Skyed:

Hi, how did MGS do for Os? How many students with L1R5 6, how many with L1R5 7? Need to find out my chances for appealing. Thank you.

I only know that more than 80 students got 7A1s and better, with average 9.6 something points!

koguma:

From what I read and hear people talk about it ...

I will choose TJC as the students usually come from a wide spread of Sec schools. For ACJC, most students come from its Affiliated Sec Schools.

Nope, that's not true anymore for ACJC. Since the affiliated schools like MGS and ACS are producing students of better calibre, most of the students are eligible and will apply for better JCs (speaking from personal experience) so there are students from Crescent (a lot), Cedar, St. Nics, St. Marg's, CHIJ, SJI, Bukit Panjang, NanHua, SCGS(around 20?), MGS (only 30 odd students for the 2013 graduating batch), and more students from \"non-elitist\" are entering. No need to feel \"inferior\" if you apply into AC since there's a diverse range of students now compared to in the past. All the best!

And for other's who wonder about the subject combination, certain JCs have fixed combinations for students to choose but in AC, students can tailor their own hybrid combi, speaking from experience.

sunrise6:

Does anyone know how the o level results were in SCGS and MGS?

In MGS there were more than 80 students with 7A1s and better from what I heard.

I've just graduated and from the way my JC taught us (in terms of which chapters to teach first), the first few chapters of chem are similar to O's - mole concept, hydrocarbon, quantitative analysis which is your titration. The rest of the chapters are mostly fresh concepts that aren't covered with depth during O's. For math, like what the others have mentioned, integration and diff, partial fraction, binomial theory, inequalities, graphing technique, and some interest rate thing y'all learnt in O's.


But for the first week of school, don't worry! It's orientation! Go enjoy yourselves
I didn't revise when I went into JC.

Speaking from experience, ACJC and TJC might not accept you, depending on the range of l1r5 of the students who apply in (eg. if a lot of 6points and below apply in, chances of 7 getting accepted are even lower compared to if lesser 6pointers and below apply in) But you could try listing them as your first choice and see how it goes. If you really want AC or VJ and didn’t get it, you’ll have to appeal using your CCA, leadership, academics, service, etc qualities that you have. I (am a student) have appealed to a JC before as I had l1r5 of 5 after -2 for CCA, I appealed into NJ (COP 5) but my CCA record wasn’t as stellar as other student who appealed. So if your CCA record is strong, there are higher chances that you’ll get accepted into appeal. For the other JCs, you’re pretty much secure.


Btw, AC’s sciences are not bad. Their Biology and Chemistry department is strong. Not sure about the physics department. Arts and humanities department is pretty good too. The teachers generally push the students and edge them on, giving loads of notes (and extra classes if students require more help). Good and dedicated teachers, I must say.

All the best!

PS. try not to enter the school using arts and try to switch to science stream as it’s very risky. A friend of mine did just that and they didn’t allow him to switch stream. He had to endure one year in arts and decided to switch to science stream by repeating J1 as a retainee.

Honestly speaking, coming from a student (myself) who has just recently graduated from a junior college, such commutes during peak hours are common. Of course, initially, it was hard to get used to such long school hours, waking up at 5.30am to take public transport to school (2 buses + 1 mrt + walking for one way) which could last between 50min to 85min depending on how fast the buses arrive or the jam along bukit timah roads and central area (near to where I stay. Just like you). By the time my school lessons ended, it was already 4.30pm. Following that, there were CCAs which could easily last till maybe 7pm or even 10pm depending on the type of CCA you choose (sports, performing arts and council are more rigorous compared to clubs and societies). But over the weeks you'll get used to such a life. It's only for 2 years anyway. This might sound harsh but seriously and honestly, just suck it up. Every student faces the same problems and stress and whatever strains. I usually take advantage of the break times in between lessons to catch up on my studies or homework. Weekends are especially precious. JC is pretty different from secondary school which is pretty lax if you ask me. But you'll get used to it. Feeling sleepy around 3.30pm is common, trust me! All of us fight back the urge to nod off. (Bring some sweets to keep you awake!)


All the best to you! And my additional advice is: don't grumble and whine about it, it'll only make you more miserable. Make full use of this experience: it's a once in a lifetime experience that will be very fulfilling at the end of the day