NTU Non-Academic Achievement Interview

[Elijah]

I received an e-mail from NTU informing me that I have been shortlisted to attend an interview through the Non-Academic Achievements section on the 28 March 2009. Could somebody shed some light and tips?

 

[xLioNx]

i have not been through it so sry, cannot give u any advice.

But i am wondering, which course are you interviewing for and if you are from poly, whats your GPA?

Thanks.

 

[voyagerv1]

What's your non-academic achievement btw?

 

[Elijah]

I was from Nanyang Polytechnic, GPA 3.24, SAT combined score 2070. Applied for Economics, but they didn't state what the interview was for. I won a few national video competition and some were aired on national TV.

 

[U-Wern]

I've also been shortlisted for the 28th March interview. Anyone else?

Wondering if its a group or personal interview..

 

[Elijah]

I called in to check. It's a personal interview. By the way what are your non-academic achievement and your grades?

 

[U-Wern]

My gpa is 3.18

I just wrote about my portfolio for my non-academic achievements.

What time's your interview? Mine's 10.30am

 

[0402927H]

U-Wern what course were you from and what course did you apply for?

whats the achievements in your portfolio?

By the way, you submitted only results online right?

 

[U-Wern]

I was from Digital Entertainment Tech. in NYP.

had some personal projects in my portfolio.

and yeah. only results.

 

[wav35_]

is it a must to submit the appraisal form for this non-academic achievements section?

 

[Elijah]

Yes, I believe it is a must to submit the appraisal section. My interview is at 9:15am.

 

[sinequanon88]

all the best for those going through the interview

 

[SG_Oops]

pretty kanchiong now actually. i'm also called up for this interview. wonder what kind of process or questions they'll test on.

 

[Jamesang15]

NTU's non academic achievement quite difficult to write and they are quite strict

They are looking for national level of achievement...

Like mine.. my non academic achievement is at school level (School club management, etc) but I can't find a suitable field to enter.

 

[Kermit_TheFrog]

I went for the interview...it was pretty long, about 20 minutes or more.
basically they ask you to introduce yourself first and your achievements.
your leadership qualities, what was the hardest thing you encountered as a leader
why did you choose this course in NTU... as for me, they asked "Why did you only put one choice in NTU" which is wkwsci mass comm... i told them bluntly, if u dun gimme the course i'll go elsewhere lo, that's the only course i want to do.
have you been to NTU, do you know about the CCAs here. what do you intend to do/join.

a lot a lot lah, it was quite a tough interview i'd say. grilled... but i got in so heck

 

[0402927H]

for those people who got shortlisted for the interview, what were your gpa and ccas?

james how u know they shortlist you based on national lvl participation?

 

[SG_Oops]

I went for the interview...it was pretty long, about 20 minutes or more.
basically they ask you to introduce yourself first and your achievements.
your leadership qualities, what was the hardest thing you encountered as a leader
why did you choose this course in NTU... as for me, they asked "Why did you only put one choice in NTU" which is wkwsci mass comm... i told them bluntly, if u dun gimme the course i'll go elsewhere lo, that's the only course i want to do.
have you been to NTU, do you know about the CCAs here. what do you intend to do/join.

a lot a lot lah, it was quite a tough interview i'd say. grilled... but i got in so heck

was it this year's interview that you got into?

and you said you got in. you mean they offered you on-the-spot?



anyway, who was there for the 0930H period?

 

[Elijah]

Okay I just went for the interview. Results will be out May. I am not sure if they will offer you on-the-spot but if they did, I never got mine anyway. The interview had 2 profs and one guy from the admissions. Depending on your selected course, you will be asked to go to different rooms for a set of different interviewers. I got room 3, and I applied for Economics. Anyway it was a long interview, about 20-25 minutes. They asked questions about my non-acad achivement which was about a few national competitions I won. I topped my non-acad chievement with my own works from other non-acad areas to prove why I was a good candidate for Economics. They did not ask me questions like why I like NTU or why should NTU choose me. I was talking about my non-acad achivements throughout and mostly that was just it. Even though it was 20-25, I must say the interview was still quite rushed; they would stop me in the middle and ask me to move on to other non-acad achivements - especially those they I wrote about in the online application. Hope this helps.

 

[Kermit_TheFrog]

no, i went for the interview 2 yrs ago. got in 2 yrs ago. enrolling this yr =)

 

[hangoku]

i went for the interview yesterday too(28/3/09) at 930.
hmm for me the interview was freaking short.
i think like 5-10 mins finish le.
btw i applied for econs too.
in my room(room 3) were 4 people + me.
i was only interviewed by the 3 of them and the 4th person i think was from admin.

hmm the questions they asked mainly revolved around my non- academic achievements(NAA).
i thought the interview was rather okay. not that many hard questions.

they did ask qns like what was ur greatest achivement, what was the most memorable competition.

they also ask questions like why did u pick this course. how does ur NAA contribute to ur course,
how will u use ur NAA to contribute to the school.

hmm got quite a few others also like "tell me more bout urself"

hmm that day i wore formal, but without tie.

btw my gpa quite low, 3.34 for 1st 5 sems.
my non-academic was fencing