revils_ling\" post_id=\"2134474\" time=\"1717146448\" user_id=\"136480:The boarding for S1 is not compulsory, it is on a FCFS basis. It used to be only for S3 I think but last year the S1 boys were the 1st batch to be offered boarding, 8 weeks in Term 2. They do go home on weekends and public holidays.
Thanks mystique_j for your response. I also wanted to ask about the boarding program in Year 1. I heard that it isn't compulsory and is on a FCFS basis. Has your DS experienced it before? In addition, do you have any insight on the cohort size for DSA Infocomm at HCI?
My DS is now leaning towards DSA Infocomm for HCI instead of DSA Maths after doing some online research on this domain today. But he doesn't have much to show, except for the HCIC results he received today. I was wondering if it's worth trying since his Infocomm achievement will just appear as a 1-liner in his DSA submission. 🤔 A part of me being a parent is wondering if he will have a higher chance in this domain as compared to Maths. He's not dying to get into HCI, but I think he wants to have this option if possible. His 2 other options are NUSH and SST. Would appreciate any advice on this. Thanks!
Some background info:
The results for HCIC 2024 were released this morning, and to our amazement, my DS did surprisingly well. He doesn't have a background or any prior accolades in coding/programming so it was really out of the blue. So far, he has only dabbled in HTML on his own on rare occasions, and for this competition, it was meant as a try for fun activity since he doesn't attend any coding classes and was never particularly keen to. To prep, we borrowed some Python- and robotics-related books from the library for him to read up about 2-3 weeks before the competition. We didn't expect much because most of his afternoons were spent on attending MOs and revising for school common tests. I think he only spent less than 8-10 hours in total reading the books, and about 2 hours trying out the codes on the computer. So when we saw the results this morning, we were dumbfounded and it made us wonder, is this area another strength of his that we didn't know about? His almost 12 years of life has mostly been about his love for Maths only, so we naturally thought that he would just try for DSA Maths when the time comes and that would be it. Now we (including my DS) are not so sure anymore. 😅
I’m sorry I have no idea about Infocomm DSA but infocomm is a compulsory subject for S1/2.