Networking Group - JCs General
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sembgal\" post_id=\"2100670\" time=\"1678463707\" user_id=\"5559:
Thanks for sharing the link.
Thank you to all helpful parents here. By understanding how the new system works is important.
In 2026, University admission will be a different ball game where choice matters more towards choice of what to study when more students are able to achieve RP70.
On the other hand, will there be balloting for popular courses such as Medicine, Computer Science etc in future? Will University set a target of top 5% from each JC to be admitted for interview shortlist for popular courses? This is to spread out the students across all JC that all schools are good schools.
I heard to study law, they will take in top 5 from all JCs in Singapore. I read this news previously - Top 5% of students in any JC or MI to be eligible for NUS Law test and interview shortlist
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/parenting-education/top-5-of-students-in-any-jc-or-millennia-institute-to-be-eligible-for
It said, the places are increased, not taken from those top jcs. But it's only for interview chance, shortlisted. So i interpret it as those top students eg raw 6, net 2, need not worry abt missing out if they choose a mid tier jc vs a top jc. -
Vevey\" post_id=\"2100669\" time=\"1678463488\" user_id=\"1350:
ABA is not new. Applies to national levels type.
Hello hello...
Another public service announcement, hope not another bombshell like my casual mention of Olevels & Alevels results found in Singpass. 😂
Was debating to post here or university thread but thought it will be more useful here for potential applicants to get themselves ready in x years.
NUS joined the holistic assessment bandwagon of SMU & SiT for ALL its degree programs this year.
https://www.nus.edu.sg/oam/undergraduate-programmes/aptitude-based-admission
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sembgal\" post_id=\"2100596\" time=\"1678409179\" user_id=\"5559:
Hi sembgal,
Can I reconfirm that it is no longer necessary to take H2 PCME but just focus on H2 PCM ?
GP is H1 but it is compulsory subject, can it be used for admission to University, without taking H1 Economics?
How about those aiming for scholarships? Will 4H2 put them at better positions to get selected for interviews ?
still need to take a contrasting subject.
can take a look at
how they compute the maximum, 70 points new A-level system :-
https://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=101558&start=3040 -
I hope that with this reduced emphasis on academic achievement (how many of us can do better then Chat GPT ) students can learn more to think about how the theoretical subjects they are studying can have real world applications. For example, when they learn about electricity (is it P5 or P6?) they can also be taught how to change a plug. I hope our kids can also learn to link how simle actions they do can have a bigger impact. For example, how to check if the electrical rice cooker is not working, it may simply require a change of fuse in the plug (or is there another fuse somewhere else?). No need to throw away the whole appliance and contribute further to our growing pile of waste. Or simply be really bored enough to sit by a stream and philosophise that water is made up of tiny, indivisible particle (which thousands of years later led to the discovery of molecules, atoms, quarks and quasers).
Actually, I think that all of us should try to think about the "BIG PICTURE". Too much focus on the details and how to get one up from tweeking the details is taking our society down a path of individual selfishness and short term gain at the expense of the larger long term improvement for all. -
Laura02\" post_id=\"2102275\" time=\"1679531144\" user_id=\"26419:
Agree with you in general. I would add things like simple sewing and cooking, and gluing of broken items and shoes, etc. But not to actually change plugs (see below).
I hope that with this reduced emphasis on academic achievement (how many of us can do better then Chat GPT ) students can learn more to think about how the theoretical subjects they are studying can have real world applications. For example, when they learn about electricity (is it P5 or P6?) they can also be taught how to change a plug. I hope our kids can also learn to link how simle actions they do can have a bigger impact. For example, how to check if the electrical rice cooker is not working, it may simply require a change of fuse in the plug (or is there another fuse somewhere else?). No need to throw away the whole appliance and contribute further to our growing pile of waste. Or simply be really bored enough to sit by a stream and philosophise that water is made up of tiny, indivisible particle (which thousands of years later led to the discovery of molecules, atoms, quarks and quasers).
