This morning, when i was throwing some hoops in the basketball court just opposite my HDB flat, i met Mr Kelvin Koh, my geography teacher in HSCS.

He was returing home from breakfast at the nearby coffee shop.


we chatted.

I do not remember everything but here are some excepts:

- Mr Koh asked me about my recent GPA.

- He said 3.0 is still ok cos its just a matter of 0.5 to go Uni.

- He said that some unis got exempted courses depending on the relevance of the particular course to that which you are taking currently in poly.

- If i wanted to take up any part-time courses during my NS vocation, it is cautioned that i choose those private intitutions that are recognised in Singapore.

- Safe bets would be national univerities of foreign countries such as ANU (Australia National University)

- I must have discipline in myself as its already tiring having to cope with NS.

- By taking part in part-time courses, after NS just need to finish remaining years eg. one or two years of uni then can obtain degree le, provided the institution that you took part-time courses in is recognisied in Singapore and by the particular university u want to finish your degree in.

- It is better to apply for admission to your chosen university as soon as possible after you graduated, as if you are admitted, the course fees that you need to pay will be based on the course fee for the particular year you applied for admission.

- eg. you applied for admission in 2010, and after NS in 2012, you gt admitted, you only need to pay the amount of course fees stated in 2010, not 2012.

- Advantage is the course fees will always be increasing year after year. It may be more expensive in 2012 compared to 2010, maybe by even a thousand dollars.

- so the earlier you apply, the lesser you need to pay.

- If your aplication failed in this year, you can always apply in next year.

- priority will be based on those who have the highest GPA, and if there are any vacanies left, then the second-highest will be considered.

Thats about all i can remember for our conversation (some info i might have remembered wrongly sry if tts the case ><)

Good luck!