DSA 2011

[jtoh]

ngbrdad:

I went to re check my RI letter, the postal mark from post office on the envelope was 11/8 and I only receive it on 15/8.
So the postal service is THAT SLOW now.
Don't give up hope yet.

That is indeed slow. So got hope. :xedfingers:

[Publica]

jtoh:

Publica, good luck on on your son receiving his CO. :xedfingers:

Thanks jtoh for your well wishes. This DSA exercise has been a very good learning experience for my son. We embarked this journey with an open mind and only wanted him to have no regrets whatever the outcome since he has tried his best.
We are ready to move on and work towards PSLE.

[jtoh]

Publica:

jtoh:

Publica, good luck on on your son receiving his CO. :xedfingers:

Thanks jtoh for your well wishes. This DSA exercise has been a very good learning experience for my son. We embarked this journey with an open mind and only wanted him to have no regrets whatever the outcome since he has tried his best.
We are ready to move on and work towards PSLE.

jiayou for PSLE! With your support I'm sure he'll do very well.

[hipomum]

Publica:

ngbrdad:

[quote=\"CSN\"]Dear Parents who are still waiting for NJC's letters

It means bad news if u have not received any letter by now. DH called NJC on Thursday and was told letters posted to successful ones on Wed and they will post unsuccessful ones only next week. It's bad news for DS as NJC is only remaining hope. So got to really \"chiong\" for PSLE. Given his very weak Chinese, slim chance to get to his dream school. Will try our best and commit the rest to God. God bless. A very worried mum.

Oh dear I hope you are wrong.
So far only one person reported receiving the NJC letter here.
So maybe there is postal delay.

Gut feel tat it will be bad news as a few already received CO.....and postal delay really can't be tat long.... Anyway spur on, not the end of the world yet....

We do not have a good feeling with NJC too. From feedbacks here and personal experience, COs are usually mailed out before the rejection letters. Just to add, son's classmate received CO from NJC on Friday.
All the best to parents waiting for NJC letter![/quote]

[ApronMama]

phankao:

Afterall, they shouldn't just state an 85% there just like that. At least for GEPpers, the 75% is standardised, right? But for mainstream, some schools' 85% is not equal to other schools' 85%. So then, it's really not fair to those from more competitive schools whose exam standards are set rather high. So a student from that school with 80% might be at similar standard or even better than a student from a school with lower standard but with 85%.

In any case, can see they just want the GEPpers, lah

For mainstreamer DSA, school results is not their first cut, else why they need to take GAT? Besides they also look for specialties, such as sport or talent in language or Maths ..etc. School result is just a guide as sec is aware of pri school setting their own exam papers thus standard may be different. You can also attach the school exam result statistic for their reference.

[vlim]

Augmum:

jtoh:

Given that a lot of parents have shared that hardly any GEPpers apply to DHS, I wonder how many actually end up there.

fyi, there are 2 GEP classes in yr 1 (> 50 pupils)
it doesn't only include Gep pupils , also include partial mainstream pupils with agg score of >270
only partial, becos there are also pupils >270 allocated in other classes.
but, the figure for GEppers who were actually offered CO could def higher than the above.

get to know a gep girl who chooses njc as she prefer mix school then girls' school and she is non-chinese.

[ngbrdad]

Had a chat with DS.

His preferred school is one without girls LOL.
So looks like RI is still his preferred destination. DW’s too since she was from RJC.
Since we only get a WL for RI, must still work very hard for PSLE to make sure.
DS is still very relax in his preparation. That has been his attitude through out primary school anyway. Never seen him under any stress during the 3 years of GEP. Maybe that explains his results. Sigh.
So for NJC DSA results it’s que sera sera.

[suecat]

ngbrdad:

Had a chat with DS.

His preferred school is one without girls LOL.
So looks like RI is still his preferred destination. DW's too since she was from RJC.
Since we only get a WL for RI, must still work very hard for PSLE to make sure.
DS is still very relax in his preparation. That has been his attitude through out primary school anyway. Never seen him under any stress during the 3 years of GEP. Maybe that explains his results. Sigh.
So for NJC DSA results it's que sera sera.

After all the excitement of waiting and going down to open the mailbox umpteen times, it s really a big disappointment to hear abt the rejected not getting notified on the same date as those who were successful. But remembered 1 parent from the year before said that her ds s classmates received co, wl and rejects all on the same day. If only njc informed us that they will send out successful letters 1st then it can at least spare us the agony and waiting . This weekend is ESP a long one and dd only applied for this school as it s her dream school for the longest time .
She didn't do very well for her prelims so was banging on her to get through this dsa so that we don't get heart attack after psle result. But alas , it was not to be ..... :gloomy:

[Funx3]

CSN:

Hi pen88n, believe our postal delay will not be this long. Many thanks for your well wishes too. My DS is one of those who take things, incl exams very lightly. Hope the unsuccessful DSAs gave him a very clear message that he cannot bochap anymore. Am praying that he can see the \"light\" now. GB

Let's Hope it is Postal Delay, For Too Many Holidays this Week ....
In the Event tt it's Not, just keep encouraging your boy to work his hardest. I'm Sure With his Strength in 3 Subj, he Still Got a Good Chance to get into a Good Sec Sch.

JiaYou!

[Funx3]

suecat:

ngbrdad:

Had a chat with DS.

His preferred school is one without girls LOL.
So looks like RI is still his preferred destination. DW's too since she was from RJC.
Since we only get a WL for RI, must still work very hard for PSLE to make sure.
DS is still very relax in his preparation. That has been his attitude through out primary school anyway. Never seen him under any stress during the 3 years of GEP. Maybe that explains his results. Sigh.
So for NJC DSA results it's que sera sera.

After all the excitement of waiting and going down to open the mailbox umpteen times, it s really a big disappointment to hear abt the rejected not getting notified on the same date as those who were successful. But remembered 1 parent from the year before said that her ds s classmates received co, wl and rejects all on the same day. If only njc informed us that they will send out successful letters 1st then it can at least spare us the agony and waiting . This weekend is ESP a long one and dd only applied for this school as it s her dream school for the longest time .
She didn't do very well for her prelims so was banging on her to get through this dsa so that we don't get heart attack after psle result. But alas , it was not to be ..... :gloomy:

Hi suecat, ngbrdad,
Just Keep your Spirit up and Encourage your Kids to Put in their Best for PSLE ....
Am Sure tt they Will Be able to get Good PSLE Results to get into a Good Sec Sch of their Choice.

Jiayou!