All About A Levels

[mindays]

True enough, value-add is important.


I have sources about NYJC's A Level 2015 Math's Distinction Rate. The percentage of students getting 'As' for H2 Mathematics is well above 60%. NYJC's math paper is comparable to HCI too.

In summary
HCI's distinction rate is approx. 80%
RI's distinction rate is approx. 75%
NY's distinction rate is approx. 65%

Do share information if you know

[engp9463]

So complicated.

[Parentstar]

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Please help my son in completing this survey for his JC project work!

[TheGPTutor]

2016 GP A-Level Paper


1. ‘Any adaptation of a novel for film, television or the theatre is never as effective as the original.’

2. Assess the view that traditional buildings have no future in your society.

3. ‘Longer life expectancy creates more problems than benefits.’ Discuss.

4. Considering the money involved, should developing countries be allowed to host major sporting events?

5. ‘Human need, rather than profit, should always be the main concern of scientific research.’ Discuss.

6. ‘Countries experiencing conflict should be left to sort out their own problems.’ How far do you agree?

7. How far has modern technology made it unnecessary for individuals to possess mathematical skills?

8. ‘People who do the most worthwhile jobs rarely receive the best financial rewards.’ To what extent is this true of your society?

9. Evaluate the claim that equality of opportunity for females is desirable, but unrealistic, goal.

10. Assess the view that most natural disasters are the result of human activity.

11. Is competition always desireable?

12. ‘Everyone has an opinion, but not everyone’s opinion is of equal value.’ What is your view?


A fairly broad paper that focuses on the format prior to 2003. There are some questions with topics that are regularly discussed in schools, like Science, Environment, Media, Government & Politics, but the emphasis is on hybrid discussion and evaluation.

Question #3, 5, 6 and 9 are common questions. Their manifestations are not that varied. Any hardworking student who has eye-balled several dozen questions would have come across such questions quite regularly.

For Student Reference Only. All rights belong to Source. I own no rights to the above question set.

[TheGPTutor]

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[paranoidgirl]

Hi everyone! I got my O level results yesterday and my L1R5 is 9 raw, 7 nett.


My dream school was always NYJC (science) but I didn’t make the cut. AJC is very convenient to my house (a direct bus ride of 15 mins) and I do meet the cut-off. I do have a direct bus to NY too, but the bus stop is a few minutes walk from the school.

I’m not sure if I should put NY as my first choice or AJ. If I put NY as first and AJ as second, and if both reject me, logically I’d appeal to AJ as the new cut would definitely be nearer. But I’m afraid that they would not consider my appeal, as they give priority to those who placed the school as their first choice.

But if I put AJ as first choice and if NY really drops to 7 points I’ll hate myself forever lol. Highly unlikely though. I spoke to a NY tutor just now and she said last year they had 5,000 applicants to NY and they only accepted 600. And I’m sure there’ll be more this year with all the hype and advertising done for the sch

So pls do give me your advice/what you’d do if you were in my predicament!!! And perhaps let me know a little more about the culture of the sch/performance at A levels?

I know AJ is very run down but that doesn’t bother me. We go to school to study anyway, not for aesthetics.

Thank you in advance!!

[mindays]

Hello, congratulations on your superb results and I am sorry if this has been a late reply. Having a 7 nett IMO will be safe for AJC’s Science. Though it is tough to get into NY’s Science, you stand a chance if you put NY (science) as the first choice. There’s no harm, because 7 nett can easily get yourself a place in AJC. All the best!

[precioustime96]

GP A Level questions are getting more eccentric by the year…difficult to prepare for.

[CatMoon]

precioustime96:

GP A Level questions are getting more eccentric by the year....difficult to prepare for.

Do GP questions follow a certain type of themes? E.g. community, social?
If so, what type of themes should we look out for?