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hello im j1 now taking 3h2s, & i made this choice cos i was originally planning to enter local unis. have looked through many profiles of international students who got into ivy leagues.
im aware that schools like cambridge (and maybe oxford) require 4h2 as a minimum and h3s to be competitive, does anyone know if its the same way for the US? have you guys ever heard of a 3h2 + 1h1 getting into an ivy? thing is, taking a h3 probably wont benefit my app much either because my aspired course is beyond academic subjects. really considering if i should repeat this year & take 4h2s to be competitive.
my pms are open too if information is sensitive! tyy

told my parents i got an offer overseas, and they told me that they'll figure a way to send me, worse comes to worse the sell the place. this would allow me to secure a steadier career than the intended degree id be getting in private uni.

im their only child and im forever grateful to them. i told them thats its okay if we cant afford, i just wanted to let them know that i got an offer.

we live in a paid off 5 room in amk, right next to a newly opened activesg, within or less than 2km to 3 different mrt stations. our place can go for $940k-$1m, and sending me overseas would costs abt $290-$300k total. i dont want my parents to let go of their housing for the sake of my education. kinda wish i didnt tell them about the offer...

edit: its a degree in allied health. its definitely not some high paying career, but its path i want to go down. they are supportive in whatever i do, however, i wont let my parents let go of our housing for the sake of my education. its not worth it. i can always settle in another career. my parents are in their late 60s and early 50s. they have a retirement home in Philippines as that's where my mom is from. if i have the chance to go, id defo be applying for scholaships.

we have yet to have a proper conversation about as i have only told them abt it yesterday.

I met her through a mental health support group. I used chatGPT tp rephrase it.

On one occasion, I mentioned to the people in that group that I wanted to visit Coney Island, and she said she was open to going as well. That was when she started texting me.

At the beginning of our texting exchanges, she kept asking me about my relationship with my brother. Her own relationship with her brother was strained, so I think she was trying to relate. I already gave her an answer, but she continued bringing it up every few days.

She used to live in Lakeside and enjoyed going to Jurong Lake Gardens, so we just went there to cycle the first time we met up. During these outings, she would talk a lot about her primary school life and her brother. She tended to talk about herself constantly and rarely asked anything about me.

We went to KidsAmaze together once. Technically, entry is restricted to those under 13, but she told me we could still beg the staff to let us in. After that first visit, she asked me to go again, but I told her I was scared of heights. She kept insisting that I should still go with her.

Then one morning, she suddenly texted to ask if I wanted to hang out, and I said yes. She suggested we go to the Science Centre, and I agreed. She started rushing me to hurry up, and she sounded quite frustrated that I was moving too slowly. She even suggested that I skip buying breakfast and just meet her immediately. Only after that did she tell me that she had already bought tickets for a science show—something I had previously told her I didn't want to watch. The show cost money, so she essentially made me pay for something I wasn't interested in.

We wanted to watch the Northern Lights at Gardens by the Bay, but she started suggesting we go cycling first. We initially agreed to go on the weekend, but she then asked if we could go to the Science Centre instead and postpone the Northern Lights. When I told her I'd prefer to see the Northern Lights first, she said it would be more fun if another girl from the mental health support group joined us, and she started insisting that we wait until that girl was free. She then continued saying we should go to the Science Centre that weekend.

On another occasion, we had planned to hang out, but I suddenly cancelled in the morning—we were supposed to meet in the afternoon. The reason was that I had gone out with my colleague until very late the previous night, and I also had something on that morning before meeting her. She asked me to cancel my morning commitment and just meet her in the afternoon, saying it was bad for me to cancel plans at the last minute.

She suggested going to the Science Centre again, and I said I didn't want to because I felt it was more for kids. I even mentioned that my colleague had said the same thing. She told me I shouldn't listen to my colleague. A few weeks later, she asked me to go to the Science Centre with her once more, and I again said I didn't want to. She started pressing me for reasons and said I should be interested because it's related to IT—even though it's not really related. I suggested she ask other people from the mental health support group to go with her, and she replied with something like, "That's because you don't want to go with me?" I told her I simply wasn't interested. She asked which part I wasn't interested in, and I didn't reply after that.

