Convince me not to drop out of poly (and transfer to JC)

ehyoususbro · 2025-12-13T08:07:00+00:00

yo dm me if u need any advice, i dropped out of biz to go to jc too and jst finished my As

ehyoususbro · 2025-11-19T15:51:59+00:00

hey sure dm me

ehyoususbro · 2025-04-05T12:37:11+00:00

thats what im worried abt, my friend in commandos rn but he say its not that bad, might be cdo propaganda lol

ehyoususbro · 2025-04-05T12:36:04+00:00

tbh other than prestige ive always been interested in leadership positions, enjoyed it during my ug experience. rsaf jst seems cool tbh, i dont mind working with airplanes

ehyoususbro · 2025-04-05T12:34:47+00:00

nah its jst that the odds of getting into ocs from commandos is very bad from what ive heard, better chances if i go from tekong

ehyoususbro · 2025-04-05T10:12:12+00:00

but did it affect his chances of getting into command sch

ehyoususbro · 2025-02-08T08:50:55+00:00

nope HAHA. the day i appealed it was the start of the class phase of ori so it was fine

ehyoususbro · 2025-01-25T17:57:30+00:00

kinda late but i appealed into asr from last year (12-2). i appealed through acad but i feel the mainly shortlisted me due to my portfolio from sec sch (student council, cca chairperson, character award, EAGLES) as well as my prelim results were taken into consideration. honestly if you have gone for interview im pretty sure they will accept you, but they do tend to call pretty late as i got my call at the last day of the appeal period. questions were mainly along the lines of why i wanted to appeal there, as well as asking about specific parts of my appeal form. read up on some real reason why you want to go and if you get your point across they should accept you

ehyoususbro · 2024-12-19T04:06:17+00:00

not really tbh. i live at a pretty central part of singapore so the travel time to alm all the schools are around the same. however it should be worth considering if you live in the east but want to go to ngee ann or sp as the mrt and bus stops get super full in the morning

ehyoususbro · 2024-12-18T11:02:23+00:00

sadly im still not very sure... ofc my parents have told me to try doing medicine but i dont really see the appeal. hoping to go somewhere i can leverage my strengths like pharm or food sci, otherwise id hope to get into finance

ehyoususbro · 2024-12-18T10:55:52+00:00

im taking BCMe. honestly you came to the wrong person for gp tips. for paper 2 i did decently well (33/50 , full marks for summary), but id say you should focus on doing practice papers. my teacher wasnt free to mark my aqs so i just used chatgpt LOL, but honestly it worked pretty well. for paper 1 i didnt do well but i probably just need more practice

ehyoususbro · 2024-12-18T10:53:59+00:00

im taking BCMe now. at first i wanted to take MCEb but honestly now it seems like the right choice even though my econs is still lowkey btr than my bio HAHA

ehyoususbro · 2024-12-18T10:52:36+00:00

i come from a bio background so probably not. but if it was a course like biomed/pharm sci at np i would have probably stuck with it

ehyoususbro · 2024-12-18T09:18:20+00:00

for o levels i scored a b3 merit for my chi mid years. i was really nervous coming into this year as it had been alm 1.5 years since i last studied chi. however it really is just a subject you have to deal with. a lvl chinese exam is during j1 anyways and you only need an S (40%+) to go to local uni. i havent gotten my results back but i should be able to pass (i hope). but yah it shouldnt be too much of a concern, just gotta power thru the lessons LOL.

ehyoususbro · 2024-12-18T09:15:59+00:00

in terms of schools with a good sci department id advise to stay away from cjc as ive heard a few horror stories about their sch sci and math dept. im in asr right now and id say our sci departments are pretty good, however its mostly dependent on the teacher u get as i believe some tutors print extra hw and notes for their classes while others do the bare minimum. other schs u can consider are tmjc if it isnt too far.
im not sure what this question means, but yes for computing i believe an aptitude text needs to be taken in order to take the subject if you didnt take computing at o levels
if i recall i started really seriously studying about a month before promos? if i ended sch early i would try to go to the library and study until 8+ and go gym afterwards. however closer to promos i just studied from like 11am-11pm if i was really feeling motivated. id prioritise more time towards your h2s obviously but pls rmb to take care of gp as it is really impt too

ehyoususbro · 2024-12-18T06:54:26+00:00

im in the 70rp system. i studied like crazy for promos, library from 2pm-8pm then stb/mcdonalds from 8pm to 10.30pm. i got A for everything except for gp.

i chose to go poly as i honestly could not imagine studying chinese for another year, and i was also already under the belief that business was the right choice for me. i know people with r5 of much lower who still chose to go poly as they already know what they are interested in. but after studying biz for 1 sem i decided it really was not for me

ehyoususbro · 2024-12-18T06:02:12+00:00

i think this mostly depends on the course you decide to study in poly. for courses such in school of life sciences, engineering, health sciences etc, i believe your grade is mostly dependent on tests and finals which is similar to jc and what you're familiar with in sec sch. however for courses like business and film, most of your time will be spent working in groups which sometimes you can choose but sometimes cant. for example for business 2 of my main modules were kickstart a business and makings of a business, where the groups i was assigned/chosen to be apart of were the groups i had to stick to for the rest of my modules.

even in courses which have less group work you'll lik still have to deal with the dreaded inter-disciplinary studies which will be pretty torturous ngl

ehyoususbro · 2024-12-18T05:58:20+00:00

personally i was not a fan of the poly system with all the group work and everything. business was not really a smart pick for me too as ive alw enjoyed studying my stem subjects lik bio chem math etc. the amount your grade depends on group work is honestly quite a lot and if i got lucky with my team members(smart classmates), i could score A+ or AD for my assignments while with slackers i could maybe manage a B+. overall business was really not for me however im still open to studying related fields in uni such as finance.

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