Moreover, since different areas of science employ Chemistry concepts, it is a requirement in JC that science-streamed college students take Chemistry on top of their selection of Physics or Biology. Students can choose the level of Chemistry they wish to take, specifically an elective level at H1, a full subject at H2, or an advanced course at H3. Most college students will take both H1 or H2 Chemistry depending on their proficiency. If a student scores effectively in H2 Chemistry at the tip of JC1, they could then be offered the option of H3 Chemistry, to be taken concurrently with H2 Chemistry. H3 Chemistry is particularly challenging because students who choose it up will only do so in the beginning of JC2, leaving them a mere 10 months or less to master the material. As such, most students find themselves turning to JC Chemistry tuition to keep up the tempo.
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Cooling price effects on the structure of 45S5 bioglass: Insights from experiments and simulations, P Bhaskar and R Kumar and Y Maurya and R Ravinder and AR Allu and S Das and NN Gosvami and RE Youngman and MS Bodker and N Mascaraque and MM Smedskjaer and M Bauchy and NMA Krishnan, JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS, 534, 119952 (2020). (DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2020.119952) abstract
On the other hand, the top O-Stage performers who choose the A-Stage route are normally extra examination-ready than their IP counterparts. It is very possible that they’ve developed intellectual maturity and good learning habits over their secondary school years. IP college students need to come to terms and accept that they might not have remained at the highest of their PSLE cohort throughout their JC years.