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    CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' Secondary

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    • C Offline
      Crester
      last edited by

      Greatly Blessed:
      Crester:

      Yes sng offers DSA for 'O' level track but using Sports.


      :thankyou:
      Puzz...zzle:
      Its not easy to DSA St Nick thru sports. If I didn't remember wrongly only 18 vacancy, so if your child is not one of school team or National team, chances are low.
      :thankyou:

      My DD is from neighbourhood school, scored 85% in her recent SA1. She's in sch team for her CCA sports and her sch competed in sch national last year but didn't make it to the final, I would think it's the same for this year.

      She had bronze for NMOP last year and silver for SMOP this year. Which will give her a better chance to enter DSA? Academic or Sports?

      Say, if she accepted DSA O level (either academic or sports) and did well in PSLE, would she be able to appeal for IP?

      Many thanks

      Congrats to yr DD for her achievement in the Academics and Sports domain.
      FYI, DSA to academic is for IP route while DSA Sports is for O level track.
      Depends on yr child's passion for the particular Sport she is in and very imptly the suitability of an IP education.
      Go for the DSA Talk in SNG.
      It may help you to decide which route to choose for your child.

      From what I know, once accepted and agreed to take up which ever route via DSA, MOE said cant change.
      But if your child does very well at end of Sec 1/2 exam in O level track, can apply to IP track.

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        phtthp
        last edited by

        Crester:

        Congrats to yr DD for her achievement in the Academics and Sports domain.

        FYI, DSA to academic is for IP route while DSA Sports is for O level track.
        .
        There is DSA via Sports, for O level.
        This is correct.

        But there isn't any DSA-IP, via individual academic subject
        (be it Maths, Science, English, Chinese) for IP.
        Because students only enter by one route only, for academic into St Nick Secondary IP pgm : that is, by PSLE score.

        Eg (last year 2013)
        Those scored 255 and above, entered Sec 1 IP pgm.

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          Crester
          last edited by

          phtthp:
          Crester:


          Congrats to yr DD for her achievement in the Academics and Sports domain.

          FYI, DSA to academic is for IP route while DSA Sports is for O level track.
          .

          There is DSA via Sports, for O level.
          This is correct.

          But there isn't any DSA-IP, via individual academic subject
          (be it Maths, Science, English, Chinese) for IP.
          Because students only enter by one route only, for academic into St Nick Secondary IP pgm : that is, by PSLE score.

          Eg (last year 2013)
          Those scored 255 and above, entered Sec 1 IP pgm.

          Sorry to correct you, phtthp.
          I have checked with school.
          There is DSA for IP route.

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          • G Offline
            Greatly Blessed
            last edited by

            :thankyou:

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            • phtthpP Offline
              phtthp
              last edited by

              Crester:

              Sorry to correct you, phtthp.
              I have checked with school.
              There is DSA for IP route.
              Yes, you are correct, in saying there is DSA for IP route -
              but it is not based on individual academic subject, like English, Maths, Science.
              Because it is based on overall.

              What is academic DSA, or how do you define academic DSA, in the first case ?
              (Note :
              Not referring to Sports DSA, because Sports DSA is totally another different road)

              Academic DSA means -
              even before your child from primary school sit for PSLE starting August, the Secondary school already offer her a place -
              based on a particular academic subject the child is very strong in.
              Eg : is it Science, Maths, English ?

              Example
              Your dd excel in Maths in her primary school (rep school in Maths olympaid, ther Maths competition, etc) : so she come in, based on Maths subject, or

              Your dd excel in Science in primary school (she represent her school in Science olympaid competition & won 😞 so she enter school first before she even Sit for PSLE, based on Science subject, or

              Your dd excel in English, Literature, poetry, story telling, etc (she won competition before) : so she enter school first, based on English subject.

              I just spoke to your school Tr, 5 minutes ago.

              She had confirmed over phone that -
              This DSA (academic) is not based on any partucular, individual subject.
              She replied No, students do not get DSA offer based on any academic subject.
              She said perhaps the only subject is Higher Mother Tongue (Higher Chinese) may have.
              Being a SAP school, only mother tongue is Chinese.
              But not for English, Maths, Science.

              This tr said DSA-IP offer, is based on overall.
              But not focus on any specific subject like English, Maths, Science.
              No, this Secondary school don't have.
              (For above 3 mentioned subjects)

              However, other Secondary schools do offer academic DSA, based on one particular subject the child is particularly strong in.

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                BlueBells
                last edited by

                Last year’s DSA to IP for 2014 Y1 requirements - For reference only…



                CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School will accept students into the Integrated Programme via the Direct School Admission-Secondary (DSA-Sec) (IP) Exercise for admission to Year One in 2014.

                Promising Primary 6 students who are keen to apply for the Integrated Programme through the Direct School Admission-Secondary (IP) Exercise should demonstrate the following attributes:

                • Strong intellectual potential;
                • High levels of intellectual curiosity;
                • Leadership potential;
                • Outstanding contributions in co-curricular activities and community involvement; and
                • Other unique strengths and talents.

                The above attributes, including demonstrated and potential abilities, will be essential in allowing our students to fully benefit from the enriched and authentic IP experience that we have designed for them.

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                  Dreamgear
                  last edited by

                  phtthp:
                  Crester:


                  Sorry to correct you, phtthp.
                  I have checked with school.
                  There is DSA for IP route.

                  Yes, you are correct, in saying there is DSA for IP route -
                  but it is not based on individual academic subject, like English, Maths, Science.
                  Because it is based on overall.

                  What is academic DSA, or how do you define academic DSA, in the first case ?
                  (Note :
                  Not referring to Sports DSA, because Sports DSA is totally another different road)

                  Well this is dsa by academic.
                  Academic DSA means -
                  even before your child from primary school sit for PSLE starting August, the Secondary school already offer her a place -
                  based on a particular academic subject the child is very strong in.
                  Eg : is it Science, Maths, English ?

                  Example
                  Your dd excel in Maths in her primary school (rep school in Maths olympaid, ther Maths competition, etc) : so she come in, based on Maths subject, or

                  Your dd excel in Science in primary school (she represent her school in Science olympaid competition & won 😞 so she enter school first before she even Sit for PSLE, based on Science subject, or

                  Your dd excel in English, Literature, poetry, story telling, etc (she won competition before) : so she enter school first, based on English subject.

                  I just spoke to your school Tr, 5 minutes ago.

                  She had confirmed over phone that -
                  This DSA (academic) is not based on any partucular, individual subject.
                  She replied No, students do not get DSA offer based on any academic subject.
                  She said perhaps the only subject is Higher Mother Tongue (Higher Chinese) may have.
                  Being a SAP school, only mother tongue is Chinese.
                  But not for English, Maths, Science.

                  This tr said DSA-IP offer, is based on overall.
                  But not focus on any specific subject like English, Maths, Science.
                  No, this Secondary school don't have.
                  (For above 3 mentioned subjects)

                  However, other Secondary schools do offer academic DSA, based on one particular subject the child is particularly strong in.

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                  • G Offline
                    Greatly Blessed
                    last edited by

                    Thank you.


                    Is Cedar DSA academic the same as St Nick?

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                    • P Offline
                      Puzz.06109.06109.06109zzle
                      last edited by

                      I had been to open house last Sat, Nanyang Girls is base on overall academic result , but RGS is base on individual subject. Not sure about Cedar.

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                      • G Offline
                        Greatly Blessed
                        last edited by

                        Puzz...zzle:
                        I had been to open house last Sat, Nanyang Girls is base on overall academic result , but RGS is base on individual subject. Not sure about Cedar.

                        :thankyou:

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