Transcript S3 Subject Combination 2012

3E Subject Combinations
2013
2E Briefing
20 Mar 2012
3E Subject Combinations 2013
Content of Talk
 Subject Combinations offered
 What to consider when choosing subject
combination
 Criteria & Cut-off Points
 Important Information
3E Subject Combinations 2013
Subject Combinations
4 Compulsory subjects for 3E students:
1.
English Language
2.
Mother Tongue
3.
Mathematics
4.
Combined Humanities (Choice of Elective
Component)
3E Subject Combinations 2013
Subject Combinations
Other subjects offered at 3E
Pure Physics
Pure Chemistry Pure Biology
Science (Physics & Chemistry)
Additional Mathematics
Literature
Design & Technology
Art
Hist or Geog Elective
Geography
Food & Nutrition
3D Animation
What to consider when
choosing subject combination

Aptitude
 Aspiration
 Attitude
Note:
 Always have reserve choices
Aptitude, Aspiration, Attitude
Aptitude
 Gauge aptitude using Sec 2 results
 Ability to handle multiple subjects
Aspiration
 Prospects for JC/Poly ultimately depend on
quality of results (e.g. L1R5 / L1B4)
 Quality GCE O level grades open doors
Aptitude, Aspiration, Attitude
Attitude
 Choose what you are interested in
 Use your Lower Sec experience to gauge your
interest
Note: Interest can be built over time!
How the school streams the students
Students use aptitude, aspiration & attitude to
guide them in making their choices
School uses aptitude to decide on subject
combination for the students
 Cut-off
points for subjects
3E Subject Combinations 2013
Criteria & Cut-off Points
To be eligible for consideration for the
combination of their choice, students must
satisfy the minimum criteria.
3E Subject Combinations 2013
Criteria & Cut-off Points (A Guide)
Example
To be eligible for 3 Pure Sciences course,
students must satisfy the following
criteria:
1.
2.
Percentage of at least 70% for S2 Overall results
At least 75% for S2 Lower Secondary Science
3E Subject Combinations 2013
Criteria & Cut-off Points (A Guide)
Subject
Cut-off Point (S2 Overall)
Additional Mathematics
60%
Literature
60%
Geography
65%
Design & Technology
60%
Food & Nutrition
60%
Art
60%
3E Subject Combinations 2013
Criteria & Cut-off Points (A Guide)
Subject
Cut-off Point (S2 Overall)
3-D Animation
No cut-off point but
clear an interview by
from Temasek Poly
3E Subject Combinations 2013
What do Criteria & Cut-off Points mean?
S2 Overall Results are
VERY IMPORTANT!
3E Subject Combinations 2013
Useful Advice
 Please make wise and realistic choices that you
are ELIGIBLE for (discuss with your parents,
ask your teachers)
 If you put down a first choice you are not
eligible for, you may not automatically get your
second choice
 Once a class is full and there are no available
resources, you may not get a combination even
though you qualify for it
3E Subject Combinations 2013
Useful Advice
 Ensure that you work hard towards your
choice combination
 don’t appeal for a subject and say you are
very interested in it when you don’t even
meet the cut-off point!
 If you do not qualify for any of the choices you
have put down, the school will assign the
choice that is best for you based on your overall
S2 results and teachers’ recommendation.
3E Subject Combinations 2013
Useful Advice

Once given the subject combination, STICK
to it!
3E Subject Combinations 2013
Important Information
 Option Forms will be given out to
students by the October
 To be submitted by end October after
release of results
 Students will be informed of their
allocation & class by November
 Only combinations with at least 10-15
students will be confirmed