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[DadOfGirl]

Augmum:

DadOfGirl:

[quote=\"jtoh\"]DadofGirl, your dd scored ABC/C for her recent CT exams? Isn't that very good?

No ... her best score is in GP(B) & Rest C or below. Managed to pass all with one subject E.
Looks like Promo no problem & thereafter some improvement with ultimate score of ABC/C.
That won't get her in good uni here

Dadofgirl, may i know which JC is yr gal from?
Imo....it's too early to worry now as this is only their first CT...
They will def get better results when comes to their A level exams next yr...
Dont forget, there will be moderation...

Does the sch realease the cohort stats or class stats ? From there, u can hv a better gauge where yr gal stands....[/quote]CJC... They had Exams before Vacation, there is no ranking in result slip.

[mathtuition88]

DadOfGirl:

Time is flying for this year JC parents networking group..Both MT & PW will end this Oct, so you are left with 4 subjects+GP to focus on for next 8 months. If you score not so well let's say ABCC what are chances of securing Place in local uni for following courses ARTs degree.


1) NUS-FASS - Remote chance
2) SMU-ECON- Remote
3) SMU-Social science- Remote
4) NTU- Phycology-Remote
5) NIE- ARTs -Fair chance
6) SUTD- Humanities program -Fair chance

MY DD dun want to do Accountancy/Bus admin , though she has H2 maths... does it mean, we have to plan for Aussie uni education

ABB/C have chance to enter NUS-FASS based on the 2013-2014 data:
http://www.nus.edu.sg/oam/gradeprofile/ ... e-igp.html

In 2012-2013, the 10th percentile was BBB/B for NUS-FASS. I have archived the 2012-2013 cut off point on my website: http://mathtuition88.com/2013/11/13/a-l ... enter-nus/

Hope it helps.

[jqlaoban]

I'm wondering is \"failing\" the \"way of life\" in JC? :?

So common to hear \"if can pass very good already\" in JC. Why the large disparity in JC? Is it like that across different JCs?
In secondary school, very often it is not whether can pass or fail, but it seems to be a different story in JC.

Put it this way, you just have to perform better than your peers since grades will be bell curved so the actual grade doesnt matter. This concept holds for university as well

[DadOfGirl]

jqlaoban:

zeemimi:

I'm wondering is \"failing\" the \"way of life\" in JC? :?

So common to hear \"if can pass very good already\" in JC. Why the large disparity in JC? Is it like that across different JCs?
In secondary school, very often it is not whether can pass or fail, but it seems to be a different story in JC.

Put it this way, you just have to perform better than your peers since grades will be bell curved so the actual grade doesnt matter. This concept holds for university as well

It is all about amount of amount of hardwork/practice put in...... everyone up their game by the time A level exam nears... So the ones who 'Just be their own self' are left behind..

There should be better way of grading

[ngl2010]

DadOfGirl:

jqlaoban:

[quote=\"zeemimi\"]I'm wondering is \"failing\" the \"way of life\" in JC? :?

So common to hear \"if can pass very good already\" in JC. Why the large disparity in JC? Is it like that across different JCs?
In secondary school, very often it is not whether can pass or fail, but it seems to be a different story in JC.

Put it this way, you just have to perform better than your peers since grades will be bell curved so the actual grade doesnt matter. This concept holds for university as well

It is all about amount of amount of hardwork/practice put in...... everyone up their game by the time A level exam nears... So the ones who 'Just be their own self' are left behind..

There should be better way of grading[/quote]How about IB? More weightage on group projects.

[sharonkhoo]

DadOfGirl:

It is all about amount of amount of hardwork/practice put in...... everyone up their game by the time A level exam nears... So the ones who 'Just be their own self' are left behind..


There should be better way of grading

Exams have always been this way. There are problems with other ways of grading too. How I look at it is that those who are good at exams will obviously have an edge for exams. Some people only come into their own much later. Some people should just accept that they are not the type to shine anyway, exams or otherwise (I am one, and my older girl is the same). I don't think there is an ideal way to assess ability, so we just do our best given the circumstances.

[zbear]

I agree with slmkhoo. Just do your best is the best way to go!!!

[mathtuition88]

zeemimi:

I'm wondering is \"failing\" the \"way of life\" in JC? :?

So common to hear \"if can pass very good already\" in JC. Why the large disparity in JC? Is it like that across different JCs?
In secondary school, very often it is not whether can pass or fail, but it seems to be a different story in JC.

The current system for JC is pretty intense. The amount of material to learn in 2 years is a lot, even though there are just 4 subjects.
Add in CCA and other activities and there is barely enough time for students to even complete tutorials. I recall that many of the most studious students couldn't manage to even complete their tutorials fully, in time for the tutorials, that is the amount of workload given in some JCs.

For mathematics, a good and solid foundation in O Level E Maths and especially A Maths is very useful and necessary to do well in JC Maths. This is because teachers won't normally have enough time to go through the basic differentiation and integration again for revision, students are assumed to know them. The current JC H2 Maths is also considered more difficult than the syllabus 10 years ago.

O Level A Maths is also very helpful for H1 Maths. In fact, students with a good A Maths background should breeze through H1 Maths as many of the topics are similar.

[whizzard]

[quote=\"jtoh\"]DadofGirl, your dd scored ABC/C for her recent CT exams? Isn't that very good?

No ... her best score is in GP(B) & Rest C or below. Managed to pass all with one subject E.
Looks like Promo no problem & thereafter some improvement with ultimate score of ABC/C.
That won't get her in good uni here

Just keep working and hope for the best. My daughter's partial results are currently 2 fails and 1 scrape (in her H1!). Still waiting for the rest of the results. We have a long, long road ahead. I dare not even estimate what her eventual results might be.[/quote]

Just had a conversation with a friend of mine whose daughter took her A levels last year. She was from CJC. She did pretty well, scoring As for all her subjects except one B.

My friend remarked that during her time in JC, she was at best just passing all her tests and said that the JC grades are not a good indicator of the actual A level results, her daughter being an example of it. He doesn't understand why the JCs make their tests \"unreasonably\" difficult on the kids and said not to rely too much on JC results as an indicator of actual A level grades.

My son's feedback on the performance of his cohort in the recent mid-year exams is also consistent with my friend's experience in that even the scholars are merely scoring Bs and Cs at best, with some others even failing their various papers.

Hence, parent's must prop our child's confidence and motivate them during their time in JC and not let these dismal grades discourage or unnecessarily stress them out.

[DadOfGirl]

quote]

Just keep working and hope for the best. My daughter's partial results are currently 2 fails and 1 scrape (in her H1!). Still waiting for the rest of the results. We have a long, long road ahead. I dare not even estimate what her eventual results might be.[/quote]

Just had a conversation with a friend of mine whose daughter took her A levels last year. She was from CJC. She did pretty well, scoring As for all her subjects except one B.

My friend remarked that during her time in JC, she was at best just passing all her tests and said that the JC grades are not a good indicator of the actual A level results, her daughter being an example of it. He doesn't understand why the JCs make their tests \"unreasonably\" difficult on the kids and said not to rely too much on JC results as an indicator of actual A level grades.

My son's feedback on the performance of his cohort in the recent mid-year exams is also consistent with my friend's experience in that even the scholars are merely scoring Bs and Cs at best, with some others even failing their various papers.

Hence, parent's must prop our child's confidence and motivate them during their time in JC and not let these dismal grades discourage or unnecessarily stress them out.[/quote]
So Far , we have kept our cool & we will continue .. KSP is just a outlet to vent your frustration....