@revils_ling
If your son and you strongly believe NUSH is the best school for him, he can try SIE with PSLE score or Y3 admission.

All the best!

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Hi Parents,

I have two questions. One related to the application process and another regarding the COP.

1) I understand that the application process is somewhat automated where it will include all the awards, subject grades, etc that the school knows of.

- Are we able to see during the application process what is provided by the school so that we know what we can include in the next section which is awards outside of the school?

- If we apply DSA for science, does it make sense to include in the section for awards outside of school, competition awards not related to science, I.e. math olympiads and even sports?

2) COP. Say if we got the DSA offer for a particular school but for PSLE we didn’t meet the minimum COP, does the school still accept the kid? If not, typically what is the threshold that the school is willing to accept?

Thanks parents.

There is no absolute right or wrong answer. In my personal view, you can include them.
Awards outside of school: Definitely you can. DSA is for talented kids beyond school grade. It doesn't have to be even award. It can be personal projects to show genuine interest in Science.
Competition award not related to science: Math is related to science. You need to be strong in Math to do well in Science post primary education.
You may list down 10 items for Science and think if they are stronger appeal than Math Olympiad. If you think they are strong portfolio, then you can use all 10 Science related items. However, in reality, I think not many kids have 10 items from Science alone. There are anyway only a few well-recognized Science Olympiads in Singapore.
My kid applied DSA under Math and Science for different schools last year. He listed only one item related solely to Science, only a few more items related to both Math and Science and majority are related solely to Math. He was still shortlisted by IP school under Science. Hope it helps.

All the best to your child!

revils_ling\" post_id=\"2119394\" time=\"1695347779\" user_id=\"136480:

As of this year, he has gotten a combination pf silvers and golds from the MO competitions, but not in IMSO team. And I wouldn't call him a topper per se, although he did get overall top 10 for one of the MOs (not NMOS). His strongest subject is Maths, and he's hovering within the top 5-10 in his GEP cohort for this subject. Based on my understanding of his academic progress, we are setting his target ALs for PSLE as follows:

English - 2 (main weakness is compo)
Chinese - 1/2 (main weakness is 作文)
Higher Chinese - Merit (same weakness as CL)
Maths - 1 (weakness is careless mistakes 🙄)
Science - 2/3 (main weakness is OEQ)

Target/expected total AL = 6-8 (if all goes well)

Above is just a positive projection on my part if he's willing to stay focus and push himself abt. But I did tell him that we'll be happy for him if he can achieve a total AL below 10.

As u can see, the general academic weakness is his writing skills. Despite being an avid and independent reader since his was 4-5yo, and despite reading widely since 6yo, he was never good at writing. Whereas most of his GEP peers don't have this problem. So this has been his biggest academic obstacle and likely will be for PSLE as well.

And this is why I can't help but worry about his ability to do well enough for PSLE since his main weakness will affect at least 3 out of 4 subjects (compo, 作文 and OEQs). And even though NUSH is his first choice, I have read about the feedbacks from other parents that DSA to NUSH has been getting more competitive over the last few years, and DSA via Maths to other IP schools aren't any easier. So we don't want him to leave it just to DSA only.

You may want your son to spend some time to practice English composition writing. There is English composition writing in selection process.
NUSH focus on both Math and Science. Differentiator can be Science in NUSH selection as most kids applying for NUSH are good in Math. 2nd selection - camp consists of English composition and Science experiments. No Math test in selection camp. Math is only for 1st selection - paper tests.

DSA via Math to top tier IP schools is indeed not easier at all. There are so many kids talented with Math regardless they are from GEP or not for limited seats.

Looking at your son's target AL by subject, he does not have major weak subject unlike some GEP kids (including mine) who are weak in Monther Tongue. He will not have problem with PSLE if he prepares himself for PSLE enough. He still have one year to prepare. GEP kids have capabilities to learn fast and in depth. However, they also need practice to produce quality output in the exam.

All the best to your son!

Anyone heard from ASCI for Math?

Hi, has anyone received news from ACSI for Math?

lee_yl\" post_id=\"2081692\" time=\"1662774255\" user_id=\"17023:

Will NUSH be more lenient to applicants whose languages are less outstanding compared to their strengths in Maths/Sc?

But if you are aiming for RI/HCI, then your DS must buck up for his languages. I recalled I was looking at only RGS/NYGH for my DD2 so I make sure her overall results cross 85%. At 85%, she was like average in her class but this is for girls only (and some years back already). Am not sure if girls generally outdo boys at psle level.

DD2 had a classmate whose results were not strong, around high 70s. She was shortlisted for DSA interviews but was eventually unsuccessful.

Would you know what score we can expect for PSLE English if gep kid score 70+ for gep English?

Hi reddiechan and Zeal mummy, thanks for reply. Could you tell how your kids prepared for term tests? My kid didn’t study for the school exam before but still managed to do good enough. Parents think he needs to prepare for the test now in GEP…

Hi fellow and experienced parents, can you advise how your kids prepare for GEP term tests? My kid has no tuition and no plan to have tuition. Is reviewing school work sheets helpful and enough?

Indeed very helpful. Thank you… entei17

@wind1_19

Thank you