Should i take Both Diploma and A Lvl? Without take A lvl Eng

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Should i take Both Diploma ( Biomedical science at RP ) and A level H2 phy bio chem and h1 math as private candidate in different year without English to get in local or overseas medicine?

- H 2 Phy and math in 2014

- H 2 bio and chem in 2015

Can apply uni using different of A lvls results?

My O level results: A 1 ( Sci chem and phy ) , B 3 math and Art , B4. ( Geo, Ss ) and D7 English. Passed CLB

UltimaOnline SG

For local Unis, your UAS score must be calculated with all A level subjects taken in one sitting. Different sittings may be used only to satisfy subject prerequisites, but not for calculating UAS score.

You should take all subjects at H2 level (ie. H2 Phys+Chem+Bio+Math), and together in one sitting each year, until you score all As (latest by your final year of poly). It's pointless to take a H1 subject, and a candidate able to take H2 Math + H2 Triple Science will be considered more worthy of admission into Medicine, in the eyes of the admissions committee.

Chemguide7 SG

To add to Ultimaonline's great answer, you need to take A level General Paper (English). Also, you need to consider the lab component of the Sciences in A levels, which are different from poly's lab syllabuses.

Chemguide7 SG

Also, you need an excellent CCA record for A levels.

Chemguide7 SG

You also need a contrasting subject from the Arts discipline, eg. Economics for A levels. You also need to take A levels Mother Tongue.

UltimaOnline SG

You also need a contrasting subject from the Arts discipline, eg. Economics for A levels. You also need to take A levels Mother Tongue.

Actually, the (imho, silly) contrasting subject requirement is only for JC students, not private candidates. I'm sure the Medicine admissions committee would prefer to have Triple H2 Science + H2 Math applicants (scoring nothing less than AAAA of course), rather than merely double H2 Science + H2 Econs (the norm for JC students).

Lee012lee SG

NUS does not make a distinction between jc students and private candidates.

NUS assess all applications based on their GCE "A" level results.

SBS2601D SG

I think the contrasting subject requirement makes for a better learning experience.

Too often the Science folks do not understand the softer aspects of science, and the Arts would do well to understand the harder aspects.

But I also think its an additional burden to students, though I deem it beneficial if you enjoy learning.

entrophy SG

My 2cents is to take the A levels with your strongest subjects (and where your interests at this moment lie). Get the grades, get into the course you want and then pursue other non-science aspects or non-arts aspects on your own free time during your 4 years in university.

CCAs are there for that reason. Otherwise, you could always take up a fun module or crash the humanities modules in university.

SBS2601D SG

Herein lies the problem:

When you get to Uni, you will either:

1. Pick things you like.

2. Pick things that you excel in to anchor your grades.

But interests are meant to be discovered and that entails exploring the boundary and the fringes.

Staying in the comfort zone actually does less good for students in fact.

I was a Science student, but no longer. My area of study and interest now lies with the humanities and social sciences.

And so now I have been equipped with knowledge from both the hard and soft. And at this later stage in life, I can now begin to appreciate how beneficial this is.

It would not have been so, if I had stuck to my guns back in JC many years ago and insisted on triple science.

Fortuitously I was forced to take Economics as my 4th subject (most of my peers took 3 subjects but I refused to yield to that) and that was where I discovered something I loved and would go on to pursue with the other social science branches. More than physics, which I thought was really cool.