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mathtuition88:


I heard from my SMU student (majoring in political science) that SMU is pretty competitive. SMU library is actually open 24 hours (!!!) and there are people camping there at any time, any day...
You have no idea. SMU students are so KS, the law students scramble to chope seats for morning lectures everyday!

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alng:
Fairy:

Heard many students dropped out of SMU business. Wonder what's the reasons


This is my first time hearing this...would you please elaborate? Thanks!


Heard that it's because it's not easy.

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slmkhoo:

The idea is that since students do discuss etc into the night, it's good to provide a safe and comfortable space for them to work. But not the whole library is available - they block off the books so the students can't help themselves and mess things up or worse when the library staff are not around.
Its especially important for SMU to have a 24-hr library. Its campus is pretty 'open' and lies in the middle of town. If they were to study till late at the benches where anyone can have access to, the students might not be safe.

At least for NTU. The place is so ulu and out of the way that there arent any members of the public roaming around at night. The libraries aren't open 24/7. But the study areas in some of the buildings are.

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mathtuition88:
alng:

[quote=\"Fairy\"]Heard many students dropped out of SMU business. Wonder what's the reasons


This is my first time hearing this...would you please elaborate? Thanks!

I heard from my SMU student (majoring in political science) that SMU is pretty competitive. SMU library is actually open 24 hours (!!!) and there are people camping there at any time, any day...

However, also first time I heard that there are many students who dropped out... Perhaps could elaborate as that would be really useful to the community. Thanks![/quote]Is it just me, or why are people so surprised that some libraries are 24/7? :skeptical: That's the case at my university, and it can be helpful at times to have access to materials when you're rushing to submit work. I've never thought of 24/7 libraries as odd. Also, some people are just night owls who work better at night.

Re double degree programmes, here's NUS' position (http://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/faqs/dd ... html#ddp12):

For the AY2010/11 cohort and after, students in a DDP will pay the prevailing tuition fee of the Faculty/School offering the home course (see Question 7 of FAQs) for the first four years of study. The prevailing tuition fee refers to the subsidised fee amount after taking into consideration the Tuition Grant provided by the Ministry of Education. For more information on fees, please click here.

For the fifth year of study, in view of limited or no Tuition Grant from the Ministry of Education, the fees payable are pegged to the home course as follows:

DDPs where one of the degrees is in Engineering or Computing (except for any DDPs involving Law): two times the prevailing fee
All other DDPs (including all DDPs involving Law): four times the prevailing fee or the Total Tuition Fee, whichever is lower.

However, in view of the financial implications for students, NUS will offer scholarships to all DDP students (no application needed) to help offset part of the tuition fee payable in the fifth year. In other words,

For DDPs where one of the degrees is in Engineering or Computing, students will only need to pay the prevailing tuition fee of the Faculty/School offering the home course (except for any DDPs involving Law);
For all other DDPs, students will pay two times the prevailing tuition fee of the Faculty/School offering the home course (including all DDPs involving Law).

So DDP students will pay the same fees up until the 5th year, where they will either pay the same tuition fee (Engineering or Computing DDPs, excluding Law) or double the tuition fee (everyone else).

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Augmum:
Yes, rather surprise to hear from my gal that SMU library is open 24 hrs ... :roll:

Wah... Pple camping in the library any time, any day ? :faint:
The idea is that since students do discuss etc into the night, it's good to provide a safe and comfortable space for them to work. But not the whole library is available - they block off the books so the students can't help themselves and mess things up or worse when the library staff are not around.

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Kiasucy:
May I ask also if taking a double degree will incur extra course fee? Is the value of the second degree same as those who take it as first degree? For example a econ student taking accountancy as a second degree, so can he be an accountant or auditor like the other graduates with accountancy only?

Taking double degrees will take longer time than those taking a single degree. This result in extra costs.

