What do students say about the Programme?

Testimonials from Students

So What Do Students Say About Us?

On Lessons:

"In general our lessons involved open-ended discussion that were very interesting and allowed us to learn from one another. Seminar-style lessons gave us opportunities to improve communication skills. We also had the chance to do hands on work ...that greatly aided our learning."- Shannen See Yan Lin.

"I found seminar / debate style discussions to be a good way of encouraging us to research and learn more about a specific area. The value of such activities are enhanced further when conducted in groups and everybody can work together and learn together." - Ng Zhi Yuan.

"...These hands on activities allow me as a visual learner to interact with subject matter more personally" - Samuel Ng Shou Mian.

'The teacher delves deeper into each topic, by sharing more aspects of knowledge in each topic. Teacher is thorough with explanations and offers room for discussions" - Ng Jun Xian.

"I like the classroom style learning coupled with freedom to do / learn at our own pace." - Foo Guo Wei.

"I like the way class discussions are carried out during lessons where everyone sets to voice their own ideas. This provokes all of us to think more." - Chen Liu.

''Seminar-style learning allows us to discuss certain concepts including those out of syllabus in groups before presentation. It trains our communication and presentation skills well" - Sit Han Zhe.

"The main challenge I faced at first was the inability to have independent learning and not being able to attend lecture for my gate subject. I thought that I will do badly without lectures as I am used to being taught by teachers rather than reading up myself. However, after a few months, I slowly got use to seminar learning style and was able to cope." - Ong Zhen Hui.

On Electives :

''I have benefitted (from the GATE Programme) in terms of broadening in terms of my exposure to other fields of science and math that allowed me to explore careers available to me. I can start making decisions earlier and start focusing and setting goals earlier, through visiting universities and laboratories such as YALE-NUS and NTU research labs visits." -Darryl Chai.

"Theory of Knowledge lessons were lively and fun discussions which stimulated creative thinking presentation of meaningful viewpoint. I liked the Diffraction workshop. I am not a physics student but the ability to take part in this elective allowed me to be exposed to some theories of physics as well, which I enjoyed." - Teo Tze She.

"Thanks to various electives and enrichment, Tuesday afternoon have been a tiring and nevertheless fulfilling. Honestly speaking the concepts and knowledge taught outside normal curriculum are challenging in and some are just incomprehensible. However having exposed to various electives does encourage ( or sometimes force) me to push myself to the limit and beyond. Needless to say without joining GATE, I won't be able to feel a sense of satisfaction at this point of time. PS: the forest adventure and combat skirmish are great activities that enriched my C1 life." - Xu Yu Chuan.

"The GATE electives and enrichment allowed me to broaden on knowledge in various fields. In particular, the Green Finger Elective allowed me to truly agenda of the importance of saving & planting trees." - Joshuan Ian Lim.

" The electives and enrichment have allowed us to pursue interest beyond the 'A' Level curriculum, and has motivated me to explore areas where previously may not have been interested in, and enrich myself in my own time" - Leon Tan.

"Through the various electives, I have found out about further knowledge of other subjects / careers that I could consider in the future. The YALE-NUS visit also increased my view on different university system." - Sharlene Tay

On the Programme in General:

"I think that being in GATE has been enriching and I enjoy being in the programme, having electives and other activities with my peers. Although at times the electives / enrichment activities take up quite a bit of time. It has taught me to manage my time well. Being an independent learner also makes me responsible for my own pace of learning and keeps me discipline to stay on task." - Jolyn Tan

"I definitely feel that being able to enter this programme is a great privilege as I have never thought of myself being able to be specialised in the subject I am good in, in junior college. The learning environment is definitely more stressful, however this has encouraged me to learn more on my own to pace myself with the class." - Jason Chng