zbear:DVL:My DD is like your DS, no other tuition other than Higher Chinese till O Lvl. DD was not from any IP school but made it to VJC after O Lvl. DD did not have any tuition during her JC, relied solely on her own, help from her friends and most important of all, her JC teachers. It was a good training for her to prepare her Uni life. DD collected her results recently, she scored distinctions in all her subjects with a total of 90 rank points. Her success was especially sweet as she did it without any tuition. This is not post to brag but to share that it is possible to do well in A Lvl without relying on tuition.
Congrats to your dd for such excellent results.
Sad to say, your dd belongs to the minority who can excel with perfect score without tuition.
should be possible, my nephew just received his result last week, 6 distinctions without any tuition since sec 1