The second degree has the same value as those who take it as a single degree. And yes, he can be accountant and auditor like those taking accountancy single degree.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1480496https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1480496Sun, 22 Mar 2015 16:25:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2014-Uni COP as reference for 2014-A Level to 2015-Uni on Sun, 22 Mar 2015 15:45:07 GMT]]>May I ask also if taking a double degree will incur extra course fee? Is the value of the second degree same as those who take it as first degree? For example a econ student taking accountancy as a second degree, so can he be an accountant or auditor like the other graduates with accountancy only?

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mathtuition88:
alng:

[quote=\"Fairy\"]Heard many students dropped out of SMU business. Wonder what's the reasons


This is my first time hearing this...would you please elaborate? Thanks!

I heard from my SMU student (majoring in political science) that SMU is pretty competitive. SMU library is actually open 24 hours (!!!) and there are people camping there at any time, any day...

However, also first time I heard that there are many students who dropped out... Perhaps could elaborate as that would be really useful to the community. Thanks![/quote]Yes, rather surprise to hear from my gal that SMU library is open 24 hrs ... :roll:
Wah... Pple camping in the library any time, any day ? :faint:

It is also highly competitive in getting in ...as shortlisted applicants would need to go thru interviews for sch of Laws (same for NUS) n LKC sch of Business ( not sure abt interviews for other courses)...

I am also intrigued to know why there are many who dropped out of SMU business ....
What i heard was that those who are doing Double Degree program, some do withdraw from the secondary degree program.... ( not limited to SMU) ...

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alng:
Fairy:

Heard many students dropped out of SMU business. Wonder what's the reasons


This is my first time hearing this...would you please elaborate? Thanks!

I heard from my SMU student (majoring in political science) that SMU is pretty competitive. SMU library is actually open 24 hours (!!!) and there are people camping there at any time, any day...

However, also first time I heard that there are many students who dropped out... Perhaps could elaborate as that would be really useful to the community. Thanks!

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Fairy:
Heard many students dropped out of SMU business. Wonder what's the reasons

This is my first time hearing this...would you please elaborate? Thanks!

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Fairy:
Heard many students dropped out of SMU business. Wonder what's the reasons

Lol? Where did you hear such a thing? I doubt that's true leh. If you say many students dropped out of engineering or took more than 4 years in engin to graduate then I'd believe you.

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Fairy:
Heard many students dropped out of SMU business. Wonder what's the reasons

Dropped out of SMU Biz? After how many years in the uni? That's odd.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1480172https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1480172Sat, 21 Mar 2015 09:48:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2014-Uni COP as reference for 2014-A Level to 2015-Uni on Sat, 21 Mar 2015 05:23:16 GMT]]>Heard many students dropped out of SMU business. Wonder what’s the reasons

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Kiasucy:
havok_ex:

[quote=\"Kiasucy\"]Anyone know if there is a one single website for 2014-A level students to apply to all local uni? Or do they have to apply to the individual local uni separately at their website?


Application is done seperately to each uni. But when you accept the course, it is a joint-admission. Meaning that there will be one central website to go to in order to accept or reject an offer. Once you accept an offer from say, NUS, your other offers from NTU and SMU will be withdrawn in order to give a chance to other applicants. So no one student can chope 3 places for a long time.

Thank you. Can one who have accepted a course this year change his mind and apply again for another course next year using this year result?[/quote]Definitely, it's all flexible.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1477749https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1477749Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:06:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2014-Uni COP as reference for 2014-A Level to 2015-Uni on Fri, 06 Mar 2015 16:12:45 GMT]]>It is based on the rank points. Your grades for specific subjects are unimportant except for courses such as law (min B for gp), and for pharmacy (good pass in chem). All courses ONLY care about your total rank points, except for those with interview such as law, medicine, archi, dentistry which will consider other factors. (This does not apply for SMU because every course for SMU has interview.)


edit: also, you can calculate the 10th percentile UAP of every course since the IGP assumes C for both GP and PW. eg. 10th percentile is AAA/C. This means the 10th percentile UAP was 60+7.5+7.5+7.5 = 82.5

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also-mummy:
Wondering if admission to local unis are based on grades e.g. AAB/A or rank points? If based on rank points, where can we find what rank points can go to which course? Asking this cos GP and PW grades are taken into account when counting rank points.

