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Was wondering anyone with experience of changing CCAs half way at this time. Any tips if my reason for change is not compelling?

What CCA are you intending to change to?

Possible consequences of not taking a CCA in JC?

heard ASRJC is about 75% As, one or two classes all As but there were a couple of other classes with at least half or even more of the class getting Bs.

Hello genevaong


Am a mother of a JC3 waiting for her As results.
My dd is also hoping to enter medicine faculty, and is currently working at a nearby clinic as receptionist.

I would support that you advise your dd to not take on any CCAs for the next 2 years and focus on her studies, and take on 2-3 volunteer opportunities during her holidays (perhaps just 1-2 during March and September holidays) to show her passion in contributing to society. This can be far more impactful compared to being a councillor. Allow her to join her school's internship opportunity during her post-promos since she does not have PW, and have her join the healthcare sector for internship if she has really made up her mind on stepping on the medicine career. If she does well enough during her mid-year blocks, you could encourage her to join Orientation next year as a facilitator, but on conditions that she does not neglect her studies like she did last year (according to various reasons you may have found to be the cause of her retention). In JC2, you could have her continue her volunteer opportunities, and perhaps stop by end of June holidays. This would be a good time to halt all external commitments and focus on her prelims and As for a final boost. After her As, I would advise a month's off from any work and to understand with regards to how she feel she did for As, and to bring her on a holiday or something to let her relax. After that, you could support her to work at polyclinics or any general practitioner's clinic, and to also continue participating in volunteer opportunities.

Remember, this 2 years is not a race for the most shining portfolio, but her own marathon to her own aspiration, and also a marathon for her to strengthen her academics and build her portfolio consistently but slowly. She can always add good shining points into her portfolio after As if her heart is really into medicine.
If she can make this work, I believe her retention story can be the ultimate obstacle of her life that can win over the interview panel. Many has been saying that medicine interviews now look beyond academics. With academics will buy you the interview ticket, but during the interview, how you win yourself the offer ticket is how you can put your own success story forth. They say that they focus alot now on whether applicants have faced any obstacles during their path of studying, and many can spin up a tale, but I believe that your dd's retention story can be the most realistic one that can buy her the offer ticket from the university.

But first, she has to make her academics work.

phtthp:

I know that there are A-level students with a string of perfect 4As, who got rejected by NUS Medical school.

To me, if one is a Repeat student, still want to pursue medicine, perhaps consider overseas, still got chance.

There was a graduate from Anderson Junior College who was matriculated into NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in August/September last year who was also a retainee. Heard she was from Choir.