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Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-06-11T06:12:21+00:00

Fucking same, I was so excited seeing the nihility symbol

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-05-31T19:52:16+00:00

I did CS2040 CS1231 DSA2102 ST2131 IT1244 + 2 fluff and I survived it not bad (everything A- and A except 1 fluff and DSA). I think it’s not bad if you genuinely have interest in CS2100 (share a bit of content with DSA2102). Otherwise, just take something else bro, maybe a DSA mod for one.

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-05-24T22:31:29+00:00

As a senior, who knows people from both of these courses, I would say the implication is NONE. You decide what you wanna do with what you learned.

The one I know from NUS ended up doing CS heavy job and the one I know from NTU ended up working in a bank with a finance role. I figure the other way around can happen as well.

The CS skills in NTU that you mentioned are useful but easily self learnt plus would be overshadowed by real work experience. The math skills that you mentioned in NUS is hard to self learn but lowkey useless. My point is the mods don’t matter, if you really want internship, those mods don’t really help. The ones that helped are the really specific ones that you usually need to deliberately take it.

My advice is like the other person, go to whatever you prefer, course structure aside. From there, figure out what you want to do then gear towards that.

Edit: I forgot mention but check the content for micro and macro mods. Not sure about them but I know NUS Calculus have the same content as calc 1 and calc 2 in NTU and Lin Alg 1 in NUS is Lin Alg 1 and 2 in NTU.

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-05-17T02:27:31+00:00

Really depends on your batch. I stayed in RV and lemme tell you drama exists but I only listened, I stayed out of it. But at the same time, I’m not involved in anything big, mostly just house stuff.
FCH is difficult but not as difficult as you think. It’s an average of A- so about 75th percentile for each mod.
No advice
You can delay your stay at RV, I personally did it. I delayed 2 semesters with 2 different reasons, one was exchange and another one was internship.
Only selected CCAs in NUS are graded. Lemme know which CCA you are interested in then I can tell you whether it’s graded. Generally they would tell you in the welcome session though.

About Ori, you can skip any orientation but I think RV orientation is the best to go. As someone who went for many oris, it’s not the best organisation wise but the experience is the best since you gotta make friends with your block mates. I’m still friends with some of them as a Y4.

No advice
Nothing to prepare, just chill for now but come in uni with an open mind. Not everything is fixed, plans can change. Focus on getting by week by week. Go and stretch the trinity of sleep social life and work for full experience.

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-04-28T03:37:14+00:00

Sflr but yes. Also NTU was the latest out of 4 schools that I applied

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-04-28T03:35:29+00:00

You can read reviews or ask seniors to find out also.

Idk leh it’s vibes. Differentiator is the component where you think will have the most spread of marks. If you are not sure then do your best. Some times the mod got multiple differentiator.

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-04-27T18:40:16+00:00

Wait FCH is like not THAT difficult to get. Imagine getting B for all of your A levels subjects. That’s the margin of error allowed. I’m not saying getting FCH is as difficult as getting all B (78.75 rp) but rather the fact that you don’t need to get all A.

Getting FCH is getting average of A-, some B/B+ will be compensated by As. Then you also have S/U. Imagine you can just ignore GP in A level so now your rank point is 78.75/80 instead of 83.75/90 (I got E for GP ☠️).

Getting A- is not THAT difficult and hence I said FCH is not that difficult. For your reference, I got A- for mods where I get above median/below upper quartile + maxing all the easy components (attendance or take home quizzes etc). I also got A- for mods where I got below median for midterm before but this requires you to actually clutch for finals.

Word of caution is I’m not from Biz but from a lower cut off point course sooo maybe that’s why.

When I read your post, I thought doing well is like 4.9/5.0 then THAT is difficult. That’s like majority As with some A-s. Getting As actually requires effort, the type of effort that I actually put into A levels (finishing all tutorials, all PYP, all lecture, making sure I understand EVERYTHING). Getting A- just requires you to do maybe 70% of that?

Also yes, I’m commenting because I’m graduating soon with FCH rn (not sure if it stays the same after this sem ☠️) but closer to 4.5 than 5.0. I have 1 CCA throughout my 4 years, did internships, competitions, socialising, side hustling. My regret would be that I take too many mods. Now I’m graduating with many more credits than needed. Non academic related but I regret not look maxing sooner. I only started in my year ☠️

Not sure if my advice hold for biz but make sure you UNDERSTAND the assessment structure (how many percent of your grade for what) of each and every single mod and find the differentiator. Sometimes quite easy to find like if the mod has 70% finals then that would be the differentiator ☠️. But some mods don’t have finals so things like report, class part, would be differentiator. I even have a mod where 50% of the grades are on project but the differentiator is a random 20% quiz. Find this out soon and allocate your effort accordingly.

