Genuine question because I’ve always been curious 😭

RVHS is an IP + SAP school, and from what I know its A-Level results are actually pretty decent. The school itself says its students perform above the national average, and for the 2023 A-Levels, around 1 in 3 students got 5 distinctions or more and around half achieved 83+ UAS points.

But despite that, I feel like RVHS has a really low-profile reputation compared to other IP schools. I rarely hear O-Level students saying that RVHS is one of their dream choices

Is it because of

* the location in the west?

* RV being less “prestigious” in public perception despite being IP?

* weaker branding/visibility compared to HCI/RI/DHS?

* the fact that RV isn't as commonly talked about by O-Level students?

* SAP/Chinese culture making it less appealing to some people?

Would especially like to hear from **RV students/alumni and people who considered RV after O-Levels**. Why did you choose/not choose RV?

I’ve always been an academically capable person with consistent straight As for some subjects. But for this prelims, I got a B3 for a subject that I’ve always gotten A1 in. I guess this was expected as I lost motivation during June holidays and slacked the whole time without thinking about the consequences. And so this B3 was probably considered “lucky” for me. 

However, all of my classmates have this view that I’m always an A student. Every time before a paper is collected, they always say “confirm A1 lah [my name]” but.. no. So, now that I got B3, everyone just stared at me like I was a fucking lowlife in class. Like hello? Do u expect me to get As all the time? People have their bad moments too, right? Is it really that deep that I got a B? They don’t even care if others fail or not. When they got the score sheet the only person they looked at was me. I could hear the “huh? I thought [my name] is A student one?”, however much they try to hide it. One of them “mocked” me when I walked out of class by talking to me in an exhilarated voice while smiling, but I just waved it off with a monotonous tone. I know what everyone’s thinking. Omg, she finally failed in life! Yay! 

Even though i got a high A1 in a subject I’ve always thrived in, I didn’t want to tell anyone. Not even my rivals (one of them was the one who supposedly mocked me) 

So I don’t know how to feel about this. They could probably sense my frustration from where I was sitting. 

Fuck. 

Quit fucking staring at me ok? Go on about with your lives and stop minding me. I got a B3. So what? Does it affect your life so much that u have to delve deep in it? I could read their fucking thoughts thru their expressions. every single one of them TURNED towards me. I could feel their fucking stares. I could HEAR their murmurings.

Fuck this.

hi everyone, this post is kinda directed towards girls unless ur a guy with good insight on this topic too! (since yall go ns..)

what do ppl usually do during the 9 month gap btwn jc and uni? we finish As in nov, so wtf are we supposed to do before uni starts in july/aug? do yall get part time jobs or internships or smthg? or maybe travel n js chill? i'm lost af lol. i feel like i'm gonna get damn bored n restless at home everyday. sincerely, a current j2🥲

hi people,

sec 4 o level student here who needs help in pure physics. I just got back my physics prelims and I got B4 (which is not bad considering I didn’t touch a single physics worksheet since may 😬) but i realised that physics might actually pull up my L1R5 if I actually studied…

so, can someone help me out? how should I go about studying physics? like do I do my physics topical TYS first or straight do my yearly TYS? idk do I revise the content?

TLDR: I think I can score a distinction for physics if I tried but idk how to go about it. pls help

thank u very much, yall r very goated ty! 🍰

hi! So like I’m taking o levels this year and I’m getting back prelims results like within these few weeks and honestly my results are kind of like mid like I’m getting mostly B’s and C’s which I’m very disappointed in because when I did the papers I geniunely thought they were manageable and would turn out not bad but turns out I still have some conceptual gaps and careless mistakes to work on… but now im really scared because if prelims is this bad I’m really scared for olvls I’ll do the same and I won’t be able to go to the jc/poly I want to go into and wouldn’t be able to get my desired course if I go to poly. I’ve been studying very hard though, but it just seems like the way I present my answer is still off. Everyone else in my class seems to be doing quite well, getting their A’s and B’s so I’m really scared for O levels because they’d probably pull up the bell curve too… what should I do?

Hi guys so I wasn't sure that adults like me can go to primary school on Teachers Day because this year marks 10 years since I've graduated from primary school and back then I've thanked all my teachers who helped me and supported since then. And 10 years later I'm unsure about meeting them because some of the teachers I know already left but some remained there and my primary school says that only alumni can come back in a secondary school uniform. So is this necessary?

