I also received my rejection email from NTU...
GPA 3.3 and applied for sociology, planning to appeal back into sociology, would that be a wise choice? I’d really like to read sociology!
Hi i just received my NTU Rejection letter.
Looking to appeal my application.
First Choice * Mathematical Sciences
Second Choice Electrical and Electronic Engineering
I graduated with Diploma in engineering with Business with 3.2 gpa.
Can anyone advise me what to choose and how can I appeal to stand more chance?
I have difficulty in choosing as I stand lesser chance cos of my GPA but i just want to try!
Same question here!Anyone with past experience can help to answer?
Hi, I'm here to ask when appealing after being rejected, should I appeal for a course that accepted students with igp lower than me (which I placed as the last choice or didn't apply for it at all), or should I appeal to one from my first 3 choices to have higher chance of appealing in?
Thank you!
The thing about advising what to appeal is that it is very hard for anyone to advise what to appeal or what not to do.
Appealing is a very personal process and has a lot of different factors to consider which I will try to break down to help you guys in deciding what to appeal for based on your own circumstances.
1) How interested are you in the course - If you are very interested in one course and have absolutely no interest in the other, should you be appealing to the other course even though you may stand a better chance with your RP/GPA?
If you are not on the extreme ends, then maybe you can consider appealing to your second choice or even a completely different course that you think you don't mind doing.
2) How competitive are you - If your RP/GPA is very far from the stated IGP, you should know even appealing would not work. There's a saying to appeal to another course that you did not list as a choice as being rejected means they have processed your application as such - I disagree. At different points in time during the application process, they may or may not be more lenient to those whose RP/GPA are close to the stated IGP. I do think it may be worth trying if you are very interested in the course and did not miss the 10th percentile by too much.
Besides, for some reason, we are seeing people getting accepted with RP/GPAs that are far far away from the 10th percentile.
3) What else do you have to offer - This would refer to your CCAs, awards, external projects etc. If you have a relevant portfolio, you may consider reiterating these achievements/projects in your statement if you are bent on getting into your first choice and are just a few marks away. For DA, there is no appeal to consider yourself for DA again, so whatever portfolio you have is just to show your passion. Don't put too much hope on this - it really boils down to your scores at the end of the day.
All factors are not mutually exclusive to each other. You can appeal for course you know you are very competitive in but if you are not interested, you would know better not to appeal. However, if you are very far from the 10th percentile - how willing are you to let go of your first choice and consider other courses? If you honestly think you have very outstanding achievements but did not get considered for DA, do you want to gamble once more and hope it pays off?
Remember - you only get to appeal once. Play it well.