DSA 2011
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Funx3:
Errrrrrrrr ....
Admin fees - paying for the admin to look through your application, conduct interview... PLUS deter people from applying to too many schools when they're not serious about all of them. :evil:jtoh:
[quote=\"Ashton\"]quote: ...Now they require you to take GAT at all the schools...
That's one revenue-generating machine! I wrote earlier that in 2008 I was called up two days before RI GAT asking my ds1 not to go down to take the GAT as he had already taken at HCI. But then, they never refunded me and the $50 paid had gone to...?
Thought the $50 GAT Test Fees is separately charged from the Admin Fees?
At Least the One from NYGH say So - $30 Admin + $50 for GAT Test ....
By the Way, RGS Charge a Flat $50 for Admin (inclusive of GAT Test) ....[/quote]Different schools, different fees. If you don't want to pay the set fees, don't apply for DSA with the school. -
Pen88n:
I hope your gal got to do the 60min one first, and then when she did her 20min one, she will be faster as she has seen questions before! :evil:[/quote]As I Say B4, No Guarantee do B4 is Better, Like vk2010 say, ALL Patterns, Turn Here, Moved There, Dots, Colours, Shapes, ....
Yeah, When My Gal Told Me, I'm Surprise Also ....Funx3:
[quote=\"jtoh\"]
You mean both schools had the exact same 60 questions but one paper was 60min, the other 20min? How interesting.
At the End .... See Stars only ....
(That's Precisely my Gal's Comments! Ha Ha ....) :laugh: :laugh: -
jtoh:
Ya -lor! Just Pay Whatever they Stated ....
Different schools, different fees. If you don't want to pay the set fees, don't apply for DSA with the school.
Actually Not that Important an Issue .... -
Just wondering if both sets of questions are the same. why so much time difference allocated ?
Heard someone’s son who sat for both VS and RI GAT also said the questions are the same/similar. -
ngbrdad:
Perhaps RI/RGS want to Set More Challenging Std ....Just wondering if both sets of questions are the same. why so much time difference allocated ?
Heard someone's son who sat for both VS and RI GAT also said the questions are the same/similar.
Or in the Past, with the 1 hr paper, Too Many Students Getting similar Good Results? So Cannot identify those really outstanding Ones? -
PiggyLalala:
:thankyou: sooooo much pigylalala for advise :hugs:Paddy Field:
Since the interview is conducted in group of 3, the child must be mentally prepared that the other 2 boys may be more chatty and more expressive than he is. Advise your child to stay calm and be himself. From what my son has shared with me last year, the interview was more like a casual talk unlike in HCI. They asked him how did he get to RI that day and how many times had he been to RI? GEP students with SA1 > 80% are highly likely to get a CO from RI. Not to worry too much and all the best to all :rahrah: -
PiggyLalala:
Since the interview is conducted in group of 3, the child must be mentally prepared that the other 2 boys may be more chatty and more expressive than he is. Advise your child to stay calm and be himself. From what my son has shared with me last year, the interview was more like a casual talk unlike in HCI. They asked him how did he get to RI that day and how many times had he been to RI? GEP students with SA1 > 80% are highly likely to get a CO from RI. Not to worry too much and all the best to all :rahrah:[/quote]Thank you for e advice.Paddy Field:
[quote=\"PiggyLalala\"]Let your child decide on what he wants to bring- something he has confidence and passion in so that should the interviewer ask any questions on it, he can impress them with his answers.
Thanks for e advice. So do u have any other advice for e kids?
Looks like HCI change this year cos to my DS, his interview there was like a chit chat session - similar to oral. Is it based on statistics when u mentioned that GE students w >80% likely to get CO so long as interview goes smoothly? -
[quote="Paddy Field]Looks like HCI change this year cos to my DS, his interview there was like a chit chat session - similar to oral. Is it based on statistics when u mentioned that GE students w >80% likely to get CO so long as interview goes smoothly?[/quote]
Based on my son’s class last year. For DSA to RI, all students with >80% got a CO from RI. -
ngbrdad:
No need to be > 250 for PSLE. I remember the HOD of my DS school told the parents that once they got the CO thru DSA, the kids only need to get > 200 for PSLE. Since they applied thru GE domain, they'll continue with GE prog.
http://www.nanhuapri.moe.edu.sg/wbn/slot/u1229/Event_Calendar/Sch_Events/P6%20MTP%20120111/GEP%20slides/P6_ADGE_parents_briefing_12_Jan_11_PRINTING%5B1%5D.pptKloggy:
What I gather from a parent's briefing at the beginning of the year was :
1. Pass in social studies means overall for P6 at least 70% -- this includes SS portfolio (20%), FPS project (20%), CT (20%), End-of-year exam(40%)
3. PSLE performance above 250. If below, then the teachers and GE branch discuss whether can promote as GE status.
I understand promoted as GE status gets you that EESIS scholarship. But suppose get into IP program via DSA and yet PSLE < 250, do the child still continue in the SBGE classes in the secondary school ? Anyone knows ?
From slides from briefing by someone from GE branch at NHPS this year.
70% for SS was mentioned but not the 250 for PSLE.
I remembered she specifically told us that as long as the child can get DSA to those schools with SBGE on the MOE list, they can maintain the GE status. -
vlim:
:thankyou: sooooo much pigylalala for advise :hugs:[/quote]You are welcome.PiggyLalala:
[quote=\"Paddy Field\"]
Since the interview is conducted in group of 3, the child must be mentally prepared that the other 2 boys may be more chatty and more expressive than he is. Advise your child to stay calm and be himself. From what my son has shared with me last year, the interview was more like a casual talk unlike in HCI. They asked him how did he get to RI that day and how many times had he been to RI? GEP students with SA1 > 80% are highly likely to get a CO from RI. Not to worry too much and all the best to all :rahrah:
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