To go poly or Jc?? Need help
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If I were the interviewer, I'll pick the one who impresses me with his words and thinking, and not his records. The records will only get him as far as to before me, no further.Originally posted by Crystal_Dumpling:Think of it this way, if I'm the interviewer, this student comes to me with AAA , no CCA, another is AAB, with outstanding CCA record like winning at nationals, or going overseas for community service, etc. Who do you think the interviewer will pick?
If I were.
Anyway, NUS FASS is definitely one of the easiest courses to enter. And from then on to choose psychology as a major, frankly speaking, isn't very tough. It's more subjected to demand than to results, since the criterons are not very high.
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Forgot to state my stand.
I feel that you should go the JC route. Someone earlier mentioned that to practise psychology, you'd have to obtain a Master's at the very least. Ergo, if you obtain a psychology diploma, and fail to enter a university for further studies, that's 3 whole years wasted.
If you enter a JC, and your grades fail to ensure you a place in psychology, hopefully it may admit you to other courses. At the end of the day, at least you'll hold a paper of 'power'.
Besides, you can't be very sure psychology is your 'calling' at this point of time, right? You're still young, never know what'll happen in the future. -
I think u shld go poly
Firstly, if u embark on the jc route, u haf to make damn sure that ur a lvl result is gd enough to secure u a place in university and in the psychology course
however if u a lvl result is not gd enough, u dun haf any qualification to back u up alrdy
On the other hand, there is a new psychology course introduced juz last year at ngee ann poly. U may choose to take up diploma course there. And i guess wif a psy diploma it shld be easier for u if u wanna go to uni and take up the same course. even if u can't, u still haf a psy dip. -
So it all depends on what course you want to pursue. If you want to pursue arts related courses, no use going to JC... go poly and head to uni from there. But if you want to pursue Science related courses like Law or Medicine, Business or whatever, its better to enter JC and get a really good result.
If you arent sure of what you want to take up as a career, then go JC and think it over while cheonging on your subjects to get a good result. Then after that you will have plenty of time to think about what you want to take up. Even if you cant get into university you still can get into a diploma course from there. Unless you want to waste the two years and get a poor result, you better cheong if you enter JC. JC is not for slacking people who are not geniouses. Not like JC where an average grade can get you into a JC(not the best lah) university do not accept average grade students. If you are average, you are subjected to be "chosen" by the courses instead of you choosing what you want to study, as i have mentioned earlier. You have to get straight As if you want to enter the course of your choice, if not you'll be subjected to availability. Even if you get straight A's and even have distinction in S papers and outstanding CCA and Community service results, and a B4 in GP, and didnt pass the interview, (If you want courses like law and medicine) you're out of the game... But if you want to enter psychology, its best you choose the course you're best at in JC and get good grades for your gp as well and you have quite a high chance in entering that if you go poly. -
well, if i am nt wrong, abt 60% of the O level student cohort go to poly while abt 35% goes to JC and MI.Originally posted by davidche:Most poly students tend to be not so acadamically inclined so naturally they wont pursue a degree, Thus there will be a lesser intake of poly students.
Contrary to JC students, i dare say 95% of ALL the JC students are going to uni because there is like no other way out if you dont go uni. Its a do or die.
There is also lesser poly students compared to JC students.
In all, i think that the competition for a uni place between jc students is higher.
There are more poly students than JC students, if u look at the statistics at the MOE website.
of course, JC students hav to make it to uni. this is a very well-known fact. in one of ur previous post, u said this: "The admission of uni for poly and JC students are two seperate categories. Thus, there is no 'who has priority over who' kind of thing. You are competing for a place in uni course with you school mates bascially."
so i wont compare. but if u look at JC and poly students, as i hav already mentioned, uni place more emphasis on JC students. look at the percentage of places allocated to poly students and JC students and u will noe =)
reference: http://www.moe.gov.sg/esd/Factsheet%202006.pdf -
Orh. So ours is different.Originally posted by tfcheng:im lazy to click thru page 2 to 5 to see if this is pointed out.
but i went to SIM the other day and the prof said its (grade for all modules) divide by (total no of tries u took for all modules) -
jc would be a much better choice, but provided u must be prepared to mug
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Doesn't matter which way you go as long as you do well in your exams.
