If it’s just problem with phrasing, then more practice would then help. Maybe from now till PSLE, you can test him verbally everyday, it’s less painful than doing papers non-stop.

Is he able to identify the topic that the question is testing? Once he can identify, then recall the key concept for the topic and use the concept to answer. There aren’t many concepts they need to know, but the challenge is in application.

Does anyone know, other than Medicine and Law, and computing related courses (my guess?) what are the popular courses in NUS that are hard to get in nowadays? I am trying to assess how "valuable" is the affiliation of NUS High to NUS for entry to university.

For the 2nd day CL oral topic, the question was 假期里你想去新加坡的什么地方？This question sounds like a question asking for a holiday destination / place of interest in Singapore (not visiting grandparents, going for tuition), that’s why it is difficult, because the students may find it challenging to express the Chinese names of the places and activities. Many kids at 12 years old would think of Sentosa, Universal Studios and rollercoaster, rather than zoo and animals or gardens and flowers, but how many actually know the Chinese terms well to do a good elaboration?

What personal learning device does the child need to buy? Is WiFi provided to the students on campus？

I wonder why the 2 months wait for booster for kids 5 -11 years old?

I would think that RGS would have no lack of applications from top students who would be able to cope well, DSA or otherwise. Hence there would be no need for interviews where the students would probably have "perfect" answers anyway.

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Oh just to add on, I’m thinking they might be comparing our results to our own school cohort right? Thanks.

The child will be compared with all applicants across schools, not just those from the same school. It's hard to stand out with just AL1 and nothing else, regardless Math or English, unfortunately.

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Hi all just wana ask as i saw someone said in the previous post that we should put in our best subject for DSA. I’m just wondering, if let’s say I get AL1 for math and AL2 for EL but there are 20 other people who’s getting AL1 for math but none for EL, should I still be putting math as my choice as it’s my best subject? Or should I use EL instead? Thanks

I guess it depends on what school you are applying for. For IP schools, it's impossible nobody gets AL1 for English. So it depends what other achievements you have to complement your AL1 / AL2.

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Thank you for sharing the information!