its stressful, but i will try to overcome it. i have hard times tackling with physics questions.

sorry for misleading you. my school had postponed the exam to next week, and im feeling stressed right now – no mercy for homework and koku activities although exam is near

how about you ? seems that you are on the track of stpm.

This post has been edited by scgoh123: Aug 10 2014, 08:35 PM

I couldn't agree more with you regarding the bold part above. When it comes to STPM Physics, it's on a whole different level than SPM, by a big shot I'd say. You might as well just skim through all of the notes and read all of the answers from the past year SPM papers, rinse and repeat the steps, and you'll might just end up getting at least an A-(a solid A or possibly even A+ if you're lucky). But, if anyone is considering to rehash the exact method and apply it in STPM, he's doomed.

I can't say much about Biology since I don't sit for the exam, but after I've been 3 months in lower 6 toiling arduously in my studies, it's fare to say that Physics requires not only some basic knowledge from us, but, we are also required to have some critical thinking skills and come up with a different approach to solve various questions that are tricky. It wasn't as straight-forward as Maths T(but I don't imply that Maths is a joke though).

Good luck for your upcoming exams then! Yup, not only me, my whole batch of lower 6-ers even feel the sheer pressure to cope with the first term that draws near, let alone that we have a MUET test in that exact same month.

Nope, I'm hardly on the track. Lots of work to be completed, lots of topics to be unveiled, lots of catch-up to do, and my mind is telling me that 24 hours per day ain't gonna suffice. For most of the time, I'll just come back from school, complete my homework for that day, and recap/revise on what I had learned. And before I knew it, it is already 12.00 a.m. Occasionally, I'll work/study till 3 to 4 am if I'm coerced to.

Greetings sagethesausage and scgoh123,

Do both of you have any samples of past year MUET essay that are written by students that managed to achieve Band 4, 5 or even 6?

UPU results are out today and almost all my friends who didn't score above 3.00 CGPA didn't get a single offer AT ALL.

So yup, do well =)

I've got some incredibly useful notes. I think there's a band 6 essay in there somewhere too. I'll try my best to upload them tomorrow.

Btw, try to get your hands on an SAT book. Helps a lot in brushing up your grammar.

Thanks a lot, senior! We're gonna appreciate the input.

I did lots of blunders in my first try in writing a MUET essay, partly because I'm not fully seasoned with the academic-style writing format preached by my teacher. But, I did come across an essay which was Band 6 if I'm not mistaken, and after I read the whole essay, my teacher told me that it was more of a journalist-style of approach rather than an academic-style .

It was expected. They will always prioritize the students from matriculation, or asasi, and finally reserve some place for STPM students. I don't really know if it's me or something else, but I'm more inclined to prefer IPTS(better yet, study abroad) rather than IPTA to continue my undergraduate studies after I completed my STPM. But, thanks to my family's inevitable financial crisis, I have to accept what I'm offered.

Thanks for wishing us! Anyway, it seems like you rejected an offer from UM Law, and are planning to study abroad. Mind telling me which university in UK that you've opted? Your unwavering effort in STPM has granted you not only good results in your overall STPM grade, but it also gave you a golden opportunity to face more challenges in abroad.

Wish you a best of success in your life!

I'm really sorry but I think I must have thrown away my notes when i shifted to my new house early this year. Rummaged through my old school stuff but I couldn't find them...sorry to let you guys down.

I've read a sample of a Band 6 and Band 5 essay before and I honestly thought that the latter was much more interesting and creative, yet was scored lower. I think that it all boils down to the examiner, so just go ahead and follow your own style. Try your best to score in Listening and Reading though. People often take those two sections for granted.
Thanks.

I'm heading to the University of Bath to study Accounting and Finance.

Can you please tell me the name of the SAT book you're referring to?

I used Kaplan. Didn't try out other alternatives though so I can't compare it with the other books in the market. Visit any (respectable) college/uni library, should have wan

Hey guys.. My teacher asked all the students to pass the introduction for Math T coursework.. I didnt do anything yet.. I dont know how to start the paragraph.. Someone help me!! T-T

1. Background
2. The Problem
3. The Proposed Solution

Background of the quinine and malaria?? Or what?

The ordinary way of writing a typical Introduction:

1. Background
Malaria is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, which is transmitted via the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. In the human body, the parasites multiply in the liver, and then infect red blood cells.

2. The Problem
Symptoms of malaria include fever, headache, and vomiting, and usually appear between 10 and 15 days after the mosquito bite. If not treated, malaria can quickly become life-threatening by disrupting the blood supply to vital organs. In 2010, an estimated 219 million cases of malaria occurred worldwide and 660,000 people died, most (91%) in the African Region.

3. The Proposed Solution
Key interventions to control malaria include: prompt and effective treatment with artemisinin-based combination therapies; use of insecticidal nets by people at risk; and indoor residual spraying with insecticide to control the vector mosquitoes.

Treatment of malaria depends on many factors including disease severity, the species of malaria parasite causing the infection and the part of the world in which the infection was acquired. The latter 2 characteristics help determine the probability that the organism is resistant to certain antimalarial drugs. Additional factors such as age, weight, and pregnancy status may limit the available options for malaria treatment.



The Harry Potter way of writing an interesting Introduction:

“It was nearing midnight and I could have written a wonderful Introduction tonight, but I was tired. Not because of bad dreams or pressure at work. No, I was sleepy because of a small winged, creature who snuck into my room and proceeded to offer a high pitched tone directly into my ear. When I turned on the lights to find it, it was not there. When I gave up and attempted sleep, buzzzz… or maybe zzzzinnng? I would find the perfect word, but as mentioned, I am too tired.”

Many people have had this annoying experience with mosquitoes. In fact, according to Animal Planet's The Most Extreme, Season 3, #36: The animals with the highest human kill counts, Mosquitoes are actually the most dangerous animals in the world, killing more than two million people per year. Malaria or a disease resembling malaria has been noted for more than 4,000 years. From the Italian for “bad air,” mal’aria has probably influenced to a great extent human populations and human history.

On August 20th, 1897, Ronald Ross, a British officer in the Indian Medical Service, was the first to demonstrate that malaria parasites could be transmitted from infected patients to mosquitoes. In further work with bird malaria, Ross showed that mosquitoes could transmit malaria parasites from bird to bird. Thus, the problem of malaria transmission was solved. For his discovery, Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1902. (you carry on...)

Yes!! Thank you so so much.!!

The interesting Introduction bit made my day. Thanks

Where can I see an example of methodology?I'm stuck there without any idea on how to start,and the teacher asked me to pass up by this Tuesday.

The newspaper even published someone who got CGPA 4.00 in STPM and decent koku marks are not offered the course she wants in IPTA. I'm feeling sad for her, and I know how she feels

I don't know why STPM leavers are offered so less placing in IPTA despite it's under government .

Congrats! Hope you have a nice time in UK.

Yeah, saw it too. Wonder if we could somehow lend a hand.... I wouldn't know what I'll feel if I'm in her shoes.
But I have a lot of seniors who got places and it was their 1st or 3rd choices, I even have one senior where she got 3.25 CGPA and secured two places in two public universities. One was from USM another from UPM, though I would add that she chose Applied Biology and Environmental Science...