Regard to my poly and o level admission. help me :(

• PatrickChan

  11 Mar 08, 17:04

  i am 17 this year jux finish o level in the express stream..

  i recieved my o level result and was shocked.

  i failled my english badly........

  English - E8

  Maths- C5

  Sciences- B3

  Poa- B4

  Combined humans- B3

  Mother Tongue- B3

  Arts- B3

  i was really depress now becoz of my english i was rejected by many of the good polys, like tp, sp and nyp

  i still waiting for np and rp... but i doubt they will accept me........

  i really dun wanna waste 1 more year... so i seriously wan to get into poly and retake my english and maths at the same time.

  anyone know wad courses should i go for the next dae , so that i can have a higher chances of getting in polys......

  and i am looking for a english tutor to impove my basic english foundation........ if anyone interested to teach plx reply here and ur qualification.

   

• Uncertain

  11 Mar 08, 18:40

  Ur case = gonecase.

  If u are lucky enough, might get into rp or np.

  My principal once said:" Study well means that u choose the school u want, not they choose u."

• Uncertain

  11 Mar 08, 18:40

  Ur case = gonecase.

  If u are lucky enough, might get into rp or np.

  My principal once said:" Study well means that u choose the school u want, not they choose u."

• 4794

  11 Mar 08, 19:15

  lol,english get E8 still wan to dae,if yours other subjects all dinsitinction maybe still can

  Anyway,good luck to you

• j_dsowner

  11 Mar 08, 21:16

  i don't really have any ways to help u in getting into a poly.

  but i can advise you that don't ever give up. i got one friend who failed her maths, so she ended up in ITE. However, she was determined to get into poly. So she retook her maths and some other subs while studying in ITE. and guess what, she did well in retaking her o's and now she's accepted into np and into her favourite course somemore.

  And another advice is on how to study english. I HIGHLY recommend you to read more. it's very important. no time borrow books, never mind one. There's always the newspapers to read. I make it a point to read the newspaper every morning without fail. Do not just read soccer news. If u hate reading news that are irrelevant to you, try reading HOME. It consists of whatever is happening in singapore. 

  another way to improve english is to definitely speak it more! speak it whenever u can! trust me it helps. and for me, because i consecutively failed chinese in my school exams, so i started to listen to mandarin songs, and i even learn to write lyrics of jay chou and guess what, i scored a B3 in my first attempt taking the chinese o levels.

  so never give up, it's never too late to learn your mistakes.

  P.S just don't waste ur life anymore. I have friends who failed maths and went into a sucky course in other school, and now drop out of the course and doesn't know where to head. Plan ur future wisely.

• ghast.

  11 Mar 08, 21:33

  hey man, i don't have much of a good suggestion but i honestly suggest u retake english as a private candidate or actually, you might wanna retake some other subjects as well, which are essential for the course u want in poly. rather than enter a poly that u don't like and a course that you don't like as well, take the o's again. the course u take in poly is highly likely to determine which path of career u take in the future. try not to let the chance to choose go to waste. improve in english : speak proper english on daily basis, read newspaper everyday, listen to radio especially class 95/93.8. read more books to improve vocab. this may not necessarily give you improved english but i believe as long as you put in effort, some result will show. all the best :D

• magical_wen

  12 Mar 08, 10:21

  eh..

  look like the rest u got B's..

  not so bad..onli maybe ur english..

  aiya,

  take one more year to retake lar..

  sure can go poly one, dun wry

• Shinjichan

  12 Mar 08, 10:52

  i got some friends in my class that took their english O's again during first year in sp i think they previously got d7,their results pretty similar to yours in the end one got b3 through hard work, dun give up =D go por the principal la and promise to work very hard, dun sit there like wooden block.
• FirePig

  12 Mar 08, 10:55

  Ya lor dont give up. i have a friend who scored E, E, O for A levels. He repeat one year at JC again and got A, A, A this time round. Partly due to my influence also i guess.

• gunner77

  12 Mar 08, 19:59

  fail english, good luck liao

• cApitaland

  12 Mar 08, 20:10

  can wan la.

• ndmmxiaomayi

  12 Mar 08, 20:17

  Re-taking O Levels seem like a bad idea, but if you do have plans on where you want to go, it will be a good idea to. Don't for the sake of getting a course because most get into one. You will regret if the course is not to your liking.

• y33bas

  12 Mar 08, 20:34

  very easy.go overseas to study, example: Australia. You will speak english everyday therefore your language will improve!

• bananaking

  12 Mar 08, 20:39

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  Re-taking O Levels seem like a bad idea, but if you do have plans on where you want to go, it will be a good idea to. Don't for the sake of getting a course because most get into one. You will regret if the course is not to your liking.

  Totally agreed..choose wad's the best route for you..personally i would suggest u going for another try for eng..provided u have the motivation and assurance that u will pass the next time round all the best! (:

• FYLBA

  13 Mar 08, 09:11

  Last time I failed maths, F9, then took one yr to retook it and I got an A2 then can happily went to the course I like in a poly...hahha...

• hiphop2009

  13 Mar 08, 10:24

  homework forum can help you....

  u can post education related stuff in homework forum.... http://schoolwork.sgforums.com

  anyway, E8 for english, i have doubts that they will accept you.

  Even if you dun go in, why not choose ITE?

  but if u choose to retake, make very sure that you will study hard, otherwise it is considered wasted

• Sagara

  13 Mar 08, 15:17

  retake your O's.. can even try  to aim JC this time round.