All those rejected by local u's come in

confusedboi SG

as above

me rejected this year as well as last year
due to crappy a level results

options?
overseas seems darn attractive

after ord xaf wont bother me for a while

FireIce SG

ok. byebye!

Darkness_hacker99 SG

TS, did you retake you A level? Neutral

eagle SG

Well, if u got the money

confusedboi SG

nope did not retake. Sad

freakass SG

Actually, retaking A levels during NS is not going to help... I have seen 2 frens and my own brother retaking A levels during NS and they all did worse...

If you cant get in NUS, NTU or SMU, you can try SIM or UniSIM... My bro got into UniSIM with his crappy A levels results... For my other 2 frens, one of them went poly and the other went to an Aussie uni...

The one who went Aussie uni completed his Engineering degree in 3 years while i took 4 years in a local uni... I didnt really catch up with him so i dont know if it was easy for him to look for jobs in Singapore...

105090 SG

i applied all 3, didnt get in either one Laughing (Poly Grad)

apparently, one comforting thing is my lecturers said diplomas are too good that local uni dont wanna recognise.

(only merit diplomas can get exemption of one or 2 semesters while overseas ones up to 2 years exemption)

so bo pian, got to go overseas, aa pity UNSW Asia closed..

SIM is a no-no definitely

freakass SG

Too good that the local uni dont wanna recognise? Where is the logic behind that? Universities all over the world welcome good students becos their good performance will bring up the ranking of the univerisity... Why would a university reject students with good diplomas?

I have compared the engineering work of my fren in poly with mine in university... The basics are there but seriously, it's way too basic.. I would say an exemption of 1-2 semesters is justifiable but 1-2 years is just crap... Might as well throw the degree free for the diploma holders... For all those who are tempted to go overseas to study becos of this reason, please make sure tht the university is recognised to a certain standard... you wont wanna come back to singapore and take a few months to a year to look for a job...

freakass SG

Anyway, i dunno much about SIM… but why are you so reluctant to study there?

polarsnake SG

Why no want SIM Question

cApitaland SG

Err.. you from JC?

Honestly, thats what my lecturer told me too, that we[poly grads] can be exempted from 1-2 years in uni because of affiliation and that the syllabus taught is similiar.

caleb_chiang SG

Then they would start again when you are back... Anyway, they won't bother you also... just need to take ippt... no need rt tot... Laughing

menoob SG

just go overseas if can afford
aus is cheapest
attend this idp open house with ur poly photocopy transcript / alevels results
http://www.idp.com/singapore
talk to every uni representative to get more info

important things to ask
1. how many yrs do you have to study
2. is it direct honours?

try to look for a uni that offers a deg thats 2 yrs + direct honours for poly grad

trendz SG

hmmm.. you won't die if you can't enter a local uni lah.
anywhere also can go, just make sure you do well. Mr. Green

freakass SG

Yupz.. I was from JC... I think it depends on which uni your lecturer was comparing to... I compared my work in Uni A with my fren's work in a not so established Uni B, and I was surprised that theirs was almost touch and go... Everything basic only cos they have a shorter course...

Sometimes we have to consider why some unis can afford to give a degree in 3 years while another uni die die must offer the same course for 4 years...