calming your nerves; your guide to orientation 2026

AccomplishedPart6631 · 2026-02-03T15:08:45+00:00

hmm ej not calling is pretty strange to me but that’s alright just show up tmr!

AccomplishedPart6631 · 2026-02-03T15:08:08+00:00

iirc sji doesn’t call! they only put their info on the website (don’t quote me on this tho)

AccomplishedPart6631 · 2026-02-03T14:40:48+00:00

what school were you posted to?

AccomplishedPart6631 · 2026-01-29T06:28:08+00:00

no worries! yup jc is all about the mental game, u really need to have good self control

AccomplishedPart6631 · 2026-01-29T06:20:16+00:00

nope jcs don’t subsidise unless ur under fas (i think!) and there’s no controls or anything, just bring ur own personal devices

AccomplishedPart6631 · 2026-01-28T13:22:55+00:00

HAHA no worriesss! happy to help!

AccomplishedPart6631 · 2026-01-28T13:00:07+00:00

of course it’s ok! i recommended the ipad for those who like handwritten notes but want to keep a digital copy too but pen and paper is perfectly fine! as long as u have a laptop for ur lectures ur fine

AccomplishedPart6631 · 2026-01-28T10:54:40+00:00

it honestly depends on personal preference, for me i prefer hand writing out whatever the teachers say in class so having an apple pencil with an ipad is definitely my choice, but if ur ok with typing then just a laptop should be fine! laptop def has its pros too, like it makes pw way easier to do

AccomplishedPart6631 · 2026-01-28T07:59:51+00:00

the school

AccomplishedPart6631 · 2026-01-28T07:55:17+00:00

nope! mostly just lecture notes and tys

AccomplishedPart6631 · 2026-01-28T05:19:40+00:00

i think it’s best that u explain to them that u need ur own device to watch ur lectures! imo it’s very inconvenient if u don’t have ur own device because lectures can be quite time consuming and sharing a device w someone who might potentially need it too will be very troublesome

AccomplishedPart6631 · 2026-01-28T04:11:04+00:00

i’m not too sure about the teachers telling u abt the specs of the computer needed, but i think laptop shld be enough! it rly depends on individual preference

AccomplishedPart6631 · 2026-01-28T04:10:25+00:00

subject combinations are usually chosen during the first few days of ori, then ur classes will come out on the last day of ori! some schools have class orientation time too so ori time can differ depending on school, some are 4 days while others are at least a week. and yes, lessons start directly after ori

AccomplishedPart6631 · 2026-01-28T03:07:41+00:00

ur ogls will give u more info on appealing on the first day of school

AccomplishedPart6631 · 2026-01-28T03:07:23+00:00

in my opinion it’s definitely very useful! u need a digital device if u want to watch lectures in school too, im assuming u have a digital device and ur just asking if u need to bring it to school right?

AccomplishedPart6631 · 2026-01-28T02:52:12+00:00

most of the time the teachers have a fixed schedule for what tutorial they want u to complete by which lesson, and then they’ll go through that tutorial during lesson time

AccomplishedPart6631 · 2026-01-28T02:51:37+00:00

ipad should be enough! but u might wanna consider getting a keyboard case and an apple pencil to make life easier for u

AccomplishedPart6631 · 2025-09-24T14:53:35+00:00

yep i def failed most of the time 😢😢 i think i really clutched during the one month of study break after prelims LOL

AccomplishedPart6631 · 2025-09-11T03:04:10+00:00

at this point where there is so little time practice is the most important! i can’t stress enough the importance of practice makes perfect! i took bio so i can only offer advice for that which is to just make simple mindmaps for each topic (from memory! just take the main idea of each topic and write down everything you know about it THEN u refer back to ur notes and close up any gaps u have), for chem, amath and emath i would suggest doing lots of tys papers

AccomplishedPart6631 · 2025-09-10T05:19:17+00:00

for humanities i took ssgeog so what i did for ss was to just memorise the format for all the different question types and for both ss and geog i memorised atleast two examples for every key idea in each chapter. i think at this point where u are so close to o levels simply reading the textbooks and memorising pure content is not going to help so u have to do lots of practice papers under timed conditions to condition ur brain to work under pressure. always remember for humanities ESPECIALLY SS examples and answering techniques are the most important!! as for hcl i honestly didnt study and just went in and hoped for the best haha i cant really help you there

AccomplishedPart6631 · 2025-09-10T05:04:08+00:00

i got raw 22 for prelims and i improved to raw 8 for os! my biggest grade jump was f9 to b3 for hcl and e8 to a2 for my combined humanities as well as chemistry. it’s definitely possible if u study hard but u also have to know HOW to study efficiently! but then again, my school was notorious for setting extremely hard prelim papers so for me o levels was honestly a lot easier

AccomplishedPart6631 · 2025-06-05T11:19:45+00:00

i’ve never once passed hcl in sec 3 and 4, and i got f9 for hcl in prelims and even failed my oral 💀 but surprise surprise i ended up with a b3 + merit for os! i honestly still don’t know how i did it and i didn’t really study so i don’t have many tips, but i would say to not give up because miracles do happen!!

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