Combination of A-level Certificates

Have been having a number of queries about combining certificates for application to the unis. Here's the answer from NUS' FAQs.

Q: Can I combine the results from two sittings of the Singapore-Cambridge GCE 'A' Level examination to meet the entry and course requirements?

Ans: You can only combine results from separate sittings of the Singapore-Cambridge GCE 'A' Level in the following instances:

a. You may take the Mother Tongue Language (MTL) paper more than once and submit your best grade for the computation of the University Score.

b. If you are applying for Law-related course(s) and did not obtain at least a B3 (for old syllabus) / B (for new syllabus) for General Paper (GP) or a good pass in your Knowledge & Inquiry (KI) (for new syllabus) in your first sitting, you may submit the improved GP grade from another sitting to qualify for application to this course. However, the GP or KI grade obtained from the first sitting will be used for the computation of the University Score.

For those of you who are not satisfied with your GP grades, you may wish to consider taking the SAT 1 reasoning test: http://www.relceb.org/newweb/sat/SatIndex.htm. I'm not sure whether it will help, and the test is rather difficult (mainly MCQ but has an essay component too). The next test date is in May, so probably only useful for the boys, who can try to apply for uni again next year.