I don't think the school have the ability to choose the students that will choose their schools for the final decision! I was reading a forum somewhere here abt a parent's kid has accepted by a DSS school and she doesn't know what the teaching format of the school, etc. But for that school, the parents needed to fill in a form by answering some questions liked why did you choose school and what did u expect from this school, etc. And for the interview, the parents needed to see the teachers and the teachers will ask the similar questions! So the schools cannot recognize if the parents really want to go to their school ............ I think interview is 70% similar to lucky draw, u have to have luck to get into the DSS and private schools.......... not solely depends on the ability of the kids and how keen the parents want to study in the particular school.