A B E but no place in University.. Den parent blames Unis..

last SG · 2007-05-29T22:45:44+00:00

Of course go overseas- eg Cambridge, Oxford, MIT, even our Ministers sons don't study here. Get scholarship but if unable to, then study locally cos cheaper.

fudgester SG

What did she get E for?

If it's for Physics or Maths, I can tell you that chances are she was not allowed in because of that E. I've spent the last three years doing engineering, and I can tell you that there is no way on earth can you do engineering with a borderline pass in either subject.

CoolMyth SG

Maybe the person applied for law or medicine? Laughing

fudgester SG

You certainly can't get into law with a C in GP.

As for medicine... a friend of mine who got AAAB couldn't get in because of that B he got in Biology.

nonameguy SG

ABE to me should be more than enough to get you at least to those dumping ground degrees…..... but I guess everyone is correct to mention that those born in the year of the dragon have a lot more competition. The moral of the story? Make sure you don’t follow those stupid supersition and get a child on the year of the dragon.

choco B SG

All I can say is, thank goodness I'm not a dragon baby Laughing

CoolMyth SG

Well, some people are that delusional. Laughing

striderz_o405 SG

ABE and a C for GP is considered above average meh?

it's like only 52 points out of 68. the parent must be thinking above average means more than 34? Laughing

anyway an off-topic ques. what are the minimum grades to qualify for communication studies in NTU?

gerrykoh SG

Ya, don't give birth during Dragon year cos your kid will suffer.

Also nowadays the students are getting smarter. My fren's son got in FASS many years ago with BCC, now u have students with A & Bs applying.

Moreover also face competition from foreign students- there are a lot of them here!

Looks like have to study overseas if you have the money.

CoolMyth SG

I'm thankful I got my place in uni before the gahmen started their "all FTs are welcomed" project. Laughing

BillyBong SG

Based on the name, 'See Chee Wee', the gender leans towards a male writer, since 'Chee Wee' is commonly known as 'Zhiwei'.

The next point of contention is: the writer did not reveal what course was applied for. For NUS, A-B-C-E grades may have difficulty entering engineering and Bus Admin. For NTU, NBS and comm studies are out of the question. But engineering should be available.

Depending on the situation, i believe the applicant was selecting one of the higher-end or business-related courses and was rejected as a result.

Engineering would have welcomed anyone with open arms...no one wants to do it now... Mr. Green

raymond_sianz SG

If she want to go in art and social science, Sure no problem one. I think she

trying to get into business Adm or accounting.. that one with this kind of result

sure cannot get in one. Even not year of dragon. Roflz I think the parent just

being retarded.

valentinoo SG

singapore unis…YAWN

curryman SG

i notice the entry requirements for locals are damn low compared to FTs….

rmyfrm SG

I bet you she applied for courses like engineering, accountancy etc.

ABE can easily get a place in any of the unis, naturally, with limits of course selection.

No9 SG

thats true..she should be able to get into most courses in ntu n nus, except for probably chem engineering, law, accountacy, etc....

n0x SG

i read the article in the straits times today... the writer is a HE... and his daughter applied to arts and social science in all three unis..... and all of them rejected her...

an E is a lousy grade.. one more grade down and its a 'O'... meaning u passed the A level subject with only a 'o' level standard understanding of it and is not considered an A level pass...

i think what contributed to her not getting a place in uni is probably her gp grade.... for gp.... the subject is taken at AO level... meaning the grading is the same as that for any o level subject.. hence a C is juz a pass... any lower would be fail... meaning D7

and she applied for humanities course... which requires good liguistic skills... which she clearly lacked... hence of cos she got rejected... but if she applied for enigine... then things might have been diff....

anyways ABE C5/C6 is not an avg grade... it is below the avg... but not entirely at the extreme either.... if that was an avg grade...anybody juz below the avg would have failed one subject... Laughing

matleep SG

I think you guys are assuming that the daughter applied for those good course such as law and medicine which requires good grades. The actual fact may be that she applied for perhaps courses like arts which has lower requirements and yet got rejected despite scoring ABE. This prompted her mother to write in to the papers.

And before we throw criticism at the mother, we should understand her point of view.

First I believe she had use her son as an example because she believes that the daughter achieve a similar grade as her son. ABC. She believes her daughter's GP result should be taken into consideration and since they had the same result, her daughter should be able to admit into university. Therefore, I feel that you guys are pouring criticism on her without understanding from her point of view.

Secondly, did the university raise their requirements due to the larger number of applicants such that an ABE is now unable to gain admission to the university? If that is so, then she has a case for complaint as her daughter is eligible for studies but yet unable to do so due to logistic issue. Imagine the anguish that one would feel when he is denied of undertaking a project despite knowing that he has the capability to do so. Moreover, this is a social problem where we are unable to provide education to our youth even though they had the capability to achieve higher education.

Thirdly, I believe the mother is thinking about NUI or NUC (university of india and university of china). Our local university had quite a number of foreign students who came here on MOE scholarship. That is, Singapore sponsoring them part of or their full tertiary education in Singapore. This is an expense of local students who are unable to gain admission to university despite their ability to do so. If local university are not taking in local students, then who will?

Honestly, I am surprised to see so much criticism against the mother. I am waiting for the response from our universities and I want to learn the reasons for her rejection. Because it would be a sad day if her daughter was rejected due to limited places and yet our universities are taking in foreign students!

spencer99 SG

A, B, E is definitely NOT above average...

That writer should be more realistic about her daugther's abilities... I don't think any parent whose child has the above grades have any cause to complain.

motoway SG

hi matleep.. I believe C and E is a vast difference.. Moreover, the daughter got a C for GP, not an A.. So unless her daughter got an A, perhaps, she haf sum basis for complain..

sir sickolot II SG

uni admission is all about...well theorectically, demand and supply.

There are so limited places in the unis, and now with the dragon year there are more applicants trying to fill the uni. Remember each year would have some places reserved for returning NS man. So the figures given 15,000 for example is admission for a whole cohort, poly and JC students, both boys and girls.

And so all unis, given limited vacancies, will want the best to fill in their places. You can consider this a selfish move, but if all unis take in every Singaporean, regardless of grades.. and these people at the end of the 4 years still fail to do well, it won't reflect well on the university.

Having saif that, I agree the system should try to take in more local students... but all unis are trying to be internationally renowed... and that means trying to attract foreign students in too.... not an easy balance i assume... and so leads to such 'loyalty' problems.

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