years school results (p4 to p6) must be in the range of ~85%.
Did your DS also DSA to any other schools?

Regards.

DS in P5.[/quote]It is good to get your DS well prepared as early as possible as P6 only have less than 6 months to work on before DSA.

[rylee]

Cheerfuldad:

Snow Crystal:

[quote=\"Cheerfuldad\"]

Ques: if your kid gets CO from dream IP school via CCA sports but his usual school average is >20 marks below the school's past years' average COP, what are your considerations in accepting the CO? Assume no surprise in his PSLE result. Just exchanging views

IMHO, a kid who is good in sport, his IQ is not weaker than his peers who are stronger in academic subjects. Just that he has to spend more times to master the sport and neglect his study. Therefore, if a kid is able to score a +/- 20 marks off the COP, he should go ahead to apply his dream IP school. As he progress in an environment that is competitive, he will eventually channel his competitive mindset in sport to academic.

I came across a kid who has a score of 230 and dsa into a IP school by using sport four years ago. Today, he managed to get a scholarship to study in year four.[/quote]Hi cheerfuldad, I am sure your DS can continue to excel in his sport as well as in academic in VS.

In my personal opinion, even if a child (purely academic) in the 70++ percent, (around t score 230) he should not be anyway lower in term of
academic capability as compared to his peers in the 80+ percent (t-score
250).

Take for instance my DS1. He got into a band 3 school (cop around low
230) three years ago after PSLE and also offered to study HCL. I managed to transfer him to a band 1 school during the appeal stage. The VP of the band 1 school warned him that he may need to do a lot of catch up as the average cop of the school is in the t score 240+. He promised and was given a place after school reopened in Jan.

He worked very hard and mixed around with the right friends and at end of sec 1, he was able to achieve 4 A1, 1A2 and the rest of the subjects B3. He
continued to do well in sec2 and manage to go to a triple science and top sec 3 class. He is able to score a straight 7A1 and 1A2 with a L1B5 of 6 and placed him in the 6th position in his cohort. (All the top 5 positions are china
scholars) We are confidence that he should continue to do well next year.

Thus I think that a +/- 20 in term of cop will not be a issue for your DS. IMHO. Regards.

[Cheerfuldad]

Hi rylee,


I fully agreed with your opinion. If you read my earlier post, we shared the same conviction. Therefore, I have full confident that my DS will be able to cope in VS. Btw, I really happy for your DS1 for his achievement.

God bless!

rylee:

Hi cheerfuldad, I am sure your DS can continue to excel in his sport as well as in academic in VS.

In my personal opinion, even if a child (purely academic) in the 70++ percent, (around t score 230) he should not be anyway lower in term of
academic capability as compared to his peers in the 80+ percent (t-score
250).

Take for instance my DS1. He got into a band 3 school (cop around low
230) three years ago after PSLE and also offered to study HCL. I managed to transfer him to a band 1 school during the appeal stage. The VP of the band 1 school warned him that he may need to do a lot of catch up as the average cop of the school is in the t score 240+. He promised and was given a place after school reopened in Jan.

He worked very hard and mixed around with the right friends and at end of sec 1, he was able to achieve 4 A1, 1A2 and the rest of the subjects B3. He
continued to do well in sec2 and manage to go to a triple science and top sec 3 class. He is able to score a straight 7A1 and 1A2 with a L1B5 of 6 and placed him in the 6th position in his cohort. (All the top 5 positions are china
scholars) We are confidence that he should continue to do well next year.

Thus I think that a +/- 20 in term of cop will not be a issue for your DS. IMHO. Regards.