finishing my A-levels soon

• similanjia0

  5 Oct 06, 22:58

  but i have lost my interest for studying after the past 10 years plus, so i dun really want to continue studying at the uni
  
  i don't know how to tell my family about this, my parents are not rich, my father earns barely enough to cover the expenses of bills, housing etc... its going to be a huge burden for my parents if i go uni... some more i'm not those extremely bright student who can tio a scholarship
  
  thinking of signing on as a regular after NS....does mindef accept A-lvl grads? and if there is any chance of going to a poly after A-lvl?
• shade343

  5 Oct 06, 23:02

  Yup, definately you can enter poly after A levels provided you finish your NS first.
  
  
• ditzy

  5 Oct 06, 23:02

  You want to sign on with a levels and work like a slave, earning that miserable pay? Sure, why not?
• R3SsH|n

  5 Oct 06, 23:04

  wads your interest like?
  what u like to do?
• Wega007

  5 Oct 06, 23:09

  if they let U sign on.. after X yrs U come out.. what can U do?
  back to earning peanuts?
  
  or U plan to use NS to recover your interest in study?
• Kuali Baba

  5 Oct 06, 23:12

  You may not qualify for the scholarships but you may be able to get a bursary. Look up the university websites or enquire with the staff when you're at a fair. At the same time, be thrifty in your spending habits.
• similanjia0

  5 Oct 06, 23:24

  i'm actually quite interested in serving the armed forces
  
  i'm already feelin so sick of studying and having problems coping in jc liao... how to last so many more years in uni
• ditzy

  5 Oct 06, 23:28

  Originally posted by similanjia0:

  i'm actually quite interested in serving the armed forces
  
  i'm already feelin so sick of studying and having problems coping in jc liao... how to last so many more years in uni

  I won't be surprised if you start saying the exact things when you're doing your time as a regular.
• Kuali Baba

  5 Oct 06, 23:35

  You can sign on at any time during your NS, so take your time to experience what it's like first then.
• R3SsH|n

  5 Oct 06, 23:56

  well...if u want to sign on...i guess u shldn't rush into it...
  take your bmt....plus service years...then see whether u suited to it anot...
  
  other things to consider is whether u get to be sent to OCS after your bmt...take time la...most most most important is not to rush into the decision...
  
  oh yea...btw...who ask u to join jc in the first place...
  
• Devil1976

  6 Oct 06, 13:35

  Originally posted by ditzy:

  I won't be surprised if you start saying the exact things when you're doing your time as a regular.

  
• hisoka

  6 Oct 06, 13:40

  i think got those sign 3 years to be officer thingy.
  
  you can prob get that then can use the 3 years to recover and then go on to the uni with the money you would have saved then....
• d3sT1nY

  6 Oct 06, 20:20

  Originally posted by similanjia0:

  i'm actually quite interested in serving the armed forces
  
  i'm already feelin so sick of studying and having problems coping in jc liao... how to last so many more years in uni

  But in university.. You're learning what your interest.. So not really consider as studying lah.. Just pursuiting interest.. But if you really have no interest in anything.. Then sign on NS lor..
• NUS_Superst@r

  6 Oct 06, 20:22

  Originally posted by d3sT1nY:

  But in university.. You're learning what your interest.. So not really consider as studying lah.. Just pursuiting interest.. But if you really have no interest in anything.. Then sign on NS lor..

  Sure or not, some modules are your interests while some modules you take because they are easier to score. Eventually, you have to make a choice between scoring and interests.
• gd4u

  6 Oct 06, 20:59

  If I am not wrong, as long as u are a A-lvl cert holder, even u get into OCS for ur NS stint, when u sign -on ... u go back a smelly SGT. Correct me if I am wrong.
• d3sT1nY

  6 Oct 06, 21:00

  Originally posted by NUS_Superst@r:

  Sure or not, some modules are your interests while some modules you take because they are easier to score. Eventually, you have to make a choice between scoring and interests.

  Hee.. I dont know about uni system..
• R3SsH|n

  7 Oct 06, 00:55

  Originally posted by gd4u:

  If I am not wrong, as long as u are a A-lvl cert holder, even u get into OCS for ur NS stint, when u sign -on ... u go back a smelly SGT. Correct me if I am wrong.

  if thats the case...who wants to sign on?
• Gackt247

  7 Oct 06, 01:27

  Sign on??
  
  Go army serve NS 1st den say la.. see shiok or not..
• gd4u

  7 Oct 06, 21:17

  Originally posted by R3SsH|n:

  if thats the case...who wants to sign on?

  That's where passion comes in the picture. But in such organisation, passion and watever dies quickly.
• Chelzea

  7 Oct 06, 21:54

  NS suxs .Period