poly student in uni

Medicated Oil SG

It is quite hard to start on the second year as most of the poly students will have a hard time in grasping the formulas.

My advice for you is to form a study group with your fellow students who used to graduated from poly.

At least all of you can get support and encouragement from each other.

It will be sharing of knowledge and understanding.

Or course, all of you must be geniunely willing to work together.

Xcert SG

Hi ppl,

I'm just finished with my NS and i am current in NTU mechanical engine. Life so stressful. Used to be doing quite okay during poly but after 2 years of serving, most of the knowledge i already return to poly lecturers.

Is there anyone here whom been in my shoes before? Its sooooo stressful as this is my first semester and i am a direct year 2 student. They keep stressing that the concept is very important but I am a memorising guy in poly. I'm trying to understand the 'concept'as much as i can but i really scared i might flunk my first exams. The marking scheme shld be diff right? poly they do give marks for rubbish you wrote but i heard if the prof in uni who is marking your paper thinks that u dun understand anything, he give u a zero?

I also scared of dissapointing my parents as they had invested alot of money for me to studies. I've already loss my will to study but I know i need to get a deegree at the end stage.

Sianz..

U better start learning instead of memorising.Fast.Next Monday should be Week4...

I know for a fact that some lecturers do not bother reading everything that U write...if they glance and see that it doesnt look like the steps they are expecting...U get 0 for that part...nicer lecturers will go look at the final answer and if it looks quite close to the correct answer...then they will go back and check out the working...provided they find your handwriting acceptable to them lar...

there is an appeal thingy when the results are released...need to pay...I think like 20 bucks per subject....but I have neber ever seen anyone get their grades changed through it...so I think U can forget about it...

I am not going to blow sunshine on U to cheer U up....I just want to add that whatever U decide to do...do it decisively....as in...dun get stuck in Year 3...FYP coming...workload heavy....then come back and post a "I am still stressed" post...I may sound cruel...but uni life is not a bed of roses.

eagle SG

homework forum is your fren :P

anyway, i think i should start thinking of a guide for poly students .going uni. Seems like some poly students are having difficulty coping in uni.

maybe we can combine forces... :D

You start the guide, I help you add on =D

hiphop2009 SG

maybe we can combine forces... :D

You start the guide, I help you add on =D

sure, i will go think abt it. lol

eagle SG

I just realised you went and take the guidelines I posted, removed it, and put it up again in your name

charlize SG

Uni is all about mugging meh?

I saw lots of partying, boozing and wild games everywhere.

And it was not even noon yet.

GHoST_18 SG

i have classmates who come into class.... tipsy...

hmsg SG

Uni is all about mugging meh?

I saw lots of partying, boozing and wild games everywhere.

And it was not even noon yet.

not for most of the engineering undergrads.....

charlize SG

i have classmates who come into class.... tipsy...

Mines just stayed at the nearby local pub and didn't even bother coming in.

hmsg SG

Mines just stayed at the nearby local pub and didn't even bother coming in.

that's, i think what differentiate a poly from A level.... poly guys come in the hard way... struggle.. but will make it thru, most honours are taken by them on graduation... fewer in ratio for A levels....

eagle SG

yet... almost no poly students are in the first class range.... most are either foreign scholars or A level people

MaNyZeR SG

Since u went into army and u forgotten most of wat u studied in poly, u shouldnt have skipped year one... you can opt to study in year one to get back the basics first... starting from year 2 is stressful because u might not understand what is being taught (which is happening to you)

It is very important for you to understand, more important then memorizing... remember this.. that is what u need to do. Just what the others have said.. ask your friends or tutors until you know.. send them emails everyday.. or arrange a meet up with the professor.

The marking scheme of uni is indeed different from that of poly. But dont worry.. they will not give you zero unless you really write rubbish.

Dont Stress yourself out now... school term just started and you are already complaining? Relax relax... First year is abit xiong for poly students especially people like you who got direct entry into second year.. treat it as transition period.. try to grasp a feel of how studies in uni can be like and then adapt to it. In the next sem or next year you will be mentally prepared and will definitely feel better.

I was from poly to uni too, and I do admit that I felt like how you felt too initially..

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