University Open Houses 2014

The weekends are over once again. This being the first weekend after the release of the A levels results, there were a couple of universities having open houses and I thus made it a point to visit visit some of them, namely NTU and SUTD on Saturday. Thus, I didn't do much else this weekend other than being at the universities. I did get JL to accompany me though.

Our first destination was SUTD seeing as that was the university I was most clueless about and thus needed to get most information on. I met JL at One North MRT station and grabbed a quick bite before heading to SUTD. However, it was only then that we realised that none of us had any idea how to get there although we did know it was somewhere near the MRT station. 

After some walking around though, it was to our relief that we saw a shuttle bus which would ferry us to SUTD. Haha... why didn't I check up on shuttle bus services? We boarded and soon found ourselves -entering the gates of the university, my school- to- be.

It was already past noon by the time we got to SUTD so it was after only a couple of hours of browsing around that we had to make our way to NTU. Well, I did gather some useful information though. I found out that students did not have to make a choice of their course of interest until after their first year of studies in SUTD. Thus, all students will begin with taking similar subjects and only select courses in their second year. Furthermore, the selection of students for SUTD is based on a broader criteria, taking into account other areas besides academic grades. I sure hope I stand a better chance here. The sustainable development courses offered here do interest me. 

After leaving SUTD, our next destination was NTU of course. Having previously looked at the courses NTU offered, on top of knowing where my interests lie, I already had a rough idea which courses I wanted to have a look at this time round. Thus, I made a bee line for the Environmental Science booth, Environmental Engineering booth and Economics booth soon after arriving at NTU. It was just about an hour to the end of the open house so I made a few quick queries regarding the courses before parting ways with JL to join my family for dinner.

It was only after I got home that day that I realised that I had some questions regarding the application process which I had forgotten to ask SUTD. Thankfully, the open house was still open today and so I made a quick drop by SUTD this morning to ask the admissions office staff some quick questions. Now, all that is left is to apply for the universities and hope for the best!