Most foreign students with any intention of entering a good US university will have to take this test at least once in their lifetime. Yes, I’m talking about ETS’ Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) - a paper-based, computer-based, or soon to be completely internet-based English test that is required by quite a […]

William Bragg highlights an article he read in the LA Times recently on how top essay scorers in the SAT 1 Essay section tend to do it by preparing strong and flexible quotations, multiple examples and writing relatively long essays.
More specifically, it seems that multiple examples always help your score, as long as they are […]

The British-administered A-Levels course comes in many shapes and sizes. Generally however, most countries use the exact same A-Levels course and examinations that the British use. For example, the Cambridge GCE A-Levels and Edexcel A-Levels are available in Malaysia - at institutions like Taylor’s College and HELP Institute, respectively. The couse materials and tests taken […]

So, most ex-Form 5 Malaysian students would have gotten their SPM results today. Good? Bad? Whatever, really. Once the results come in, all there is to look at is the future. But of course, let’s not kid ourselves. The future is as variable as the results you received, but also according to the effort you […]

The excuses test administering authorities actually come up with can be quite amusing, especially when it comes to highly important national-level (but internationally-taken) tests like the SAT. Recently, College Board (the organisation that administers the SATs) reported that some 4,000 students received incorrect scores, with some getting higher-than-normal results, but most receiving scores unbefitting their […]

Less than two days back, the Singapore GCE A-Level results were announced, leaving students all over Singapore with either the exhilaration, happiness and triumph that come with excellent results, or the disappointment and sheer weariness that come with less-than-good results. But no matter the results, key questions remain. What do you do now? What […]

Just like my post on the Singapore Cambridge A-Levels yesterday, I’m going to be reporting another piece of relatively obvious news: Sijil Pelajaran Tinggi Malaysia (STPM) results will be available on March 16th, 2006.
But unlike the Singapore (or Malaysian) A-Levels, the Malaysian Ministry of Education is trying something very new (and innovative, I might add) […]

Darn, it seems I got it completely wrong when I reported earlier that the Singapore GCE A-Level results were going to come out in the third week of February as it’s been officially announced that A-Level results will be out on March 1st, 2006. I’m sure most of you would have already known this, but […]