ApronMama:

TwaTau:

ACSI is not in the \"A\" league as that of HCI and RI, so difficult to do apple to apple comparison. Wonder why ACSI switch to the \"IB\" league?

Even though, heard their dsa very difficult to get an offer and their dsa charge is the highest.

ACSI DSA fee is the highest at $80 because they use the HAST not GAT. HAST stands for High Ability Selection Test. HAST is a 2.5h paper vs GAT of perhaps 40 mins? DS sat for the test already. They have another round of HAST on July 8 or 9, I think. Total year 1 intake 180. DSA vacancies 90. Actually theirs is not the highest. NUS high charges $100 for dsa camp on top of the $50 registration fees.

ACSI said they switched to IB league because they believe it is more superior, and the programme produces more well-rounded students. It claims to be more relevant to modern society needs and nuture thinkers instead of route learners.

ngbrdad:

Yeah good luck to every one.

Initially our main aim was for NUSH cos RI is really too far.
But just found out recently that with the new circle line completed in Nov, it takes only 8 stops from Clementi to Marymount and a bit of walking to reach RI. Should cut down travelling time by a lot.
Of course NUSH is still much nearer but the DSA process is much tougher too.

NUSH is a good school. I know of 2 pupils who got in through DSA last year and they are all enjoying the schooling experiences in NUS high, their PSLE results were all above 270. All of them have no regrets choosing NUS High over RI.

I do not agree that ACSI do not belong to the same league as RI or HCI. Yes it has the lowest cut off point for S1 but that is for their o level track. Their IP track cut off point is much higher. They are also the world top 3 IB schools. 1/3 of the IB cohort got 40 points or higher qualifying them to ivy league uni and Top UK uni.

Hi parents, I’m RSS. Just registered myself on this forum. Can’t believe it, i’m kiasu too! I have been following this forum on this topic closely as my DS is involved. He is from GEP too and had got SA1 results in the range of 79.6 to 79.9%. He is a platinum holder for SMOP. I called RI to check and they said no point to round up figures on the on-line application, they will take the raw total from the report book and DS still has to take GAT. Am waiting for email on GAT. heard some people received GAT email but i believe they are under the sports domain. Anyway DS also applied for ACSI and NUSH. Let me know if anyone received email on RI GAT. Thanks