Hi I am a Sec 4 student taking my O Level this year, but I am not yet fully prepared or even confident. This can be reflected in my prelim results where I got L1R5 of 20+, and I am weak in many subjects, especially the Maths and Sciences. My friends and classmates also often mock at me for my horrendous results and sad to say, I really feel damn inferior when compared to them and I didn't even get a single distinction in the prelims. What should I really do? I really want to prove to them that I can be as good as them! Btw, I take Higher Chinese, English, A and E Maths, Pure Chem and Physics, Comb. Humanities (SS+Geog elec), and Economics.
Aw no worries. Prelims are meant to scare u. Ppl usually can get F9s in prelims and then o level get A1s. I also taking o levels this year. 34 more days. U still have time to prepare, trust me. My L1R5 in prelims is 13, so I don't exactly share ur stress but I understand how frightening it is.
to TS: Try to improve until everything is A2, do not think that it is impossible, it is way possible. If you can even A1 but an A2 is decent enough , 12 points which can safely go to many jcs.
Chem practice TYS at least 4 rounds every paper
SS as per normal, spot 3 out of 5 themes
A and E maths, practice all the questions in your textbooks at least once
Econs, I really pity you that you are taking such a content heavy subject in o levels, I seen the syllabus and as a JC H2 econs student, that seems quite a lot for a subject in O level as the syllabus of O level should be at least 20 times easier than A levels but for your econs, it is only 15 times easier, this goes for other electives. Understand concepts, like price elascity of demand is the percentage change in quantity (note it is quantity) demanded with respect to a percentage change in price, (certis parabus!!!!!). And please give examples, like price inelastic is rice (wide definition of good and small percentage of income spent) etc...
Formulae will help in essays also. CSQ , if there is, is to answer question based on sources.
HCL and English is standard testing, but for chinese I will say that to impress is for you to write grammatically correct chinese for 8 sides and sound logic will give you at least 50 /70 for essays.
Physics practice again and definitions please get this correct
Jiayou for O levels
Speaking from past experience of O levels, A1s for all subjects except EL,
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