DSA 2011

[realwhiz]

Lynn2:

All the best....


Lynn2

Funx3:

[quote=\"realwhiz\"]Audition in SCGS.

It was quite a last minutes decision to attempt DSA thus was taking it easy till i receive the email notification today!

she has to put in more practise over the weekends and it really depends on her performance next tuesday.

[/quote]

Thanks for all the well-wishes.

We are in a dilemma cos the requirement was to have Grade 6 practical cert but my DD only have Grade 5 cert and currently preparing for Grade 7 next year.

But I think you are right...better to play a piece that she is good in rather then something she barely learn...

[TREX8]

CLC is the place where RGS P held her talk to parents/students during the Open House. It is rather big, like an auditorium.


Maybe the plan is to have the registration done and for all the girls to gather at CLC first, then they will be led to different venues based on the Domain they have applied for.

soda:

Belle2011:

For those attending RGS half day selection test this Sat, is the reporting venue for all Domains the same at
Cyber Learning Centre (CLC), Level 4 Block D, RGS (Secondary)?
Surely it would be a big crowd!

English domain is. Not sure about others. How big is the CLC? I haven't been there before. But I guess there will be another round of selection test, because there had been GAT on tue.

[TREX8]

:rahrah:

All the best to those with DSA activities tomorrow:
- NYGH GAT
- RGS/RI Domain-Specific Selection Tests
- HCI DSA (Test and Interview?)

To All Parents, SUPPORT your DS/DD ALL THE WAY regardless of how they felt they have performed for the tests/interviews.

DS/DDs do your BEST so that whatever the outcome, YOU can say that you have done your best and there will be no regrets or \"if only I had...\"

:rahrah: :rahrah: :rahrah: :rahrah:

[ngbrdad]

TREX8:

:rahrah:

All the best to those with DSA activities tomorrow:
- NYGH GAT
- RGS/RI Domain-Specific Selection Tests
- HCI DSA (Test and Interview?)

To All Parents, SUPPORT your DS/DD ALL THE WAY regardless of how they felt they have performed for the tests/interviews.

DS/DDs do your BEST so that whatever the outcome, YOU can say that you have done your best and there will be no regrets or \"if only I had...\"

:rahrah: :rahrah: :rahrah: :rahrah:

Yeah all the best everyone.
All the best to those taking RI GAT and ACSI HAST today too.

[vlim]

this forum so quiet today..all busy with test/interview or coming tests/interviews?? :lol:

[Mum1113]

seems so...let's hear from them when they are back

[vlim]

hmmmm...oki.. :snooze:

[Ashton]

Hello everybody! I have been a reader of this forum for a long while but now, I have decided to participate too!


My DS1 is in year 3 ACS(I). He got in through DSA. Let me recount his experience.

In 2008, he applied DSA to ACS(I), RI and HCI. He received CO from ACS(I) and HCI.

ACS(I): The phone call came first to let me know that he was successful in his application. It was followed by an email and a letter. We were invited to the school to receive the official letter of confirmation. It was held in a lecture room; there was no tea reception. Those on waitlist were invited too. Ex-principal Ong Teck Chin gave a speech. The main highlight was telling those on waitlist that if they really want ACS(I), they should put it down as their first choice during the Sec 1 posting exercise as the chances of getting it were very high based on past years. They should put down their CO from other schools as second choice because if their first choice on Waitlist is not offered, they will be given their second choice automatically which is already confirmed. Make sense, right?

HCI: He was in the phase 1 DSA exercise as he had won medals in Maths Olympiads especially the one conducted by HCI. Not sure whether he did well for the tests, but I think his interview helped. I had prepped him for it, telling him questions that would be asked would likely be: “Why HCI?” “Any other schools you have applied?” \"If you are offered RI and HCI, which would you choose?” True enough, they were asked. He told me they were grouped in threes, and the panel consisted of two teachers and an older HCI student as an observer. DS1 was very kiasu; he was always the first to answer. He told me if he doesn’t answer first, then if those other students mentioned those points he want to make, then he would not have any thing new to say and it wouldn’t look good. He said after he had answered, the other two boys were practically repeating what he had said. He got the CO through email and snail mail.

RI: Naturally, he applied under the Maths Domain as he was strong in it and he was also not a Gepper. The strange thing was getting a phone call a couple of days before the GAT telling me that he need not go down to sit the test as he had already done the GAT through HCI. Both tests were the same, so RI would get the results from the GAT centre. But they didn’t refund the $50 leh… On the selection test day, I could see that there were many applicants under the Maths Domain, probably about 50 students? Think English and Science were about 20 while I distinctly recalled there were only 2 students for MT (Chinese). He told me that the Maths test was tough, which was why he didn’t get a CO from RI.

[Ashton]

DS2 is in P6 this year, and he has applied for ACS(I), RI and NUSH. Like his brother, he is good in Maths but not the Maths Olympiad type. His brother was top in Maths for P5, and so was he. But seeing that his brother who is much better in Maths and won awards (he didn’t win any) and yet still did not get a CO from RI, I did not apply for him under the Maths Domain. Instead I chose the Visual Arts Domain.


I had also considered the Science Domain as he is equally good in it. He loves Science; all his birthday presents were Science kits and such, some of which were ordered from overseas. He has a particular keen interest in Botany. He could identify flowers and plants easily and loves gardening. I can just imagine him being a landscape architect. But I think there would be many people applying under this domain so the chances would be slim. Why Visual Arts? Because he loves to draw too and is quite an artist. Of course, he loves to draw flowers. Already at 5 years old, his drawings of flowers were very realistic, complete with stigma, filament and anther. Well, he would be going for the Visual Arts selection test next Saturday.

NUSH – he found the Maths test difficult but the Science portion ok. Told him not to be disappointed if he didn’t get in because I think this is his first choice. He was wowed by the Open House; it was practically like a mini Science centre.

Why not ACS(I) as first choice since his brother is there? He didn’t like the two CCAs policy and that one has to be a uniformed group, compulsory.

[vlim]

:rahrah: hi Ashton a big welcome to this forum :rahrah: and u have a very good memory!!...thank you very much for sharing!