All About A Levels
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1) Usually starts about 7.30 and ends anytime from 2 to 6, depending on your combi and CCA commitment
2) Econs is something O level students never touched before, but given that so many people take H2 Econs nowadays if you do your TYS and study properly it should be fine. Econs at A level is hardly as analytical as history nor nuanced as lit anyway. Similar to geog in terms of skills needed.
3) No need to take H1 CL in JC if you passed O level HMT. No disadvantage not to take.
4) 1st day usually in early Feb or so.
5) Depends. Location, programs offered, CCA offered, subject combi offered.
6) Good thing about 5 point sch is that you likely have abit more special opportunities and support for scholarship/overseas U applications not offered to mainstream JCs. Bad thing is more competition. So up to you. In the end if you want to go to local U (or UK arguably) its only grades that matter, so doesn’t matter which JC you go to. if you want to aim for scholarships or US unis, then you need the CCAs and everything else. -
Hi all.
Can 3 points get into Hwa Chong/Raffles? Like 7 points minus 4 bonus points. I heard it’s only partial? -
Yeah it’s partial. 6-3 is given more priority than 7-4. You can appeal if you can rejected though. Helps to have good CCA track record or leadership positions etc if you’re appealing.
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yoyoyozxc:
Possible but depends on how well the cohort for that year performs. There have been cases where 4 pointers also got in after submitting appeals. All the best!Hi all.
Can 3 points get into Hwa Chong/Raffles? Like 7 points minus 4 bonus points. I heard it's only partial? -
ok thanks for your replies
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hello forumers. i live far away from every jc and there's no direct bus to any of them within walking distance. That means i probably have to take mrt+bus or bus+bus switchings in the early morning and after school, both times when im confirm super tired...Does anyone face the same problem as me? Is buying a car the only way?
How i wish i can live at the hostel or have a school bus to pick me up like in pri sch...i've personally experienced how tiring it is to keep switching transportation in secondary school and was hoping for a change in JC, but no such luck apparently. How do you cope with such an issue? especially when you have to go home in the evening now and squeeze with people on the public transport :nosebleed:
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beezlebubz:
hello forumers. i live far away from every jc and there's no direct bus to any of them within walking distance. That means i probably have to take mrt+bus or bus+bus switchings in the early morning and after school, both times when im confirm super tired...Does anyone face the same problem as me? Is buying a car the only way?
How i wish i can live at the hostel or have a school bus to pick me up like in pri sch...i've personally experienced how tiring it is to keep switching transportation in secondary school and was hoping for a change in JC, but no such luck apparently. How do you cope with such an issue? especially when you have to go home in the evening now and squeeze with people on the public transport :nosebleed:
Where is this place? -
somewhere la aiyo does it matter where i live,
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I thought most students will have to take feeder bus + MRT + bus or feeder bus + bus to their schools. The adults are doing the same to go to work too.
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My history teacher is always lamenting about her sad life in JC with h2 history so i probably will shun from art stream if i were you, plus i hate any content heavy memorizing subject, and in JC the books so thick de T.T
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beezlebubz:
My history teacher is always lamenting about her sad life in JC with h2 history so i probably will shun from art stream if i were you, plus i hate any content heavy memorizing subject, and in JC the books so thick de T.T
There's plenty to memorise in Science stream as well, especially for Biology. It's not just for Arts. -
i didnt know damit lol. excuse my ignorance my social circle is miserably tiny; all my friends either live near the school, have car or have direct bus. oh damm i estimate need 1hour to and fro school again sigh and with the long hours idk how i’ll cope
so stressed. reach home should be 7 or 8 le then still need do homework and stuff.
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beezlebubz:
i didnt know damit lol. excuse my ignorance my social circle is miserably tiny; all my friends either live near the school, have car or have direct bus. oh damm i estimate need 1hour to and fro school again *sigh* and with the long hours idk how i'll cope
so stressed. reach home should be 7 or 8 le then still need do homework and stuff.
When I was in JC, I didn't have a direct bus either - it was either bus+bus or bus+very long walk. Depending on traffic, I think it took me 30-40mins to get home normally, sometimes over an hour.
I sympathize with you because it IS tiring but you need to be practical. You can
a) Live in the school hostel (if there is one)
b) Get a car (I'm assuming you have a driving licence or someone is willing to drive you? Either way, it's a really expensive option)
c) Take taxi everyday
d) Just accept that it is what it is and commute by public transport.