A few weeks later, I brought up the Northern Lights again, and she said we could go that Saturday. But soon after, she asked if we could watch a movie or cycle around Jurong Lake Gardens instead, and postpone the Northern Lights to the following week. I told her I thought we should see the Northern Lights first, and she agreed. We planned to meet on Saturday, but after I arrived and texted her that I was there, she suddenly replied that she wasn't coming anymore because she wanted to go to Jurong Point with her parents, saying she hadn't spent time with them in a while. So we postponed it to Sunday.

On Sunday, she wanted to cycle around Gardens by the Bay before seeing the Northern Lights, so we did that. Afterward, she asked if I still wanted to see the Northern Lights, saying she felt like going home. I told her I still wanted to go. When we got to the venue, she said she was hungry and asked me to accompany her to buy food—even though the Northern Lights had already started. After a while, I told her I wanted to go see the lights, and she finally went with me.

Later, we planned to meet up again, and I asked if we could cycle at Coney Island—since I'd wanted to go since the start of the year but kept delaying it. She started saying she'd rather cycle at Jurong Lake Gardens instead. She also asked if I could go to KidsAmaze with her again, even though I'd already told her multiple times that I was scared of the high elements there.

I kept telling her I didn't want to go to the Science Centre. On one occasion, I sent her a volunteering opportunity at the Science Centre, and she responded by asking if I could volunteer there with her.

After that, I got frustrated and blocked her. I unblocked her after a while, and she texted to ask why I was angry with her. I tried to explain that I didn't appreciate her constantly pushing me to go places I didn't want to go, and that whenever I wanted to visit somewhere, she would delay it and suggest her own preferred places instead. I don't think she really understood what I was saying. She asked if I was angry because she cancelled plans last minute, and then said she was also angry that I had cancelled last minute before. I told her that wasn't the issue—it was about her continually pushing me toward places I wasn't interested in, while delaying the places I wanted to go. After that, we just stopped texting each other.

We accidentally ran into each other in January 2025. She looked shocked to see me, apologized for what had happened between us before, and offered me a spare ticket to a Mayday concert—she made it clear I wouldn't have to pay. But during the concert, she walked ahead on her own, moving very fast and expecting me to chase after her. She also wanted to leave halfway through, but I didn't feel like leaving. She started speaking loudly, saying there was still school the next day. The concert was at Stadium MRT, yet she wanted me to travel all the way to Lakeside MRT just to pick her up and then turn back to Stadium.

Shortly after, she told me she didn't have her class timetable. Every day, she'd ask me to take a photo of mine and send it to her—which I found odd because we weren't even in the same classes.

We stopped talking for a while. Then one time, another girl from the mental health support group and I decided to meet up with her just for fun. We noticed she seemed better—she was actually asking about us instead of always talking about herself like before.

December last year, we started hanging out again. We went to USS and played badminton at the void deck downstairs from my house. At one point, I went home to grab something, and she followed me right up to my front door—which made me uncomfortable because my mum was sitting in the living room and didn't know my friend was standing right outside and normally my friend will just wait for me downstairs if i want to go home to take something

Another time, when I showed her a photo on my phone, she took it and scrolled through my entire gallery without asking and even look at my entire whatsapp convo with another person also. Whenever I'm using my phone next to her, she'll ask to see what I'm looking at and look at my phone

Then we video call and she notice i was looking at something on my laptop and she keep asking me to show her what am i looking at when i don't really want to

This year, she's been asking to hang out, but she always wants to meet at Lakeside. She used to stay at lakeside but now she move to bukit batok. She keeps asking me to visit her old block, and she'll walk up to her old unit and just stand there to talk. Then we will always play badminton at lakeside and got one time i ask if can play at my house downstairs and she say she dw

But i wanted to go pulau ubin and she didn't go with me until recently i tell her about it and she finally got go with me

Now she still constantly talks about her primary school life and her older brother, and how she drifted away from all her friends

She even asked me to bring my primary school report book to show her, and said she'd show me hers and her brother's in return. She also bring her baby photo album around to show me.

