NUS High School of Mathematics and Science (Diploma)

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Is getting a whatsapp group for incoming batch parent a good idea ? I can set it up if folks are interested

There will be quite a number of whatsapp group:
- whole year
- mentor group
- x-primary school alumni
- etc

Your kids will have even more, in addition to the above:
- House
- CCA
- Project group
- Pull out group
- Electives
- etc

Have fun with WhatsApp and managing your kids WhatsApp next year :celebrate:

I would think so too ! Thats why many kids has \"new phone\" as carrot for psle.. hahaha

[Miracle Child]

Hi all,


Anyone can advise if doing two Science Honours (Chem + Physics) will be very tough-going? Is the Honours curriculum very academic focus or has more research or practical elements? Thanks.

[petrichor]

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Hi all,

Anyone can advise if doing two Science Honours (Chem + Physics) will be very tough-going? Is the Honours curriculum very academic focus or has more research or practical elements? Thanks.[/quote]

hi, senior here. i know people who take 2 hons but end up dropping one halfway, and there are also people who are still taking 3 hons. so it really depends on your passion for the subject + how you manage the workload on top of your core module workload.

as it is an honours course it will be more intense/rigorous compared to major. a lot of independent learning may be required because the teachers tend to move very fast. honours curriculum covers some university year 1/2 content; it's quite academic-focused in nature. there will be practicals (especially in chemistry), but don't expect much. little to no research.

all the best with subject specialisation

[Miracle Child]

Thanks for your sharing, Petrichor.

[BigDevil]

Does the school require students to own a notebook/iPad as study aid?

[Curioustudent]

Notebook and iPad is not required but have to be able to do e-learning and project work online.

Just to add on to that post concerning honours, most of the time students are not suggested to take more than 2 honours due to workload issues. Moreover, most of these honours students are quite good at their subjects and take the olympaids. The timetable is unable to fit all the time for olympaids so students are required to stay back after school for olympaid. E.g. Chemistry olympaid from 4.30pm to 6pm on Thursdays and 7pm-8pm on Thursdays. So you should balance your time. Chemistry honours is a subject that you will have to spend a lot of time on to memorise organic equations and physics honours is basically calculus mathematics.

[Albon]

Wonder if there are still parents who didn’t provide a Hp to their child who are in NUSH?

[Curioustudent]

My level has 2 of them but they got their phones at year 3.

[Albon]

Thanks!

[Billytan]

In regards to Personal Statement, I saw from the first thread that, some software can detect if it is copied

Anyone can help to explain to me how to get the personal statement done properly.

My son is going to apply to US Univerity and but he has no clue how to get it done and he is struggling despite getting help from the school (foreign talent, sorry for being too personal)

I heard personal statement is important and heard this is one of the key issues the school is facing and resulted in their top student not able to get into the top university of his choice.

Shall we get professional writer for help?

We are in dilemma.

Appreciate any advise from any parents or any professional?

Thanks