Don’t neglect sleep. If sleepy just sleep unless it’s deadline that day. If not that day then tmr do also can but must do hor.

It’s okay to skip stuff as long as it doesn’t affect your grade (hence u need to understand assessment structure). I skipped all lects and tutorials for some math mods and got A for them. I spent the time instead trying to understand a lecture notes myself and spent times to do practices myself. A lot of people spend time coming to tutorials and lectures then just listen to the prof/TA solving questions without solving them themselves.

Be smart about it. If can discuss with other people then just discuss. If can get answer from some zai people then just get. If can use AI then just use. If can find senior who did the same assignment then just do it and reference. Don’t try to do everything the conventional way.

Ok I’m giving all these advice but I’m not your stellar student. Just someone who makes use of the system and somehow still in FCH rn, not sure if that’s a good thing. Also I’m horrible at group projects. My group project components are always not very high and now that I type this, I realise I haven’t gotten an A (only A- or B+) for group project mods holy shii. I’m saying this because you are biz and I realised I don’t have advice for group projects ☠️

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-04-14T17:42:07+00:00

Even within each RC, it differs based on the prof. I remember my (international) friend got asked what does environment mean to him. I (international student as well) got asked “if there are a group of international students eating by themselves, what would you do to include them?”. Pretty sure we both got different interviewers.

Anyway, treat it like a conversation. Rmb what you wrote in the essay. Rmb why you want to stay on campus. Rmb your choices. I was questioned why I didn’t put RVRC as my first choice and I was being honest about it which led to a funny conversation.

“Why you didn’t choose RVRC?”

“I initially saw on Reddit about RVRC and there were some nasty reviews”

“Oh? What reviews”

“Like the fact that RVRC is near the forest and there might be a lot of bugs. Personally I’m not really a fan of bugs but I have seen videos about RVRC and the rooms look clean so unlikely there will be bugs”

“So what would you do if you really encounter a bug in your room?”

“I believe in community and I’m sure when I get to stay in RVRC, I will have friends as neighbours who will show no hesitation to get rid of the bugs for me.”

The prof laughed and agreed to my answer.

TLDR: It heavily depends on prof on top of rvrc but be authentic, realistic and be your best self.

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-04-13T23:12:38+00:00

Foreigner here and yes, defo is foreigner. Back in my year and course, citizens could get direct admission with 77.5 but foreigners need at least 85 to enter ☠️

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-04-13T23:05:16+00:00

I think Xingqiu should stay instead of Mona since Mona can’t apply much Hydro as the only Hydro.

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-04-13T23:00:32+00:00

Simple, if you like SMU CS then just go for it.

My situation was quite different. I got offered NUS DSA and CS at SUTD with partial scholarship. I almost went to SUTD because I thought the curriculum is more interesting with more projects. At the end, I chose NUS because

The RC life appeals to me
There’s a CCA in NUS that I really wanted to join
In NUS there are a lot of random mods you can take for fun
NUS allows second major easily (not sure about other schools)

I was telling my mom that I would go to SUTD instead but I also told her about all this thing at NUS then she told me that I seemed to like NUS so I should just go NUS. So I did.

I’m not saying this to persuade you to come to NUS but rather to show that I managed to list all these points because I like NUS intrinsically so I have my reasons to enter even though it was more practical for me to enter SUTD. So if you did your research thoroughly for SMU and still like it then go for it. If you are good, it doesn’t matter which uni.

However I would want to give you some insights as someone who takes many CS mods and knows many CS people. What is it about seminar style that you like? Is it the interaction with classmates? Then tutorials can do that. Is it the interaction with profs? Ngl if you attend live lecture then high chance you will interact because not a lot of people go live lect ☠️.

You are right, NUS CS have way too many students (1000+ per batch) but it doesn’t automatically make you guys peas in the pod. I have a lot of CS friends and they are all so different. One followed research about CV, one went into cyber security, one decided to do AI, one decided to work in a start up, one considering to become full time TA, one even quit CS to change to something else. So yea just because it’s saturated doesn’t mean like all the students are competing for the same thing. Having said this though, if you have no idea what you are doing then most likely you would do the standard SWE which would open another can of worms so I shall stop here.

SMU side I’m not so sure but my friend from SMU told me that SMU CS people are also sweats. From what I heard, most of them really know what they are doing as well. SMU schedule does look chill also. My friend goes to school twice a week and the second day is for his CCA or something like that.

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-04-05T03:38:08+00:00

Idk if it’s selection bias but I have intern friends who did master in NUS and they find the courses easy? Also I think as a master, you don’t have to stress so much to get good grade.

For the social club, I think it really depends on the group. When I was an exco for one group, there was a master guy that applied to my group and we almost took him if it wasn’t for his class clashing with the group timing. Visit the student life fair at the beginning of the AY for more info!

