1 - What is the difference between DSA and Math Olympiad lessons?

Our competition math lessons cover a wide variety of topics required for students to excel and place at the very top of competitions.

DSA tests focus on a narrower set of topics and generally require less preparation than math Olympiads.

2 - My child is taking math Olympiad lessons with you. Does he have to additionally enrol in DSA lessons?

Due to the increased rigour required to prepare and excel in math competitions, your child will already have the skills and proficiency to do well in DSA math tests. He does not have to enrol in our DSA lessons, which are catered to students who: are not enrolled with us or

are not enrolled with us
have joined us for just a short while

3 - What are the criteria that schools base their math DSA decisions on?

Here are the general criteria that schools look at:

School Results
Competition Results
DSA Test Results

Schools have discretion on how much weightage they put on each criterion.

4 - How many DSA places are there for math?

The top 15 IP schools offer a total of 1440 DSA places or 35% of their enrolment.

NUS High School is the exception with 100% of their places being offered through DSA.

If we assume conservatively that each IP school allocates 35% of DSA places to Math (except for NUS High School at 50%), there will still be over 530 places to be offered.

5 - Does my child have a chance for Math DSA if he is not a platinum or gold winner?

There are 200-300 Platinum and Gold winners each year. Even if each of them was granted a confirmed offer, there will still be over 200 places left unutilised for the rest of the students who have less, or no competition track records. This means that highly motivated and accomplished students stand a realistic chance for math DSA if they are provided with the right training and exposure. These students will be evaluated more based on how they do in the math DSA tests.

Just to prove our point, we have students without strong competition track records each year that are offered DSA places in the top schools such as NUS High School, ACS(I) and SST by virtue of their excellent performance in the math DSA tests.

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