Vanilla Cake:

Is this http://www.problemsums.com/index.php helpful?

Hi Vanilla Cake
Thanks for your tip! I've read some of your past posts in this website, and you have shared many good points and suggestions. Much appreciated!

phankao:

But yeah, if the child wants to be a doctor, and doesn't take Biology, then he/she probably cannot go into medical school. But...if that child is not very good in biology in the 1st place....shouldn't think of taking that subject, much less go to medical school ! That's why i say ... let them choose the subjects that they are good in.

From the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in NUS:
\"What subject combination must I have?
To be eligible for Medicine, candidates must have Chemistry at 'A' level and either Biology or Physics in addition to Chemistry. The 'triple science' combination is no longer required for Medicine, and candidates who present the 'triple science' have no advantage in the admissions process. \"

So CHEMISTRY is the absolute necessary subject in order to study medicine; not Biology....for the info of all aspiring doctors out there....

But I get phankao's point, which is, choose the subjects that you are good in. I fully agree with that.

Interest in the subject is very important too. My eldest son who is in RI (Sec 4), chose the combination of Chemistry, Physics and Geog. Maths is a compulsory subject. He is doing Chem and Geog at the harder RA (Raffles Academy) level and he chose to do these subjects out of pure interest - so that's what keeps him going when the workload gets really heavy.

This question has been bugging me for a long time - my youngest son is good in maths meaning he understands all the concepts and are able to do the sums....BUT he will lose many marks due to pure carelessness. Imagine, he can add or subtract wrongly! How can carelessness in maths be solved?


Thanks for suggestions.

ks2me:

I am curious where my kid's school stand so I went to do the statistics so might as well share with KSP like-minded parents of the top ten schools... :celebrate:


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Hi, if the criteria is the TOTAL number of awards received by a school, then the 10th school (or should it be at 9th position?) would be Ai Tong School with 16 awards - Gold, Silver and Bronze. But they don't have any Platinum. Also not a GEP school. For info only.