DSA 2011

[Tinkerbelle]

soka:

Tinkerbelle:

[quote=\"soka\"]1248 wrote:


my first post here.
I have headache due to DS getting CO from NUSH and DHS,any suggestions?

1248, same headache here for DD between NYGH and DHS. $$$$Fee is also a reason. TIll now I also can't decide leh.

:congrats: soka on your DD's COs from NYGH & DHS. That's a nice 'problem' to have. Which sch does your DD prefer?
Wish you & DD all the best in making a decision. :rahrah:

DD prefer NYGH(Distance), Daddy prefer DHS ($)
Mummy (sandwich that y headache)[/quote]Keke...If your DD likes NYGH & is the top one-third of the total number of pupils posted to Independent schs, she'll be entitled to the EESIS Scholarship ($2400/yr). That way, both DD, DH & you will be happy.

[soka]

Thank you ngbrdad and Grandmasters Phankao and Tinkerbelle. Will let daddy decide with these info. 1248. Hope these could be a guide for you too.

[Nightrace]

soka:

Thank you ngbrdad and Grandmasters Phankao and Tinkerbelle. Will let daddy decide with these info. 1248. Hope these could be a guide for you too.

EESIS is not enough, need to top up $$ plus $750 per year. DHS monthly school fee is $23. but if need to chauffeur, petrol is also not cheap.

In PSLE, every mark counts... With inflation here to stay, every $ counts.

[phankao]

Nightrace:

soka:

Thank you ngbrdad and Grandmasters Phankao and Tinkerbelle. Will let daddy decide with these info. 1248. Hope these could be a guide for you too.

EESIS is not enough, need to top up $$ plus $750 per year. DHS monthly school fee is $23. but if need to chauffeur, petrol is also not cheap.
:

Altho' for DHS, there is bus service:
http://www.dhs.sg/school-transport.html

[Augmum]

soka:

1248, same headache here for DD between NYGH and DHS. $$$$Fee is also a reason. TIll now I also can't decide leh.

soka,
i had the same dilemma as u 2 yrs ago, having to decide on DHS or NYGH ??

since my gal had gotten the EESIS, school fees is not an issue (a small amt of top-up for upper sec)
but distance travelled, is a hassle of having to fetch her to and fro,
4 times a day, 22 x 4=88 times a month,
not forgetting the mad jam at the exit of PIE in the early morning and evening.....

in the end, my decision was to go with my gal's heart,
as she would be the one studying in the school and till date,
she enjoys every bits of it, loves her school, her friends and teachers there.......

below was what i had posted at DHS's thread after making the decision.

Augmum:

hi all

i've submitted the S1 form.........1st choice : DHS
2 nd choice : NYGH
these few days, while i was trying to convince myself to put DHS as 1st choice,
on the other hand, my gal was trying to please me (i know she's trying to please me) by saying, \" if u want NYGH, then NYGH lorr......\"
in the end, i go with her heart, by saying, \"Confirmed! DHS as 1 st choice\",
immediately i saw the gleam in her eyes.........
i hope to see the continunity gleams in the eyes, 6 yrs down.........

[Tinkerbelle]

Nightrace:

soka:

Thank you ngbrdad and Grandmasters Phankao and Tinkerbelle. Will let daddy decide with these info. 1248. Hope these could be a guide for you too.

EESIS is not enough, need to top up $$ plus $750 per year. DHS monthly school fee is $23. but if need to chauffeur, petrol is also not cheap.

In PSLE, every mark counts... With inflation here to stay, every $ counts.

Friend's DD is currently in NYGH...EESIS is just enough to cover her monthly fees of $200 (for Sec1 & Sec2 Singaporeans). She still needs to pay $750/annum for miscellaneous fees, and also need to pay for CCA & enrichment lessons (which is deducted from Edusave account).

[Augmum]

soka

an added info…
maybe u would like to know, DHS’s flag raising time is at 8 .00 am,
instead of the usual 7.20/7.25 a.m
and on thursdays, it is at 9.00 a.m

[soka]

From these advices, most probably will take public bus from north then circle line to DHS. (School bus only one way)

A happy news to at least a NYGH WLer too.

[1248]

Thanks for such good info, this decision should take by DS, and I just checked with him. He wants to go to DHS.Actually, his dream school is HCI, but HCI DSA failed, so I advice him to work hard for PSLE.

[yukilei]

ngbrdad:

PiggyLalala:

yes, do consider DHS for DSA. It is a good school and the DSA process is not complicated for GEP students. Just fill in the DSA form. No interview for my son last year. You can visit the school open house next year and get the DSA form. If I did not remember wrongly, I think the requirement for GEP overall is like 75%.

Problem is it's all the way in the east.
Not convenient for people staying on the west side.

agree with ngbrdad. I've thought of DHS. It seems like it's one of the \"easiest\" DSA for GEP student. Think they're asking for >75%. But the location is very inconvenient. Esp, when we're staying in the west.