2016 O levels (Kids born in 2000)
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janet88:
6 points is quite a lot.. which course does he intend to do? Does he know the cutoff point for the course?SerenaCSK:
So, if oral is a merit. It may not be worth the effort to re-take?
son's oral is a merit...Chinese c6. I would consider it an achievement since he has no tuition.
I would prefer him to move on and focus on the other subjects since he is not fantastic in his humanities and chemistry. -
he wants to go to the poly.
if he retakes O level Chinese again, he would have to spend time preparing for it and there is no guarantee the result will be better. -
Poly cut off point have been decreasing and competition has been very stiff. Removing chinese also does not mean other subjects will improve. Just my 2 cents.
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TheAnswer:
Poly cut off point have been decreasing and competition has been very stiff. Removing chinese also does not mean other subjects will improve. Just my 2 cents.
the decision lies with him. after all, he is the one studying and if he doesn't have the confidence to get a better grade, I rather he moves on. -
janet88:
Since he has decided then move on. Normally school will ask to retake.TheAnswer:
Poly cut off point have been decreasing and competition has been very stiff. Removing chinese also does not mean other subjects will improve. Just my 2 cents.
the decision lies with him. after all, he is the one studying and if he doesn't have the confidence to get a better grade, I rather he moves on. -
The general sentiment is that if the student got a grade that is below expectation and feels that he is capable of achieving better, then might be worth considering to retake at year end.
But if the current grade is consistent to what he normally gets during school exams, most students would rather not retake and focus on the rest of the other subjects. If student got D7 and below, school would encourage students to retake. -
TheAnswer:
Poly cut off point have been decreasing and competition has been very stiff.
Agree with this. It's getting more competitive to enter popular courses at selected choice polys. Need to focus and work hard on the home stretch. It also helps if the student has a strong CCA portfolio to support in case need to go for interviews. -
DS 's oral is a distinction but Overall C5 so going for retake.
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Mother Tongue is not necessary to be computed in the L1R4? If Janet’s son gets A1 for the other subjects, won’t it be safe?
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Chinese is not a compulsory subject if one is not cinfident in it, better to focus on other subjects. If one wants to go JC , C6 also can qualify
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