To put this in perspective, I knew a girl who went to NTU and stayed in Marine Parade (ie East to West commute). She didn't have a choice because she went to NIE, but the long commute didn't stop her from becoming valedictorian. It's not impossible, and people get by all the time.
Reaching home by 7 or 8 is still okay - at any rate, I very rarely, if ever, went home that late from school (could have been my choice of CCAs though).You will not be busy throughout the day until you get home, so you should try to make use of your free time during school/ after school to study and do your homework then (I used to do my work during lunch break). Or you can take a nap if you're tired and then work when you get home. Or you can work on the bus/ MRT (I do my readings while travelling).
Long story short: It is doable. It takes getting used to be it's certainly doable. -
Get yourself a mp3 player. Listening to music makes the journeyseems faster. I used to walk 10min, took bus,transfer bus to poly. Journey about an hour. I usually go to the libraw for revision and homework to avoid peak hour during dismissal. .can save ten min travelling and had place to sit.
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Move is one option.
Nonetheless, there are JCs in the north/east/west/central. So there must be one that works for you. Of course, if you only want to go to a certain JC, then it is a choice and you have to live with it. -
I think taking taxi is more expensive than buying a car with 2 years left…lol. well yeah its kind of doable especially for the first few months, but more than that and i’ll be exhausted and more or less not motivated to finish my homework. I get super sleepy after 3.30pm which is usually sec 4’s normal release time and by the time i reach home i would have to take a nap -_- The school’s hostel only accept foreign scholars i thought?? I guess i can stay back after school to do my homework though :O…and my parents wont let me move since JC’s only 2 years hahas. Oh yeah i suppose i might need tuition in JC too… Lastly, yes i kind of just live really far away from all the schools; somewhere in the center with no direct bus routes to any of them. kind of weird huh?? == plus i live 15min away from the mrt. if i can go njc i will be happiest ofcourse since its the nearest. but i guess if my results only allows me to go to one school i’ll have to cope with it anyhow
ehh i have no idea of the homework load o.o its possible to finish it at lunch? how long is lunch?
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beezlebubz:
I think taking taxi is more expensive than buying a car
Not with the current COE prices I think.. -
one trip can cause about $10, in 2 years around $8000 excluding weekends and the 2 months holidays per year. how much is one car that has 2 year left?
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beezlebubz:
one trip can cause about $10, in 2 years around $8000 excluding weekends and the 2 months holidays per year. how much is one car that has 2 year left?
Definitely more than $8000. You are still lucky if it does not breakdown often. -
Among the top two jcs, Hwa Chong and raffles, which is better? I got check the past few years of results in Olympiads, and raffles is dominant mainly. But, I heard from my teacher that HCI is better for science and raffles language or things of that ilk. Oh ya my favorite science is physics, and in the recent junior physics olympiad 2012, Hwa Chong scored most of the gold instead. Is this a sign that Hwa Chong is better in science or physics?
Other than science, I’m not sure which to choose overall…
I like raffles because…
The uniform is nice…and the school logo too. LOL!
The people there are quite nice as I know some of them…
Offer lots of good scholarships, reputable ones
Got raffles diploma to use for scholarships
Long history, established reputation and lots of resources (I think)
Evident results from competitions locally or internationally
Closer than Hwa Chong in location
Mostly middle income family? Or on the average equal in all income groups. Idk but I scared got discrimination later on ;( or sense of inferiority?
I like Hwa Chong because…
The school is super big, nice design.
Also got a lot of school support.
Seems like better support in terms of science
Better science scholarship? I heard, like ASTAR ones although I also heard ASTAR not very good…idk lol. Can’t confirm.
People I know there also quite nice, although I met some very arrogant ones who likes to shoot people off with their flair of language and knowledge… Also I heard there’s lots of rich people study there o.o so there goes the same question again…
And yes the school very Chinese, but I like that! And school spirit seems better when I saw their videos (and songs their students create!)
Their culture I think is the most unique among all schools, who are mostly English派…
However, it’s super far away from me…2-3 hours to and fro minimum? Compared to raffles 1.5 hour minimum. But actually their location also quite cool. I’ve been to that school long ago for competition. The school very big and fengshui, haha.
So what do you think? I need your help!!