偷懒用一张图片代替DSA的酸甜苦辣过程：

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我活跃在新加坡本地的华文狮城论坛子女教育板块，感谢感谢论坛家长们皮皮妈妈，jjrchome等分享的好经验：

国大数理中学 NUS HIGH 2010 年 DSA 的一点经验和教训
http://bbs.sgchinese.net/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=4436685&fromuid=545826

此文附录：参与2009年NUSH DSA CAMP一位学长的感受：http://nushscollegetalk.blogspot.com/2010/03/dsa-camp.html

这篇附录非常非常宝贵，NUSH的学长协助教授，跟踪记录着孩子们的表现，他的观点和看法，对于参加DSA的同学们家长们有非常重要的参考意义，因为link虽在，内容却早已消失，我特别转在这里，造福鄙博有缘者：

CollegeTalk: A blog for NUS High Students, by NUS High Seniors: The DSA Camp Pages

2010The DSA Camp - This is a post to supplement Lay Kuan's information.

She is remarkably accurate about the admissions process we went through (we are from the same batch), considering this took place five years ago. Anyway, since I am working in the school's Annex Office and we're gearing up for this year's recruitment, I thought I could provide details on how the current admission system works.

1. You apply online, or you come to the school and use our computers to apply.

2. You sit for a test covering various aspects of math and science. No calculators are allowed.

The test will be held in NUS High and some other primary schools around Singapore. This should take place in May or June. Primary 6 and Sec 2 applicants will, of course, take their own respective test.

3. You are notified if you have been shortlisted for the DSA camp, if you are Primary 6, or an interview, if you are Sec 2.

4. The DSA camp is now a one-day camp from 8am to 6pm, in July. Students are placed in groups and rotate around the stations: English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Math (I'm not sure if there's math, but I think there is). For the English station, you're usually required to write some sort of short essay, and for the rest, you try some experiments and fill in worksheets.

5. The Sec 2 interviews take place in July as well. No one knows much about this except the admin people and the principals, so if you want to know more, you can call the school and ask.

6. You get an offer letter or a rejection letter, and you have to respond by a certain date as stipulated in the letter. Somewhat like university applications,actually, so it's a good early preparation for what lies ahead when you turn 18.

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  I volunteered as a helper for 2009's DSA camp, and wrote some reflections in my blog afterwards, and I thought I'd share them with you:

  I must say, the criteria used to assess the primary 6 kids is pretty scary.

  They aren't expected to throw in complicated details of concepts you only learn in secondary school, of course, but they are expected to show many qualities. Intelligence alone won't get you through the camp.

  There were about 400 students at the camp. Each subgroup had about 6-7 people,and out of those, probably only 2-3 people will get offered places in the school. The competition is ridiculously intense, though the kids don't realise it.

  I was stationed at Chemistry, and the station was based around one reaction. Most of the kids gave pleasantly expected responses: "Cool!" "It's magic!" etc. There's a very observable difference between a kid who really likes a subject and reads up on it, and one who only knows this stuff because his parents wanted him to have a head start.

  Besides grading them on the accuracy of their written answers, there was the last task which involved groupwork.

  This last task was perhaps the most interesting of the lot, simply because of the variation in group dynamics, the different thought processes and ideas, and such other matters. We tried our best to guide them in the right direction without explicitly giving them the answer – asking them questions that would get them to think, getting them to discover the answer themselves; pointing them towards previous experiences that could be re-used, previous concepts. It wasn't easy to facilitate such a discussion, especially for the livelier groups that tended to get distracted. I now have a greater appreciation for the way teachers structure their lessons.

  You could see that some of the kids were obviously ringleaders of the group; everyone gathered around them, their opinions were the most frequently heard and used. Some were shy, but when approached, had good insights to share. Some didn't seem to care and didn't bother to listen in; others were more disruptive. Then there were those who were obsessed over tiny little details; some which were hyper; some who knew all the answers. An eagerness to learn could be seen in the way some of them interacted with the others and responded to the questions they were asked. Equally prevalent was the eagerness to please, or to impress.

  It was often those kids who knew everything, and yet stayed humble about it, that made me feel so horrible about myself. I'm sure that if I had been in that batch, I wouldn't have made it through.

  The students were given scores based on their written work, and the attitude and potential they showed in the discussions; the teachers also wrote comments about them in small boxes, giving recommendations or vetoes. And there were so many high scorers that by the time you got to the 75% mark, there was more than enough to fill the entire intake.

  It's my first insight into the world of admissions – certainly not at the college level, but I think a smaller-scale model of a high school would work as well. One teacher said, "I feel so scared, like I have this overwhelming responsibility. I'm deciding the future of these children!"

  If you look at how influential a person's secondary school education is, that statement just rings so true. I'm glad I wasn't an official assessor for this.

This blog was set up with the purpose of guiding NUS High juniors on our NUSHS experiences. This blog is not representative of any organization's opinion and only reflects that of the individual. Do take all advice here with a pinch of salt and make your own judgments.

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以下为2011年儿子DSA的相关资料：

NUSH的调研结论：NUSH虽然没有百年中学老校的丰富资源，但是却拥有NUS的大学资源！它能提供很多中学所不能企及的资源。很多孩子在考A之前都已经在NUS参加好几个大学项目了，而这些对申请所有世界闻名大学太重要了！ 

NUSH Selection Test，孩子说数学虽然有难度，但还都做出来了，一到家里，也不休息，疯狂出刚才考试题难我。孩子说科学很难，有1/3的题目是不会的，里面涉及到了很多的中学物理，中学化学，中学生物知识。

NUSH Camp Test，英文作文考试难度也不小，是问倘若你可以进入时光隧道，你怎么阻止未来的一场大灾难？
我们家在Camp之前一个星期，全家一起去图书馆搜来一堆中学的化学，物理，生物学概念书籍，孩子那个星期的晚上都是看的十分入神，空闲时间跟我说他学到了什么，他的自学能力让我很是惊讶。我们也给他简单解释了一些知识，尤其在物理上面强调了他一贯理解比较差的浮力的概念，并且在家里做浮力实验，但是到底对Camp Test的实验有多少帮助，真说不上。

有位叫做sag的家长也跟我分享了一点东西，一并感谢：
关于你在“哪位参加过数理中学初三面试的，进来说说！

http://bbs.sgchinese.net/thread-4622022-1-1.html的帖子
hi ,去年我孩子参加面试了，可惜没过。写一篇英文作文，然后3个老师轮流提问，你喜欢什么科目？如果是数学，再问数学相关的问题。我儿子选物理，问了物理的一些日常现象，折射，热能等。老师提的问题是环环相扣的，比如。问：你喜欢什么？答；喜欢上网，问；那你在网上看到有关科技的新闻了吗？等等。总的来说，英文也要好，物理的问题当时还没学到，可以看看O水准的题，临场发挥吧。