I'm not really a big fan of juxtaposing my results with my peers when it comes to these situations, but this is totally wrong. I screwed myself up. Last year when I was in lower 6, I'll contribute and share any information/question that I got from the old Further Maths T books, Harvard' Maths 55, online Olympiad question, Khan Academy, MIT OpenCourseWare to my close friends and a few videos of Gilbert Strang(Differential Equation) to my seniors. It was really fun doing all that stuff and getting many mind-blowing inputs from my classmates and fellow seniors. It was like a quiz session and we were really relishing it.

But, now that I see where my real academic capabilities truly lies, I guess I should just shut my mouth up and solely focus on the STPM syllabus. I don't have the right to even utter the things that I've stated in the above like Further Maths, when I couldn't even pass my Maths T!!

The questions were discombobulating, but I don't think I was too flabbergasted back then when I sat for said test.

You know, just because I could solve a handful of questions in this thread doesn't mean that I could do the same in my exams. Yes, I learned a lot by practicing, but mere practicing few questions without consistency ain't going to be an indication on how far will I go in the long run. And that's what I lacked, consistency.

Well, congratulations! I bet this will be your 红包 for your upcoming 新年。

This post has been edited by RED-HAIR-SHANKS: Feb 16 2015, 02:38 PM

Congrats, you are well on your way to Straight As.

PA has to be included, while the best 3 would be picked among the other four subjects.

By the way STPM 2015 P1 subject is very terrible for my school. 52 out of about 110 students got F for Maths T, while only 19 secured a full A. It's quite a shocking result for my school.

Wait, what!!!!! No way, just no way!! I don't believe 日新 would suffer that kind of defeat, unimaginable, even for an elite school! I'm not trying to be bias here, but are you really sure that the news you got was authentic?

Perhaps your juniors only suffered their downfall only in Maths T, while scored flying colours in other 3 subjects.

Nope. I see the result first hand.

Other results are still okay. PA and Maths T were both hit hard. The number of As for Maths T is still around the same (19), but the number of people getting F was really shocking.

Undoubtedly, 1st term results is the most devastating one, even for elite schools. My teacher had told me since the beginning of the term, he said that those elites who are taking the first term exam will suffer a hard hit, especially Maths subject. This is because that most of the students are not 'mentally prepared'.

Ps: my school are not good either. None scored a perfect 4.00. There are only approximately 50% pass for Maths M and accounts. It's really shocking to all of us.

RED-HAIR-SHANKS sagethesausage Thanks! I will work harder!

You don't need me for this.
1. Roughly sketch the curve and you will see what's wrong here.
2. Confirm the answer with numerical integration.
Bonus: Use trigonometric substitution.

Oh, profanity.

I would like to share something with you, from my senior:
Most people failed in STPM because they spend too much effort on extra things which are out of syllabus, while 80% of the questions are inside the syllabus, but just in depth.

However, I think that searching for extra knowledge brings no harm. Furthermore it can boost your interests in studying and mastering a certain subject. I can see that you are enthusiastic in what you have learnt, and able to think out of the box, this should be a real characteristic for a student, who are willing to explore further than their 'safety zone'. Furthermore, you have an excellent linguistic skills. Honestly, I really admire your study attitude and your mastery in English subjects.

Don't think that academic capabilities are a measurement in your success. It doesn't contribute much. When there is a will, there is a way. As long as you don't give up, everything is possible.

Keep up with your hard work but at the same time, concentrate on STPM syllabus too.

But to say the truth, that kind of result is really unacceptable for my school LOLLLL. I'm not trying to be condescending, but my school never recorded such failure before.

I'm not too familiar with the method of curve sketching though, but I'll try to look it up along with the other methods that you've stated,so thank you.

Don't get me wrong, but I really have a penchant for getting a variety of solutions and inputs from my fellow seniors. A few of my friends are currently studying Mechanical Engineering course in USM, and from what I can see, they are pretty darn good with numbers.

But I don't really see the point of being exuberant in something if you're not really good at it. I think it's alright to have some sort of interest and curiosity in something, but, having little to nil expertise in said aspect would prove to be useless too, don't you think? No, I think you get it all wrong. My expertise in conversing/writing via English is only at elementary level and it ain't as excellent as you'd perceive it to be.

Besides, we have a lot of other English maestros in this thread. Just Visiting By sat for the 2013 ICAS English competition and was ranked among the top 10 percent in Malaysia, while sagethesausage sat for IELTS exam even before he registered for his MUET test.

You can verify your answer at Wolfram Alpha.

Just copy and paste the LaTeX code.

hey..any1 knw the marks to get A in Math Tfor sem1? i heard that is quite low compared to previous year.. i dont want it to affect my final agg marks.. ><

I don't really think anyone other than the MPM council and exam markers knows what is the actual cut-off to each grade in the STPM exams, particularly because they're all classified. We can roughly estimate the range of the marks, but we couldn't exactly pin-point the exact cut-off.

This post has been edited by RED-HAIR-SHANKS: Feb 16 2015, 09:20 PM

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I don't really think anyone other than the MPM council and exam markers knows what is the actual cut-off to each grade in the STPM exams, particularly because they're all classified. We can roughly estimate the range of the marks, but we couldn't exactly pin-point the exact cut-off.

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haha.. i knw bout this.. just wonder mayb the teacher of some1 here is one of the exam markers...

Oh come on, the fact that you can write a proper sentence is enough to prove that you are better than approximately 70% of people out there. And the fact that you got a Band 5 in English puts you in top 1% in Malaysia.

Don't need to reach American/British level, being able to write and converse well enough to deliver messages is sufficient.

By the way, how you know about my ICAS English result? LOL ICAS is not very reliable and thus it is not a very effective test to gauge my proficiency.

Likewise, you scored a solid Band 5 in your MUET exams too.

Speaking of American style of English, do you ever happened to be a big fan of Queen's English? I find their accent to be rather quirky, but that's just me.

The same way where I found out that your dad was my Form 1 Maths teacher. I think it's rather challenging though, I never participate in that competition, but I've done a few practices online and most of them are tricky and disconcerting.

R u sure u keyed in yr IC number correctly? Anyone who followed dis thread wud know u hav been diligent and active in dis forum, seeking help and advice frm other Sc. stream forumers. Frankly, I blinked in disbelief after seeing yr results bcause I tot u wud hav gotten at least a B- on average for each subject. I'm not frm Sc. stream but I know d level of difficulty bcause my frends hav been struggling too.

If u hav double-checked yr results, then its time to decide on which subject u wud wan 2 retake. If my memory doesnt fail me, I remember u mentioned about retaking 4 papers?! Do gif some tot to it, bcause retaking 4 papers at one go wud b mentally & physically exhausting.

Like a boss~ Perhaps u could share wif RED-HAIR-SHANKS regarding yr study methods in order to assist him?