DSA 2011
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ngbrdad:
those are what memories are made of, nostalgia....
OT a bit.phtthp:
another possible reason is ... RI is a top boys school.
so to match RI boys calibre - RGS also need to take in top girls, not so much as take in affliated girls. Because come yr 5 & 6 A level, they study together.
During our time, most of the top students from RI and RGS went to HCJC, not to mention the SAP school students.
Then RJC was a distant 3rd behind HCJC and NJC. -
Ms tay:
it depends on individuals .... some are late bloomers and thanks to affiliation, caught up with their peersjtoh:
That's a wise decision bec it's pointless to go to a premier school that's beyond your ability only to struggle and be bottom of the cohort. That would be bad for the child's confidence and self-esteem.
Will those students get into the top elite schs via cca or affiliation ,struggle and be bottom of the cohort :scratchhead:
specifically for NYGH there is not much diff because the affiliation gets in at 250 -
Ms tay:
Not all sports DSA students are academically weak. There are those who do alright in the top schools. There are of course others who don't do as well.jtoh:
That's a wise decision bec it's pointless to go to a premier school that's beyond your ability only to struggle and be bottom of the cohort. That would be bad for the child's confidence and self-esteem.
Will those students get into the top elite schs via cca or affiliation ,struggle and be bottom of the cohort :scratchhead: -
Hi All,
My DS got a DSA CO from VS and I am wondering if he should take up the offer. He wants to go to RI and thinks he will do well enough on get in based on results. I am, however, not very confident
and think he may miss by a few points from RI's COP. Appreciate any advise I can get on what I should do. Thanks! -
Simply Kiasu:
VS is a good school. Distance to RI is quite far ? Depends where you stay too, and has he been consistent in his result to warrant the confidence ?Hi All,
My DS got a DSA CO from VS and I am wondering if he should take up the offer. He wants to go to RI and thinks he will do well enough on get in based on results. I am, however, not very confident and think he may miss by a few points from RI's COP. Appreciate any advise I can get on what I should do. Thanks!
I guess you are worried about misplaced confidence and ended up neither here nor there -
Simply Kiasu:
But is he confident in getting to VS with his psle results?...If no problem, maybe can consider going through S1 posting instead and putting RI first choice and VJ second choice?...of course ..u got to take the risk la.. :xedfingers: ....Hi All,
My DS got a DSA CO from VS and I am wondering if he should take up the offer. He wants to go to RI and thinks he will do well enough on get in based on results. I am, however, not very confident and think he may miss by a few points from RI's COP. Appreciate any advise I can get on what I should do. Thanks! -
Simply Kiasu:
If he and you both think he might be able to get into RI based on his PSLE results he would probably be able to get into VS based on his PSLE results even if he doesn't make it to RI. Given that schools *may* be clamping down on DSA transfer cases this year, which means you won't be able to get a transfer to RI if you were to accept the VS CO, you might want to give the VS CO a miss and go for RI during the S1 Centralised Posting.Hi All,
My DS got a DSA CO from VS and I am wondering if he should take up the offer. He wants to go to RI and thinks he will do well enough on get in based on results. I am, however, not very confident and think he may miss by a few points from RI's COP. Appreciate any advise I can get on what I should do. Thanks! -
Dear vk2010 and jtoh
Thks for the reply.
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jtoh:
:goodpost:
If he and you both think he might be able to get into RI based on his PSLE results he would probably be able to get into VS based on his PSLE results even if he doesn't make it to RI. Given that schools *may* be clamping down on DSA transfer cases this year, which means you won't be able to get a transfer to RI if you were to accept the VS CO, you might want to give the VS CO a miss and go for RI during the S1 Centralised Posting.Simply Kiasu:
Hi All,
My DS got a DSA CO from VS and I am wondering if he should take up the offer. He wants to go to RI and thinks he will do well enough on get in based on results. I am, however, not very confident and think he may miss by a few points from RI's COP. Appreciate any advise I can get on what I should do. Thanks! -
Simply Kiasu:
I can imagine your dilemma :nailbite: You have to discuss with your son carefully and it has to be a decision (to S1 or not to S1) which he is comfortable as he's the one studying in the school for next 6 years. And only you know how accurate your son's feel of PSLE is based on his past assessment of school exams. If his gut feel is wrong then :slapshead: :spank: haha just joking.Hi All,
My DS got a DSA CO from VS and I am wondering if he should take up the offer. He wants to go to RI and thinks he will do well enough on get in based on results. I am, however, not very confident and think he may miss by a few points from RI's COP. Appreciate any advise I can get on what I should do. Thanks!
Some general comments. For S1 posting, he is competing with a pool of P6s who have no DSA or didn't accept any DSA. All the boys who accept DSA COs are not allowed in this S1 pool, translated to most GEPpers and many top boys are out. On the other hand, if go by appeal, assuming RI doesn't clamp down the exercise, your boy is competing with a very tight competitive pool for a much smaller number of vacancies. One not small group is the rest of the GEPper boys who didn't get RI CO but accepted COs from HCI, ACSI, NUSH etc and also want to transfer over to RI. Somehow I think GEP boys may have priority in RI appeal exercise. I am assuming your boy is not GEP. I can imagine a long list of appeal cases and if they rank the boys by results and if he just touches RI eventual S1 COP, it's a risk. Last year's successful appeal boys have to score a few points above eventual S1 COP.
Wishing you and your DS good luck in eventual decision and hope he gets into his dream school! :rahrah:
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