That statement can be misleading to your juniors.
H2 Chem isn't any easier than H2 Bio (in fact, the % of A
graders is higher for H2 Bio compared to H2 Chem, nationally
speaking), rather, it's that H2 Bio has more content required to be
memorized than both H2 Chem + H2 Physics combined.
H2 Bio is mostly memorization, H2 Phys is mostly understanding,
and H2 Chem requires equal measure of both. But all 3 of the H2
Sciences are equally difficult, that's why all are considered H2
(not H1 or H3).
That's the real reason (ie. memory work) why you can't do last
minute reading for Bio, it's way too much to memorize at the last
minute.
But you can't do last minute understanding for H2 Chem or H2
Phys either, you've to understand and apply the content
consistently throughout the year, then (and only then) can last
minute revision be of any use. Otherwise, last minute reading won't
help your H2 Chem or H2 Phys, anymore than it can (or can't) for H2
Bio.
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Btw MapPwner, you're now serving NS waiting for your A level
results at the end of Feb, correct? If so, what are your Uni plans?
Or you took your A levels a few years back? And you've already
ORD'ed and are in Uni liao?
Nope,I'm currently a J2 this year,so will prob know my A lvl
chinese results only at end Feb(Its prob bad oh well),and PW
results at end march-early april.
I think my cohort agreed that our school bio notes was somewhat
messy and not straight to the point,from the first banded class all
the way to the last class.Eventually the teachers heard about it
and my class somewhat got scolded about it,and were told that they
shouldn't be doing the job that students should do,which is making
notes.
I didn't really last minute study H2 Bio,in fact I revised for
like 1 month before that all the way but chem like 2-3 days before
exam,in the end promos B(my school promo cohort only had 2% A,and
15%B for bio),h2 chem instead had 24%A,25.25%B.But these stats are
said to be way better than last year according to teachers.
Its not really misleading,given the syallabus change this year
onwards for H2 Bio,a lot of questions in the paper are now rather
inferential and context based,like the 20 marks essay question in
p2 which requires application of some content to something else one
hasn't learnt before and also in p3 whereby the new scientific
paper question is based on good reading skills of the preamble to
craft your answers.Even for my school promos,some of the questions
were really tough,due to the fact that you have never seen them
before.
Anyways,after taking my first bio and chem test in j2,the chem
paper standard has legit risen to a new level comparable to
difficulty of doing h2 bio also according to my frens,which I can't
really feel the difference.