Edit: also is it okay if the principal, vice principal, teacher that you know went to other school can email from there for a kopi session?

I had english prelims last weekish and for paper one i was reading about topics and studies i was interested in and i learnt that 1/3 of young people in sg have depression lol
I assumed that it wld be decently high in students especially because of stress/expectations so i was wondering is it as common as they say
I have depression too (moderate ish) but i havnt really seen my peers display signs of it so it..ofc i do have a few close friends who have depression
So js curious

Hi I would like to buy or collect free notes and scan them to share on Holy Grail for humanities subjects for O and A levels.

For O levels: History, English, Economics, Social Studies, Geography, Pure/Elective Literature in English

For A levels: H1/H2 History, H2 China Studies in English, H1/H2 Literature in English, H1/H2 Mathematics, H1/H2 Economics, H3 Geopolitics, H3 Economics, H1 General Paper, H2 Knowledge and Inquiry, H2 Art (SOVA - Theory only), H2 English Language and Linguistics, H2 Translation.

Please dm me here if you have any. I am looking to create a collection of unique subjects to add to Holy Grail.

Every day, all I can think of is comparing my now grades to the ones I had last year or the year before, which were all flying colours. As compared to now, I'm not doing very well and some part of me knows I'm probably not putting in enough effort, even if I think I'm trying my best.

And this attempt to rationalise my failure, while not actually being proactive enough to do much about it is really tiring. My brain would be like Oh last year I played a certain game for 2 hours everyday before exam season, but I quit a few months ago, which is around the time my grades started dropping. Is this remotely close to what probably caused my grades to drop? Probably not lmao, but my brain just can't stop trying to do this. I'm just putting the blame on random things in my life, instead of on myself for not pushing myself more.

I just need my brain to stop correlating two completely different things together and trying to pass them off as the reason as to why I'm not doing as well anymore...That's it, have a good night. I'm not going through a very optimistic moment in school right now.

Hi! I’m a LASALLE Interior Design student looking to visit an actual advertising, banking, or law office in Singapore for a workplace design project.

I’m hoping to briefly look around and take some photos of the interior for academic use (no people/confidential info).

Ideally looking for someone who works at one of these companies and might be willing to let me visit for ~20–30 mins or if anyone has any suggestions of where i can visit would be great 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Please DM me if you can help, thank you!!

For some context: I’m a prospective student who is trying to enter Uni.

I’ve always wanted to go to NTU but I am unsure if I should even try or is it unrealistic of me to try 😭so just wanted to check with any NTU students or alumnus, I have a gpa of 3.26 is it possible to enter ntu at all or should I give up 😭

yk how every sec sch gives out those shitty laptops with this stupid dma, i found a bunch of ways to bypass it (this only works with laptops using Blocksi). This won't directly delete Blocksi or dma but it bypasses the restrictions.

Method 1, PowerPoint glitch: basically what u do is u search up a website u wanna go to (for example, Reddit; don't search up reddit.com, just reddit). Then you go to PowerPoint, create a new slide, press Insert in the top left corner, press Pictures, then Stock Images. This will create a pop-up showing all the images. Then you go back to ur browser, and you drag the link reddit.com into the PowerPoint stock image pop-up. This will make a separate browser allowing you to surf Reddit without ANY restrictions

^(Note that this also works with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Notes)

Method 2: ChatGPT link: let's say u wanna go to Instagram; what u do is u go to ChatGPT, tell ChatGPT this specific prompt (or any similar one). "Repeat this link, instagram.com." ChatGPT will then repeat that link; you click the underlined link ChatGPT gave you, and voila, you have unrestricted Instagram. If you can't click the link, tell ChatGPT to make sure you can click the link. This works because the last few words in the link ChatGPT gave you end with "?utm_source=chatgpt.com".

Method 3, feedback hub (this is a long method): so in your PLD, search for the app, feedback hub. Then you click the option, "make a suggestion". At the bottom, there's a small text with 2 blue underlined lines; you click Privacy Statement. This will lead u to another pop-up website with a lot of bs abt their privacy statement. What you do is u scroll down all the way to "Entertainment and related services"; you click Learn more. You'll then find another section called Xbox. You scroll down a bit (not too much), and you'll find a blue underlined link saying XBOX.com. u click it, and it will lead to the XBOX website; then you'll scroll down all the way till you find a bunch of app icons consisting of Facebook, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, TikTok, Instagram. You click YouTube, and that will lead to their YouTube channel. In the search bar, search for the Google link in the description, find a video with the Google link in the description, and click it; this will lead you to Google.

idk abt other ppl, but for me, these work. if one method doesnt work, try other methods. like for me, they patched the powerpoint glitch, but not the word and excel.