Actually, I think that all of us should try to think about the \"BIG PICTURE\". Too much focus on the details and how to get one up from tweeking the details is taking our society down a path of individual selfishness and short term gain at the expense of the larger long term improvement for all.
A story - I decided to teach my girls how to change plugs (years ago now), only to reliase that, these days, most appliances come with plugs sealed onto the cables! I learned to change plugs as a girl, and it came in very useful when I studied overseas as I lived in a very old building with a type of plug (now obsolete) that adaptors couldn't be found for. I had to change the plugs for my rice cooker, kettle and hairdryer when I moved in, and also had to change the plug of my hairdryer at the beginning and end of each vacation! My father never envisioned that his lesson would come in so useful. -
lol slmkhoo! Gone are the days you can change plugs and mod appliances in the UK!
Nowadays, even at university halls/hostels, many require every occupant to undergo a PAT (electrical equipment testing) and you got to declare all your equipment/appliances for the electrician to check, and determine whether they are allowed to be used! -
Laura02\" post_id=\"2102275\" time=\"1679531144\" user_id=\"26419:
Is ChatGPT giving the correct answers all the time?
how many of us can do better then Chat GPT
I posted a question to it, written in 2 slightly different ways. See attached screen shots for my questions and how ChatGPT replies in both times.
https://postimg.cc/yWL0mMck
https://postimg.cc/JsfNyjJx
a CEO has many staffs at his disposal to propose business plans/ press releases etc. quite like we have at our disposal ChatGPT now. The CEO job is to judge the proposed plans and take responsibility for them. Just like we have to judge ChatGPT output and take responsibility for their usage. A CEO has to be well
educated to make sound judgements. We still have to be continue educated to utilised ChatGPT well?
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doodbug\" post_id=\"2102288\" time=\"1679533438\" user_id=\"13281:
If anyone wants to see the old sockets I had in my college room in the 1980s:
lol slmkhoo! Gone are the days you can change plugs and mod appliances in the UK!
Nowadays, even at university halls/hostels, many require every occupant to undergo a PAT (electrical equipment testing) and you got to declare all your equipment/appliances for the electrician to check, and determine whether they are allowed to be used!
https://www.plugsocketmuseum.nl/OldBritish1.html
They were the smallest ones - pix 3 & 6. According to this site, it was installed from the 1930s to 1950s. -
Agree that sewing and cooking are a few useful skills to have… and learning them can be fun when it’s through VIA / outdoor camps (gotten basic skills from food-design lessons in school).
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bbbay\" post_id=\"2102298\" time=\"1679537321\" user_id=\"175278:
To be fair to ChatGPT, this question has no answer yet.
Is ChatGPT giving the correct answers all the time?
I posted a question to it, written in 2 slightly different ways. See attached screen shots for my questions and how ChatGPT replies in both times.
https://postimg.cc/yWL0mMck
https://postimg.cc/JsfNyjJx
a CEO has many staffs at his disposal to propose business plans/ press releases etc. quite like we have at our disposal ChatGPT now. The CEO job is to judge the proposed plans and take responsibility for them. Just like we have to judge ChatGPT output and take responsibility for their usage. A CEO has to be well
educated to make sound judgements. We still have to be continue educated to utilised ChatGPT well?
ChatGPT is not designed to do future prediction, perhaps not yet...never know how fancy Elon Musk and his team will go.
Computing is always GIGO.
1. If a question is still in a state of confusion, the answer is surely confused, can't blame ChatGPT.
2. If a question has a definitive answer existing somewhere, then if ChatGPT makes the mistake, it is a programming fault. (that's your point which is valid if a definitive answer exists)
3. If a question has a definitive answer existing somewhere, then if ChatGPT makes no mistake no matter how the question is being asked, then you know ChatGPT is getting as close as you know to a real human and better. It is definitely a possibility because answering something with a definitive answer is their forte that no man can beat.
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