She teaches part-time tuition, and she knows her student often goes to the community club to study. She keeps asking me to go to the CC with her so she can try to see her student. Another of her student will go to the playground to play. One time, we are at Bukit Batok and she suddenly insisted we go all the way back to the playground at Lakeside to look for her student because she knew they'd be there. I felt like her student must have been uncomfortable having their tutor randomly show up at the playground. I remember her parents started looking at me with that look when they saw me and her at the playground.

Nowadays, she also keeps talking about how much she misses Lakeside Primary School and her old house, and how affected she feels that she's no longer close with her brother. She also mentioned her mum's friend son who used to live near her and moved to New Zealand—they recently returned to Singapore, and she keeps talking about how much she misses them.

That said, she has told me that if I'm ever uncomfortable with anything, I can tell her and i feel like she is better. Still, I find her very annoying, and she seems stuck in her childhood.

She even cried and video-called me once, saying it was because she started thinking about her childhood and how everything has changed. But sometimes she straight away video call me without asking or she ask if can video call then i never reply then she just straight away call

she constantly texts me to the point where it gets irritating. She also mentioned that all her other friends have ghosted her. I feel very annoyed when she keep talking about her primary school and her mum's friend son

She asks questions like whether I went to student care in primary school, and what my PSLE score was. My other friends won't ask all these. She keeps talking about drifting apart from her primary school friends. She also keeps asking me to eat Pizza Hut with her.

My friend suggested she might have some trauma related to her primary school years and might be stuck in the past.

NYJC** omg i thought njc is nanyang im so sorry😭
Hi so im sec 3 this year and im not sure about which college i would wanna choose next year but im thinking about these 3(hci,nyjc,ejc. Prob wont get into hci but its worth a try lol) I wanted to know some things about these jcs:

1.how strict are the attire rules/dress code? Do teachers actually enforce these rules? Cause i do have multiple piercings on my ears and im not sure how are jcs with that.

2. Can female students wear pants in any of these schools? I have gender dysphoria so it will make me very uncomfortable to wear the skirt. I would really prefer a jc which allows students assigned female at birth to wear pants/shorts.

3. How are lessons conducted usually? Is it more of lecture style?

4. What time to lessons usually start in these schools?

5.ive heard that the nyjc principal changed. Is he actually that bad?😭

Thank you in advance for any responses!

ima sec 3 gaohua student taking the cl listening comprehension tmr, n recently ive been v shaky with my lc sometimes barely getting 12/20 and 14/20.. just wanted to know if any seniors have tips for the paper, looking to get an a1 to put into my l1r4

Hi guys i’m currently 09 in poly but im gonna trf to an international school in china, they offer both the IB and A levels. i want to go to London for university specifically to do finance which requires AA Hl math or a A* in A level math.

Some subjects i want to take include Geography (very strong subject of mine) , Business (Easy+im strong) Econs (intrest but scared i cant do well) and math which is compulsory. i dont mind doing literature too. Even though i wnat finance im not confident i can do well in math (and yes i know u need to do well in math for finance). my sciences are mediocre ( combined science student)

For that school specifically their IB average is around 34~ which is horrible. and they don’t disclose their A level scores but they only been teaching A levels for 2-3 years. (i’m scared the teaching is not very good)

I would say im more of a paper work person and i don’t really like computer work and group work as much.

Please let me know!

hey guys, how many of yall have received shortlists/trials/interviews for JC DSA. State what JC, DSA domain, and what you have gotten?

I have heard raffles has been sending out interviews for sports, TJC for performing arts, SAJC for sports.

I used to be really good at English, it was my best subject. But suddenly, after I started studying other subjects my English just fell off. Now I can barely pass the paper 2. Any tips and tricks on how to improve?

