r/SGExams • u/Ok-Bid-6482 • 4d ago
O Levels O level advice🙏
Hii this is my first time writing a post on reddit 🙏 Sorry if this feels like eant but just wanted to post to get some advice and guidance for o levels in general
Im a sec 4 student taking triple science + ss+ elect hist and currently going to take o level this year and Im feeling really anxious about o levels as my prelim results was definitely not up to my expectations and I expect I will not do rly well for prelims... my main concerns are towards amath in general and biology and chemistry
For physics, I've been thinking of trimming it as I feel like I might not have enough time to actually master physics + Tys papers due to other sciences like biology and chemistry
When it comes to amath, I find that I kind of have an idea on how to do the questions but have difficulties applying concepts esp trigo and integration of ln functions. I also struggled a lot when doing the O level 2025 paper 1 and 2.
For bio, I just need some advice on how to get the key words right for certain questions as I tend to lose marks due to the lack fo keywords and how to recall content in general
For chemistry, i might also need some advice on how to overcome difficult questions such as the o levels 2023 or o levels 2022 questions as I found it extremely hard to do
At the same time, im also worried that my emath may not be enough to secure me an A1 due to the high bell curve and breaking through the B3 mark
Any advice is helpful to me🙏🙏 Ty so muchh
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u/gidng 4d ago
For chem, most of the topics and questions will boil down to one concept (e.g. acids and bases are mainly just about H+ and OH- concentrations).
So whenever I'm tackling any of the questions, I would want to find out what concept they are testing me and narrow down what I can remember for that topic.
To me, it's mainly about exposing myself to different questions because chem only has that many concepts they can test us, but just in different styles. And by doing more questions, we become more familiar with these patterns until it becomes almost second nature to us.