All About A Levels

[jasmineyak]

I need some help fm u all. My son got an L1R5 of 8 points. After minus 2 fm CCA, his score is 6. Does he stand a chance in VJC as COP for Science is 5? Temasek JC has a COP of 7 and NYJC with COP 8. Which one is better in terms of all aspects? Thanks to advise cos tmr is the deadline of submission.

[rains]

A big part of RJC students is made up of RI and RGS students, and many of them (likely to be more than HCI and NYGH altho I don’t have the figures) are geppers. That would have ‘guaranteed’ its stellar results. Of course, I am sure the geppers wouldn’t have chosen RI and RGS if they were not the ‘gooder’ schools. I would say that RI and RGS are more like GEP centres in which the programmes are run to develop geppers and the extremely bright children. In this sense, RJC is a ‘gooder’ school.

[zeemimi]

jasmineyak:

I need some help fm u all. My son got an L1R5 of 8 points. After minus 2 fm CCA, his score is 6. Does he stand a chance in VJC as COP for Science is 5? Temasek JC has a COP of 7 and NYJC with COP 8. Which one is better in terms of all aspects? Thanks to advise cos tmr is the deadline of submission.

VJC was 5 last year. But previously it was always around 4. No harm trying VJC but i heard from dd many with 3-4 are applying to VJC this year. So competition could be a bit stiff.

[zeemimi]

Many of DD’s cohort 2 pointers are applying RI. She’s skeptical if COP of RI can remain at 3 for this year. Even at 3, it will likely be a slight partial 3.

[zbear]

Wow, it looks like this cohort did so well, thus, competition is tougher for JC entry.

[ilovelaksa]

rains:

A big part of RJC students is made up of RI and RGS students, and many of them (likely to be more than HCI and NYGH altho I don't have the figures) are geppers. That would have 'guaranteed' its stellar results. Of course, I am sure the geppers wouldn't have chosen RI and RGS if they were not the 'gooder' schools. I would say that RI and RGS are more like GEP centres in which the programmes are run to develop geppers and the extremely bright children. In this sense, RJC is a 'gooder' school.

:goodpost:
I guess if the two schools hv the best, they are expected to produce the best.
Sometimes I do empathised with the children from Raffles and Hwa Chong. Societal pressure on them to produce results can be extremely strong.
I read that there are Raffles kids who cried when they rec less than straight As. I really feel for them bcos sch n family pressure must hv bn really strong if they deemed 3As+1B as a poor showing.
My nb ds jus got B3 in O lvl MT n he was so depressed as his parents were rather upset. I was told insensitive ppl were makg nasty comments on how he can possibly get B3 coming from HC.
Contrastgly, my ds fren was praised for his B3 as he comes fm a sch not kn to prod gd chinese results.
Same results but diff reactions.

[ilovelaksa]

zeemimi:

Many of DD's cohort 2 pointers are applying RI. She's skeptical if COP of RI can remain at 3 for this year. Even at 3, it will likely be a slight partial 3.

Hi zeemimi, congrats for your dd's stellar results. Wishg her the v best in her appln to her dream jc. I understand fm ds. Alot of his 2pter Victorian+Cedarian frens r applyg for RI. So I too, think RI will hv a cutoff of 2 this yr. Hwa Chong doesn't seem too popular for them as first choice as it entails further travel.

[jcstudent97]

Hi, my son scored a raw L1R5 score of 10, with 4 bonus points so with a net aggregate of 6, should he go to VJC arts stream or TJC science stream?


Are arts subjects really harder to score? But would VJC being a better school mean that he would do better for A Levels in VJC than TJC?

Also, does VJC offer hybrid combination for the arts stream? The website lists it under science stream so I'm wondering if it's possible...

Thanks for your help!

[jasmineyak]

Yes, agree this year is tougher for entry to most of the JCs. If appeal for VJC, is there any chance?

How about TJC? Anyone know about this school?
Thanks.

[zeemimi]

ilovelaksa:

rains:

A big part of RJC students is made up of RI and RGS students, and many of them (likely to be more than HCI and NYGH altho I don't have the figures) are geppers. That would have 'guaranteed' its stellar results. Of course, I am sure the geppers wouldn't have chosen RI and RGS if they were not the 'gooder' schools. I would say that RI and RGS are more like GEP centres in which the programmes are run to develop geppers and the extremely bright children. In this sense, RJC is a 'gooder' school.

:goodpost:
I guess if the two schools hv the best, they are expected to produce the best.
Sometimes I do empathised with the children from Raffles and Hwa Chong. Societal pressure on them to produce results can be extremely strong.
I read that there are Raffles kids who cried when they rec less than straight As. I really feel for them bcos sch n family pressure must hv bn really strong if they deemed 3As+1B as a poor showing.
My nb ds jus got B3 in O lvl MT n he was so depressed as his parents were rather upset. I was told insensitive ppl were makg nasty comments on how he can possibly get B3 coming from HC.
Contrastgly, my ds fren was praised for his B3 as he comes fm a sch not kn to prod gd chinese results.
Same results but diff reactions.

Tks ilovelaksa.
Many many many years ago, when my ri friend cried because he obtained all A1s & 1 A2, I thought he was :siao: . These few recent years I understand why.