i would like to take a moment to commend your a's, b's and c's. i'm proud of you guys, i know you studied hard(er than i did) so you deserve it. congratulations to retard for being the smartest lunchboxer, piggo for claiming second place and aunty for being the third smartest lunchboxer.
anyway, i'm still torn in a tug of war between retaking or not. on one hand, my basics haven't been good. then again, perhaps one year of foundation studies will make up for that. but i could always try to get better grades to secure a place in a govt uni, which is not only cheaper than most private ones but more reknowned. plus subsidies are a possibility. there's always a chance i don't do well again, so i don't know? someone help? what are the lb's views?
here are some other alternative routes. '+' denote the accompanying oversease uni.
monash college (aus, s'pore, m'sia, s africa) -> monash university
http://www.monashcollege.edu.au/singapore
enquiries@tmc.edu.au
affliated to TMC academy. they claim they have better standing than NTU, but not NUS. have to check up on that. around A$ 1600 per unit. an estimate of 24 units for business. so that's probably around $35000. sounds most promising.
they told me a level holders have to undergo foundation studies first at MC for about 8 months ($8000), then after that to MU if your grades are good enough.
i'm not sure, it will take the same amount of time as retaking (maybe $4000 in a private school) and then it'll still depend on some other exam grade.
SMa: school of management/singapore manufacturers federation + murdoch university (aus)
smafederation.org.sg
sma.edu.sg
PSB academy + university of newcastle (aus)
psbacadaemy.edu.sg
admissions@psbcorp.com
ba in mass comm (PR & journalism)
o level qualifications only
2 or 3 years
$25200
ba in business (marketing & management)
ba in commerce (finance & financial accounting)
a level qualifications; passes
2 or 3 years
$25200
UNSW
ufy.unsw.edu.au/singapore.htm
ufy.asia@unsw.edu.au
unsw@pacific.net.sg
$263000-$29300
$10000 deposit
laptop probably required
business - 12 points
mass com - 10 points
social science - 8 points
SIM + RMIT
sim.edu.sg
student_recruitment@unisim.edu.sg
what the nice lady told me was to go for business (management) because it's the least specialised, unless you're sure of what you want to be in the business field. lessons there are project based; a kind of continual assesment opposed to the theoretical approach. at the end, your degree will be from the accompanying uni, in this case RMIT.
someone help me check the authenticity or something? i'm tired.
uni talks next weekend. i'm planning to go for NUS on saturday morning, then SMU later that afternoon. NTU sunday morning then SMU the afternoon. i've got the schedule listed out, some of them overlap. anyone?
lunchboxers
love:
eating (pig out sessions)
conversations
sleepovers
photoshoots
board games such as charoodles