DSA 2017

[ksraja69]

Best wishes and productive time for those attending NUS High (Boot camp) today

[sathya sai]

tsh0202:

Just curious.

Are there cases of kids being awarded CO without any interviews?

Yes last year few students in NUS High were given CO without interviews. No idea abt the other schools :?

[Maeve]

Winnie08:

It should be the secondary school that proposes to MOE and then MOE will look at their plans and approve it.

just to share since my older DD is in RGS. Nationally, since there are fewer and fewer students in each cohort, this also affects numbers each school can take. (I don't mean through DSA but overall). Her cohort had one less class than previous cohort.
RGS just went through an exericse, including consultation with many groups, before deciding to trim/ merge some CCAs, including a couple of sports. I don't know if these sports had DSA route but i figure this is one example of how schools do have to tweak their DSA priorities from year to year.

[accey]

Hi, anyone heard from VS yet?

[Musings]

accey:

Hi, anyone heard from VS yet?

VS held interviews for applicants for Maths and Science this past week.

[scotia]

At cedar girls now. The whole school is so quietttttt.....no CCA groups and activities at all on Sat???

The teacher looked so serious I will be super nervous if I am the one gg for interview :nailbite: hahaha

[accey]

Musings:

accey:

Hi, anyone heard from VS yet?

VS held interviews for applicants for Maths and Science this past week.

thanks for sharing.. we have applied for CCA domain

[mommyNg]

Maeve:

Winnie08:

It should be the secondary school that proposes to MOE and then MOE will look at their plans and approve it.

just to share since my older DD is in RGS. Nationally, since there are fewer and fewer students in each cohort, this also affects numbers each school can take. (I don't mean through DSA but overall). Her cohort had one less class than previous cohort.
RGS just went through an exericse, including consultation with many groups, before deciding to trim/ merge some CCAs, including a couple of sports. I don't know if these sports had DSA route but i figure this is one example of how schools do have to tweak their DSA priorities from year to year.

The issue is, if the school had went through the exercise and had decided on which CCA to trim/merge (which I'm sure it would have been at least days if not weeks before MOE announced the DSA-Exercise), they should have informed the respective coaches in advance or at least announce that during open house to prospective parents and students. As another KSP parent mentioned earlier, it seems like even the coaches weren't inform about the changes until the start of the DSA-Exercise. If this is how schools going to tweak their DSA priorities from year to year, then :roll:

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scotia:

At cedar girls now. The whole school is so quietttttt.....no CCA groups and activities at all on Sat???

The teacher looked so serious I will be super nervous if I am the one gg for interview :nailbite: hahaha

we gave this interview a miss. .DD doesnt want to attend. If not wrong there's no CCA on sat ( my elder DD's fr Cedar)

[scotia]

g2:

scotia:

At cedar girls now. The whole school is so quietttttt.....no CCA groups and activities at all on Sat???

The teacher looked so serious I will be super nervous if I am the one gg for interview :nailbite: hahaha

we gave this interview a miss. .DD doesnt want to attend. If not wrong there's no CCA on sat ( my elder DD's fr Cedar)

is gd that your dd knows what she wants.
My dd dsa applications all submitted very late, RGS on the very last day of closing. i told my dd think properly and make up her mind,try her best, then no regrets.