Need appropriate advice!

• AhJun

  4 Mar 08, 18:01

  What's the best pathway a person could go after serving NS with onli o lvl qualification(failed maths)

  1. Enrol in private institution eg. mdis,informatics

  2. Enrol in private institution eg. mdis,informatics and find a part time job

  3. Waste a year to retake maths as a private candidate to enter poly

  4. Waste a year to retake maths as a private candidate to enter poly and find a part time job

  5. Just work

• angel7030

  4 Mar 08, 18:05

  Originally posted by AhJun:

  What's the best pathway a person could go after serving NS with onli o lvl qualification(failed maths)

  1. Enrol in private institution eg. mdis,informatics

  2. Enrol in private institution eg. mdis,informatics and find a part time job

  3. Waste a year to retake maths as a private candidate to enter poly

  4. Waste a year to retake maths as a private candidate to enter poly and find a part time job

  5. Just work

  
  All that you mentioned are not approprate, you should sign on in SAF and take partime A math.

• AhJun

  4 Mar 08, 21:18

  a maths? e maths alrdy fail liao take a maths for what. anyway the person also not kinda give up on maths liao. so which is the best choice?

• ndmmxiaomayi

  4 Mar 08, 21:40

  If you want a degree fast enough and has enough money, retake your O Levels, take the private route. Not enough money, take a part time job.

• Lorry`

  4 Mar 08, 23:40

  Ask yourself, what do you want to do in life?

   

• FireIce

  4 Mar 08, 23:42

  if u know wat u good at, and confident it can be ur rice bowl for a period of time, go work....
  build up some savings...
  then go take a pte dip part-time.....
  then if u think u can make it... can move on to a bachelor.....
  

• alfagal

  4 Mar 08, 23:45

  u sure u can combine cert?

• lenore

  4 Mar 08, 23:49

  hmmm, there are some courses in poly that do not require maths as a pre-requisite. maybe consider those courses?

• Lorry`

  4 Mar 08, 23:57

  the most impt thing is know what u want to do in life, of course you have to be sure your good at that (field)

  not anyhow pick a course and enrol

  no 'best pathway', maybe this is the singaporean's mindset.
  Depends what you wanna do

  while retaking maths, you can go and work to earn some $$$ to pay sch fees thats meant for later use

• AhJun

  5 Mar 08, 15:37

  but the problem is off track from maths for so long..i think its impossible to restart it again. since poly dun offer mature entry and some private institutions do..is it better to enrol in private institutions immediately?? from what i know...mature entry dun require work experience either. juz 21 years old and above and certain secondary sch experience. so besides informatics/mdis, what other institutions r gd in sg?

• Tier

  5 Mar 08, 16:19

  hmmm Many years ago I also fail O level.

  I took a full time job as Admin Assistant and I retake my maths and english. Both fail D7.

  After retake I still got Both D7.  I wanna go into design course in poly.

  And I go study designing at Lasalle which is also good. Informatics and MDIS dun sounds good to me. I think SIM, SMA, PSB Academy also better ba.

  I think u find afull  job to work also. got working experience for your future resume. after retake O level can job hop to high  prospect and at the same time with experience

• Darkness_hacker99

  5 Mar 08, 16:29

  Originally posted by AhJun:

  What's the best pathway a person could go after serving NS with onli o lvl qualification(failed maths)

  1. Enrol in private institution eg. mdis,informatics

  2. Enrol in private institution eg. mdis,informatics and find a part time job

  3. Waste a year to retake maths as a private candidate to enter poly

  4. Waste a year to retake maths as a private candidate to enter poly and find a part time job

  5. Just work

  You've already seal your fate when you used the word 'Waste'.

• caleb_chiang

  5 Mar 08, 16:39

  sign on!
• Tier

  5 Mar 08, 17:31

  Sign on with only O level in the airforce also no prospect right wont promote to higher rank. better to get a diploma at least.

• hao_hao

  5 Mar 08, 17:31

  Originally posted by caleb_chiang:

  sign on!

  sign on ? with o lvl qualification i don think can go above 3sgt

  or even CPL

• AhJun

  5 Mar 08, 18:58

  so is it favourable even if i dun retake maths again cos its like if i do, i still haf to go for 1 more round of maths and wait for results...bleah bleah

  is it more better if i enrol in priv institute and find a job at the same time?

• yuko-ogura

  5 Mar 08, 19:27

  ah Jun..retaking maths means retaking the whole of O lvl examinations..nt jus the subj maths alone.

  if u can afford it, i suggest gg into a private institution to work on a diploma..and if u dun find working a chore, why not work a part-time job at the same time?

  as to wad ur future has in store for u, wait till u get ur dip then decide. its too early to say anything.

   

• AhJun

  19 Mar 08, 09:29

  so overall the best choice for me will be still enrol in private institution and work part time?? self finance?? i could enter through mature entry though since there is no nid for me to retake again...besides if i retake i haf to waste a year more and go through the pathetic wait for the results

• jojobeach

  19 Mar 08, 09:38

  Ah Jun,

  You can try SIM/MDIS certificate level for O level holders.

  Once you have the certificate you can proceed to do their diploma level courses.. and subsequently.. you can go for degree if you obtained good results.

  They will give you bridging class and examination if you do not have your O maths to justify entry.

  But if I am not wrong.. they have a minimum age requirement and some amount of working experience.

  I suggest you go down to the customer service counter and speak to the customer service .. bring along all your certifications.

  Both institution runs part-time and full time course. So it depends on your financial ability too.. If your parents cannot afford it.. you can always work full time and study part-time, this way.. you get your cert AND clock your working experience. Tho.. it will mean discipline and hard work and plenty of sacrifice on your part.. can you do it ?

• AhJun

  19 Mar 08, 19:26

  huh u mean mature entry of 21 years old still require maths?? i dun think so cos i see there state onli nid sec sch experience. working experience also no nid unless going for bachelor/master i think

• jojobeach

  19 Mar 08, 23:54

  Originally posted by AhJun:

  huh u mean mature entry of 21 years old still require maths?? i dun think so cos i see there state onli nid sec sch experience. working experience also no nid unless going for bachelor/master i think

  We are not enrollment officers.

   Why are you asking this here ? You should be going down to the schools to make enquiries directly.

   If you have no legs then give a call to them and ask very difficult meh ?

   Havn't start already so lazy.. cham liao lor.

   My friend came from a broken family. Also did very badly for her "o" maths.

  After O she worked full time for several years for her savings.

  Then enrolled in SIM to take part time cert course I think 1 year.

  Then part time 2 years take diploma. I think that was when she ask me to help her do some bridging subjects, cannot remember it was a while ago.

  Then  went studies overseas in Uni. Not bad can skip first year or was given some module credits.

  Now she running her own department.. going for her MBA liao.

  But she is very motivated, very resourceful and very hard working one.

  If you can also be like her.. then perhaps this is viable for you lor.

   

   

   

   

   

• caleb_chiang

  20 Mar 08, 00:00

  Originally posted by hao_hao:

  sign on ? with o lvl qualification i don think can go above 3sgt

  or even CPL

  
  Well... you can always apply to study Poly in SAF... it's free...