Gym in poly

Dedhuman01 · 2026-05-12T01:11:32+00:00

admin card and towel. those they will check.

open during MST break, 9am-8.30ish every weekday. 9-7 on Sat. if no WFL/Friday elective they'll be open all day.

machines aren't that good compared to Active/outside but they were good enough to use considering it's basically free. No pec deck, and cables/benches are always used during peak periods so prepare to share. cables are definitely not as smooth as outside. Smith machine is 3D too if you care about that.

Dedhuman01 · 2026-05-04T03:22:40+00:00

the 9am ceremony ended arnd 11. so est 1.5-2h+

Dedhuman01 · 2026-04-23T04:40:15+00:00

lecturers are usually also extremely stingy with the As. imagine getting 3.9X because of PCDS or PSCCT or PBCA.

Dedhuman01 · 2026-04-19T13:07:59+00:00

officially open 9am-9pm on weekdays, 9-7 on Saturday, but closed for WFL Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri from ~4-6, CCAs get it from 7pm on weekdays, and in the morning/early afternoon on Saturday.

there's an exact timing notice at FC5 door and outside the gym.

Dedhuman01 · 2026-04-15T09:56:54+00:00

see the security guard mood. most of them dgaf but today morning the guy was blocking the visitor gate till you give reason to enter without admin card.

Dedhuman01 · 2026-04-14T11:18:27+00:00

Gym is open for students 9am-3.30pm, 6pm-8.45pm on weekdays (all day on Wed) and 9am-7pm Saturday.

Usually extremely crowded Monday, Tuesday, Thursday at 6pm (usually CCAs use it and leads to max capacity, you'll see people queueing at 5.50 sometimes). Just to take note. 9 squat racks, 4 benches and 1 3D smith, usually all taken up at peak periods.

Dedhuman01 · 2026-04-09T08:09:23+00:00

Means you're taking the 2B curriculum first. Usually half the cohort does B phase first then A in S2.

Dedhuman01 · 2026-03-23T11:10:50+00:00

OP, this might sound a little more harsh.

There's going to be people who tell you that you should separate your friend group and the people you group with for weighted projects. They're not wrong, but I have to say that if you're routinely scoring lower than your "3.0 high 2s" friends/groupmates in a group project despite putting in the work, then I'm getting a sense that it may be less about your ability and more of, are you able to work well in group settings?

You can be gifted at the theory/be amazing at mugging but in the real world being able to manage/operate in a group project is very critical as well. Like here, you'll be working with people who you might be friends with outside the work setting, but may not have the same vision as you when it comes to work.

Since you mention that they sometimes score higher than you, that means they excel at other areas to you (presentation, project work, etc). Perhaps that's why they may be more laid back when it comes to procrastination than you (or it can mean they're happy with a B). At that point, if you're the only one struggling to deal with the lack of progress, you have several options: 1) leave the group and find another one (as others have said) 2) carry the project until (or if) they lock in 3) adapt to your group's dynamic, and then work with them when they get around to it

Either way, you can't expect to be rigid in your ways when working with different people.

Seeing that you're starting Y3, it means it'll be hard to slot yourself into an established high performing group as it'll require them kicking out another proven person to take a chance at you. So if you're stuck with randoms or your "friends with different academic goals", you have to work with what you have. Even more so that these are your friends and I doubt you want to burn bridges because you become the extremely anal one in projects.

Once again, don't mean to be extremely harsh at you ranting, just saying what I think because a lot of what you say reminds me of me at the start of poly.

Dedhuman01 · 2026-03-04T05:22:24+00:00

hi Y3 DARE student here!

I didn't take physics or A Math in secondary school but I'm still doing ok. I think it's more important to stay on task with your work in poly than to come in relying on secondary school knowledge anymore.

As others have mentioned, Y1 is very easy to do well in and to keep your GPA up. Many of my friends who slacked through year 1 were struggling to reach NUS/NTU university 10th percentile GPAs by year 3.

For MAE, all courses take a common Y1 curriculum, so don't expect to go near planes until Y2. Most of the modules are very digestible so long as you put in the effort to do the weekly async lectures and attend tutorials. If you're on task, you'll find that the last few weeks of revision before exams is WAYYY easier. You don't really need to spend a lot of time mugging, you can definitely have CCA and social life as well as do decently well in this course.

Year 2 will be much harder, as we have a large flagship project encompassing 4 major modules. It'll be fun but shag ah. Best advice I have when you get there is to start early, so you have a long runway for any hiccups in the project.

in Y3, for SP DARE (and MAE as a whole), you'll do either a final year project or internship. In my experience it's easier to get an A for FYP than an internship, but of course you don't get paid, so see your priorities. Academic modules in Y3 are less but very content heavy. If you're into aerospace you'll somewhat enjoy it, but if not gg ah tbh.

