(N)A 2013: To repeat or go to ITE?

Shazamnick SG

May i share with my newphew's case as a reference to you?

My nephew repeated and stay back one more year after failing his GCE O level(Sec 5). After 2nd sitting at GCE O level, he passed and managed to go to poly. As a uncle, i am close to him, these are his contributing success factors:-

1. Be exam trained

Keep doing ten years series and study less. He has been doing many, many qna in order to be to answer exam qs. Do you find it strange that although we study a lot but sometimes we still not able to answer qs?

2. Learned from your mistakes

Maturity grew after one failure and make your stronger to succeed. You must be hunger to desire for success. Without desire and determination, passing any exam will be difficult.

3. Study alone

Study alone with your mp3 is more effective than group studying.

4. You are accountable for your results

Passing exam is a personal journey, teachers, friends and tutors can only help so much, utimately, knowing it is yourself that produce results. Do not blame others for not helping you.

Pls take the above as reference only.

Wish you luck

Atpeace

Garps SG

Thanks Shazamnick! I'll keep your advice to heart! :)

LandSpeeder SG

If you go ITE you will have a slight advantage in poly year 1, like maybe some modules no need take, or you have experience in the related subject is some modules you have to attend.
But ITE is like poly brought earlier to you because the lecturers there (not all ah) will show favouritism and bias and the fellow students can be slack one or backstabbing one.
You redo your (N)A then move to sec 5 to do O levels at least it is in a familiar environment.

Just my 2 cents

Edit: also ITE is like poly but buuut but (subject wise) less hard/more basic like in project in poly more complex/more criteria to meet than in ITE project for the same subject/topic
you want go Uni both ways also can.

Garps SG

Well, none of the ITE courses interest me...

LandSpeeder SG

Well, none of the ITE courses interest me...

If like that then don't go into ITE yet
Push hard for 'O' Levels at the same time see what poly courses you interested in.

Edit: This is my advice/reccomendation only, the decision is of course yours to make

YctLeong SG

If you have the determination to study then i would suggest you to repeat :)
Going to ITE is going to take a longer time , repeat 1 year , try for PFP . Straight to poly , safer :D

Jabeen10000 SG

Huh well If your teachers really feel that you can make it then I think you should repeat your N Levels. There's no fixed way to success, just that some paths are longer. Work towards university All the best!

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