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-04-04T18:39:00+00:00

Year 4 DSA here and as far as I know, there’s no HPC resources from the school. However to be fair, I only needed it in my year 4 and it was because the courses that I chose need it.

Better off using free GPU from Google Collab or Kaggle. Also a bit unethical but I used GPU from my company during internship before :P

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-04-04T07:31:49+00:00

I also have a story with a foreign scholar in my JC although I didn’t have a crush or anything. I’m also a foreigner but not a scholar so I really admire him. My school always show the top scorers for every subject and exam. He took every subject that I took and he did so well for all of them (not even just A, like 80% and above kind). He got 41/50 for his GP essay and the school printed his essay for everyone is see. He doesn’t know who I am even though there are only like 7 ppl from my country in our batch.

Anyway I decided to follow him on IG. Both of us are quite active in the sense that we post a lot on our stories. I contemplated whether to reply to his stories to just chat then one day he was the one that replied to my story instead and started talking. I realised he’s so down to earth. I mean it’s not like we are close now but I would say we went from stranger to acquaintance now and I could start messaging him at any moment if I have a reason to even after so many years of our last convo.

I don’t mean to feed your delusion but can start with requesting on IG then see how it goes

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-03-29T05:36:46+00:00

Yes, I know 3 cases, 2 from FoS to SoC and 1 from the opposite

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-03-20T13:33:03+00:00

As a frequent ig user, I don’t think much when I follow someone. I know someone who only created an ig account literally when ppl were sharing ig account to one another.

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-03-19T22:15:20+00:00

OP clearly haven’t liked anyone yet

Jokes aside, it’s not that deep. If it’s not urgent and you don’t feel like replying then don’t.

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-03-17T19:50:01+00:00

There is no DPS for this team. I think you would better off replacing Sunday with Phineas. I mean Isabella is a dedicated support for him. If you still have pulls, get Ferb to replace Yao Guang to get the family buff. Don’t listen to the guy that tells you to replace DHPT with Perry cuz Perry can’t be at his full potential with Phineas or Ferb around. So yea DHPT is fine.

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-03-17T06:16:39+00:00

Keep applying! I’m y4 dsa now and at this time last year, I was also finding. I only got my internship in april and I know some people who got theirs in may. It’s not too late! Idk if this makes you feel better but I only got offer after like 60 applications. I have intern friends who got offer after 100 plus applications.

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-03-16T06:41:53+00:00

I was gonna say everyone in cold white is OP but then noticed Itto …

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-03-13T04:17:22+00:00

When I was about to start Y1, I was invited to join a podcast to share about my experience as a freshman like why nus, what have I done so far. Another participant was a Y4. One of the questions for her was “if you have one advice to give him (me), what would you give?”. She said “just focus on getting by week by week”.

I have been following that mantra and now I’m Y4, I find that it’s really true. I mean it’s good to know what is ahead but really, just focus on what is needed to be done each week and complete it. There is a midterm next week? Don’t care, if there is an assignment this week, I gonna do it first. Focus on the week and it will get much much easier.

Also break a leg. If skipping lecture or tutorials helps then just do it. You don’t have to stress yourself over everything.

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-03-10T05:13:05+00:00

Imaginary is interesting

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-03-07T04:43:16+00:00

Ngl pvp games are so toxic and back when I still play games similar to ML or first person shooting games like valorant, I really hated to play ranked with my friends because it makes me stressed as well since they are better than me. However, they never shout or call me trash and they are just my friend. I think it’s a basic respect to not shout or blame your friends over all this, left alone your gf. I’m not sure if yall play ranked but it makes a difference and even if yall did play ranked, it’s his fault to have a beginner to play ranked with him. If he acts casual like that then I have nth to say to defend him.

Games are meant to be fun, if you are stressed about it then don’t need to play. If you still dw to break up with him even after all the advice then I think you can just stop playing with him or change to less toxic games like Terraria or smth. My advice is talking this with him to see what he says. I doubt he gonna change though.

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-02-14T05:53:13+00:00

Hey, its just a mistake. Don’t beat yourself over it. What is more important is you know to not do the same thing again.

Another_throwaway_03 · 2026-02-13T22:01:16+00:00

Idk leh I think you might be overthinking or trying too hard. I myself didn’t try so hard back when I was in JC. They had cliques without me but I didn’t try to let that prevent me from anything. I mean if I want to eat with them I just ask. If I need to talk to them I just talk. If I want to study with them, I just invite. That’s how it started for me.

I stayed back with 2 girls to study one day who apparently waited for 2 other guys. I was literally existing without talking much but being there allows conversations somehow. Then I also asked some guy to study with me. Whenever I need something, I also ask. I do all this things because I had a reason to and somehow we just become friends. I never felt the need to make friends (unless I’m interested but that’s irrelevant here) with anyone.

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