If you got the cash - do poly and go overseas for pysch degree.
If you don't have cash - mug along with the rest of the jc/poly people and hope to get into a psych major at uni. -
I'm not too sure whether the polys do have such courses
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Poly is easy but it's only if you're not aiming to go for universities. If you want to be the top best in poly (you'll have to if you want to be eligible for uni), it's also tough competition, as tough as JC. But imagine, in poly, the environment is different...you have less peer pressure to make you study.Originally posted by davidche:
I am definitely going to university for further studies, possibly psychology. I gauge my o-level results as about 12pts, after cca dedcution. I am not in a Uniform group or sports, im in a performing arts.
So based on my description, would you recommend me to go JC or Poly.
Thanks a lot for your opinions!!
*Only constructive replys pls and i need no advise on things like perhaps i shldnt go uni..etc..
JC environment got a lot of stress one, but some people perform only under stress and peer pressure. True, if you fail in JC you'll have nothing else to cushion you. But the majority of the people who studied in JC actually do make it to the uni. You'll make it if you do study of course.
So my take is, if you want to go uni, go JC first. -
I think i go JC.Originally posted by mahawarrior:Poly is easy but it's only if you're not aiming to go for universities. If you want to be the top best in poly (you'll have to if you want to be eligible for uni), it's also tough competition, as tough as JC. But imagine, in poly, the environment is different...you have less peer pressure to make you study.
JC environment got a lot of stress one, but some people perform only under stress and peer pressure. True, if you fail in JC you'll have nothing else to cushion you. But the majority of the people who studied in JC actually do make it to the uni. You'll make it if you do study of course.
So my take is, if you want to go uni, go JC first. -
as far as i know, 'a' levels students are basically nothing if they do not move on to study university.
but as far as i heard from my friends, as compared to ite/poly students who entered uni, the lab techs doesnt like JC students because they arent as technically skilled.
although entering JC will be a faster and cheaper way to uni, along the way perhaps u shld list down the advantage of entering poly as well.
anyway, does "fucking 'a' level looks' sound familiar to any post-tekong sgforumers here? lol -
bump. And newspaper recoently, the first person from ngee ann poly successfully admitted into medicine course
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Actually there's 2 to make it 3...Originally posted by davidche:bump. And newspaper recoently, the first person from ngee ann poly successfully admitted into medicine course
1 made it to UK to study on scholarship aft NUS rejected her application if you did read ST commentary recently
Anyway I think is also Ngee Ann Poly going to start degree course in Early Childhood from what I read ZB ytd -
education is slowly changing.....
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if ure going to jc
please study hard to fight for places in the local uni
im one of those peeps who cant get into the local u's -
Originally posted by sbst275:Actually there's 2 to make it 3...
1 made it to UK to study on scholarship aft NUS rejected her application if you did read ST commentary recently I only saw the title of the newspaper. The person in front of me on the bus was reading that article so i was like reading it with him. lol. -
1 thingOriginally posted by davidche: I only saw the title of the newspaper. The person in front of me on the bus was reading that article so i was like reading it with him. lol.
All the 3 all from Ngee Ann Poly.. -
Ngee Ann's doing great?Originally posted by sbst275:1 thing
All the 3 all from Ngee Ann Poly.. -
What was your score for olvls and a lvls?Originally posted by confusedboi:if ure going to jc
please study hard to fight for places in the local uni
im one of those peeps who cant get into the local u's
If I go into jc i must be able to get into uni. -
I dunno and have no comments abt how well each poly is doing...Originally posted by X k:Ngee Ann's doing great?
But I'm surprised that the 3 are from the same poly... -
wow. if i go poly i must go ngee ann. are the 3 ppl for biotech course?Originally posted by sbst275:1 thing
All the 3 all from Ngee Ann Poly.. -
If I did remember the ST commentary, yes they areOriginally posted by davidche:wow. if i go poly i must go ngee ann. are the 3 ppl for biotech course?