Between art and science stream in stpm

[Chiyo]

Can we change stream from art to science? and what does art stream student study? between art and science students is that real that art students have to get good results than science studetns in order to get in U?? plz enlighten me...thanks

[balderdash]

what do you mean by changing streams from arts to science? If you were formerly an arts student for SPM, nope you can't change to science. I was an Arts student and my combi was PA, Econs, Literature in English and Math (the syllabus for arts). PA was compulsory, Econs is cool as long as you know your stuff, Literature of English wasn't offered in any Ipoh school so I had private tutoring twice a week (heard only less than 50 students take it each year throughout Malaysia) while it would be advantageous to have SPM Add math to take STPM math.

Other subjects commonly offered would be Accounts, Malay Language, Chinese Language, History, Pengajian Perniagaan...hehe and I am not too sure what else

Whether it is true that Arts students need better results compared to Science students to get into uni.....I am not sure. I had 2As and 2Bs and I got my first choice UM (in which I stayed only 2.5 days). Then again, you'd have to understand I chose a course that probably no one else wanted - Sastera (English). My other friends who had no As all got their first choices either in USM/UUM - for courses like Mass Comm and Management and Accounts. On the other hand, many of my friends in Science stream couldn't get their first choice.

But it's your call ultimately - where does your interests lie?

[Chiyo]

I'm formerly a science student, but maybe result are too bad to get in science so my name appear in art in the f6 list...i'm thinking of appeal for science.

So what is the Literature English all about? sound interesting..from what i know from my friends, they said that PA and Malay is compulsary, then the rest is like u said, got Account, Pengajian Perniagaan, seni, geo and Ecco.

Y just stayed for 2.5 days??


I wish to take architecture.

[yen_05]

Originally Posted by Chiyo

I'm formerly a science student, but maybe result are too bad to get in science so my name appear in art in the f6 list...i'm thinking of appeal for science.

So what is the Literature English all about? sound interesting..from what i know from my friends, they said that PA and Malay is compulsary, then the rest is like u said, got Account, Pengajian Perniagaan, seni, geo and Ecco.

Y just stayed for 2.5 days??


I wish to take architecture.

Really?? Malay language is compulsory in STPM for humanities stream?? From what i know, PA is compulsory in both streams but i do not think that Malay language is compulsory in humanities stream. Btw, Mathematic S is also offered to students in art stream. ...Did you take up extra subjects in SPM....like principle of account or art??

[balderdash]

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Originally Posted by Chiyo

I'm formerly a science student, but maybe result are too bad to get in science so my name appear in art in the f6 list...i'm thinking of appeal for science.

So what is the Literature English all about? sound interesting..

Literature in English is indeed interesting but it would be recommended that you have a good grasp of English in order to do this subject. also, check with your school whether they offer it or if they don't...ask around in your town to see if private tutoring is available. For my year, Paper 1 was Critical Appreciation (commonly known as practical criticism) - where they give you an unseen piece of prose and poetry to do prac crit on. Paper 2 is British Lit....depends on what your teacher (or you!) choose to do....I did Austen's Emma and Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience and something else ahha I don't remember. Paper 3 is World Literatures in English- I did African lit (The River Between), Indian Lit (The Painter of Signs) and Malaysian lit (The Return). I loved studying for it but as I've said, it's ultimately your call.

Originally Posted by Chiyo

from what i know from my friends, they said that PA and Malay is compulsary, then the rest is like u said, got Account, Pengajian Perniagaan, seni, geo and Ecco.

Malay is NOT compulsory. Your friends probably thought it was compulsory because your school offered the combination with included BM.

Originally Posted by Chiyo

Y just stayed for 2.5 days??

I got an offer from NUS to do Arts. And I couldn't stand the hostel. Sorry la, I quite xiao jie hehe....

And to yen_05: yeah the math for arts stream is called Math S....that's the one that I did....all the Stats.....ARGH....

[Chiyo]

Did you take up extra subjects in SPM....like principle of account or art??[/quote]

yeah, i took principle of account..you guys know how they choose student for stpm? today i went to the JPN for changing stream, she told me that for student which their FZ, KM, and BIO's marks added up & at least 18 can enter in science stream...but in the other hand my teacher said the different concept..( who 2 trust?? )
my heart broke into pieces when i heard 18 marks..bcoz i got 19!!

and also..art stream's subject are teaches in Malay?? would it be a large different with science which teaches in English?

[balderdash]

I was a triple Science+Add math SPM student - already had 10 subjects and back then nobody took more than 10/11 subjects...restrictions I think. My sciences sucked but I think I had 12 points for my triple sciences but there was no way I was ever going to do sciences again. I had an aggregate of 9 for SPM overall and decided to put it to good(?) use in arts

I don't understand what you mean by it being different from science stream which is taught in English. As far as I know, only Math and Science are in English. So shouldn't be a problem I figure.

[kevinkhoo1986]

Originally Posted by Chiyo

Did you take up extra subjects in SPM....like principle of account or art??

yeah, i took principle of account..you guys know how they choose student for stpm? today i went to the JPN for changing stream, she told me that for student which their FZ, KM, and BIO's marks added up & at least 18 can enter in science stream...but in the other hand my teacher said the different concept..( who 2 trust?? )
my heart broke into pieces when i heard 18 marks..bcoz i got 19!!

and also..art stream's subject are teaches in Malay?? would it be a large different with science which teaches in English?[/quote]

I would like to clarify that only PA is the compulsory subject in STPM. Other than that you can choose for urself. Perhaps ur school required all the art stream students to take BM. Well in my school, all the art class students have to take Econ and all the science class students have to take chemistry. So if you in art stream and don't wish to take econ in my school, you have to switch school. My school does not allow students from Art stream change to Science stream while they do allow students from Science stream to change to Art stream. So basically i think art stream students can't change to science stream but again, it depends on ur school. Try to appeal man

[yen_05]

Originally Posted by kevinkhoo1986

yeah, i took principle of account..you guys know how they choose student for stpm? today i went to the JPN for changing stream, she told me that for student which their FZ, KM, and BIO's marks added up & at least 18 can enter in science stream...but in the other hand my teacher said the different concept..( who 2 trust?? )
my heart broke into pieces when i heard 18 marks..bcoz i got 19!!

and also..art stream's subject are teaches in Malay?? would it be a large different with science which teaches in English?

I would like to clarify that only PA is the compulsory subject in STPM. Other than that you can choose for urself. Perhaps ur school required all the art stream students to take BM. Well in my school, all the art class students have to take Econ and all the science class students have to take chemistry. So if you in art stream and don't wish to take econ in my school, you have to switch school. My school does not allow students from Art stream change to Science stream while they do allow students from Science stream to change to Art stream. So basically i think art stream students can't change to science stream but again, it depends on ur school. Try to appeal man [/quote]

Are you from Klang High School?? Anyways, I am transfering from SMK Alam Megah to Klang High School. I will be in science stream....I have no idea whether they allow us to transfer school or not because i am staying in Shah Alam but it is more convenient for me to travel to klang....

[stevemc90]

english lit is not as easy as u think.. it's very deep. anyway, the subjects offered are solely based on the school's discretion. but of course u can take additional subjects