Hi there, based on your above criteria, I would recommend SMU. I
am from SMU but am doing marketing. Here's why I think so.
SMU is actually more like a finance university. It has strengths in
Finance and has alot of tie-ups with finance institutions/fund
management houses. We have alot of internship tie-ups and
coorperations with all these diff finance institutions. Which make
the rest of us non-finance students to wonder whether should we
just change the name to Singapore Finance University.
If u want a dynamic and non exam-focused place, if you want to
improve your public speaking skills, if you want to improve your
way of thinking and flexibility. I would recommend SMU. We have
certain strengths over the other universities and of coz have
weaknesses. Employers have commented that when they put a business
student from SMU, NUS, NTU together. They can see n notice which
student is from which uni. It's obvious.
FYI, in the working world... it's not about how much one knows in
hard-core knowledge but in how well u can communicate with others..
the EQ, the relationships management etc. SMU focuses on that
although I being a lao jiao already, can see that the new batches
of students are getting nerdier, which is bad.
With regards to the Accounting comment, All accountants earn 2k as
basic salary. Prospects seem good in accounting because there's
always hiring. Truth is, Accounting is a numbers controlled game
(the no. of pple studying of acct course is controlled to ensure
supply fits demand), also... in the early years as a junior
auditor/accountant... it's really a mathematical monkey job to see
how long you can tahan. Most pple give up n move to other
professions. So it's like a process of survival of the
'tahan-nest'. Those who can stay on are promoted and slowly move up
to Partner level. Pay is no doubt good eventually but it's a job
that u either HATE it or LOVE it. no in-betw
Good luck
