@bbbay said in It is worth the effort to take JC H1 subject seriously solely for the sake of scoring for A level?:

I take the liberty to work out another scenario when H1 score much better than all other subjects.

3H2 + GP, H1 (contrasting subject, optional in RP calculation)

Scenario 5
DDDD, A

exclude optional H1: 12.5+12.5+12.5+6.25‎ = 43.75

Include optional H1: ((12.5+12.5+12.5+6.25+10)/80)*70‎ = 47.0313

Include option H1 does improve RP by 3.28

While it does improve the score by a fair bit, you will find it a struggle to get into most courses. It will hardly make a difference to the courses you can choose.

@bbbay

While the need to score well in the subjects that matter doesn’t change, a 7-subjects combo (L1R4 + 2 back up) is way less stressful than a 8-subjects combo (L1R5 + 2 back up).

For L1R5, students are effectively required to do well in both subjects in 2 of the following categories: maths, sciences or humanities, especially if their mother tongue is weak. Hence, the popularity of 2 language, 2 maths, 2 science and 2 humanities combo.

With L1R4, you are only required to do well in 1 subject from the categories if your MT is good, or both subjects in only 1 of the categories if your MT is weak. That’s more ‘doable’ for a lot of students.

P/S: L1R4 will further reduce the incentive of doing a triple science combo