Hi, can anyone share with me whether FASS or smu soss is better? Rlly need advice on this! Thks!
Hi, it depends on whether u prefer seminar style lessons or standard lecture-tutorial style of teaching. I heard from a senior in fass that 1 module in fass is about 1 lecture & 1 tutorial per week btw.
The benefits of smu:
1. You get to interact and actively engage yourself during lessons.
2. More internship and exchange opportunities than nus.
3. Many students take double majors and more % taking double degree.
4. More specialisation tracks.
5. Higher employment and salary on average according to the employment survey.
The downsides of smu:
1. Competition in smu is fierce.
2. Less campus life (in terms of hall etc)
3. The % of honours students there is lower than fass as it is harder to achieve honours in smu.
4. Less opportunities to make friends (Depends on your personality)
The advantages of fass:
1. Lecture-tutorial style of learning, good for shy students who prefer mugging in a corner
2. Higher % of honours
3. Greater cohort size >> bell curve affects students less
3. You can take double majors too by DA or in the 2nd/3rd year
4. More campus life
5. Can stay in RC/hall etc.
6. For eg. econs is more academic and math inclined
7. World QS ranking
The disadvantages of NUS:
1. Must find internships & exchange opportunities via the student (?) office.
2. Heavier and more modules esp for double major students (be prepared). I was offered double majors via DA, I counted 4 more modules for NUS than smu for the same double major combination.
3. More in depth and harder modules than smu (from my senior).
4. Hall/RC life may affect your academics.
5. Less specialisation tracks than smu.
Disclaimer ** What I think is subjective, I don’t mean to offend any NUS/SMU students reading this
This is the summary of my ‘research’ haha xD. I am also deciding between nus and smu. Currently reading some year 1 stuff to see which one I like more
I got SMU econs, NUS FASS DMP and NBS offer too