JC or Poly?
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anxious.dad:
Thank you so much for the link!Subject Combi offered at the Jurong Pioneer JC and CJC.
https://jpjc.moe.edu.sg/about/subject-combinations
https://cjc.moe.edu.sg/admission/subject-combinations-2019 -
.zeit:
Thank u.. will definitely ask her to watch it.. few more days to convince her.Perhaps Clara's daughter can watch Ong Ye Kung's video (Facebook, 8 Jan). One girl failed twice in A levels (Arts) and subsequently moved on to poly comms.
Good to call on both JCs to check which Elective papers (Paper 2 English Renaissance or Paper 3 The Mind and Self) they are preparing their students for. Paper 1 is compulsory and the books are all classics, so not to worry too much. I think I'd freak out if Paper 2 is the elective your JC is doing.
It's not a guarantee that you'll score A/B grade in H2 Lit if you had A1 for O level E.Lit. But take heart that your girl will breeze thru GP.
Since she's scored an unexpected C6 in Humanities, that means History is quite out for her. Moreover, Paper 2 H2 History (Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Philippines, etc.) looks boring to me, but useful if you wish to pursue international relations.
https://www.seab.gov.sg/docs/default-source/national-examinations/syllabus/alevel/2019syllabus/9509_2019aa7bb4ce11764962b33e8575314e5c4b.pdf
https://www.seab.gov.sg/docs/default-source/national-examinations/syllabus/alevel/2019Syllabus/9752_2019.pdf -
Clar06:
If she die die want to go to JC, then as the others say, put those 3 JC Arts courses as first choices. Then decide whether to put poly and/or MI as latter choices. Booklet says up to 12 choices right? If posted to JC, take the Arts subject combinations with H1 maths. 16 points sure can get into MI Arts or Commerce, hence so long as it is somewhere in the choices, should be ok.More like just JC coz some of her friends dsa into jc thru sports with lower grades than her. It’s more like she feels kind of left out if that she can’t make into a JC.
Sometimes I think it could be our fault for not giving her the science tuition earlier. She only start her chem after sec 3 and no tuition for bio.. :stupid: coz she always did better for her bio as compared to chem.. do we thot she should do fine.
However, you need to have a good talk with her about JC - no point going to JC and then end up with A-level results that are neither here nor there. So, she must really work hard if she wants to do A-levels in two years in a JC instead of three years at MI. -
Yes… will talk to her again about it. Heard of colleagues kid can’t make it to any course in Uni… so now not sure what to do next… juz waiting to be enlisted into the army. I really don’t want that to happen to her. At least with a poly dip, she still can get a job first before deciding if she wants to further her studies. Anyway if her ultimate goal is a business degree, I think poly isn’t a bad choice. Just convincing her is tough…
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For poly students to enter uni has to be top 5% whole cohort one. Otherwise CMI. Stuck at diploma level. Pursuing degree wil be depend on parents $…
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floppy:
There’s a difference between disliking numbers (numerals) and disliking math concepts. Hence, when you dislike maths, which of the two are you really disliking?
In my case - both? Numbers don't make a whole of sense to me beyond the basics (even though I got an A in A level Maths which I mostly did by rote learning and many hours of practice). For more complex mathematical concepts, I generally have to \"translate\" them to words to really understand them! My husband (who is a mathematician) has long figured out that I just can't really \"see\" things in numbers, while it comes naturally to him. My eyes glaze over when I see a page of numbers, and I have to force myself to go through them if I really have to. So asking me to take Accountancy was a crazy idea. -
Clar06:
I am not so sure, but I heard that if a student got posted into a JC, he can still switch to a poly course within the first month if he feels JC is not right?
If things haven't changed in the past 5 years, that's true. My daughter had several classmates who started in MI in Feb, then switched to poly in Apr. But I don't know how they went about getting those places in poly - maybe they had to appeal? And it would be dependent on whether there was a vacancy in that course. Some did 1 year in MI, then switched during the 2nd year - presumably they applied to poly during their 1st year. -
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floppy:
There’s a difference between disliking numbers (numerals) and disliking math concepts. Hence, when you dislike maths, which of the two are you really disliking?slmkhoo:
[quote=\"floppy\"]That said, the problem with Business and Accountancy, the 10th percentile IGP is ABB/B and AAB/C (using NUS as a reference). So she will need to score very well, no matter her subjects combination.
Well, the hope is that since she has dropped Sciences, her 3 H2 subjects will be more suited to her abilities and interests, and she can do better. That's what I told my daughter when she went to MI, and although she didn't do exceedingly well, she got into a course which she is interested in. A great relief to me!
Frankly, would a person who doesn't like Maths want to study Accountancy? I remember having a big fight with my father over this when I was 19. I still don't like numbers now, and can't imagine how I would have survived if I took Accountancy.
As for the 3H2 subjects, based on her subject scores, I can identify Lit as one. Can’t think of another 2 strong ones. It will most likely have to be Econs and sometime else. MI has the ‘advantage’ of offering POA, but today’s JC no longer has the commerce stream.
The challenge for going to JC isn’t about getting in... it’s about doing well enough to get something out of it, especially if the aim is for popular courses.[/quote]Floppy,
U are absolutely right. Studying in JC is totally different from secondary school times. Any subjects are going to be tough. If one scores below average, it left with little choice for uni courses’ selection. -
isetan:
The reality is
Floppy,floppy:
The challenge for going to JC isn’t about getting in... it’s about doing well enough to get something out of it, especially if the aim is for popular courses.
U are absolutely right. Studying in JC is totally different from secondary school times. Any subjects are going to be tough. If one scores below average, it left with little choice for uni courses’ selection.
Those who go to Polytechnic, graduated with a Diploma, with skills relevant in an industry -
Can still find a job.
However, those who graduated with an A-level certificate, from a JC -
Cannot find a job, unless they proceed onward to a recognised university.
So, if one don't do well at A-level, cannot enter into a proper university, then they have wasted 2 years of their precious golden time of youth, in a JC.
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