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    Should my child drop to combined science?

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      wilburlim
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      In the end, it depends entirely on the student’s objectives and assessment of what he/she wants. Ultimately, they are going to reap what they have sowed, and I am affirmative that if they put in hard work consistently, for real, scoring A1 for a pure science subject would not be a bane at all. Some students tend to think that it is a stigma to drop to combined science. They know themselves well, and if they do not think that they have the aptitude to do well in this abstruse subject, then it would be apt to relinquish the subject.


      In a nutshell, education is similar to gambling, but it does not involve massive sums of money of course, unless if you consider tuition, enrichment courses, etc. If you choose this subject out of your own volition, you take it and excel it. Yes, there is a way to drop the subject, but you can do so after a year studying the subject. After that, there is no way Cambridge is going to reimburse your exam fees.

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        jacktutor
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        Combined science is not a bad thing. I have one student taking combined science but using the assessment books for pure physics and chemistry instead. In this case, student has a higher chance of getting A for combined science, and yet she would still not lose out if she choose to continue to do science in JC or University levels because of the pure science tuition I’m giving her.

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          germalux
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          what is difference between combined science and pure science??

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            jacktutor
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            germalux:
            what is difference between combined science and pure science??

            Combined science generally covers less scope and is usually easier than pure physics or chemistry.

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              Therealknight
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              Is it possible for my son to promote from sec 3 combined sci to pure science if he gets 80 percent overall and 1r5 of 9 .Have there been any such cases?

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                floppy
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                Is it possible for my son to promote from sec 3 combined sci to pure science if he gets 80 percent overall and 1r5 of 9 .Have there been any such cases?
                Not possible. Syllabus is different.

                Doing well in combined science does not guaranteed that the student will be doing well in pure sciences (combined sciences have lesser depth compared to the pure science subjects). Plus, time is short if he is taking his O Level at the end of sec 4. He probably won't be able to catch up the missing components and school is unlikely to help him make up (the missing components from sec 3) during regular classes.

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                  Icylin
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                  If the child is going JC, I think pure science is important

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                    JJ1111
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                    Icylin\" post_id=\"1902778\" time=\"1552603691\" user_id=\"175959:

                    If the child is going JC, I think pure science is important
                    If going Art stream, pure science is not important.

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                      Steven Cheng
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                      Pure science will give depth to the student. The student can engage a tutor to exist him or her.


                      Either way, scoring in combined sciences should be not much of an issue in my honest opinion.

                      Cheers

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                        phtthp
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                        Hi


                        a friend of mine, her child @end of Sec 2 streaming this year (2020), was allocated Combined Science, so now is looking for tuition centre in Combined Science (Physics / Chemistry), as the new academic year Y2021 is starting soon.

                        If you happen to come across such tuition centre, appreciate if can share name of the tuition centre, because
                        a lot of tuition centre here offer Pure Physics & Pure Chem.
                        But not many offered Combined Science tuition.

                        Thank you. Appreciated

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