It really depends. If you ask the universities they will say stuff like admissions assess alot of different things blah blah. And it is actually very very true. If you are applying for a humanities course, your GP is very important. If you are applying for science/engineering, GP is less important. So its not totally up to ranking points. Most of the time, H2 grades are what matters the most. Its hard to boil down exactly what is important and what is not. Say 2 people are applying for mathematical science, one got an E for GP while the other got an A. But the guy who got E for GP got a B in H2 math while the other applicant got a D. Who do you think will get in? So lots of things matter.

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Kiasucy:


Thank you. Can one who have accepted a course this year change his mind and apply again for another course next year using this year result?
Yes, of course.

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havok_ex:
Kiasucy:

Anyone know if there is a one single website for 2014-A level students to apply to all local uni? Or do they have to apply to the individual local uni separately at their website?


Application is done seperately to each uni. But when you accept the course, it is a joint-admission. Meaning that there will be one central website to go to in order to accept or reject an offer. Once you accept an offer from say, NUS, your other offers from NTU and SMU will be withdrawn in order to give a chance to other applicants. So no one student can chope 3 places for a long time.

Thank you. Can one who have accepted a course this year change his mind and apply again for another course next year using this year result?

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havok_ex:
Application is done seperately to each uni. But when you accept the course, it is a joint-admission. Meaning that there will be one central website to go to in order to accept or reject an offer. Once you accept an offer from say, NUS, your other offers from NTU and SMU will be withdrawn in order to give a chance to other applicants. So no one student can chope 3 places for a long time.

:thankyou:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1472950https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1472950Thu, 05 Mar 2015 06:22:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2014-Uni COP as reference for 2014-A Level to 2015-Uni on Thu, 05 Mar 2015 05:59:54 GMT]]>Yes, H3 is taken either due to passion/ personal interest or for scholarship purposes.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1472933https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1472933Thu, 05 Mar 2015 05:59:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2014-Uni COP as reference for 2014-A Level to 2015-Uni on Thu, 05 Mar 2015 05:47:52 GMT]]>Wondering if admission to local unis are based on grades e.g. AAB/A or rank points? If based on rank points, where can we find what rank points can go to which course? Asking this cos GP and PW grades are taken into account when counting rank points.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1472925https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1472925Thu, 05 Mar 2015 05:47:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2014-Uni COP as reference for 2014-A Level to 2015-Uni on Wed, 04 Mar 2015 12:46:37 GMT]]>

havok_ex:
Application is done seperately to each uni. But when you accept the course, it is a joint-admission. Meaning that there will be one central website to go to in order to accept or reject an offer. Once you accept an offer from say, NUS, your other offers from NTU and SMU will be withdrawn in order to give a chance to other applicants. So no one student can chope 3 places for a long time.

So a student can apply different courses at different U in the same admission year?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1472575https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1472575Wed, 04 Mar 2015 12:46:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2014-Uni COP as reference for 2014-A Level to 2015-Uni on Wed, 04 Mar 2015 12:43:40 GMT]]>

Kiasucy:
Anyone know if there is a one single website for 2014-A level students to apply to all local uni? Or do they have to apply to the individual local uni separately at their website?

Application is done seperately to each uni. But when you accept the course, it is a joint-admission. Meaning that there will be one central website to go to in order to accept or reject an offer. Once you accept an offer from say, NUS, your other offers from NTU and SMU will be withdrawn in order to give a chance to other applicants. So no one student can chope 3 places for a long time.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1472574https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1472574Wed, 04 Mar 2015 12:43:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 2014-Uni COP as reference for 2014-A Level to 2015-Uni on Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:00:17 GMT]]>Anyone know if there is a one single website for 2014-A level students to apply to all local uni? Or do they have to apply to the individual local uni separately at their website?

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