should i go uni?
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Should i go Uni ? my family are all not that supportive and to get the loan i need a guarantor
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if u have wat it takes y not??Originally posted by jusgal:Should i go Uni ? my family are all not that supportive and to get the loan i need a guarantor
poly is just as gd also -
Follow wat ur heart tell u...
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See what u want to study in the future first. Medical, teacher, accountant? Deciding on the course of study u want in the future helps in mapping out your next step. See if uni or poly offer such courses first.
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which uni?
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can study must go.....money problem sure can solve one lah...
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I'm Not sure if this is feasible, but u can try asking a company to sponsor u. During hols, u go back to work for them & after u grad, u work for them & haf the instalments deducted outta ur pay until u've repaid the loan fully.
RPOriginally posted by jusgal:Should i go Uni ? my family are all not that supportive and to get the loan i need a guarantor -
a lot of pple gets study loan too...then after tat work to repay back....it is common lah....
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sgboy2004, the Good Boi
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when u apply for a local u, they hav this scheme, wherey u apply for a loan with DBS, it will cover 75% of ur tuition fees....the remaining 25%, + miscellaneous will add up to arnd $1.5k i'm not sure but should be around there...u can try applying for loans wid the university too...to cover the remaining 25% of ur tuition + miscellaneous...
i'm doin that nw, wid my poly so it should be around the same..juz that uni is like 10k per year....poly is like 2k per year.... -
i got a dip...so think i go for engineering course.
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just that i am a bit too old....
anyway just wait for school reply then decide -
Nobody is too old to learn, my dear girl : )
RPOriginally posted by jusgal:just that i am a bit too old....
anyway just wait for school reply then decide -
aiyo...ditzy is 31 liao and he is still studying mahOriginally posted by jusgal:just that i am a bit too old....
anyway just wait for school reply then decide
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but i am going for full time course mah
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It doesn't matter whether the course is F/T or P/T. Wat matters is tt u're learning & u're improving urself. Age shd never be an issue, silly girl
RPOriginally posted by jusgal:but i am going for full time course mah -
i applied already....but still thinking. no choice....apr fool is the deadline.
anyway this jun & dec i still got exams for my PT course -
Hi,
age should not be an issue in your decision as to whether to go uni or not. Neither should $ especially if you are able to obtain a loan etc. I know of many who in their 30s and some even 40s returning to uni to get second degree for career switch etc (overseas unis). I know of others who are in their late 20s doing their first degree at NUS NTU. So going to uni later is not really a problem.
There are many advantages in going to uni or poly etc depending on your focus and what you want to do.
Though getting the degree is not a guarantee of a good life (unlike perhaps before) but at least it will get you started somewhere, which is not a bad thing in view of how competitive it is now.
But like all things, half the fun is the journey getting there. I can only speak for myself having gone to uni and not poly, so please no flaming. you will meet alot of very interesting people there, more likely they will be fun and friendly to have around. the friends you make there usually are for keeping for the rest of your life. The experience you gain living in this diverse environment and learning how to learn will equip you to handle new chanllenges ahead. If you approach it from this perspective and not just purely in obtaining a paper thing, you will realise that you will have had a very unique experience that you will almost never be able to replicate anytime anywhere.
In terms of economics, of cos those without that piece of Bsc "Bang shai chua" as some calls it, may still earn as much if not more than a paper holder but the odds are against them not you. I am glad that I went to uni for all the above reasons and more and also looking back now, though the fees etc may seem like a lot, in the scheme of things, you will soon be making back what you put into fees many times over. This is something that you may find hard to acheive if you do not have that leg up.
But make no mistake about it, uni's or poly for that matter isnt easy, it requires you to be determined, to work and never give up. As such I tend to find that FT students tend to stick it to the end more than PT students. if you are thinking of doing it PT, you will need a heck of a lot of discipline and stemina and whole lot of determination to see it to the end. FT is easier in the sense that the momentum just carries them through. Of course there are drop outs in both instances, but I think for every 10 FT and PT students, there are more PT students not completing their studies then FT.
finally the personal satisfaction derived is tremendous. So please if you have the opporunity go as far as you can. you will not regret it and i can say that not many people have regreted it.
oh, dont forget to enjoy the journey getting there
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thanks....anyway i went through poly...i like the kinda lifestyle...
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shhhh, u want the whole world to know huh?Originally posted by sgboy2004:aiyo...ditzy is 31 liao and he is still studying mah
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Thought you're already on it? Or you plan to go FULL-TIME? From the way you've described your situation to me, it don't seems favourable nor fleasible at all?Originally posted by jusgal:just that i am a bit too old....
anyway just wait for school reply then decide
Do you have a VISION of where you'll be standing after you get your DEGREE? How's the market demand like? -
local engineering degree no longer gurantees easy or stable employment. and the pay and working hours suck. i suggest you keep your job and study part-time. since you aren't sponsored by family.Originally posted by jusgal:i got a dip...so think i go for engineering course. -
Yeah, I was 31 when I finally got out of uni as well!Originally posted by sgboy2004:aiyo...ditzy is 31 liao and he is still studying mah
Yeah, I agree with what franzx said. Even compared to the people who left uni after undergrad, I was still well ahead salary-wise the moment I finished postgrad. The time you lose at uni will pay itself back once you graduate, and you will have to take the long view of things. -
people should start going to U after secondary education. -
i so agree with that. and secondary education should take only 2yrs. 1st yr to stream and 2nd to study upper sec. in uni, undergrads should have 2 or 3yr direct honors. of course this is an optional accelerated path. students who wanna relak relak enjoy longer school life can also choose normal path. this goes for NS oso. man, so much to do and so little time.Originally posted by Parka: people should start going to U after secondary education. 
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I don't really agree with that one. Certainly, the 2.5 years of NS, plus another six months' working, before university did help me a fair bit, in terms of work ethic and a context within which to apply what I was studying.
On top of that, of my classmates who went all the way from undergrad through postgrad without interruption, about a third of them burnt out halfway through their Master's or doctorates.