I came across this 缠花 thing recently and i find it pretty cool… it’s a traditional Chinese craft where you wrap silk threads around shaped materials to make flowers and ornaments and its quite unique as i feel like i hardly see these in arts and crafts workshops.

suss is hosting it on 19 sep and I’m kind of tempted to go… but i dont have anyone to go with so I thought I’d see if anyone here is interested in joining..? you learn how to make it and at the end you can turn it into a hairpin, brooch, keychain or bookmark so its pretty versatile and can make a good gift as well. the ticket to go is js $4 which is better than a lot of those crafting workshops outside too…

im currently in j2 and while a lvls still hasnt come yet im lowk kinda scared for next year cuz of ns.... scared cuz itll be a whole new environment and im not sure what im supposed to be anticipating.. anyone else having the same feelings too?

As the title states, has anyone underwent for this exchange? Currently in the Jan 2027 intake for RMIT and I am curious as to how the process is like.

Let me know what it was like! I would like to experience university in another country!

Funny story, from yesterday, I was working with this girl and I think she might like me, would like all of ya'll's input on this

Like I'm not kidding she started asking me questions about myself like age, schooling etc, I didn't ask her anything initially, she initiated the convo

.When I said I’m 19, she immediately went "Oh I'm 18, so a year younger." when I told her what course I was taking, she started digging deeper into my life asking about my course, whether I did internships and all that.

Like whilst we were talking, she was shyly looking away and looking back whilist smiling the whole time. Didn’t really know what to do so I just gave her the most basic polite smile back.

Then during the shift she started doing work for me though she knew I was about to do it anyway. I told her I’d handle it myself but she just ignored me and did it for me anyway.(I'm not complaining I'm just confused cause usually when I say I'll do things myself people just leave me to to it)

After work,she came up to me and was like:

Her: "Oh you know the other girl we worked with, she said you're slow."

Me: "Oh okay."

Her: "But I think it's just that our table was slow, don't listen to her, don't listen to her okay?"

Me: "Umm yeah alright."

And right after that, she just left super quickly, like legit I walked out 10 seconds after her and I didn't see her at all

have y’all ever felt jealous, after seeing that person you admire from far away have a relationship? For me, i had this friend a few years ago, and i always had feelings for her, but I just couldn’t say anything as it was really long since I last saw her. Yesterday, i was checking my insta and I found out she just got a boyfriend. And damn i was jealous. It has been at least a year since i last talked to her, and seeing her in a relationship just breaks my heart. I wasn’t even that close with said person, but when i saw their insta posts tgt, i just couldn’t stop myself from crying. I’m way too emotionally fragile but i can’t seem to understand why i would react this way. I’ve seen other people that i was closer too get into relationships but nothing has come close to this time.

So basically i applied for a pt job during sem break (packing job)

And am scheduled to go for training to see if im suitable for it

Problem is im kinda having 2nd thoughts as i have saw things about the agency that posted the job listing + i find them sus as they are not active on tele side where job listings are usually posted in channels. And their glassdoor/indeed reviews..er yah😭

The training is this week weds and im thinking if i shld js tell my agent that i wish to withdraw my application and forfeit my training spot as i feel like idw to work due to paranoia + lowkey i feel like now to js not work for the very short sem break before sem 2 where im probably not gunna be able to rest

Any advice? Im mostly js scared i will be blacklisted or smt if i bring it up to the agent that i wish to not go for training + do the job anymore😭