As my fellow J1s know, the major PW things are due in a few weeks (😭😭😭😭) And I know that PW is weighted, and you can't get out of it and if you fail you have to retake next year but I just CAN'T. My group's project is really niche and we're all so out of our depth that even as the group leader I don't know what to do. And my teammates aren't objectively bad either but we just don't gel well so most lessons we end up sitting in awkward silence. It's gotten to a point where it feels like we've all given up and even thinking about the project fills me with so much dread that it's not even something I want to do anymore.

But my group is at risk of failing so help??

What are some high paying part-time jobs nowadays? Preferably those with benefits like F&B (discount/free food) etc. not very particular on the benefits if it’s high paying.

Generally quite ok with any kind of jobs but preferably something manageable for students lah (M here). By high paying I mean $15^/hr

And how did it affect you long term?

I came from an all boys' secondary school and tbh it was quite wholesome there, most of my schoolmates were quite nice people. But after sec sch I went to JC which was mixed, and that's where I encountered bullying.

I remember in the first week of school, in orientation, we played these truth or dare-esque games led by OGLs. I'm not sure if it was agreed upon before or them piling on the opportunity, but when it was each girl's turn to answer she'd turn to me and say "<Name>, you're the ugliest guy here". Or some variation of that, and to the cheers of the other girls.

And as orientation went on they'd find more and more offensive ways to insult me, mostly involving my looks. I remember particularly one girl sitting beside me who gleefully turned to me and scathingly insulted my looks. And tbh I was shocked at the moment, like I'd never even done anything to you, why would you do this to me? And she was super chopped herself, so surely you'd know why you shouldn't insult someone on their looks...

To make matters worse, my female OGL joined in as well, although she added a sorry before diving into insults (as if that made things better). I remember each and every time I just laughed it off cuz I didn't know what to say, but I was thinking "how cruel can you be?". And when I had enough and insulted one of them back? Suddenly it's all "how could you say this to a girl", and they all made me out to be some asshole.

It got to the point where even my male OGL looked visibly uncomfortable at what they were doing and tried to put an end to it whenever it happened. And credit to him, he did privately have a chat with me to cheer me up, told me not to take it to heart etc. But it was a complete shock, as I'd never done anything to deserve this, but somehow I became the target anyway.

Obviously I skipped all the OG group meetups post orientation. I remember one of the girls even had the gall to ask me why I didn't show up. Sorry your punching bag didn't appear?

In the long term I guess that did affect my self esteem negatively, and it took quite long to get over it. For others who've encountered something similar, I'd like to hear your story too! Hopefully you ended up ok as well after bullying.

**disclaimer: I don’t study math in my course of study and my math is 👎🏻, pls just read for fun. Thanks you.

If a person lives till 80, then 40 is the midpoint of their life right? But this statement is only half true. From a calendar perspective, yes it is true. However, the time perceived by humans is not linear.Under the logarithmic perception of time model, 18 years old is already the midpoint of one's subjective life experience.

There’s Weber's Law which tells us that human perception of change depends on relative change. Integrating this formula further gives us Fechner's Law.This indicates that human subjective perception is proportional to the logarithm of the objective stimulus.Just imagine during the holiday, ur teacher assigns you 5 exam papers, and then suddenly adds 5 more at the last minute, you would complain. But if they assigned 100 papers and added 5 more, you wouldn't complain as much.In fact, earthquake magnitudes, decibels of sound, and pH levels are all based on logarithmic models.If we apply logarithmic perception to the lifespan, we can model it like this, let’s assume the subjective length of each year is roughly equal to 1 divided by your current age (1/t).

