はじめまして！！！
1.) I would never regret being one of the dwindling amount of students who have been striving to preserve some meagre hope within our education system. After all, STPM is the only educational device we can be proud of, not may, not should, but can. This is pathetic. This is like, if you take STPM now, maybe after one decade or two, when our STPM has been fully overshadowed, or maybe dismissed, by the matriculation system, we would be like endangered animals, which are different from another kind of `endangered` species that are `protected`.
Why are you scared of the toughness thing? A pre-U programme should be, in a sense, tough so as to filter off students of lower tiers from those of higher tiers. If you are passionate sufficient for your studies, you are in higher tiers. Still want to know if it is really tough? See below.
2.) I was in a college for almost 2 years before I withdrew and took on STPM as a private candidate. During the college, I took no science subjects (no Physics, no Chemistry, whatsoever). Then, I registered as a science(physics) candidate for STPM 2007. I started my studies during the beginning of 2007. I was on a self-study mode, doing essentially all the studies by myself while having only vague memories of the sciences that I took during SPM in 2003. I took math during college, so STPM math was a breeze. It would still be a breeze for fresh SPM graduates. My studies was not actually a hellish one. I spent all my time studying in front of a tv as I do not like studying like there is no other activities than studying. It was like multitasking, and it was fun. The best combination is to do math while watching tv, because you can really watch the tv content while doing math. For the sciences, I needed to divert more attention on books instead of on tv. Now, studying is not all that boring, is it? In fact, you do not really need to fix your studying hours. That would make studying fearsome. All you need to do is that, regularly tell yourself that `I am not fully prepared yet for STPM` when you are having too many m-m-m-m-monster kill in a day.
3.) I had Physics(A), Chemistry(A), PA(A), Math T(A), and Further Math T(B+, arghh stupid). In science, chemistry, math and pa are must. If you are in science stream, Math T is what you take. Automatically, you have met the requirement for taking Further Math should you want. So, what can you do?
First, physics + FM
Second, physics + Biology
Third, biology + FM (this is weird, but is allowed anyway)
Forth, physics only
Fifth, biology only
That is all, for the packages you can have. Take the third if you are weird enough. Oh yea, the number of subjects is capped at five. Even if you have been born genius, you can only get 5A for STPM, no 16, no 21, no 25, no 100, as in some stupid test.
4.) Dont think about it. If you think too much, you would really end up like that. STPM is not a test in which you would definitely fail if you are not that intelligent, or if your iq is below 120 whatsoever. The only reason of failure in STPM is laziness. STPM is not some iq test. Keep up the spirit, learn and study. Mind you, one of the prevalent reasons of candidates taking STPM is that, STPM is free. Should STPM charge the same fees as A-Level does, I would say a lot of them would switch to A-Level. Now the point is, students take STPM, mostly with a hope of minimizing their costs for tertiary education, for example, through obtaining a scholarship or getting into public universities. If you plan to go into private universities, then you might just go for their foundation studies which are only 1 year. If you did not do well, like having 4Bs something like that, you can most probably secure a place in some dont-know-what majors in public universities, or getting a place in private universities. But if you are nearing failure in STPM, then you most probably have to start from the foundation studies in most private universities. I have some friends who had done exactly that. It was awful.
The lesson is, whatever pre-U you take, be serious. This is the point that decides which way you would go in the future. Dont play play
Apr 9 2008, 11:12 AM
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even my aunt agree with it hah! But my mum seems to thk otherwise, she gv out the 'syarat' for me, said if i wanna study form6 ,then i hv to learn those HIGHER GRADE music!!! WOW! 
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