[furnote]

rejected by my faculty orientation camp

[Theboi]

most of the time , if u apply early , U shouldn't get rejected . It's only when U apply late and there are limited slots left , they then start screening for superficial traits and stuff

[furnote]

yeah, I applied on the last day..
Is there any other orientation event to know people without camps?

[p0ngd0ng]

furnote wrote:

yeah, I applied on the last day..
Is there any other orientation event to know people without camps?

Which sch and faculty if u dun mind..

[summervin]

Hi! Anyone going for the math refresher course? This afternoon was first lesson!

[furnote]

summervin wrote:

Hi! Anyone going for the math refresher course? This afternoon was first lesson!

hmm... it wasn't the first lesson?
The first lesson was last week, it's the fourth lesson already

[slayerfin]

Havok_ex wrote:

Actually, if you're a foreigner, no matter which course you apply to, it will be very hard to get in. The quotas are set to only 18% foreign students for NUS/NTU/SMU.

That said, courses that are less popular among Singaporeans are easier for foreigners to get in. Courses such as Engineering(Electrical, Mech, Civil) or Science is usually less popular among Singaporeans. Whereas popular courses like Biz/Acct/SocialScience/Humanities/Aerospace would be harder for foreigners to gain admissions to because there are more Singaporeans vying for those places.

That said, the advice above is solid. Don't apply for a course just so that you can get into university. IF you get into a course that you are not passionate in, you'd just graduate with poor grades and waste 4 years of your life. Apply for a course only if you have genuine interest/passion.

Hi all. I'm an anomaly here. I had a rank point of 86.25 and applied for NUS chemical engineering and NTU Accountancy. Apparently, I did not get into the supposedly- easier-for-foreigners-to-get-into course. Instead, got into a course with cut throat competition. Idk. Things happened.

[PororoTheP]

Are international students supposed to pay confirmation fee first before we receive the Student Pass email or should we wait for the email first then only we proceed to pay? Thanks a lot!

[summervin]

furnote wrote:

hmm... it wasn't the first lesson?
The first lesson was last week, it's the fourth lesson already

Really??? My timetable stated the first day was 6 July.. Weird.

[summervin]

furnote wrote:

rejected by my faculty orientation camp

What course are you in?

[slayerfin]

PororoTheP wrote:

Are international students supposed to pay confirmation fee first before we receive the Student Pass email or should we wait for the email first then only we proceed to pay? Thanks a lot!

What is a confirmation fee? Just make the payment for form e16.

[Gowhek12]

can't seem to find NTU SBS orientation week dates only some engineering courses and english has the dates on the NTU website. wonder why but is it advisable to go to orientation camps? like what if im attached and my bf will be unhappy if i go...? in such a dilemma...

[WestgateTower]

slayerfin wrote:

Hi all. I'm an anomaly here. I had a rank point of 86.25 and applied for NUS chemical engineering and NTU Accountancy. Apparently, I did not get into the supposedly- easier-for-foreigners-to-get-into course.

imo chem eng and accountancy are very popular among locals

[Evil Bunny]

Gowhek12 wrote:

can't seem to find NTU SBS orientation week dates only some engineering courses and english has the dates on the NTU website. wonder why but is it advisable to go to orientation camps? like what if im attached and my bf will be unhappy if i go...? in such a dilemma...

Maybe they haven't update yet. Not sure whether SBS has a orientation week or not.
Not everyone goes for camp, you will be fine!

furnote wrote:

yeah, I applied on the last day..
Is there any other orientation event to know people without camps?

Try the orientation week/freshmen welcome ceremony.

[zengx2]

Gowhek12 wrote:

can't seem to find NTU SBS orientation week dates only some engineering courses and english has the dates on the NTU website. wonder why but is it advisable to go to orientation camps? like what if im attached and my bf will be unhappy if i go...? in such a dilemma...

I'm also a freshie in SBS. Today is already the 4th day of the SBS NTU camp evolution.