Questions on Tertiary Education
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Hi, I'm currently taking my 'O's and I am unsure on where I should go next, JC or Poly. Therefore, could you clarify my doubts? Here's some background info, I am currently scoring 14 for L1R5 and 10 for L1R4. My goal is be an accountant and study for my degree at NUS Business School. I am the kind that doesn't study over a long period of time but to usually cheong 1-2 weeks before the exam. Here's my questions: For Poly, which course should I take to achieve my goal and where is the best the place to take it? as I do not believe the brochures for polys my school is giving me. For JC,. I have really no idea what's going on there. All I know is H1 subjects are the'easiest' subjects while H3 subjects are the 'hardest'. Is that true and do we get to choose our own subjects? What subjects do I require to qualify for my entry to NUS? For L1R5, Is it a must to include maths? The subjects and taking is English, MT, Maths, Combined Humans(Hist/SS), Combined Science(Phy/Chem), POA, Literature. What's a typical Poly or JC timetable? Is POA considered a Humans subject and can I include it in the L1R5 instead of maths? Thanks for your help In advance.
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Originally posted by Pfft:
Hi, I’m currently taking my ‘O’s and I am unsure on where I should go next, JC or Poly. Therefore, could you clarify my doubts? Here’s some background info, I am currently scoring 14 for L1R5 and 10 for L1R4. My goal is be an accountant and study for my degree at NUS Business School. I am the kind that doesn’t study over a long period of time but to usually cheong 1-2 weeks before the exam.
Here’s my questions:
For Poly, which course should I take to achieve my goal and where is the best the place to take it? as I do not believe the brochures for polys my school is giving me.
For JC,. I have really no idea what’s going on there. All I know is H1 subjects are the’easiest’ subjects while H3 subjects are the ‘hardest’. Is that true and do we get to choose our own subjects?
What subjects do I require to qualify for my entry to NUS?
For L1R5, Is it a must to include maths? The subjects and taking is English, MT, Maths, Combined Humans(Hist/SS), Combined Science(Phy/Chem), POA, Literature.
What’s a typical Poly or JC timetable?
Is POA considered a Humans subject and can I include it in the L1R5 instead of maths?Thanks for your help In advance.
poly courses: accountancy
what for u doubt the polys brochures... dont believe then dont go poly -
Originally posted by Rednano:
poly courses: accountancy
what for u doubt the polys brochures... dont believe then dont go poly
A dipolma in accountancy does not qualify one to be a certified public accountant. Of course you can be an in house "accountant" in a company with a dipolma. But to be an in house "accountant", even N level POA also qualify since there are no requirement to be an in house "accountant". -
Originally posted by Mikethm:
A dipolma in accountancy does not qualify one to be a certified public accountant. Of course you can be an in house "accountant" in a company with a dipolma. But to be an in house "accountant", even N level POA also qualify since there are no requirement to be an in house "accountant".
i didnt say that... he can use the accountancy diploma to gain admission into nus/ntu/smu accountancy degree.... -
Originally posted by Rednano:
poly courses: accountancy
what for u doubt the polys brochures... dont believe then dont go poly
I meant the studying environment. Is the lecturer good? Is the course at that particular poly good? Because I was told that the things they study differ from poly to poly. -
ok la,must see which lecturer you'll get.and basically most poly study the same stuff,just that sp will cover more stuff,sp kinda ks.
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Why NUS for business? I always feel NUS business is the weakest of the 3 public Uni.
For poly, obviously you would need to take accountancy and to enter Uni, u'll need a GPA of about 3.7-3.8/4.0 to qualify. SP and NP should be good choices for poly i think.
For JC, i think you should be able to do any subject combination you like since Acc has no specific requirement. You will get to choose your subject combinations but that it limited to what sort of combinations the JC you go to offers.
Poly timetable like uni timetable isn't fix at a certain time everyday. They vary depending on the time your lessons start so starting in the afternoon, having wierd timetables with long breaks etc might be possible. JC timetable is just extended of sec sch timetable.
Maths is a required subject for both poly and JC admission as far as i remember so you cannot replace it unless the system has changed since its close to a decade since i done my O's...
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Originally posted by Pfft:
I meant the studying environment. Is the lecturer good? Is the course at that particular poly good? Because I was told that the things they study differ from poly to poly.
to be poly lecturers, they must be 1st degree/master degrees graduates with at least a few years of working experiences...
teaching methods may be different, but the theories n concepts r the same. -
Originally posted by Pfft:
I meant the studying environment. Is the lecturer good? Is the course at that particular poly good? Because I was told that the things they study differ from poly to poly.You can check the course contents at all the poly websites. They should generally be the similar with some maybe having additional focus in some areas.
Lecturers depends on your luck lah. Sometimes a course is taught by more than 1 lecturer or just nice the sem u taking the module they change lecturer also won't be surprising.
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Originally posted by dkcx:
Why NUS for business? I always feel NUS business is the weakest of the 3 public Uni.
