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A, B, E but no place in the local universities
MY DAUGHTER'S recent applications for entry to the three local universities - Nanyang Technological University, National University of Singapore (NUS) and Singapore Management University - were all rejected. The reasons given were an overwhelming response, limited places in the universities and stiff competition.
My daughter is an above-average student who had excelled in sports. She has met all the criteria for entry to a local university. Is being eligible not enough? Must one now get extraordinary grades to be granted a place in university?
Like her, many young Singaporeans her age must have had their dream of pursuing a higher education dashed recently. Ironically, the universities are still advertising for applications. Are they looking for A-star performers who have more than one option? Are they raising their standards for applicants so that they will be able to improve their world ranking - just like an elite school or junior college that accepts only the best in Singapore so that ultimately its ranking will be at the top?
The Minister for Education had said that 'no Singaporean should be deprived of a good education', so what about the many students, like my daughter, who are qualified to enter university after two years of hard slog, only to be told that they had not been selected due to limited vacancies and stiff competition?
The Education Ministry should look into this problem with a sense of urgency as it only shows a lack of planning to meet the aspirations of young Singaporeans who want to study for a degree.
Local universities are publicly funded. Isn't it about loyalty and kinship that citizens are given a chance to study there as long as they are eligible for entry?
Are my daughter's grades of an A, B, C (General Paper) and an E not good enough?
My son, who is 27 years old and had A-level grades of A, B and C, graduated with a Second Upper Class Honours degree in the Arts and Social Sciences at NUS.
See Chee WeeWad do u guys think? From the red-coloured points.. I tink the auntie has a problem with her ego..
She cant accept that her kid did not get into university.. I don't see how her kid is an ABOVE AVERAGE student though..
Cant wait to see how the 3 unis will reply to her..
Moreover, she nv state her daughter chioce rite.. Wad if she put things like MEdicine and nv get in? Unis fault ar?
Auntie.. Grow up lar.. I dun see why u need to bring ur son's 2nd upper honors into the picture also..
http://www.straitstimes.com/ST%2BForum/Story/STIStory_123758.html
Edited by motoway 29 May `07, 10:33PM
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Originally posted by soulwinner:At least my parents won't bother so much.. I was rejected by the ploys and was offered in place in a college in US..
Community College? Good for you if you are enrolling in one that allows you to transfer credits to reptuable American Unis.
A good one is the UCLA Community College program.
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Originally posted by LazerLordz:A & B should have gotten entry to any faculty in normal years.
This Dragon year is the one causing the problem.
Frankly, what's wrong with A, B and E?Nothing wrong, just that her mum is not happy.
And this is not the first time such things happened to dragon babies.
PSLE - Maths paper too hard.
O Levels Biology - Wrong facts given, students waste time figuring out what's wrong, complain to teacher, teacher says it's correct (that one is laughable, I wonder if our teachers return their knowledge to their teachers
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Now, uni entrance.
It's already too common until it isn't wrong.
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Originally posted by club18:C for GP not good meh?
i struggling to get D..
Reality check. Always work to get at least B4 or B3 in your GP.
That way, your A Level subject grades' importance can be lessened, and you have one more faculty available, or at least english language majors can be opened to you.
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