[SIZE=7] Im a 2013/2014 stpm-ers, waiting for overall results. Juz wanna share some experiences and general way to sail through form 6. I took Pa, math t, chem , phy.

Find your own most efficient way of studying, or at least develop it yourself. Teachers in school or tuition are just my guidance, i study physics and pa mostly by myself and even absent 50% of my phy tuition class and stop my pa tuition after trying 1 month for every new semester (sorry to say that my pa tuition teacher way too boring until I teared and shaking my chair in his class, He is a guru cemerlang but just not my type... haha, but really respect him as a good teacher).

For chem and math i gt pretty nice tuition teacher(my chem tuition teacher is also my skul teacher as well), i can save my time in self study them, juz pay attention in their class and complete most of their hw will do. My math tuition teacher-- she will gv all math t and math m topic related question after she finish the particular topic. She analyze how the marking scheme works on every question as well... My school math teacher--- full passion math-lover, feeling bad and sorry for not paying attention to her class sometimes.

Pa sem 1--- lots of memorizing, its better u do some mindmap, essay part carries most of the marks, read through essays and grab the isi, realize that they require mature thinking. I got a good pa teacher in skul and she always gv us some essay examples and help us grab what the examiners are expecting from us. Sem 1 and sem 2 pa essay are more or less the same thing, do realize that pa sem 3 essay is a total different game and nightmare.
Pa sem 2--- be aware of graphing part and do more research on how the graphing marking scheme works, some teachers(not mine, my teacher is awesome) are leading the wrong way of doing the graph and even saying title is not required(wth???!!!) For the cousework... haha better get ready to vomit blood, your teacher will guide u, or can be say torture u.
Pa sem 3--- Study most of the syllabus before u study the essay becuz to answer the essay u require most of the syllabus knowledge such as ASEAN, OIC , G77...

Physics--- U shuld have some passion in it, study it with ur heart and love them!! do every checkpoint, it helps alot!! Do remember complete the questions behind each topics. Think out of the box and adjust your concentration in answering phy questions, don't lock yourself too tight and rigid, sometimes the questions require knowldge from other chap. If ure lack of time and smart enuf, juz read through the questions and imagine the ans by urself.

Math t--- PRACTICE, understand... sem 1(algebra)--- hardest among 3 sem. one topic one question, they seldom related with each other becuz 6 topics in sem 1 are not really related much. But u better boost your algebra skill, this paper is my most regretful paper throughout f6, still not able to do it well even during retaking it. Sem2(calculus)--- hoohoo all related, they can clump diff, inter and differential equation tgt. sem 3(statistics)--- mostly easy, just probability kills you... require a little diff and inter skill from sem 2.

Chemistry--- Sem1(physical chem), calculation, concepts , practices... (nightmare for people who dislike chem and math)
sem 2(inorganic)--- memorization (most easy, but hard to score), concepts, keywords
sem 3(organic)--- still memorization, but you must do mindmap, require analyzing skill and patience to understand question, be real calm in answering them, it juz like a maze and guessing, people tend to panic when they cant sneak through the questions.

Tips upon retaking papers--- during my batch, sem 3 ,retaking sem 1 and sem 2 seems like pretty close to each other but actually there are few-days-gap between each papers, some gaps are rather big, so there is actually some time for you to do revision after sem 3 exam. IMO, i usually wont start revising the content too soon because i know the chances are i will fading the memories. And retaking is advisable(not all papers) , just about 2-3 of them per sem, I retook 4 papers for sem 1 and 2 all tgt and 3 papers out of 4 im having confidence and even aiming A for these retaking papers. Because ure more trained to the standard of stpm and more ready when youre retaking . Bear in mind in this modular system, revising for one paper requires only few days for most of the students, i can even finish revise the whole sem of physics within one day. And be aware that im not saying you can play throughout the whole f6 and just start getting serious few days before exam... i am talking about REVISING not studying.

This post has been edited by FlexArianaSwift: Dec 21 2014, 02:12 PM

Yeap, agree with that. Sem 2 syllabus not only easier but also lighter compare to sem 1.
Rmb during math t sem 1 we need to cover so many techniques of manipulating algebra, graphs, composite and inverse func concepts, log law and not to mention the trigonometry consisting few of its sub-topic in the very 1st chapter. sequence and series, vector and analytic geometry is a big chapter also.

But in sem 2, almost every chapter are linked and one can apply to another, the iterative and newton raphson are just repeat calculation which require less techniques and exercise. Differential equation consisting diff and inter techniques and the small chapter of limits and continuity. For physics students, calculus will be easier and useful for them as differential eq is related to some physics and science field.

Phy and chem also consisting less topics and easier than sem 2. So pay your effort and you will definitely score much more better than your sem 1.

Wow... just same as my day after the sem 1 break(flashbacking...). Rmb during december break i still need to attend classes and syllabus had been covered as far as what u had mentioned. Math reaching intergration and completed the electrochemistry chapter for chem. I even suspecting that ure living from the same area with me. But tuition that provide holiday tuition are everywhere... its like a norm. But don't worry, with hardwork and study smart u gonna catch up and do better than them... pay ur effort and u can ace the exam well.

