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    • P Offline
      pojo
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      I need help 95:
      Mdm Koh:

      If you really, really want to do your 'O' levels, why didn't you study hard for your 'N' levels?


      got some problems at home .....

      If you enrol at a private school for 'O' levels, you would still have these problems. Right?

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        pojo
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        meinteel:
        It seems to me that your sole reason of wanting to do your GCE O levels is so that you can qualify for Polytechnic education - probably because you don't want to be looked down upon by others. Personally, I think it is a good start. Just a few points I hope you would consider.


        1. GCE O Levels is much harder than your GCE N levels. Judging by your N level score, you not only need to study for your O level syllabus, you would need to revise your N level syllabus within the year of examinations. This meant that you must work doubly hard just to qualify for polytechnic education.

        2. Doing your GCE O Levels doesn't automatically qualify you for Polytechnic courses. Polytechnic admission is based on L1R4. Most courses have a cut off of about 18 (Average of Bs) and popular ones can go as low as 8 (Average of As).

        3. Doing your NITEC & then Higher NITEC qualifies you for Polytechnic education as well.

        I believe you would stand a higher chance getting into the polytechnic course you want by studying hard at ITE and getting your Higher NITEC certificate rather than hoping to do well for GCE O levels after having done badly at N Levels.
        I quite agree with the views of meinteel here. Seems like the solution for you is to study hard no matter where you are. Your problem appears to be that given the opportunity, you did not put in the effort needed to get good results. Why bother with others who don't perform well. They are everywhere no matter where you go. Just concentrate on your goal, put in effort and study hard to achieve what you want.

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          koguma
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          I need help 95:
          sorry to disturb anyone my language may be offensive in anyway. I'm not a parent or whatever i just graguated from st andrews and i failed my NA lvls badly i got 21 points i'm currently studying at ite as a nitec student . i want to study o lvl BADDLY !! ite is really not suitable for me i really can't study in that eviriment espesially with the NT people it's not i look down on them or whatever but the reason of not liking is most of them are immature not like i very mature or whatever but ya i really can't study there i'm findding some ways to study olvl but i got a few problems firstly i don't know where to start finding i went to lots of priv school to see and then don't really have any part time intake or something like that .secondly i really dont want to waste my parents money... and thirdly if it's impossible to start now i can start next year but for the time being what part time school can i go to so that i wont have any gap after i leave sec school ....I'm seriously kind of lost here and i REALLY REALLY want to go poly i don't want to be some ah beng or some malay wannabe that repeat and repeat(sorry no offence :/) can anyone please give me some directions ? i have no one to talk to........ thank you

          Your posting has offended me, as a uncle who has a nephew who is currently studying in ITE. You sound like those \"elite\" who generalise how ITE students behave and looks down on them !! What make you think that ITE students are \"some ah beng or some malay wannabe that repeat and repeat\" ????? Time to grow up small boy, I think you are more immature that those NITEC students that I came across !!!!! OMG !!!!!!

          To answer your question, try contact MDIS. I understand they have Preparatory Course for Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education (Ordinary Level) Examination Programme (http://www.mdiscollege.edu.sg/gce-o-level-private-secondary-school.html).

          You can also choose to re-sit for your NA level again, before sitting for your O level. A score of 21 for NA is not good, and based on your posting above, you really need to study hard to improve your English.

          Btw, do you know that you can go to Poly after your NITEC course? Alternativelty, complete your NITEC, continue your Higher NITEC, before going to Poly.

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            I need help 95
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            koguma:
            I need help 95:

            sorry to disturb anyone my language may be offensive in anyway. I'm not a parent or whatever i just graguated from st andrews and i failed my NA lvls badly i got 21 points i'm currently studying at ite as a nitec student . i want to study o lvl BADDLY !! ite is really not suitable for me i really can't study in that eviriment espesially with the NT people it's not i look down on them or whatever but the reason of not liking is most of them are immature not like i very mature or whatever but ya i really can't study there i'm findding some ways to study olvl but i got a few problems firstly i don't know where to start finding i went to lots of priv school to see and then don't really have any part time intake or something like that .secondly i really dont want to waste my parents money... and thirdly if it's impossible to start now i can start next year but for the time being what part time school can i go to so that i wont have any gap after i leave sec school ....I'm seriously kind of lost here and i REALLY REALLY want to go poly i don't want to be some ah beng or some malay wannabe that repeat and repeat(sorry no offence :/) can anyone please give me some directions ? i have no one to talk to........ thank you

            šŸ™‚ tsk but really .....in sg ......first thing you hear ite what you think off dont lie to yourself yes i never say i was mature . i'm immature but at least i know what sgporeans think of ite .....and uncle you never know hows the feeling of being look down when youre a student from so freaking sec school first day of school all the teacher ask what school am i from ....they replied with the ans why the f are you in ite ..... please most sgporeans think lowly of ite and i'm not a elite or what so ever so what i'm from some good school it's just a shell ...and if youre offended youre immature as well lol



            Your posting has offended me, as a uncle who has a nephew who is currently studying in ITE. You sound like those \"elite\" who generalise how ITE students behave and looks down on them !! What make you think that ITE students are \"some ah beng or some malay wannabe that repeat and repeat\" ????? Time to grow up small boy, I think you are more immature that those NITEC students that I came across !!!!! OMG !!!!!!

            To answer your question, try contact MDIS. I understand they have Preparatory Course for Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education (Ordinary Level) Examination Programme (http://www.mdiscollege.edu.sg/gce-o-level-private-secondary-school.html).

            You can also choose to re-sit for your NA level again, before sitting for your O level. A score of 21 for NA is not good, and based on your posting above, you really need to study hard to improve your English.

            Btw, do you know that you can go to Poly after your NITEC course? Alternativelty, complete your NITEC, continue your Higher NITEC, before going to Poly.

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              alng
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              I need help 95, if you do not look down on yourself, no one can look down on you. It is your attitude that will determine your success, not what others think and say of you. It is also your attitude that will lead to your downfall, not what others think and say of you. There are ITE graduates who move on to poly and then university. All the best!

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