DSA 2011

[verykiasu2010]

vlim:

jtoh:

[quote=\"ks2011\"]My daughter scores about 90 in English ( P5 and P6 CA1). She was 1st in the level in P5 and participated in the inter-school debate but her team did not win. She won a silver in maths olympiad. Her maths results in school is around 96. Should she apply for RGS DSA or just focus on PSLE? She wants to apply through english DSA. Can anyone advise me on whether she stands a chance.

If your dd is planning to only apply for one DSA, then give it a try. She'll have to sit for GAT, a test for her academic domain, and finally an interview, if she makes it through each round. It won't take up that much time if it's just one school she's trying out for. Having said that, my friend's dd was top in her school all through primary school, on the school debate team, applied through English, but didn't get in through DSA.

wow that's tough :|[/quote]my DS classmate from the debate team applied RGS DSA got offered, in 2010

[jtoh]

vlim:

jtoh:

[quote=\"ks2011\"]My daughter scores about 90 in English ( P5 and P6 CA1). She was 1st in the level in P5 and participated in the inter-school debate but her team did not win. She won a silver in maths olympiad. Her maths results in school is around 96. Should she apply for RGS DSA or just focus on PSLE? She wants to apply through english DSA. Can anyone advise me on whether she stands a chance.

If your dd is planning to only apply for one DSA, then give it a try. She'll have to sit for GAT, a test for her academic domain, and finally an interview, if she makes it through each round. It won't take up that much time if it's just one school she's trying out for. Having said that, my friend's dd was top in her school all through primary school, on the school debate team, applied through English, but didn't get in through DSA.

wow that's tough :|[/quote]We were all shocked too. But of course she got in through her PSLE score.

[Funx3]

jtoh:

vlim:

[quote=\"jtoh\"]
If your dd is planning to only apply for one DSA, then give it a try. She'll have to sit for GAT, a test for her academic domain, and finally an interview, if she makes it through each round. It won't take up that much time if it's just one school she's trying out for. Having said that, my friend's dd was top in her school all through primary school, on the school debate team, applied through English, but didn't get in through DSA.

wow that's tough

We were all shocked too. But of course she got in through her PSLE score.[/quote]Well, Thankfully for Her!
But .... Shows anything Can Happen during the DSA Process ....
GAT Test, Interviews ....
Something Must Have Trip up the Final DSA Score.
Unfortunate-ly We Don't Know What and Where ....
:roll: :roll:

[jtoh]

Funx3:

jtoh:

[quote=\"vlim\"]
wow that's tough

We were all shocked too. But of course she got in through her PSLE score.

Well, Thankfully for Her!
But .... Shows anything Can Happen during the DSA Process ....
GAT Test, Interviews ....
Something Must Have Trip up the Final DSA Score.
Unfortunate-ly We Don't Know What and Where ....
:roll: :roll:[/quote]Well.... she didn't make it through to interview stage.

[ks2011]

Thank you for all the replies. I heard that maths domain is very competitive. My dd has only got a silver. Tough to compete with all the golds n platinums.


Verykiasu2010, are your ds n his classmate in gep? My dd is from mainstream.

[jtoh]

ks2011, Math domain is the most competitive. You have to compete against those with Gold and Platinum and getting gold (even platinum) doesn’t guarantee you a place. So English is a better option. Less competitive for sure.

[verykiasu2010]

ks2011:

Thank you for all the replies. I heard that maths domain is very competitive. My dd has only got a silver. Tough to compete with all the golds n platinums.


Verykiasu2010, are your ds n his classmate in gep? My dd is from mainstream.

They were from mainstream class. Out of 42 kids, about a handful did not get DSA offers. Okay, they are the \"best mainstream class\" with many kids outperforming the GEPpers. lowest t-score for the class was 249 excl higher chinese

it is a misconception that math will be more competitive or other domain are less competitive. Kids and parents carry with them this misconception and hence the number of applicants under science, EL, and MT domain are pitifully few who made it into the second round - literally just a handful while for math may be at least 30 or more who made into to second round

another classmate of my DS \"schemed\" to apply under MT domain in RI came out very demoralised because the questions were really out of the world type - he is now in HCI. same for math - the questions were very very challenging - at least for RI's math selection test under the DSA. Platinum from SMOPS is no guarantee

[jtoh]

verykiasu2010:

ks2011:

Thank you for all the replies. I heard that maths domain is very competitive. My dd has only got a silver. Tough to compete with all the golds n platinums.


Verykiasu2010, are your ds n his classmate in gep? My dd is from mainstream.

They were from mainstream class. Out of 42 kids, about a handful did not get DSA offers. Okay, they are the \"best mainstream class\" with many kids outperforming the GEPpers. lowest t-score for the class was 249 excl higher chinese

it is a misconception that math will be more competitive or other domain are less competitive. Kids and parents carry with them this misconception and hence the number of applicants under science, EL, and MT domain are pitifully few who made it into the second round - literally just a handful while for math may be at least 30 or more who made into to second round

another classmate of my DS \"schemed\" to apply under MT domain in RI came out very demoralised because the questions were really out of the world type - he is now in HCI. same for math - the questions were very very challenging - at least for RI's math selection test under the DSA. Platinum from SMOPS is no guarantee

Math is the most competitive domain because there are a lot more kids applying through this domain. So many kids these days take MO competitions.

[Augmum]

ks2011:

Thank you for all the replies. I heard that maths domain is very competitive. My dd has only got a silver. Tough to compete with all the golds n platinums.

sadly but true.....maths doman is VERY competitive,
if no gold or platinums, hard to be selected.

[jtoh]

Augmum:

ks2011:

Thank you for all the replies. I heard that maths domain is very competitive. My dd has only got a silver. Tough to compete with all the golds n platinums.

sadly but true.....maths doman is VERY competitive,
if no gold or platinums, hard to be selected.

Yes, even gold doesn't assure you of DSA.