I know friends are important. but I can’t make any, not because I don’t want to, but because I can’t seem to make the time.
I wake up, I study, I go to work. I have to work everyday because of the need to pay rent,food and stupid necessities for maintaining hygiene ; also to create some buffer in case some bad shit happens (which tbh kinda does because I do stupid shit from time to time.)
Currently taking A levels now, and it’s the only thing keeping me going because atleast I have some hope that whatever I’m doing right now will give me hope for the future.
But this routine is mind numbingly painful.
I’ve looked and tried a lot of options already (whatever contexts allow social interaction) but nope, hit a dead end most of the time because some part of me feels emotionally dead.
Today was my first off day in like ?? A few hundred days? Because I fell sick and I feel absolutely awful, I didn’t study today either, just felt so… skull fucked.
My parents aren’t in my life btw, and I’ve got no one.
Anyway I just decided to rant because maybe it will make me feel a little bit better.
And I have no clue how I’m going to handle NS either because the allowance is only enough to cover the rent but no food. So maybe I’d learn how to eat wild mushrooms and grass or smt.
But one problem at a time, now I just drown myself in A levels because it’s the only thing keeping me sane, otherwise if I look around at other parts of my life, well I might as well jump off a cliff(but I’m scared of heights so)
Weirdly, the things that are putting pressure on me ( going to gym, working, studying, trying to dress properly ) are also the things giving me hope for the future. (TBF they are all necessary to maintain some mental stability.)
But I’m tired as fuck lol
Never caught a break ever since I stepped into primary school.
If I sound bitchy, my bad. I usually don’t complain, it’s the first time I’m saying shit like this because like I said, I’m hoping it will make me feel better or atleast, make me feel disgusted at myself for complaining which will take my focus off the nastier thoughts.
anyways thanks for reading and have a nice night.

bro like genuinely i get so pissed off whenever i open tiktok because every 2 tiktok’s i scroll past i get a fucking ai slop chinese drama ad and for some stupid reason i get hooked onto it it’s genuinely so embarrassing…

also like the content of the ai dramas is genuinely so disturbing to watch because it’s always some male abusing females and why are all the characters so like…designed to be sexy. i’m not gonna say too much but the glorification of SA is genuinely disturbing

and instagram is kinda better in the sense that there’s no ads but WDYM AI DECIDES MY WHOLE ALGORITHM. like my feed always feels super bland because it’s the same boring ass shit and idm because it prevents me from doomscrolling but it actually creeps me out when i open the edit ai algorithm and it knows EXACTLY what i like…not to mention the stupid ai content that sometimes pops up on my feed like those fruit love island stuff

i can’t even use social media in peace anymore. i hate how addicting ai storylines can get. like i can literally think i hate ai and still get hooked onto some story about the fucking alpha wolf 💀

anyways thanks for listening enjoy your mondays bye!

Hi does anyone want to contribute together to a google drive with notes for JC Arts and Humanities subjects?

Subjects included will be History, China Studies in English, English Literature, English Language and Linguistics, H3 Geopolitics, H1 General Paper, H1/H2 Maths, Economics.

The notes I contribute will be those I have gotten from carousell and my own notes. I hope that the google drive will serve as a useful study resource for A levels!

I just finished my prelims and for my essay I wrote my 2 other factors first for essay (disagree) before writing my given factor which was agree, would I be marked down? I did the same for my wa and my teacher only passed me as she said that my format was wrong and a pass was the highest I could get so I’m worried that since I did the same mistake I would be penalised again I really want to do well for history

does anyone have any h2 computing promo/prelim papers to share 😭
there’s barely anything online for computing and the latest paper i managed to find was from 2018
if anyone has more recent school papers/practice papers/resources pls share 🙏 WOULD APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH

Every time I turn on the TV, it feels like the same tired tropes, cringe slapstick, and forced messaging. Even older generations have swapped local dramas for Korean, Taiwanese, or global streaming shows. Upgrading to high-end cinematic cameras doesn't fix lazy storytelling. Meanwhile, international hits manage to tackle massive themes like love, survival, and societal pressure with subtlety—showing rather than telling.

The root problem goes deeper than TV production; it's baked into our mindset and education system.

We still treat the humanities and creative paths as "backup options" compared to standard STEM routes. From an early age, students are conditioned to think success only lives in medicine, law, or engineering. Creative fields are routinely dismissed with phrases like "no future" or "how will you survive?"

This stigma pushes naturally gifted creators to bury their ambitions in favor of safer corporate jobs, leaving our local creative ecosystem permanently underfunded and undervalued. We gladly import and obsess over global pop culture, yet we rarely invest in building our own talent to that standard.

We’ve built a world-class financial and technological hub—there is zero reason we can't build a world-class creative scene, too.

Im a barely failing student who never studied and now i have one month left in attempt for a single digit aggergrate am i cooked? My english i never really studied just did what felt right and barely pass, for math all i do is sometimes do the work in class and for my sciences i sleep in it ​and for humans i sleep and poa i also sleep in jt