Sorry to bother u guys, i wanna ask about term 3 retakes , I know i shuld go to 13/14 group but this group seems much more active. Anyway, I've heard about u cant improve your final cgpa even ur term 3 retake results improved alot, and its becuz they dun wan to mess up results statistics and some awards and they take march results outcome as everything. If this is true then what is the point of retaking? im very upset after knowing this is possible...

This post has been edited by FlexArianaSwift: Feb 17 2015, 12:50 AM

Thanks, ur reply made me better and i feel relieved to know that I have the chance to make it better. I know the point of retaking is not just improve the overall results but to fullfill my passion on that particular field of subjects and luckily all of my sem 1 and 2 retakes gt much better and the subject fields which im having passion in gt As after retakes, thanks god, i feel no regrets after doing it...

Juz terrified after chanced upon some rumors out there... i feel happy that i can experience study life again after register for term 3 retakes.

Crazy , the 2-time release of overall results is troublesome enough. Ppl tend to take march results as overall and make statistics base on march results instead of the april one. Omg, this is so flawed...

Usually the results will be out in july, hope you all the best and get even better results than your sem 1. Well, i heard you got flying colours in ur sem 1 base on previous post.

This post has been edited by FlexArianaSwift: Jun 30 2015, 01:59 PM

Wow again an excellent results! Gratz! Ure on your way to 4flat.

Well, nus has been very strict on their admission these years especially this year, stpm 4.0 and muet band 5 got rejected for engineering course, this was very unusual as the cut-off point was not that high few years back, they are even more strict for a-levels applicant.
Trust me on this, I had been rejected by nus and got accepted into ntu, and from my fellow ntu mate(going to enrol this year), some of them are with perfect 4.0 and high muet score got rejected thats why they are in ntu.

Well he is going to nus or ntu? Although the debt is high but he can pay back monthly and he is not alone. Of course he is going to work in singapore due to the 3 years bond, if he is good enough he can try to work oversea?

Well, the bonding is for 50% tuition grant. Scholars normally dont have bond(malaysian normally take up Asean scholar), there may be exceptions though. Dont worry, he should be able to/ easily secure a job in singapore since he is attending its government uni, the bond is meant to keep you serve their nation, they wont let talents fly away. After the bond maybe he can try oversea or continue working in singapore since the income working in spore is not bad after all.

Agree with you! With such financial burden one should choose form 6 , it is cheap and open a wide variety of choices-- ipta, ipts, singapore, uk unis. If one is good enough, scholarships are available if u got offer from top oversea unis!

I guess if your results and profile is good, you are recognize everywhere! Frankly speaking one can try singapore uni, they recognize stpm more than cambridge a level. To my info this year upcoming malaysian entering ntu consist of 90% stpm-ers if not mistaken!

From the previous post i think ure potential stpm high achiever, so are u planning to apply for singapore uni such as nus/ntu? Just curious to know. Btw im an ntu undergraduate student now. Stpm batch 2013/14.

Well, i think stickman has answered your question, just stick to the instruction they gave on the application and take note that the application deadline would be roughly on next year 31th march or 1st april. Ntu will ask for your digital scanned copy of stpm results so a printer with scan function or a scanner is needed.
Do you have any olimpiad competition achievement? It would be useful for your application to 2 sg uni as well as scholarship.
As for the scholarship application, focus on the essay writing part., and cca at international level.. get a tutor or teacher to read your essay. There are alot of personal statement example online, you can have a rough idea of how the essay shuld be by reading them.
Right now just focus on getting 4.0.
Oh.. as for muet requirement... 200 points for nus and band 3 for ntu... im not sure about ntu requirement on this as they didnt state the cut-off requirement on muet, just do your best.
Mind to tell me how is ur financial situation? As the current rate is so high now and scholarships are super duper hard to get nowadays... T T. There are people struggling financially over here. But if your financial ability is not a problem... grab the chance and come!!
Btw i think nus is stricter to foreign applicant, as for my batch... 200+ msian get admitted to ntu and roughly 30+ for nus. Most msian go to ntu are nus rejects. Hope this helps and good luck!

Haha pls dont be demoralize by these info. Juz survey and apply... it wont harm trying right? And u can try some hk uni such as hkust which they have their own scholarship...
Amd hey... other than nus/ntu...u can search on sutd and smu too, but i doubt smu has the course u want.

This post has been edited by FlexArianaSwift: Nov 14 2015, 12:09 PM

Nope... they are public, and i guess smu is getting more prestigious, the competition to get admitted is even stiffer than ntu.. i guess the private one is unisim.

Well although they re nt as famous as nus/ntu but the for the quality wise, they are on par with nus/ntu and the fresh graduates salaries are more or less the same as most companies in spore value these public uni the same.

This post has been edited by FlexArianaSwift: Nov 16 2015, 07:41 PM

Haha scgoh, really count on you, believe you can score flying colour again and come to ntu...

well i believe your batch is the last batch to be allow to retake sem 3 subjects... correct me if im wrong...
don't worry, you should be doing very well, rmb to share your joy over here on that day. haha.