One year at age 5 accounts for (1/5) of your total life experience. Whereas one year at age 50 is only (1/50). Therefore, the accumulated subjective time can be written as this integral formula:
S(t) = ∫ (1/x) dx = ln(t)

Assuming stable memories begin at age 4 and life ends at age 80, we find the half-point and substitute it into the logarithmic formula. After rearranging, we take the exponential of both sides.Thus, the subjective midpoint of life under the logarithmic time perception model can be defined by this result:
t = √(t₀ × T)

As you can see, the subjective midpoint is not the arithmetic mean, but the geometric mean. Substituting the ages, it comes out to 17.9 years old. So, if time is perceived proportionally, then out of a lifespan from age 4 to 80, half of your subjective life has already passed by around age 18.This is also why we always feel that the older we get, the faster time flies. A year during childhood represents a massive proportional change, whereas a year after growing up is just a tiny increment within a long reservoir of experience.
What we are truly losing is not time itself, but our capacity for time to leave distinct markers in our memory.Therefore, what I just wanna say is I hope everyone can courageously try new things. The length of a life does not just depend on how long you live, but on how many moments are truly remembered by you.

How does our generation view socialism as an ideology?

As Engels put it, socialism is not a mere utopian moral ideal, but an objective necessity resulting from the material contradictions within capitalism.

Essentially, socialism is the means of reaching a better world (utopia, possibly) through organisation and revolution.

Basically what this means is giving workers the right to have a say in the central problem of economics (what gets produced, and for whom?), and the right to receive the full value of what they produce (eg. A factory worker gets a share of the full revenue from selling items produced in the factory, not just a wage that doesn't change regardless of total revenue)

Do you agree or disagree with the idea of socialism, and do you feel like socialist policies have a place in Singapore?

Hey guys, posting for my senior, He graduated from a Engineering with Business diploma with a 2.15 GPA. Local full-time uni is 0% chance. He didnt tell his parents his gpa yet... but its those really toxic families (ive overheard some of the phone calls during events)

sooo like before i reply him, what are his options? i know suss part time degree is one, private uni is possible but worth the money? idt he wld go considering his household mentality abt private.... suss type still possible,, work straight away... also to those ppl who had a low gpa how did u tell ur parents?

Contrary to the stereotype of girls loving to shop. I hate shopping for clothes. I enjoy looking at fashion inspo and buying out of necessity like me needing to get office friendly wear for the start of my career fresh out of school so I would usually buy a few pieces, like <5.

I always repeat what I wear/like everytime i go out until my parents nag me to clear out my old clothes and get new ones, but its always the sentimental attachment that gets to me. I also thought of getting my work wear tailored swift 👀according to my measurements but ofc it aint cheap lol .

My buying decision also factors in how much I can see myself wearing the piece so its based on depreciation, aside from material, cutting and price. What looks nice on you in theory may not look nice irl especially with bad fitting room lighting.

So today, I went out to JB to shop with my parents, anyway parents pay which im grateful to them. My dad complained it took me 1.5 hrs to try a bunch of clothes the store assistant recco which I bought like 4 tops 1 pants out of a variety of tops, pants and fish soup OL dresses.

My mom explained diff clothes have diff cutting for diff bodies like girls shop is different from guys shopping usually like just wear okay can liao (which to me is ideal cos i wear for function mostly). And I honestly feel that some clothes' quality do not justify the price like Im paying SGD $50 for a top but the material is so thin and/or rough (cough cough Bove Lonito)

Also btw i go clubbing, legit all the guys dress the same (black T and pants), girls also the same but at least got some variety (usually a cami and a mini skirt/shorts).

So like i was like

you ask me to buy clothes> idw > u buy for me> not nice> i go shopping and i take my time to choose options> u complain i take so long or so ex> I anyhow whack> end up not nice> end up I dont wear frequently so its wasted $ > wear the same old clothes again> cycle repeats, might as well dont buy lor

Yeah might as well dont buy, also stop being influenced by soc med and capitalism what to buy and somemore dont use. it aint healthy for the environment and your wallet.

I rarely fall in love with people. Why’d it have to be someone who doesn’t feel the same way that I do. I knew it was gonna be a rejection but I still confessed anyway and now it hurts so f*cking much. I can’t stop thinking about how things could’ve been different if I maybe had done things differently.

What hurts me even more is the fact that she said so much good things about me in response to my confession. Why couldn’t she just say something bad so at least I know why I got rejected. Now I’m left thinking no matter how much I work on myself I’m just never gonna be enough. I f*cking hate myself. If I’m always gonna be disliked anyways why do I even bother, no one’s ever gonna f*cking love me anyways. I know relying on external validation to self-improve is a sh*t move but I can’t change my mentality or how I’m wired. F*CK why am I born like this.

