Sometimes I feel I wasted one year doing honours...
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I am a grad with good honours from a local university.
Where I am working now, I am starting to feel its better not to spend that one year pursuing honours unless you intend to work in civil service. Its better to spend that one year starting work early and gaining more experience / earning power.
I have one colleague, we joined the company at the same time. He did not do honours (just a 3 year course) and by the pay structure of the company (all starting pay is the same), now he is drawing the same pay as me. And I'm no slouch at work either (Not the lam nua kind). What the heck!
It might be a better path to skip the honours year and go out to work and gain experience and one day do a Masters course. But of course, some Masters courses require you to do honours (but not all).
Conclusions - one should not do Honours if:
1) One does not intend to work in civil service.
2) One intends to work in civil service but does not let the $$$ difference get to you (honours grads earn more)
3) Honours is not a pre-requisite to getting into your industry of choice.
4) You intend to work in sales / marketing / trading.
5) You intend to work overseas, in some country where companies not give a damn whether you have honours or not, or 1st or 2nd class for that matter. -
Thats why the main reason for one to pursue Hons is when they are building a career in the Civil Service since pay grades are allocated differently
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as a personal achievement, i would still do it
if money is not a problem -
it is one year, u have alot more years to live
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oni first class and 2nd upper useful lah
if 2nd lower or 3rd class, might as well dun tell ppl u got hons. -
very diu lian.Originally posted by FireIce:oni first class and 2nd upper useful lah
if 2nd lower or 3rd class, might as well dun tell ppl u got hons. -
welcome to the club. I regretted too.
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ok will stop studying after my degree
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I tot it matters. Some work even specify they want only local "u" people wor? Anyways...its only 1 year, and not many people have the chance to study the honors.
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talk like machiam 2nd lower n 3rd class worthless siaOriginally posted by FireIce:oni first class and 2nd upper useful lah
if 2nd lower or 3rd class, might as well dun tell ppl u got hons.
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it depends lor
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I just see it as something that will stay with me forever lor. The honours degree...
And beside, I didn't felt ready to step out into the working world and I wasn't sure of my objectives in life then... -
Lol. i am not intending to aim for honour, i am just letting it be though.... cos i double degree cum no motivation to study hard
So if i get 2 normal degree with no honour at all, is it gd for civil service sector? I am intending to join PSA though -
ani company belong to temasek can be consider half civil servant
onli thing is civil servant can't be sack
temasek can -
Why don't you ask FI what degree she has?Originally posted by I_love_my_toilet:talk like machiam 2nd lower n 3rd class worthless sia 
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Across the levels of tertiary education, Honours is probably the worst place to stop. It's still an undergrad degree, and you've spent an extra year at university. If you've gotten that far, you may as well stay in and do a postgrad degree.
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probably 1st class in tickling balls ?Originally posted by Gedanken:Why don't you ask FI what degree she has?
cool man, just joking
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Most courses nowadays offer direct honours. At least for the one I am taking. Its now sort of part of the degree.
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1st class or 3rd class i think if it appears on name card its just BXxx(Hons).
I think its like doing more gives you more options and leaving more doors open. looking from the other angle would it be better if you chose not to do honours and then come back and say u regretted not doing it?
its only 1 year more to have more doors opened. How much difference can that make out of the rest of your career life ahead? -
you need honours if you intend to do a masters at a good uni. applications can get very competitive. some uni will not accept you if you do not have at least a 2nd upper.
as for working.. its a small advantage maybe? if we put ourselves in an employer's shoes, a person with 1st class will be more hire-able than someone with only normal degree right? guess it depends on the job too, since the TS is not experiencing any advantage. -
Saying you have honours is like a magnet for arrows. And if you don't do it well, "wah lau eh, you graduated with honours leh, and this is the type of sh|t you gimme?!!!"
Maybe you never learn enough from the SAF, the most capable will always be doing the most work. -
so hows ur ICT ? :XOriginally posted by ditzy:Saying you have honours is like a magnet for arrows. And if you don't do it well, "wah lau eh, you graduated with honours leh, and this is the type of sh|t you gimme?!!!"
Maybe you never learn enough from the SAF, the most capable will always be doing the most work. -
Damn xiong for a low key, but I enjoyed it, like a big gathering of old pals doing the things we hate together.Originally posted by I_love_my_toilet:so hows ur ICT ? :X -
jus be happy thats all tat matters. dun u feel very proud to haf achieved a 1st class honours? nus is oredi not easy to get in n how many local student can get so good result? most is gone to the china ppl ba...
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wahaha, u supposed to out pro on sat but friday come out liaoOriginally posted by ditzy:Damn xiong for a low key, but I enjoyed it, like a big gathering of old pals doing the things we hate together.
so pay is till sat ?