Continue JC or take Private A levels

[timmychan]

The grades required for to enter local uni is different for Cambridge international a level and sg a level… Call up schools to check… Cause the international is supposedly easier

[FrekiWang]

1. Teacher not seemingly to be good? Teachers are allocated based on their residental address by MOE. Teachers teaching in IJC/YJC have the same qualifications as those in NJC/VJC, they are teaching there just because they stay not too far way.


2. A private school is ridiculous, it is mainly for JC students who fail the A level after two years, so that students can have another chance after a round of revision.

3. Entry to a local university requires 3H2 (20 each) +1H1+1GP+1PW (10 each) +HMT/H1 MT(up to 3 bonus point), full point is 90/90. Once you choose not to take A level in a government JC, you will not take PW and the maximum total you will get is a 80/90, which means you are automatically disqualified for 1/3 of the courses, i.e. the hottest ones. A JC candidate scoring ABC/CCC get 75, but a private candidate scoring ABB/BB only gets 72.5. 75 can secure a place in engineering, but 72.5 may not.

[Mdm Koh]

Why don’t you stay and prove your ex-classmates wrong? If they mock you for attending a not-so-good JC, what do you think of their character?


Do you think they will stop mocking you after you change schools?

What should you do, really, to get them to stop making those remarks?

[Yonghao123]

Thanks for all the great advice your have been giving me,but now even if i stay in there i do not really have much option as i am in arts, my subject comb is H2 Geog,Eng Lit,Econs H1 math. Although its not that bad of a combination, but i have been spending most of my time yesterday researching and i think science will be better as i will have more option in case i cannot meet the requirement for Accounting. But my school does not allow me to take Science as i only got B3 in comb sci PHY Chem and i did not take A math in o level. So i am really lost at what to do.

[Mdm Koh]

If you can’t get what you want, try to make the best of what you have? Having too many options is not always a good thing. Although you got a B3, it was for Combined Physics and Chem. I’m not sure if it’s a good idea for you to opt for the Science stream where you’ll have to take those subjects at H2 level.


I feel that last year’s combined science students were somewhat disadvantaged, because I heard from a number of students that the papers and practicals were very challenging, especially for Physics. But the die has been cast, so what can you do, right? If you’re really not interested in the arts stream at all, you should seriously consider switching to poly?

[Millicent]

Friends who mock at you aren’t your friends. Move on and make new friends who will encourage and support you. Be resilient, persevere, stay focused and tell yourself that you can perform much better than them during your A-Levels next year. If you can’t get into the Science stream, do your personal best in the Arts stream. Just to share, I was a triple Science student who chose to go to the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in NUS to major in Arts/Social Science subjects that I had never taken before. If I can do it, I am sure you can.

[CuriousHippo]

Yonghao123, if you believe this phrase "Things happen for a purpose." Ignore the negative remarks, go for the JC. Go with your heart and you will decide the path. No regrets with whatever outcome. It is a precious chance that many may not be that blessed to get!


I passed this phrase to my DS who is now in sec1. This phrase comes out automatically from him when things don’t happen as what he originally hope for. He is having more positive attitude and realised that there is more surprising and better outcome in store for him at the end of each path.

All the best to you!