For poly, obviously you would need to take accountancy and to enter Uni, u'll need a GPA of about 3.7-3.8/4.0 to qualify. SP and NP should be good choices for poly i think.
For JC, i think you should be able to do any subject combination you like since Acc has no specific requirement. You will get to choose your subject combinations but that it limited to what sort of combinations the JC you go to offers.
Poly timetable like uni timetable isn't fix at a certain time everyday. They vary depending on the time your lessons start so starting in the afternoon, having wierd timetables with long breaks etc might be possible. JC timetable is just extended of sec sch timetable.
Maths is a required subject for both poly and JC admission as far as i remember so you cannot replace it unless the system has changed since its close to a decade since i done my O's...
In your opinion, which do you think is the best uni for business?
How do you caluculate GPA in JC?
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I would choose NTU if you prefer the traditional lecture, tutorial approach and SMU if you are more open and like discussion.
The scoring for JC is different from poly and it depends entirely on your grades.
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you go to ngee ann, do either accountancy or business admin course. But then you have to do quite well, get the diploma with merit if possible. Then go apply NUS business course.
Warn you first, to go NUS business course, it is not easy, must have the "ingredients" before they accept ya.
Good luck.
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Originally posted by Rednano:
poly courses: accountancy
what for u doubt the polys brochures... dont believe then dont go polyI also say. Brochure provides the info for u wat. Wat is it about doubting them??
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Originally posted by Pfft:
I meant the studying environment. Is the lecturer good? Is the course at that particular poly good? Because I was told that the things they study differ from poly to poly.lecturer all the same one, be it poly, uni, private uni etc. Generally all lecturers are knowledgeable, but they're not like MOE teachers who have to go through NIE to learn how to teach students.
Lecturers just come into the lecture to teach a subject. How they teach is up to them. So if u suan, kana those jialat one, prepare to self study on ur own.
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Originally posted by dkcx:
Why NUS for business? I always feel NUS business is the weakest of the 3 public Uni.
For poly, obviously you would need to take accountancy and to enter Uni, u'll need a GPA of about 3.7-3.8/4.0 to qualify. SP and NP should be good choices for poly i think.
For JC, i think you should be able to do any subject combination you like since Acc has no specific requirement. You will get to choose your subject combinations but that it limited to what sort of combinations the JC you go to offers.
Poly timetable like uni timetable isn't fix at a certain time everyday. They vary depending on the time your lessons start so starting in the afternoon, having wierd timetables with long breaks etc might be possible. JC timetable is just extended of sec sch timetable.
Maths is a required subject for both poly and JC admission as far as i remember so you cannot replace it unless the system has changed since its close to a decade since i done my O's...
Yeah! I loved my poly and uni timetable planning. Sometimes, can plan until one weekday no need go sch.
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Originally posted by NerdzRulz:
In your opinion, which do you think is the best uni for business?
How do you caluculate GPA in JC?
I think there is no BEST uni for a particular subject. So private sector, a business deg is a business deg. NTU, NUS, SMU, etc about the same to them. How they decide whether to hire u is usually dependable on how u present urself.
Public sector wise, dun even need to care. A business deg from these three uni are recognised equally.
People's perception of a BEST uni, course, etc are usually form because of the way the instuition market themselves. Pay scale wise, all them same.
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Accountancy would be an ideal choice. However, you must really be very consistent and work hard for every semester (probably all As at least) to be able to proceed to local universities.
If not, and if you are really sure about being an accountant, you can complete your accounting diploma and go for ACCA.
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Originally posted by airgrinder:
I think there is no BEST uni for a particular subject. So private sector, a business deg is a business deg. NTU, NUS, SMU, etc about the same to them. How they decide whether to hire u is usually dependable on how u present urself.
Public sector wise, dun even need to care. A business deg from these three uni are recognised equally.
People's perception of a BEST uni, course, etc are usually form because of the way the instuition market themselves. Pay scale wise, all them same.
There is still preferences in the industry and some companies 'openly' mentioning they prefer certain grads in the past.
Pay scale has some differences as well if you do go and read the reports by the universities on the hiring rate of their students and the pay etc etc. Perception of best uni etc is not just on how they market themselves but also the amount of international accredations etc they have gotten which differs among the 3 Unis with NUS having the poorest for its Masters programme at least.
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go poly
dont go jc since u study only 1-2 weeks before exam
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haha yeah, unless u are really smart, its unlikely that u can score well if you only study 2 weeks before exams in jc.
not saying that you have to study all the time though, just that studying for Alevels is different from studying for Olevels. u need to understand the topics as they teach, and not leave it till the end.
H1 is just learning a bit lesser topics at the same depth compared to H2. the norm is to take either 3H2s and 1H1 or 4H2s. according to the score guideline given on the net, the entry to nus acc requires AAA/A = 3 H2 and 1 H1 distinctions.