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Letter To My 17 Year Old Self
Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Tara Sim (26A01C)

(For the full reader experience, kindly listen to “Letter To My 13 Year Old Self” by Laufey before/while reading.)

Your time in JC could be some of the most fulfilling years of your life, or nothing like the Teenage Dream. And to be frank, with J1 long gone and more than a quarter through J2, I’m still not sure which of those two categories my RI life falls in. 

Aptly put by American Songwriter in their article explaining Laufey’s “Letter To My 13-Year-Old Self”: 

“You don’t know who you are and thus everything about you feels wrong.” 

This quite perfectly captures my JC experience so far, and with the high of orientation over for J1s and the rigor of JC and CCA in full swing, although scrolling through r/SGExams might provide you with some good—albeit dated—tips on how to survive JC, here’s 3 things I wish I knew when I was in J1. 

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A Level Features 2026: Balancing Research, Service and Academics
Reading Time: 6 minutes

By Kunchur Bharat (26A01B) and Sophie Sim (27S05A)

For most, research is another bullet point used to pad a resume. Felicia Tan Ee Shan (25S02A) and Low Li Ying Amy (25S06F) live and breathe it. Between the two of them, they have achieved everything a student researcher could dream of. 

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Humans of RI, School Life, Student Features

A Level Features 2026: Behind the Lenses—The Many Faces of Jade and Elizabeth
Reading Time: 6 minutes

By Lerraine Neo (26A01A) and Matthew Han (27A01A)

On the surface, Jade Loong (25S06K) and Elizabeth Ling Sheng Ying (25S06N) are typical Science students. They both have PCME as their subject combination. Elizabeth takes H3 Chemistry. Jade “loves math” and was a Math Rep. 

Yet, they both found themselves in the Raffles Archives and Museum (RAM) CCA. “Very simply, I like museums,” Elizabeth says. For Jade, she stumbled onto RAM’s museum space in RI Y14 on the first day of school, learnt about RAM as a CCA, and found it really cool. Both wanted their CCAs to be less science-oriented so that they could explore different interests and strengths. 

This mix of coincidence and circumstance brought these two individuals together, and allowed Jade and Elizabeth to kickstart their batch project: The Lim Bo Seng Project. 

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A Level Features 2026: Sporting Through the Sacrifices 
Reading Time: 6 minutes

By Georgia Ong (26S03O) and Teo Kai Xu (27A01B) 

For many of us, having CCA once, twice, thrice a week may already be incredibly taxing. With the mental and physical strain it brings on us, we still have to deal with many other things—a mountain of lectures and tutorials, various volunteer projects, and our social and familial relationships. 

However, there are some Rafflesians who are just that serious about their sport. Meet Ahmad and Fazil, two high-flying Rafflesians athletes that go above and beyond in their efforts to nurture and pursue their sporting talents, all while juggling the commitments that come with being a JC student. 

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Celebrating The Class of 2025: A-Level Results Collection 
Reading Time: 6 minutes

By Nicole Lee (26S05A), Teng Yifan (26S06H) and Victoria Khoo (27A01A)

Photos courtesy of Poh Le Yang (26S03F) and Lu Hanyang (26S06T) from RAPS

You’ve known it for a while now. You’ve seen your seniors clutching their bags as they gather for the final time at the hall, or perhaps heard an announcement made too early in the morning about something so major. It has always felt so distant, a milestone to be left for the very end of your student life—

Suddenly it’s here, and it’s your turn.  

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