QE CRASH COURSE

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QE’s flagship crash courses offer a series of intensive programmes designed for targeted objectives. From holiday programmes, intensive exam preparations, head start courses, to IA & EE support, our classes defines industry standards and helps students to consistently do well in major exams. Many also excelled with our hallmark university admissions programme and secured offers from competitive universities.

Revision Courses
  • Holiday revision
  • Intensive exam preparation
  • Post exam review
  • Past questisons & answering skills
  • Textbook content
Headstart Courses
  • Holiday advance preparation
  • IGCSE / IB preparation
  • Textbook content
  • Past questions & answering skills
  • Pitstop assessments
  • Post practice review
I.A / E.E / T.O.K Courses
  • Research framework
  • Content generation
  • Academic research
  • Edits for final submission
Revision Courses
  • Holiday revision
  • Intensive exam preparation
  • Post exam review
  • Past questisons & answering skills
  • Textbook content
Headstart Courses
  • Holiday advance preparation
  • IGCSE / IB preparation
  • Textbook content
  • Past questions & answering skills
  • Pitstop assessments
  • Post practice review
I.A / E.E / T.O.K Courses
  • Research framework
  • Content generation
  • Academic research
  • Edits for final submission
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Scored 6 & 7 in the 2022 IB Exams
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Scored A/A* in the 2022 IGCSE Exams

Setting Industry Standards

Rigorous Curriculum
  • Designed by IB Examiners & Oxbridge Graduates
  • High Impact Learning Strategies
  • Subject & Student Specific Resources
  • IB Examiners
  • Oxbridge Alumnus
  • Top School Teachers
  • Tuition, IA & EE Support, Crash Courses
  • Portfolio Building, Skills training for Personal Essays & Interviews
  • University Admissions Counselling

More than a source of tutorial services, Quintessential encompasses a highly regarded brand of education designed to promote lifelong success and character development.

Curriculum Design

Our curriculum is intelligently designed to challenge students and help them develop critical thinking skills, problem-solving abilities, and a lifelong love of learning.

Question Analyses

We review past exam questions to deconstruct key question types and inculcate problem-solving strategies.

Concise Notes

Our highly-rated resources are intelligently designed to condense textbook content and shorten the learning curve.

Tutorials

Experiential learning opportunities allow our students to learn from doing and develop exam skills.

Assessment and Evaluation

We regularly assess students’ progress and provide feedback to help them continue to improve.

Timed Trials

Through timed practices, we challenge students to refine their exam skills and master effective time management strategies.

Consultations

Students have all of their questions answered and any learning gaps are identified and addressed.

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    When were these Crash Courses introduced?

    QE has been offering crash courses since 2013, and were featured on The Straits Times for these programmes.

    We offer prep courses for various IGCSE, IB and ’A’ levels subjects like Chemistry, English, Literature, Business, Physics, Biology, Mathematics, Economics and General Paper. Various curriculum are demanding and intensive. Additionally, many concepts tend to be complex yet only serve as enrichment purposes. Hence, many students find difficulty when it comes to revising for the exams. A short course that provides an overview and crystallises key concepts can help significantly by aiming to be comprehensive yet succinct.

    Most students do not strategise when studying for exams; they tend to lack practical skills/answering techniques and instead worry about trying to memorise their notes/textbooks. The aim of our prep courses is do away with memorising and build good understanding by clarifying what kind of questions to expect in exams, what concepts to focus on and how to strategise their preparations, how to tackle key examination questions, how to improve their answering techniques.

    Many students only realise what they lack when they begin their own revision. We believe that an intensive course right before the exams will complement their revision and help clarify questions on various key topics and concepts. This is usually done through an analysis of various past questions in a topical manner.

    While most students have access to past questions and solutions, we find that a big problem is not in understanding the answers but learning how to arrive at such answers and applying them in other questions. We believe students can improve if we address gaps in application skills; by breaking down and explaining various answers to show “How exactly do we arrive at this answer and apply it elsewhere?” Our intensive courses aim to do this.

    We had more than 100 students for our Crash Course last year and we are expecting more this year.

    Our courses are conducted individually (1-1) or in a small group seminar style. The tutors dry run each course to make sure the intensive session can cover all chapters and questions.

    We aim to add value to students by complementing and supplementing their own revision. Hence the courses are centred on focused topical revision analysing and reviewing different categories of past questions developing a structured approach to answering questions (this is the highlight of our courses) developing answering techniques analysis of common mistakes of students reversed teaching by students (to test their ability to comprehend and apply). Essentially, the course places emphasis on doing away with memorising by providing a concise approach to reviewing the exam syllabus.

    These courses are guaranteed to improve students’ understanding in a significant manner. By getting an overview, they are now more sure of specific parts of the syllabus to focus on; it gives them a good way to strategise their revision.