I literally feel like shit. I haven’t felt this sick in a long long time I hate it. I wanna k*ll myself I literally feel like k*lling myself. Someone please say something encouraging I really can’t handle this anymore. I need therapy I need help I need love I feel so lonely so sick and tired of always getting rejected I’m done.

hihi JC1 here in a low-tier jc (so opportunities outside of sch dont come easy sadly)

like i know ppl usually say by JC, u shld more of less alr know what u wanna do for ur career.

BRO like everytime i ask myself what do i wanna do in uni or what job i wanna choose, i panic a lot. i still dont even know what im passionate abt, what i wanna do in life that gives me security financially and mentally. thankfully however, i narrowed down and managed to strike out being a doctor or anything related to the health sciences or any med sch + bio courses in uni cos i CANNOT do bio for the life of me...

if it helps, i take CMEg (H2 Chem, H2 Math, H2 Econs, H1 Geog) in my jc rn. i took this combi to still open as much doors as i can if i strike out H2 Bio (NEVER want to do bio again after o lvls...) rn im just locking in and working hard as much as i can for sch, and hopefully make it to one of the big 3 unis here

i alr tried seeing my school's ECG counsellor, and alr talked to my parents abt this. all weren't of much help sadly :(

not to mention, ppl hv been talking bad about AI uni courses or courses relating to CS, Data Science, Biz and all. ITS LIKE EITHER ITS TOO COMPETITIVE (eg Law School) / TOO LOW JOB PROSPECTS / JUST A HOPELESS COURSE IN GENERAL 🥲 🥲🥲

growing up, i come from a mid-income family, so i rlly want to have a job that genuinely allows for a decent salary, okay number of working hours, and just be financially comfortable in SG. i intend to be in a higher income bracket when i start to work. (i plan to stay and reside permanently in SG)

i always have nightmares that i might choose the wrong career path and not earn enuf to make a good living here, or like the job progression in my future job may be skewed badly. i rlly do not have enuf ppl around me who has survived thru the job search after uni, and like im so scared of the future job prospects. rlly hope someone reads this and is able to guide me 😄

context: we are in 2 of the same cca's, both y1 in poly and dont rlly talk much with eo. i just find her really cute and her quiet side is very calming too. idk if she has ajy interest in me (she forgot how i look like when i told her my name).

ive never actually approached women myself b4. the 2 exs i had came to me first, so i dont rlly know how to ask a girl out 😔😔

and asking "wanna go eat dinner tgt tonite?" sounds a bit creepy too... literally dk what yo do 💔

can someone lowk wingman me or guide me on what to say? thanks 😭🙏

How to handle ite intern? So this intern initially was good, proactive, taking ownerships and had good commends from coworkers. But ever since the company done his report, he flip 180 degrees. Start being MIA from work, reporting sick every week, and every week got family member pass away giving a lot of grandmother story. Tbh interns only have to work 4 days a week. So I don’t understand what’s the issue.

Is there anyway to change his intern result? The teacher is being unresponsive and covering the intern as well.

aw guys they removed my update 2 weeks and last wk it was holiday class so i’m back this wk w an update hehe
frm the last post some of you guys said to be more vague so todays update will be more lowk.
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tldr from last wk - he didnt come but i managed to talk to his friend to find out more about him! he was sick though so i wrote down notes frm class to share w him! moving forward i will befriend his friend even more,, we had good chats! i hope he doesnt misunderstand though... EYE ON THE PRIZEEE

THIS WEEK WELLTHIS WK WAS GOOD
i managed to sit beside him hehe cause his friend waved me over to sit w them! i also helped him w one of the essay planning qns so i mightve impressed him hehe! lowk im doing beter just cause im paying more attention to help him...i also asked fr his tele to send him the notes!so now i hv his number… maybe next wk aft class ill ask him for dinner?! and study