Hey happy2gether, saw somewhere (maybe in this thread) that you accepted Unisim's acc too right! We might be classmates in the future haha. Trying to justify why you chose unisim over sit too? It's ok, I had really hard struggles between SIT and Unisim.
1. Accreditation
Unisim has run acc programs before (despite being PT) and one of the criterion to be considered for gaining accreditation is to run the acc program for at least a year. We all know Unisim has more experience than SIT since SIT is practically new in this field (1 and FIRST business degree amongst engineering ones?)
Anyways, in SIT's acc page, it's stated that they're still trying to sought for accreditation even now. And the companies for our internships are not known yet. It's like trying to steer a boat without a direction
Granted, SIT is totally new and we should cut them some slack. But well, maybe that's what it takes to have a local and publicly recognised cert, courage and faith that they'll pull through. After all we're just guinea pigs for both SIT and Unisim. That said, I'm still grateful that they decided to launch these degrees this year tho.
Graduating from Unisim's FT acc grants you the chance to be on the same footing as NUS/NTU/SMU's student whereby you can go straight into the Professional program if you wna be a CA. SIT graduates would have to go through the Foundation program (takes 6 months only if anyone's curious; 6 core modules) before proceeding to the CA. And I read it somewhere that after you being a CA, it doesn't matter which uni you come from cuz you'll be viewed all the same now.
2. I feel that Unisim might be able to give me a more holistic education than SIT ever could, yknow?
I'm sure you went thru that rigorous selection process too. I spent 4hrs meeting people who are really nice unlike the people I met during SIT's interview. It's like, there's this camaraderie formed because we know the upcoming process will be tough, we have to stick together kind of thing. Anyways, the students recruited are definitely contributors to the society, because that's what they said they look out for, remember? "A heart for the society."
Also, I read somewhere that you can spend 1 sem studying abroad in their list of overseas uni accepted. I mean, wow, I'd definitely grab that chance if I can.
80 hours to clock in for the service project? Count me in. Doing community service is really my passion (no kidding, and no jokes about it) but people around me always criticise me for them. I get to meet like-minded friends there.
I'm pretty sure i can continue to drown people in this essay but yea, these are my key takeaways.
All the best to you.
