Advice needed~~

[Royalz]

ok ok ...i just finished my SPM ..now I'm in the middle of no where...i don't know where to go!Many of my friends had started registering to enter 1st intake...As for me,i just can't make up my mind..i feel that form 6 is just a waste of time..Besides that,it is tough and i might not enjoy form 6 life...So any better path for me??I thought of taking A levels at Taylor's ..is it a good choice for a person like me??I couldnt find the real interest in myself...I'm a science stream student(my results among the top 30 in school) but i love art as well..so what is best for me actually??And i would like to know where can i go after my A levels...?I would like to study locally if I can..or maybe do twinning and study 1 year abroad..Is there any local private U that i can enter after i finish my A levels??(need guide on this)anyone willing to help me??Ur advice would be appreciated..thank you~

[youngyew]

I am not an expert in your questions, but I believe there are many in ReCom who can provide their precious opinions on this. However, I would suggest you to refer to a few discussions that are already in place around ReCom, your questions should have been answered well there.

[CJin]

Try taking a career aptitude test...it might turn up some interesting ideas or if you are desperate maybe you could see you school councelor

[reign226]

Form 6 is not a waste of time. People say it's a 2 year course, students waste a lot of time doing nothing, blah blah. That is simply not the case. Sure, you will have 6 months of doing nothing before classes start on June, but use this time, buy all your Form 6 books and start studying NOW. Trust me, this will give you a tremendous advantage when STPM starts. And when STPM ends, you'll be able to register using forecast results to get into Jan intakes of most private uni/colleges, so no problems there.

As for not enjoying Form 6, believe me when I say all that struggling will only increase friendship bonds between your classmates. You'll learn to be more independant and more resourceful, rather, you MUST or you'll just be another statistic of the system. Form 6 has formed in 1 1/2 years what 5 years of friendship couldn't do. Since you are not such a bad performer, you should have no problems (I only had 2A1s in my SPM but I didn't find the actual exam to be that tough). It's all about what you want to achieve.

Most sci stream ppl who go into arts do so either because they have such a clear goal of where they want to go, or because they are scared that science might be too tough. I don't think you fit into the former, so it's best to take science and keep your options open, although I am not sure the flexibility of going into local university's art stream later on with a science-based STPM. However, private institutions of education will accept anything. After all they just want to profit.

If you want to take the a-levels, then rest assured that you will have no problems in private education. All you need is a fat bank account.

[Maxforce]

Form 6 is a waste of time or not? Well, it depends entirely what you wanted to do. I was from Science stream but well, as I chose accounting to be my line, form 6 would have been a waste of time for me back then. It really depends on what you want to do.
Aptitude test seemed to be a good idea, though it never work for me.
Best is to go scout around hunting in every booth of some education fair. Get them to explain what each profession does, future, prospect, pay wise, job function, qualification needed, etc. I decided my path after some fair as well. But that was long time ago man... hehe feeling nostalgic...

[Dr_Tay]

Fully agree with what is going on now that Form 6 is a waste of time provided you are not going into medicine or sciences. For the Arts taking a diploma which will take you to an Arts degree later may be the best bet yet. A levels use to be important but no longer the case with the dilution of entry requirements. Heck I have met two MBA candidates doing their programs with private colleges one Ballarat and the other RMIT, both having diplomas only and were upgraded to MBAs. Use to be the case that MBAs needed degrees before they could be admitted but I guess times have changed.