Should I enter Applied Physics?

[EverybodyHatesRaikou]

For some context, I'm from Ngee Ann poly's AMS engineering course, scoring a 3.73 GPA and I've already been accepted in AP even before I serve NS.

However, according to what I read and my friends, this'll be a difficult course (especially since I never studied A Math in secondary school), with limited job prospects as researcher, lecturer or teacher (only researcher seems interesting since I've no interest in teaching) , so should I play it safe by signing up for an engineering degree before ORD'ing? I'm worried over being unable to keep up, past performance and results are no indicator of future performance.

 

[hello7777777]

Engrg course may be more marketable. My friend did appl. physics in NTU and he took quite some time to find a job and now he is doing shift work in a logistics or engineering firm (cannot rmb which one is it).

 

[ProfessorSociology]

Hard science is not good in the sense that it wil be hard to find jobs

 

[pepega]

All the best.

 

[solivagant]

For some context, I'm from Ngee Ann poly's AMS engineering course, scoring a 3.73 GPA and I've already been accepted in AP even before I serve NS.

However, according to what I read and my friends, this'll be a difficult course (especially since I never studied A Math in secondary school), with limited job prospects as researcher, lecturer or teacher (only researcher seems interesting since I've no interest in teaching) , so should I play it safe by signing up for an engineering degree before ORD'ing? I'm worried over being unable to keep up, past performance and results are no indicator of future performance.

Hi. Current NTU physics student here (year 1).

Yes, it's a difficult course even for JC students who took H2 Math and Physics.

However, signing up for an engineering course may not make things easier, as engineering still has advanced math (more advanced than poly) in it.
I think your poly engineering course might have already covered certain aspects of O'Level A Math.

Like you said, past performance is not a good indicator of future performance. Some poly students are currently doing better than some JC students.

A degree in physics does not limit your job scope to those 3 things. Physics graduates also go to the IT/business/medical/engineering etc. sector.

I have a question for you? Why did you apply for physics?

 

[KXYYYY]

all the best

 

[MoxLotus]

the question is not should you enter applied physics, the right question is are you interested in applied physics.