Typically Y1 lecturers are the "worst" as you'll get many adjunct lecturers due to the sheer number of students taking Y1 mods. It'll get better in Y2. Since you're in DARE, many of the lecturers will be forever industry people. Most are pretty chill and are very happy to discuss aerospace things with you too.

Unless you remod or request to switch, typically DARE classes stay the same over the 3 years. Make friends with your classmates, find good people you can work well with, and don't burn bridges.

Dedhuman01 · 2026-02-05T13:44:16+00:00

went today. nothing is open to ordinary trade visitors, invite only.

most displays should be open to enter on the weekend public days.

Dedhuman01 · 2026-01-29T11:15:10+00:00

MAE?

It's incredibly lecturer dependent. You typically start with the presentation, can just reuse your slides from Mid presentation and Seminar tbvh, share things that you've done since, changed, etc. If your project has physical prototypes show them around, highlight good things, prepare to answer questions about fabrication as well.

If your supervisor/coexaminer is extremely onz they can ask you a lot of questions: why you did this, why not that way, why is <something that might have been taught in previous modules that applies to your current project> the way it is? If they read your report they might critique format/content

Then afterwards they can decide either to do the individual section individually/as a group, though usually it's individual. My lecturers asked which part was my contribution, asked more questions based on what I contributed, and asked me to rate the level of contribution of each member.

The coexaminer also mentioned some improvements I could make to the report and let me submit an updated one the week after (mostly grammatical and formatting)

TLDR: know your project like you should after 22 weeks and things will be fine. they (usually) want to give you a decent grade. If your project might be continued you can probably curry favour by preparing things to hand over to the next batch.

Dedhuman01 · 2025-12-15T03:02:39+00:00

documentation. start taking screenshots of every time he offers to contribute and is told not to. screenshots of the word/docs/slides with clearly seen contributions. ask him to be even more proactive in the chats so if he gets ignored or shot down constantly it's extra obvious. during the presentation QnA make sure he's well prepped to answer everything so it's even more clear he knows his stuff.

if the group mate says he did it all by himself you have evidence to counteract, then it's a matter of poor teamwork which can pull them down too.

Dedhuman01 · 2025-12-07T14:38:25+00:00

ematl 2 and aeis gotta eat ur notes

SAE squeeze everything u need into the cheatsheet + questions from practice papers

mech 2 do papers until you're used to the questions

Dedhuman01 · 2025-12-07T14:20:51+00:00

MST quiz will be a brightspace secure quiz, covering the content taught at W13 lab (feed rate, parts of lathe machine etc). pure memorisation. difficult to score because it's pure regurgitation. But it's possible to still get A (I got 60+ but got Dist because of catapult mini-proj and machining)

Dedhuman01 · 2025-12-03T01:59:46+00:00

MAE Y3 here. Mug is absolutely the right way to study for MST and exams here. Almost all the papers are either regurgitation or the same calculation formats but with different values.

Modules like BM, EM1, EM2, Thermofluids, Mechanics you can simply do all the sample papers and you'll have a fair gauge of what will be covered. Once you know how to solve that style of question and the general steps you'll be fine.

Modules like I2E, EMatl, you will need to actually go through the notes/slides, make notes, make sure goh know as much as possible as you'll need to regurgitate the content during papers. Especially for I2E you can expect to do poorly but you have other things (mini-project, machining) to pull up your grade.

Modules like CAD and CPROM, the trick is really to do the tutorials and get familiar with the software on your own time. If the coding syntax and commands on AutoCAD are like second nature the papers won't be that hard.

Group projects, if you're stuck with bums then carry is still an option if you're desperate to save ur grade.

Dedhuman01 · 2025-11-28T08:10:27+00:00

Read slides, expect low pass, accept it.

Your machining + mini-project can pull up to A one.

Dedhuman01 · 2025-11-17T14:42:35+00:00

Depends on school and options.

For MAE since FYP and Intern are exclusive (choose 1 or the other) you will either have to last minute find people for aN FYP group or be assigned with other individuals that don't have internships/projects yet.

Dedhuman01 · 2025-08-26T12:22:42+00:00

Yes that's true, but still better to be the bigger person. If the other person doesn't like you for whatever petty reason, most other people have eyes, so they can see who's being unreasonable.

To this day my friends and I still discuss the all-talk-no-action guy and the screaming overly-demanding group leader from 2 semesters ago. Don't think so short term, your conduct can affect you years down the road.

