HairyOrange:

Uke:

For those who received only WL, assuming your choice school still has no place for you after posting result is out (the worst case eventuality), how are you going to strategize and fill in the option form on 22 Oct? E.g. How would you indicate your 6 choices in the option form? Do you have to place as No.1 the school that has granted you a WL? Welcome your advice. Thanks!

22Oct week is for those DC who hv received at least 1 CO or WL to make their selection. Unless there is a situation where a DC received 6 CO and/or WL, one won't be using 6 choices. In 1st choice put the school which yr DC absolutely one to go, even if it's WL. Tricky bit will be if yr DC received a WL for 1st choice and a CO for a school which the DC has second thoughts abt going. The dilemma will be to just put 1st choice WL and the rest blanks.

:thankyou: Hairyorange and emoh for your insights & advice!

My DS only has 1 WL, so pretty straight forward choice then. But what if we still want to try for his affiliated SAP secondary school based on his PSLE results ( because eligible for some discounts), would choosing the DSA WL school as 1st choice deprive him of consideration for his affiliated school during S1 posting? Or are we not eligible for S1 posting at all?

For those who received only WL, assuming your choice school still has no place for you after posting result is out (the worst case eventuality), how are you going to strategize and fill in the option form on 22 Oct? E.g. How would you indicate your 6 choices in the option form? Do you have to place as No.1 the school that has granted you a WL? Welcome your advice. Thanks!

MMM:

Uke:

My DS applied DSA via Chinese Orchestra. Managed to get his Piano Grade 5 (Merit) this Feb. Knew too late about CO instrument grading exam. But seriously don't see how he can squeeze in any more time for individual lessons. Hope his piano Grade5 can count favorably.

Hi Uke,

Has your ds gone for his interview etc... already???

How is the interview process like for asthethics? I suppose it's an audition + interview? Can you share what to expect?

Attended 1 audition only. DS played his prepared piece, no sight reading. Not really interview, just some qns on his SYF participation.

Besides, piano, it’s actually possible for one to get grading in their band instrument. But that means private tuition. Issue is this is a niche market and tutor fees can be expensive. Fortunately my kids are attending this MOE music talent thingy so they get their own instrument tutor.
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LOL - Of course I know that other instruments have grading - besides Piano. My boys all don’t take piano but have advanced grading in their individual instruments.

My DS applied DSA via Chinese Orchestra. Managed to get his Piano Grade 5 (Merit) this Feb. Knew too late about CO instrument grading exam. But seriously don’t see how he can squeeze in any more time for individual lessons. Hope his piano Grade5 can count favorably.

Anyone applied for DHS DSA Chinese Orchestra? Received call for audition?

SunBrazen:

YLH88:

[quote=\"SunBrazen\"]MSHS O level results. Average L1R5 - 12.7 Band 3.

Looks like the standard has dropped, for last year, average L1R5 was about 12.3
Any one knows the highest number of A1s the students got ? how many got A1s & A2s ?
So guess this year the boys will not get a day off liao ...

Top scorer 9A1s PRC scholar.[/quote]DS received letter informing of 1 off day on 1 Feb to celebrate MSHS good results. 26 students scored at least 6 A1s. 14 subjects achieved a distinction rate above national average.