wonderm:

walterp:

Understand that MOE operates the DSA preference option as a central system with 3 Main choice of options -


How many students involved ?

What is the mechanism and How does it decides on the sequence (like PSLE T-scole )?

It's easy if ist Choice is a confirmed offer.

BUT If a child 1st choice is on waiting list , 2nd Choice on Confirmed Offer, 3rd Choice on confirmed Offers

Does the child forgoes the chance of 2nd Choice or 3rd Choice even though there are confirm offers ?

Any one care to share ? Thanks

If he is posted to his 1st choice school (waitlist as in your example), he will not be posted to his 2nd and 3rd Choices even though they are CO. However, if he is not successful in his 1st Choice, then he will be posted to his 2nd Choice school since it is CO. Not sure what you mean by \"forgoes the chance\". :?

Thanks. You answered my qns liao. What I means is that he/she was not posted to the 1st choice (wait list) and also miss the 2nd Choice (CO) because it was not selected as the first choice.

Understand that MOE operates the DSA preference option as a central system with 3 Main choice of options -


How many students involved ?

What is the mechanism and How does it decides on the sequence (like PSLE T-scole )?

It’s easy if ist Choice is a confirmed offer.

BUT If a child 1st choice is on waiting list , 2nd Choice on Confirmed Offer, 3rd Choice on confirmed Offers

Does the child forgoes the chance of 2nd Choice or 3rd Choice even though there are confirm offers ?

Any one care to share ? Thanks

HyperKiasu:

any GEPers' parents here care to share what kind of charateristics your child display in early childhood? also other informations like:

were they breastfed? if not, what is the brand of the formul milk did they drink? what kind of food do they eat? (more seafood?)
are they mischievous?
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My younger girl is a P6 GEP in RPGS this year may be I can share some of my observation of her early childhood characteristics. No special food yes breast fed when baby and yes, my P6 GEP girl still drinking instant milk every night before bed.

When she is a toddler she speak rather slowly and pronounce words wrongly but once she got it right .. she is real fast talker ..

As a 2-4 years old child, you can sense her mental alertness and sharpness in responding to surrounding stimuli

In N1 when the teacher gathered her with other kids to play cards, she is aways first to pick up and give positive response to the teacher.. When the new kid cry, she would automatically pick a tissue paper and offered to the new kid ... The teacher say she is so special ..

At the Yamaha keyboard music lesson, though she was sitting right behind the class (she is tall) when everyone is day dreaming and not responding to the teacher, she is always there with the right response ...
Yes .. music is good stimulation and key to cognitive and intellectual development of young mind...


At P1/P2, She seldom scored the perfect marks in Maths like the top girls in her class but we knew she is more of the careless type and as parent we are not the \"kiasu\" screaming at her type

At P3, when the kids were first introduced to Science, I remember both herself and another girl scored the highest in class during SA2 and the others were failing badly. Incidentally both of them were selected for the GEP Class at RGPS after the screening/ selection test.in August and Oct 2007.

I remember accompanying her to Kheng Cheng School for the 2 days GEP Selection test (2nd Round) .. She told me the paper was very easy (all her friend complain a lot) and she missed out the last back page but manage to realise it about 5 minutes before time ..and still manage to squeeze last few qns ... She was real super cool under pressure

She did'nt quite jelled with her P3 class mates and teacher and always complaining about being boring and had asked about \"changing school\"
Well, she got her wish and was posted to a more challenging environment

She is by nature a quiet person and don' talk much but she is a deep and intense thinker ... She can learn by herself without much pushing.. But all kids are naturally lazy and hence need the occassional prodding..

Since kidergarten till now, none of my girls received tuition for school works. Rather the money were channelled to their music and ballet lessons. We believe kids should learn to help themselves .. Yes they are considered \"mature\" and sensible compare to their cousins.

smurfette3:

Hi,


I was just wondering are there any parents out there who have children in GEP but feel the mainstream is better? My friend's kid was very stressed when she went into GEP. So am not sure if I should let my son go. He himself does not want to but I think its more because his friends are not going. I know everyone is more or less for GEP but I really would like to know more. My son is the happy go lucky type and he likes lots of outdoor sports and is quite involved in them. Would being in GEP take away a lot of that time? Any comments? Am quite troubled, not sure what to do. (not tt he has gotten in, he is going for round 2 but very resistent to do so)

I read many interesting concerns on the GEP ... Let me share some of my thoughts on these ... Why force your kids to a GEP if she /he is meant for it. Don't believe those crap training centre ..Let nature take it course


My daughter is in P6 GEP at RGPS and had just completed her PSLE like all other 50K kids in her cohort. She is now enjoying herself with her fellow P6 GEP at the Sentosa UnderWater World. She was posted to RGPS from CHIJ Pri (Toa Payoh) in 2008. As a child , she was always more sharp and alert than her older sister. Imagine she could solve a logic ratio qns at P3 when her P5 sister could not.

GEP preparation - Why go to extent on doing this ? It cost money and add stress to your kids and yourself. My daughter doesn't need tuition since P1 and even now she does not not have extra enrichment programme.

The GEP testings not only the high order ,systemic and logical thinking ability but the ability to take stress to solve problem under very tight time.

GEPer are known to be quick thinkers and thrive on it. Imagine answering 1 question within 45 - 60 seconds time frame. My daughter told me after her second rounds test that the questions are so easy but her friends all complain like hell.. and most can't finish the paper .. I was told there are mark deduction for wrong mistakes as well ...

That's why the GEP GAT is a real testing to single out the best and coolest top 1% thinkers (500 of 50,000) out there. Incidentally the ratio is almost always 2 boys to 1 girl


So those who made it to the GEP class should be able to take the rigours and pressure of the programme. If your child doesn't make it , it doesn't meant she/he is inferior or less ability than a GEP kids.