By Liew Ai Xin (16A01A), Md Khairillah (16A01B), Melissa Choi (16S06B), Qiu Kexin (16A13A), Jeanne Tan (17A01B), Khin Yadanar Oo (17A13A), Nicole Doyle (17A01A) and Nerissa Loe (17A13A)
Photos courtesy of Raffles Photographic Society
The hall in the immediate post-release buzz
From the moment the first numbers graced the big screen in the hall, it became evident that this was going to be a promising A-Levels result release. Overall, the cohort has done brilliantly, with 739 of our students achieving at least 5 distinctions in their subjects. Additionally, 66% of the batch achieved at least 3 H2 distinctions (compared to 64% for the class of 2015), with 55% getting distinctions in all 4 of their H2 subjects. 344 students (28%) succeeded in getting a perfect University Admissions Score (UAS) of 90, while the mean UAS remained high at 85 points out of 90.
The number of students who achieved 5 or more distinctions
With regard to individual subjects, the cohort attained stellar results overall in Chemistry, Economics, Biology, Mathematics and Literature in English – for each of these subjects, roughly 3 in 4 students scored a distinction. The batch’s performance in Geography and Physics was also commendable, with approximately 7 in 10 of each subject’s takers attaining a distinction. Additionally, History maintained its distinction rate of 60%. Most notably, the batch broke the 50% distinctions benchmark for General Paper with an outstanding 56% of distinctions, a record which left one GP teacher in particular ‘exhilarated’ at the results.
The number of distinctions achieved in each subject across the cohort. (Note: 7.5 denotes a 75% distinction rate.)
In all, the performances were outstanding once again, in line with a Rafflesian tradition of excelling. The batch of 2015 has certainly done the school proud with their hard work and results. Raffles Press would like to congratulate the seniors for their outstanding efforts.
Year-on-Year Comparison
Class of 2015
- 55% scored 4 H2 Distinctions in all four subjects.
- 66% scored 3 H2 distinctions.
- 56% scored Distinctions in General Paper
- 344 students (28%) achieved a perfect University Admission Score of 90
205 achieved distinctions in all subjects offered - 3 in 4 students scored Distinctions for Chemistry, Economics, Biology, Mathematics and Literature in English
- 70% Distinctions for Geography, Physics
- 60% Distinctions for History
- 9 Distinctions: 4 Students
- At least 8 Distinctions: 89 Students
- At least 7 Distinctions: 284 Students
- At least 6 Distinctions: 530 Students
- At least 5 Distinctions: 739 Students
- Total candidature: 1,229
Class of 2014
- 50% scored all H2 Distinctions
- 64% scored 3 H2 Distinctions
- 48% scored Distinctions in General Paper
- 337 students (26%) achieved a perfect University Admission Score of 90
- 162 achieved distinctions in all subjects offered
- 8 in 10 students scored Distinctions for Biology, KI and Literature
- 7 in 10 students scored Distinctions for Chemistry, Geography, Mathematics and Physics
- 6 in 10 students scored Distinctions for Economics and History
- 9 Distinctions: 2 Students
- At least 8 Distinctions: 52 Students
- At least 7 Distinctions: 278 Students
- At least 6 Distinctions: 542 Distinctions
- At least 5 Distinctions: 739 Students
- Total candidature: 1,261
