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      A better tomorrow
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      phtthp:
      Ask your daughter suppose she already finished her A level now, want to choose her career path : which university faculty or course does she want to study, & work towards her future goal ? Then she will know which h2 subject to choose, between physics or bio. This will be her compass direction, what subject combination, to take.


      She must know what is her long term target destination. She is already 16 years old, quite big, have a rough idea what she want to do with her life.
      She mostly wants something that has to do with science but not anything specific ,I know that she would love to do medicine but I think it would most probably end up as just a dream. Dd is still more or less confused with life .. She just told me she wants to be a police πŸ˜“ :faint: . My elder dd is now doing a job almost totally different from what she studied so I guess it influenced younger dd to not think too much about the future as it might be very unpredictable .

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        A better tomorrow:
        Hi everyone πŸ™‚ dd loves to overthink about things so recently she is thinking of subject combinations and I don't know if it's too early to think about this ( she has not even submitted her choices! ) but should dd choose biology or physics ? She is very conflicted between the two of them . She says she is most probably going to do the typical pcme/bcme

        Her predicament is not unusual. Many students do not know what they would like to study in the uni at 16. If that's the case, choosing a combination that opens up more doors is something to consider. If she intends to study in the local unis, Physics is listed as a requirement in more courses than Bio. Something to think about. Is there one she enjoys better?

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          jtoh:
          A better tomorrow:

          Hi everyone πŸ™‚ dd loves to overthink about things so recently she is thinking of subject combinations and I don't know if it's too early to think about this ( she has not even submitted her choices! ) but should dd choose biology or physics ? She is very conflicted between the two of them . She says she is most probably going to do the typical pcme/bcme


          Her predicament is not unusual. Many students do not know what they would like to study in the uni at 16. If that's the case, choosing a combination that opens up more doors is something to consider. If she intends to study in the local unis, Physics is listed as a requirement in more courses than Bio. Something to think about. Is there one she enjoys better?

          My daughter was in that position too, except that she isn't considering medicine. I agree with jtoh - if she really has no preference, then Physics is a requirement in more courses compared to Bio (in local universities, overseas may be different). Or go by whichever she prefers to study on purely personal grounds. My daughter chose Physics in the end as she prefers it to Bio. If it turns out that she needs to learn Bio later, she will just have to.

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            A better tomorrow
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            Dd loves biology and physics but has a greater passion for biology . For biology ,she is competent in most of the topics in secondary school syllabus , but dd is afraid that she can’t cope with all the memorizing as we heard that the content is much more than in secondary school . She likes physics and knows that there are more local uni courses requiring physics as a prerequisite than bio and there is less memorizing as compared to bio but there are some topics (mostly under electricity) that she is not good at . She is sure that she does not want to do engineering in the future though.

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              A better tomorrow:
              Dd loves biology and physics but has a greater passion for biology . For biology ,she is competent in most of the topics in secondary school syllabus , but dd is afraid that she can't cope with all the memorizing as we heard that the content is much more than in secondary school . She likes physics and knows that there are more local uni courses requiring physics as a prerequisite than bio and there is less memorizing as compared to bio but there are some topics (mostly under electricity) that she is not good at . She is sure that she does not want to do engineering in the future though.

              Bio is content heavy so you have to keep up with the reading. If she's passionate about Bio I don't think it'll be too much of an issue. Many of the courses which have physics as a prerequisite are engineering-related, so if your dd is sure she's not going to do engineering then consider bio as she has more of a passion for it.

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                jtoh:
                A better tomorrow:

                Dd loves biology and physics but has a greater passion for biology . For biology ,she is competent in most of the topics in secondary school syllabus , but dd is afraid that she can't cope with all the memorizing as we heard that the content is much more than in secondary school . She likes physics and knows that there are more local uni courses requiring physics as a prerequisite than bio and there is less memorizing as compared to bio but there are some topics (mostly under electricity) that she is not good at . She is sure that she does not want to do engineering in the future though.


                Bio is content heavy so you have to keep up with the reading. If she's passionate about Bio I don't think it'll be too much of an issue. Many of the courses which have physics as a prerequisite are engineering-related, so if your dd is sure she's not going to do engineering then consider bio as she has more of a passion for it.

                What are the uni courses that requires bio? DS doesn't want to do engineering, IT or research.

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                  ngl2010:
                  jtoh:

                  [quote=\"A better tomorrow\"]Dd loves biology and physics but has a greater passion for biology . For biology ,she is competent in most of the topics in secondary school syllabus , but dd is afraid that she can't cope with all the memorizing as we heard that the content is much more than in secondary school . She likes physics and knows that there are more local uni courses requiring physics as a prerequisite than bio and there is less memorizing as compared to bio but there are some topics (mostly under electricity) that she is not good at . She is sure that she does not want to do engineering in the future though.


                  Bio is content heavy so you have to keep up with the reading. If she's passionate about Bio I don't think it'll be too much of an issue. Many of the courses which have physics as a prerequisite are engineering-related, so if your dd is sure she's not going to do engineering then consider bio as she has more of a passion for it.

                  What are the uni courses that requires bio? DS doesn't want to do engineering, IT or research.[/quote]http://www.nus.edu.sg/oam/apply/local/prerequisites/BYA-prerequisites.html

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                    ngl2010
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                    :thankyou: jtoh!

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                      ngl2010:
                      :thankyou: jtoh!

                      You're welcome. πŸ™‚ Your ds is in JC already?

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                        jtoh:
                        ngl2010:

                        :thankyou: jtoh!


                        You're welcome. πŸ™‚ Your ds is in JC already?

                        Not yet. Year 4 this year πŸ˜„

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