jtoh:

Hi superann,

I have no experience in HCI and RI. If your son is keen on NUSH he should definitely give it a shot as most of their intake is by DSA. And non-GEP students who are outstanding in Math and Science stand a good chance of getting in too.

Thanks jtoh, My DS likes science a lot and love to read science related books. His math is resonable good. We would like to go NUSH open house on 9 Apr and get a feeling of it first.

Dad fm East:

Hi superann,
Initially DW and I were quite concern with the 'what if' and how it will affect DS's confidence. I decided to 'moderate' his expectation beforehand, telling him as non-GEPer, there is stiffer competition due to the limited allocation. Even if he did not make it, it is still a good experience.

When the time come for the 'bad news', though disappointed he react quite positively and understand he could still make it thru PSLE channel.

My DS is kind of \"Happy Go Lucky\" type boy. He's not really care, at least from his face. His dream school is HCI. When we \"moderate\" his expectation, he count in NUSH and RI, but all these are not easier. I always ask myself is it worth to do so many DSA? It's stress process for both parents and kids. :?

happiest:

Hi lovely,


I used to face the same problem with my son. The sheer length of the problem sums would put him off. I would have to go through the sum with him to convince him that it is not as bad as he thought it was.

We have to work at building their confidence. I get him to highlight important info. so far so good. Once he does the sum, i copy the same in another book that i have and let him try the same sum about 1-2 days later. This method works and he can remember better. He is also at the B grade only. i think he must get a strong A in all subjects at the least to get into a good secondary school.
As for the COT, i just resorted to calling the schools direct to ask.

cheeers

I did the same method, it works. :celebrate:

jtoh:

You and your child will know best which schools he/she is best suited for and hence may want to try DSA for. We can't advise you as we don't know your child's abilities/interests. If you could list the schools on your radar and your child's talents, maybe parents could give you some idea on how difficult it might be.

His dream school is HCI and ok with NUS High. But now his friends want to go RI, so he's wondering.............

Actually I would like to do HCI and NUS High only, as I heard RI is very hard for non-GEP students. He likes to read science related books and not bad in math.

phankao:

superann:

Any experience parents can suggest which schools are worth to do DSA? :oops:

\"worth to do\" DSA? Really, what's suitable for one child may not be suitable for another. So you'd really just have to decide which school you like and go for it.

I'm quite lazy one. :oops: Just want to apply for one or two, but my DS increase his choices to three now. Maybe I should wait for open house and decide later. :lol:

Hifive:

Hi


Just received the PSLE registration slip from my DS school.

I was checking the details and would like to clarify under the subject Chinese, are both the Listening Compre and Oral under Paper No. 03 ?

I asked this because for English subject, Listening Compre is Paper 03 and Oral is under Paper 04?

Just wondering if there's any printing error? Any parent here can help to verify. Thanks in advance!

I read the details of the form yesterday. For my feeling is Chinese Oral is same as English Oral under Paper 04, but both dates will announce later.

verykiasu2010:

Herbie:

DSA is like going for job interview... if you tell the company that you decide later... they will throw yr letter into the waste paper basket...

not necessarily true, after being through the DSA exercise in the same scenario of choice, plus having the chance of personal interaction with those teachers / principals / interviewers / interviewing coaches...

for GEP kids with consistent result, and high performing mainstream kids, receiving more than 1 DSA offers is norm. there is nothing wrong to tell the interviewers that decision will be made later, it is not a sign of being unsure of what you want. it is showing them being wise not to rush into a decision just because someone made the first offer. you have a choice and be mature about it. as a top/good student, you are in a position of strength.

it is just a trick question from the interviewer, nothing else. it is usually the last question for fun, they have already made up their mind. Such DSA interview is not so much giving the correct answer, it is how you present yourself, being articulate and genuine and honest than to give a superficial answer to please the listeners. Even for job interviews, bosses know how to sieve out the genuine answers from the boss-pleaser kind of answers.

as the parents and kids do find out more about the school even after receiving the various DSA offers, and also the DSA exercise form will only be distributed after they have sat for the PSLE, it perfectly okay to say that decision will be made later, up to the point of internet submission at end of October.

Normally I believe children and parents has done survey before they apply for DSA. I guess what the child can say is why he/she likes the school and then says I'll decide later if I really can get offer from more than one school :lol:

Dad fm East:

[quote]not many schools will believe you if you tell them you only apply for one DSA, as most will apply for at least two, to have a choice

Although we like all the 3 schools we visited during open house, we only apply DSA to one school for DS. We discussed with DS and he only wanted to try for that particular school only. DW and me also agreed as we do not want DS to go thru too many tests as we could be quite stressful. I was also thinking I do not want to go thru the process of appealing if in the event we are rejected by the 1st choice, accepted the DSA from 2nd or 3rd choice and DS actually make the cut-off for 1st choice.

Btw, he was rejected by the school but eventually got in thru PSLE. I was really happy for him - heng arh! :D[/quote]Actually we had same feeling, as I heard DSA is very stressful process. The children, who went though DSA and been rejected, will lose their confidence. Normally the children who accepted by DSA also get good results in PSLE and join their dream school.

Any experience parents can suggest which schools are worth to do DSA? :oops:

NUS High School Open House is on 9 Apr 2011 from 9am to 3pm. There are DSA Admissions talks.


http://www.highsch.nus.edu.sg/content.php?id=6f4922f45568161a8cdf4ad2299f6d23

Tinkerbelle:

Hi everyone,


RI will start their DSA exercise on 25 April 2011 at 12 noon and ends on the 8 July 2011 at 12 noon. Check out the below link if interested.

http://www.raffles.sg/dsasec1.html

Open House - RI
21 May 2011 (Sat)

Open House - RGS
21 May 2011 (Sat)