poly life
hahaha. i suddenly got the feel to type something. :)
well im currently pursuing a diploma in biomed sci in sp.
the results were released on the 12th of sept i think. and so its the latest 'in' thing for our course. and well people do talk abt it just like we do in sec schl. just tht probably a lil more sensitive now? i'll never have the guts to ask friends whom im nt tt familiar with. anyway.
backgrd of how our results are determined for jc ppl to understand.our results are determined by something called GPA which all the poly students will be familiar with. max of gpa 4. for sp, distinction, A gives a gpa of 4 and B+ - 3.5, B - 3.0, and so on. and different modules (subjects) we take have different credit units as well, its smthing like their weightage. so 5 credit units modules have bigger weightage counted in the gpa.
i just got to hear of a friend getting 6 distinctions out of 7 modules and a GPA of max 4 this semester! the feeling was very intimidating. god. fyi i only got 1 distinction and there are inhuman people getting 6 dists. indeed i felt inferior. esp when my class is one of the best among the others. even during tests, lecturers will tell us tt our class produced the best results. and thr are superhumans not having to study for tests and getting all the As but thr i am mugging like shit and getting Cs and Ds. I got used to all that.
and now after one semester , the only thing that I look forward to, is the vacations. the only difference is that we poly students take different modules every semester so the vacations is truly a vacation, unlike jc/sec school. the whole one month can be used to slack and not revision.
ah. and sp's starting the 2nd semester right away after this weekend where as np,nyp,tp are all having at least 3-4 weeks more holidays. haha. i know ive mentioned this umpteen times on my blog..
anyway my conclusion is that poly aint a place for slacking, if youre serious abt yourself, about your future. well you can always pass with a gpa of 2+ but unfortunately the gpa they are looking at for uni intake is ard 3.5. although 3 is considered as well but 3.5 is more of a guaranteed thing. and its not like A levels whr only your As results will be counted. poly is a 3 year thing and sad to say, if you only intend to rly study during your 3rd year, for ur fyp(final year project) for ur itp(industrial training programme - attachment) then im afraid its bad planning for it will definitely reflect badly on yourself. teehee.
i hope my entry is nt too hard to read cos i dont have capital letters and sometimes wrong punctuation. hahaha. i apologize for tt. :)
yours sincerely;
anna.
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