    They will also learn various ways the questions could be asked and can better work on their answering techniques and logical reasoning. It teaches them to focus on key components to score. Provided that students study hard revision after the course, their grades will definitely improve in a tangible manner. The best improvements we have seen go from E to A after 1 course and a few regular lessons.

    Students are more confident especially as they have just reviewed their entire syllabus. There is also much appreciation of the subject now that they can crystallise key components of it; this allows them to keep up at school and in turn they feel more motivated and driven. By focusing on key questions and applications, our courses can make a seemingly dry subject come alive and many students find it easier in their revisions.

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    500+ Five Star Reviews

    I take economics under doctor Hee and since i started lessons i’ve seen a significant improvement in my results as shown by my A* achieved. Her teaching is very clear and allows her students to hit all the right points and achieve the best possible result.
    clare pang
    clare pang
    2023-01-19
    The tutors of the centre are very professional and passionate in terms of teaching and elevating my skills. I was able to figure out the strengths and weaknesses of my current way of studying through tuitions in this centre, successfully leading to improving scores. Dr Hee lead me with passion, which contributed the most for me achieving 7 for IB Business HL. Thank you so much!
    CK Hyuneee
    CK Hyuneee
    2023-01-04
    Dr Hee is a good business teacher, my IB business improved by 4 grades.
    Javier Tay
    Javier Tay
    2023-01-04
    Took their tutoring for almost every subject when I was struggling in IB. Generally, really awesome tutors that break stuff down so I could finally understand some difficult concepts or even topical questions which seemed to be skimmed through in school. From my experience being tutored in the Sciences, Math and Econs, all my tutors were very thorough and encouraging in their teachings, making sure that you understand in depth about the basics of each topic (they'll go through the material as many times if you don't understand or forget), before giving you a few tips on some shortcuts you can use for the exams, as well as providing enough practices such that together with your school's past year papers, you don't have to print out any more for self-revision. If you are willing to accept constructive criticism and do the work that's given, I'd fully recommend this for students that feel left behind in school. However, just keep in mind to constantly keep in touch with the tutors and administrators for lesson plans, and notify them in advance if there are lessons that you're taking extra or missing out. The arrangements of lessons aren't the most flexible and smooth, but they can surely rearrange it if you're at least telling them a week in advance.
    TY TAN
    TY TAN
    2023-01-03
    Seeked Economics HL tutoring, got 7 and A for Economics EE. Sean (my tutor) was very patient and understanding, and clarified any questions I had. Outside of lesson time, he was very responsive to the many questions I would ask. Thank you Sean and Quintessential!
    aden low
    aden low
    2023-01-03
    Engaging lessons and experienced teachers!
    Lucy Zhang
    Lucy Zhang
    2022-12-22
    nice classroom environment and very private
    Loo Yee Ming
    Loo Yee Ming
    2022-12-01

    Testimonials

    Hear what our students have to say on our programmes and teachers.

    Lessons at QE allowed me to thoroughly understand the course content and the economics syllabus requirements, not leaving any doubts before the exam. I would like to thank Mr. Sean Lim for his great class structure, concise notes, exam practices, and tremendous help.

    Haru Kim, IGCSE Revision Crash Course, UWC (Dover)

    The chemistry course at QE was great. I was able to learn the entire term’s topics in a few lessons. It was very helpful in my understanding when the teacher went through the chapters in school. I was also more competent in my answering ability for my assignments and quizzes.

    shawn leeAlex Tian, IGCSE Headstart Programme, ACS (Int'l)

    Thank you for making even the most boring subjects like English and Economics fun. Will always remember the commitment and extra effort all my tutors put in to help me prepare for exams! The practice sessions and reviews really made a big difference in my revision and I really enjoyed my lessons at QE!

    Park Ha Young, IB Headstart Programme, AIS

    After repeatedly failing Chemistry, I decided to join Quintessential. With only 5 months left to the IB examinations, Mike managed to guide me and help me achieve a grade 7 in Chemistry. The class dissected questions and helped to explain everything in detail. Also, Mike identified my problems at the root and taught me how to overcome it which is why I went from getting a grade 3 to a grade 7 in a mere 5 months. Thank you so much Sir!

    Naveen Lakshman, IB Revision Crash Course, SJI

    Through the IA course, I gained a lot of insights about coursework requirements and writing techniques. I was able to get precise guidance on what edits to make, according to the scoring rubrics. The tutor was very specific with all comments and suggestions, explaining and guiding me along from proposal to my final draft.

    Ashley L, IA Coursework Programme, HCIS

    I was having difficulty with my Econs EE before I sought help with QE. With Mr Lim’s guidance, I managed to come up with a proper workflow for my EE and get full recommendations on key changes to make. It thoroughly addressed all my uncertainty of how the EE should be written and we were able to rework everything including my appendix. I achieved a 3 for my EE and I highly recommend the course!

    Mark Chan, EE Coursework Programme, HCIS

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