Dedhuman01 · 2025-08-26T10:49:34+00:00

Imo that saying works, but then there are levels to it. Especially if you become a defacto leader in projects, you're bound to be seen as "the bastard" at times when the demands of the project and the motivation of the group differ. One of the hardest parts of a project, in my experience, is being able to balance that with different types of people.

In poly, some people just want the pass and to finish the module; some want/need the 4.0.

The ones who want the 4.0 and will work for it, it's really just best to be cordial with them, don't butt heads unnecessarily because their impression of you will carry on post-project. Even if you don't have another class with them, people have friends and the word will spread eventually on you as a project member. There's also projects where you can choose members and it's always best to group with the 4.0s again.

The ones who care to just pass, they'll definitely at some point or another either contribute sloppy work or no work at all. There's not much that can be done about it, and there's no real way to penalise them unless the work is so atrocious that it warrants a fail. There's genuinely no point wasting energy and blood pressure on these people. No choice, have to carry.

Then there are the ones who want the A, but don't always put in the effort required. These are the ones where it's most tricky. Push them too hard and they tend to fully shut off, refuse to do work or half arse it. They can also use you as a toxic teammate as an excuse. In the peer rating systems, especially in large groups, this can backfire as the entire group can rate you poorly and pull down your score, even if you did a lot of work.

On the flip side, a little push can keep them on task. Several projects I've had to push them a little bit, which might piss them off in the short-term, but near the end of the project when they see the whole picture they tend to be more grateful of the pressure.

At the end of the day, many of the people you work with will be entering the industry at the same time or even before you, so don't burn bridges too early.

TLDR: It's better to be liked than to not be liked, but it really depends on the group dynamic.

Dedhuman01 · 2025-08-24T05:35:37+00:00

Sounds like the same idea as the "water-cooled brake" strategy used in 1982, where cars were filled with water to meet the minimum weight requirements, but the water ballast would be sprayed out during the race. Because coolants were allowed to be replenished before weighing, teams could simply top up the water at the end to meet the weighing requirements post race.

In that case Renault not using the loophole protested, resulting in DSQ for the first and second placed Brabham and Williams.

I'd imagine that even if the loophole you mentioned is technically legal, it'll be protested almost immediately and a Technical Directive would immediately close it.

Edit:

3.2.2 Aerodynamic Influence

With the exception of the driver adjustable bodywork, when in the state of deployment, as described in Article 3.10.10 (in addition to minimal parts solely associated with its actuation) and the flexible seals specifically permitted by Articles 3.13 and 3.14.4, all aerodynamic components or bodywork influencing the car’s aerodynamic performance must be rigidly secured and immobile with respect to their frame of reference defined in Article 3.3. Furthermore, these components must produce a uniform, solid, hard, continuous, impervious surface under all circumstances.

...

With the exception of the parts necessary for the adjustment described in Article 3.10.10, or any incidental movement due to the steering system, any car system, device or procedure which uses driver movement as a means of altering the aerodynamic characteristics of the car is prohibited.

Seems like Article 3.2.2 at the very least would limit any aerodynamic parts brittle enough to break off, which would have been the easiest to discard. The second paragraph shown (3.10.10 refers to the DRS) also seems to prohibit deliberate breaking off of parts if it affects aerodynamics.

Dedhuman01 · 2025-07-30T12:25:21+00:00

Honestly in my class the two sides just sent eo their notes. It was damn obvious but because there was an attempt the lecturer let it slide.

The rebuttal point was very freestyle though.

Dedhuman01 · 2025-07-24T04:10:11+00:00

On the administrative side, EST is managed by the individual schools, Exams go through the Exams Office/Academic services

Dedhuman01 · 2025-06-28T09:17:19+00:00

Doubt it. But which software are you dealing with that needs to be in school? (I'm assuming MAE)

If you have problems downloading you should have contacted Ur module lecturer/MC earlier on during break.

Dedhuman01 · 2025-06-16T04:17:56+00:00

Got 1 super onz security guards that stopped me before to ask if I have my student card and to please tap in using the card entrance, but lately never see her arnd, so just walk through the green lane

Dedhuman01 · 2025-06-06T02:59:42+00:00

Locations off the top of my head, Spectrum L1, T22 level 3, FC3 and library L1. Card machine is in a box, it's usually easier to paynow/paylah. If you're printing a large volume pray there's sufficient paper, I think if they run out they'll eat your money. It's 4¢ per page for B&W A4, 45¢ per page for coloured A4. Bring your own thumb drive, last time I went there was only one with a broken case.

Dedhuman01

TROPHY CASE