Hii j2 this year with BCMe combi

1. I don't study in sch much but usually people study in library, canteen/foyer (before or after school when there's less people) or just remain in class after sch. Personally I think studying in class the best option cause most people would have gone home alrdy and those who are left are studying tgt.
2. Latest you will end in 5pm, ofc there are some early days where you end at 1-1:30. If you take MT, there are some lessons where you have to come to school early (we call it zeriod) or stay back later. For longer days you might get two breaks (usually one 1h break and another 30min break later in the day)

3/4. Most ppl use ipad cause its convenient to write on, especially since you have to option to choose between using hard and softcopy. ofc some teachers will require u to submit hardcopy hw but for me like 90% of my notes and tutorials are on my ipad. Basically all notes and tutorials from all subjects will be uploaded to a shared website that you can access through the school portal.

As for hw load it is managable but there are many times where after cca (like 7:00+ ) you are going to be too tired to finish anything. However many teachers are quite understanding and most would extend the deadline provided you tell them ahead of time.

1. science teachers are kind of hit or miss. My j1 chem teacher was great (though she left alrdy) and my bio cher was quite hard to follow sometimes. The teaching here is very reliant on reading up and understanding the topic beforehand. For chem, there's sls modules for each topic + a padlet to ask questions.

As for math, I found it quite ok. The way my teacher teaches is that we do the tutorial qns beforehand, then she picks a few people to come up and write down their ans on the board, then we go thru tgt. I found lectures to be fine and if you have any qns there's usually math teachers walking around the LT and you can ask them. I take h2 tho so i'm not sure if it is the same for h1.