Year 1 Admissions
The DSA-Sec exercise comprises a two-phase selection. All applicants will sit for the Selection Tests. Only shortlisted applicants will attend the Selection Camp. Thereafter, applicants who need to be further assessed will attend a Selection Interview. Applicants will be notified of the exercise details via the main contact e-mail address registered with MOE Centralised DSA-Sec Online Portal. Successful DSA applicants are not eligible for school transfer after the release of the PSLE results and cannot participate in the S1 Posting Exercise.
Interested applicants must register at the MOE Centralised DSA-Sec Online Portal from 5 May to 1 June 2022. For more details, please refer to MOE website – DSA for Secondary Schools. Parents and students are encouraged to choose schools wisely based on the student’s aptitudes and strengths, bearing in mind the schools’ academic and non-academic requirements, and the programmes available to develop the area of talent. NUS High School can be found under the talent area of both "Math" and "Science". Applicants need to register only ONCE in either "Math" or "Science". You SHOULD NOT select NUS High School twice as you only have three DSA choices.
Direct School Admission (Secondary) Exercise | ||
Description
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Dates
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Time
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Opening of MOE Centralised DSA-Sec Online Portal* | 5 May 2022 | 11 am |
Closing of MOE Centralised DSA-Sec Online Portal | 1 June 2022 | 3 pm |
DSA Selection Tests (All Applicants) | 2 July 2022 | 8:30 am - 12:30 pm |
DSA Selection Camp (Only Shortlisted Applicants) | 16 July 2022
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7:30 am - 3:30 pm |
DSA Selection Interview (Only Applicants Who Need Further Assessment) | 26 July 2022 | 2 pm - 6 pm |
Outcome of DSA Exercise (DSA Preview) | 13 August 2022 | 8 am - 4 pm |
Engagement of DSA Exercise (Newton Fun Camp) | 14 October 2022 | 1 pm - 6 pm |
School Preference Submission | 31 October - 4 November 2022 | 9 am - 3 pm |
DSA Allocation by MOE
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23 - 25 November 2022
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24 hrs
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- NUS High School is found under the talent area of both "Math" and "Science". Applicants need to register only ONCE in either "Math" or "Science". You SHOULD NOT select NUS High School twice as you only have three DSA choices.
- Application through the portal is free-of-charge and requires one parent's SingPass to login, for authentication purposes. Parents who do not have SingPass access can approach the child's primary school for assistance.
- Application for Year 1 DSA-Sec must be submitted through the MOE Centralised DSA-Sec Online Portal. The application is free-of-charge and will be open from 5 May to 1 June 2022. Please register only once for NUS High School under the talent area either “Math” or “Science”. For more details, please refer to MOE website – https://www.moe.gov.sg/secondary/dsa.
- All Applicants are to sit for the Selection Tests on 2 July 2022, Saturday. Venue for Selection Tests (either NUS or NUS High School) will be informed by the end of June 2022 via the Main Contact Email Address filled in at MOE Centralised DSA-Sec Online Portal.
- Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend the Selection Camp on 16 July 2022.
- After Selection Camp, applicants who need to be further assessed may be invited to attend a Selection Interview on 26 July 2022.
- Successful applicants will be notified of the selection outcome - Confirmed Offer (CO) or Wait List Offer (WL) by August 2022 via the main contact e-mail address registered with MOE Centralised DSA-Sec Online Portal.
- Please note that the School is unable to provide information on application outcome or status over the telephone and we reserve the right not to release any information explaining why an application is unsuccessful.
- Successful applicants who have received the offers should submit their preferred choices of school to MOE from 31 October 2022, 9 am to 4 November 2022, 3 pm.
Supplementary Intake Exercise (SIE) | ||
Description
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Dates
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Time
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Opening of Online Indication of Interest
Upload Documents Including P4 to P6 Academic Results, Awards, Achievements and Scholarships
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1 Nov 2022
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10 am
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Closing of Online Indication of Interest
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14 Nov 2022
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10 pm
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Opening of Online Application for SIE1 with Submission of PSLE Results
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On the day of release of PSLE results
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10 am
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Closing of Online Application for SIE
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3rd day2 from the release of PSLE results
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10 am
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Selection Interview (Only Shortlisted Applicants)
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4th to 6th day from release of PSLE results
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TBC
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Outcome of SIE
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4th to 6th day from release of PSLE results
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TBC
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Acceptance of SIE offer
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24 hours upon receiving SIE offer
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- SIE will open if there is vacancy available on the day of release of PSLE results.
- If PSLE results are released on 18 Nov 2022, 3rd day from release of PSLE results will be 20 Nov 2022.
- Online Indication of Interest will be open from 1 - 14 November 2022. If you do not have computer or internet access, please complete the online registration at NUS High School Annex Office.
- Upload the scanned copy of the P4 to P6 academic results and supporting documents by 14 November 2022 at NUS High School Online Indication of Interest.
- Indicate PSLE score & subject grades and upload a scanned copy of the PSLE result slip by the third day from the release of PSLE results via the PSLE results submission portal. Submission must be completed by 10 am.
- Applying for admission via SIE is free.
- No appeal is allowed after the third day from the release of PSLE results.
- Applicants may be invited to attend a Selection Interview between the 4th and 6th day from the release of the PSLE results.
- Once an applicant is offered a Confirmed Offer (CO), the applicant must decide and submit the acceptance / rejection form to NUSHS within 24 hours.
- The offer of CO is considered as void if there is no written response from the applicant within 24 hours. The place will be released to applicants on the wait list.
- By accepting the NUS High School's offer, the applicant agrees to withdraw his / her secondary school options under the S1 Posting Exercise. NUSHS will inform the Ministry of Education accordingly and you will not be posted to another school under the S1 Posting Exercise. However, if applicant has opted for Third Language in the S1 Posting Exercise, it will still be processed based on his / her Third Language choices.
- For unsuccessful applicants, they will be posted to a secondary school based on their submitted school choices under the S1 Posting Exercise.
- The School will notify applicants of selection outcome via e-mail. Please note that the School is unable to provide information on application outcome or status over the telephone and we reserve the right not to release any information explaining why an application is unsuccessful.