Y Sunday, March 11, 2007Y
Unfortunate Open House
1:52 AM
Went to NTU and NUS open house with Pei Xuan today, (opps should be yesterday). my original plan was to go all three universities' open house today, but however, time didn't allow me to do that, so the station just ends at NUS.By the way, I think i've decided to do business. as for the exact specialization that i want to study, I think i would prefer accounts or banking and finance. i know this seems like different from what i originally wanted - business marketing. but then, after consulting many, i realize that getting a business marketing is kind of useless. in the sense that in the working world, getting a business marketing degree doesn't get me recognized as knowing how to do marketing. it is like, to the working world, the degree doesn't mean you know marketing coz in this field, the experience is more important then qualification. so well, i decide to choose a high-demand specialization of accounting. accounting degrees are like hot-cakes in great demand. even if i do not want to pursue a career as an accountant, a 3-5 years of working experience as an accountant will aid me A LOT in my other careers in many industries. but like i've said, accounting is tough to get in, so i'll just have to try my luck with ABB.
back to the open house. The first stop was NTU. Nice college there but transport aren't very convenient. the good thing about NTU is that it has 3 years direct honours. which means if your grades are very good (about all distinctions), you will graduate with an honous instead of a normal degree. unlike other universities where upon completing 3 years, those with the best grades can only proceed with the 4th year to graduate with honours. in addition, other universities only allow the top 5% to proceed with the pursuit of honours, while NTU allows those with applicable grades to get honours. which means as long as you have the grades, you get the honours. thus the number of candidates that can graduate with honours is not limited to a certain percent only. on the other hand, if you are the top 25% of the cohort, you will be offered double specialization. meaning i can choose to specialize in accounting and marketing, for example.
but of course, NTU is not even within top 100 world wide. NUS on the other hand is ranked 19th among the world's universities. so getting a degree from NUS is much more prestigious in a global context. Looking at the number of people flooding the business booth at NUS makes me more worried about the competition i'm facing. but nevertheless, i'll still try to apply for the business accounting and business. i didnt have the chance to ask more about business of NUS as the crowd only allows me to grab an information booklet.
but anyway, a sad thing happened at the open house. Pei Xuan and I bought a pair of ripple slippers each at NTU open house at a discount of 20%. after that, we went to NUS's open house with all the stuff. while touring the hostel, we left our stuff at a corner as all the stuff are pretty heavy. who knows when we are back for them, the only things left are a few information booklets that we got from both fairs. all the free notebooks and our slippers are gone! TT_TT really really sad. i bought the slipper not only because it's cheap, it's also because i really need new slippers coz my old ones barely have any friction. haiz... what to do? count myself unlucky lo...