Sorry for asking for help at such a late hour but I really need
it and really hope informed and experienced people in the forums
can help me out here..
I did badly for 2014 Os,missing my expected target of 8 (by my
school and leself),getting 10 for L1R5 , minus 3 cus CCA -1, HMT
pass B3
Here is a breakdown of my results
Eng-B3 , looks bad but actually my written english isn't , at
worst it is average person standard (wrt to my school , tanjong
katong sec ) , flunk cus I was left with 30 min to write compo
Combined Humanities - A2 (the bell curve is honestly very low my
class avg during prelims was fail, me included and I barely
studied,only the day before full force )
Geography - A1
E-math - A1
Amath - A2 (dissapointing cus I never got below 84 in school
before , common test and smaller test always full marks )
Physics - A1
Chem - A2 ( pajiao and read 5 questions wrongly , wasting 15
marks )
HMT - B3 , i believe the bell curve is low cus i didnt get above
C5 in school before, maybe its the lucky situational writing
topic
My comments about my results aren't to show off (after all my o
lvl marks are fixed ) its rather to give you all an idea of my
academic performance in school with respect to the individual
topics .
I generally like studying almost everything except for bio and
am prejudiced against lit and would prefer not to take it. Like
most people, I like reading history and watching history related
things but dislike the notion of having to memorise the entire
subject, on the other hand I like analysing statistics and
political cartoons and offering my opinion on them.
Here are some of the schools I am considering , the top being
most desireable
1. National JC Sciences 5 - kinda try hard , yolo -1 hr trip
2. National JC Arts - 7 , not sure if this is what i should
pursue ? What are some negatives to taking arts ? Because i like
the school,but im more of the standard math and science person,
except im ok with humanities
3.Temasek JC Sciences / Meridian JC Sciences
TJ Pros:
Worries for TJ :
Meridian pros :
Sorry for asking for help at such a late hour but I really need
it and really hope informed and experienced people in the forums
can help me out here..
I did badly for 2014 Os,missing my expected target of 8 (by my
school and leself),getting 10 for L1R5 , minus 3 cus CCA -1, HMT
pass B3
Here is a breakdown of my results
Eng-B3 , looks bad but actually my written english isn't , at
worst it is average person standard (wrt to my school , tanjong
katong sec ) , flunk cus I was left with 30 min to write compo
Combined Humanities - A2 (the bell curve is honestly very low my
class avg during prelims was fail, me included and I barely
studied,only the day before full force )
Geography - A1
E-math - A1
Amath - A2 (dissapointing cus I never got below 84 in school
before , common test and smaller test always full marks )
Physics - A1
Chem - A2 ( pajiao and read 5 questions wrongly , wasting 15
marks )
HMT - B3 , i believe the bell curve is low cus i didnt get above
C5 in school before, maybe its the lucky situational writing
topic
My comments about my results aren't to show off (after all my o
lvl marks are fixed ) its rather to give you all an idea of my
academic performance in school with respect to the individual
topics .
I generally like studying almost everything except for bio and
am prejudiced against lit and would prefer not to take it. Like
most people, I like reading history and watching history related
things but dislike the notion of having to memorise the entire
subject, on the other hand I like analysing statistics and
political cartoons and offering my opinion on them.
Here are some of the schools I am considering , the top being
most desireable
1. National JC Sciences 5 - kinda try hard , yolo -1 hr trip
2. National JC Arts - 7 , not sure if this is what i should
pursue ? What are some negatives to taking arts ? Because i like
the school,but im more of the standard math and science person,
except im ok with humanities
3.Temasek JC Sciences / Meridian JC Sciences
TJ Pros:
Worries for TJ :
Meridian pros :
Your points about those
jc are pretty valid, you did your research well. im from mjc 4/5
years ago so take it with a pinch of salt.
Firstly I don't think
you should worry about their % rate admission to uni. I wouldn't
worry about difficult exam papers also, because it doesn't really
affect anything unless you are applying for scholarships etc that
makes use of your prelim results.
So here's what I can
say or add on about mjc with reference to your points:
1. It's
true that the school hours are long. Even if it is not long, there
will likely be make-up tutorials or additional remedial for you. So
the worst, longest period will be 7/8am - 5.30pm! (last period is
typically P.E. lesson,). Otherwise, it will be like until 2/3/4 pm
on normal days. On the CCA day (should still be wednesday), lessons
will be like from 9am to 12.30pm.
2. Despite
all the ungodly hours, I guess it's kind of true that you won't be
pushed, depending on your tutors. Like, you can still choose to pon
the extra lessons afterall what. But I doubt you will do that. And
the principal of mjc, who I believe to be the pillar of the school,
has just left too. She was always the one who push and scold
students for slacking and not perservering.
3. The
exam papers are kind of hard. If cambridge wants to suddenly dish
out some difficult papers, that difficulty would be about it. The
difficulty of mjc papers given to you tend to decrease over time as
you move on. The physics and math department (math dept rocks) are
more lenient. Chemistry dept (some handful of good tutors inside)
is hard too, but then afterall, the a lvl papers since 2010 are
equally crazy. With those level of difficulty, it's not surprising
to fail many many times you know. I tried AJC's math paper before,
the difficulty is ridiculous. It will probably take at least 6 hrs
for me to finish (supposed to finish in 3 hrs each). But if the
difficulty of the papers are not suitable for you, you can always
outsource from other jcs mah.
4. I'm
kind of anti-social but I love the hyper enviroment there, so I
dunno about you...besides, you are not obliged to participate in
the high-ness in those events, other than Orientation (it's
fun!).
5.
Retainment rate - to me it's not high like most other ppl
say. I only know a few (I estimate 10+ ish ppl) who got retained.
They will always moderate your marks before recommending you for
retainment. After you kena, you and your parents will need to see
the tutor, and if worse, the principal. Then you will get a
qualifying test as a chance. I'm not sure what happens if you fail
the test, if I put it nicely, it would probably be that they will
suggest you to retain. To put it badly, it could also be that they
will psycho you to retain. To put it realistically, there are pros
and cons of retaining to consider. Normally people like us will
score around 40-50+ for a subject. The danger zone is that if you
score like 0-30 for most of your content subjects.
6. And if
you want the competitive atmosphere, the few s100+ class series
(they are 4 H2s people btw) are probably the one. But I would find
it quite sad.
