Nov 28 2010, 12:44 AM
QUOTE(Imperfecion @ Nov 26 2010, 05:50 PM)
I'm still undecided.It has been mentioned that foundation prepares better for 1st year degree but it pigeonholes me to a specific field.I mean,there's no point taking subjects like chemistry if i know I'm doing commerce.Or similar,taking economics to do engineering later.Guess the best option is to follow the US education system which allows students to make a 180 degree turn conveniently?It's hard to decide.
Tell me,did you pick your course because you know you'd wake up everyday doing the kind of work
Added on November 26, 2010, 6:06 pmyou like or did you make your pick based on the skills you would acquire?
E.g. Being an lawyer would enable you to know one's right better against being able to do the work that interests you such as translating affidavits and argueing in court?
P.s I'm thinking of HELP's co-op for actuarial science.That is however,still,in consideration.
It could even be A-levels at either KL or Singapore before transfer to overseas,preferably UWaterloo,if my academic results allows.
All comments are appreciated.
as simple as from head to toe:Tell me,did you pick your course because you know you'd wake up everyday doing the kind of work
Added on November 26, 2010, 6:06 pmyou like or did you make your pick based on the skills you would acquire?
E.g. Being an lawyer would enable you to know one's right better against being able to do the work that interests you such as translating affidavits and argueing in court?
P.s I'm thinking of HELP's co-op for actuarial science.That is however,still,in consideration.
It could even be A-levels at either KL or Singapore before transfer to overseas,preferably UWaterloo,if my academic results allows.
All comments are appreciated.
Are you decided on the field of study?
Yes: Go ahead to your choice
No: Get a general pre-u/ foundation programme to sort of give you more exposure and buy you more time.
Arguments on how blabla took this pre-U, flexibility on pre-U units towards course selection, wouldn't be significant enough to play a major part of your decision. The point is, in University, there are people that get stucked, lost interest and failed, just switches out to another discipline. Similarly, there's always a portion of student that come from different foundation and educational background in another field of study. Even in the career life, there are tonnes of engineers doing business, chemistry engineers work in IT fields, accountants run marketting etc.
These are not stupid peoples, they dont really "waste" money studying another field irrelevant to their career, as there may have some unfortunate or self-decision behind such circumstances, syllabus may not be transferable but skills obtained can be applied on another field.
Everything goes down into your own decision, your determination and your own way of doing things.
In my personal opinion, I dont believe in "before hand" preparation for Uni courses, its doing the subjects that you are confident + enjoyable +
able to score well, ( but of course with relevant prerequisite units) because your major emphasis is to Do well and be able to select from a range of good schools, for now.
But also, to consider the *recognition* of your foundation programme
"Good students that perform well will never find themselves being limited to what they planned to study"
This is how Universities often "impose" such exceptions.
Good luck.
This post has been edited by RyukA: Nov 28 2010, 12:46 AM
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