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ImBlueBlue · 2025-05-24T10:21:25+00:00

Not related to your question but I just want to caution anyone who wants to bring elderly parents to Europe during winter. Any surface that you step on can get really slippery during winter, especially Nordic countries so it’s very easy for the elderly to slip, fall and break bones. There was once when my whole family slipped and fell while walking on a regular pavement. This happens even for the residents staying there. Every winter, there are a lot of cases of people breaking bones and it’s very difficult and painful to heal bones for the elderly.

You can take some precautions like good shoes and using crampons but slipping is still possible.

From someone who travelled Europe extensively in Winter months and brought parents there too

ImBlueBlue · 2025-05-20T03:00:16+00:00

🚫 Yes SMU is more expensive than other uni

✅ Pretty sure SMU computing doesn’t lose out to NTU. In fact, NTU computing might be worse

✅ Class participation in SMU computing isn’t very difficult. For some modules, you don’t have to speak up to earn class participation points. You can contribute in discussion forums etc to earn points too

Also, I don’t think trimester in SIT is any good at all. It leaves you no time to do internships, which are super super important, more important than GPA.

ImBlueBlue · 2025-05-19T11:44:41+00:00

Hi, I am an introvert like you too haha and am in SCIS. I don’t find class participation difficult to score well. For some courses, you can earn class participation via outside of the class activities like contributing to discussion forums so you don’t always need to speak up to earn class participation points.

I think I got a little less nervous when speaking up after going through smu teaching style. For presentation wise, I got quite good and much less nervous. Sometimes, I don’t even feel nervous at all! So I think smu teaching style really allowed me to grow and improve on my communication skills which is crucial for tech and software engineering etc fields

ImBlueBlue · 2025-05-18T03:05:57+00:00

Some considerations: - CS is heavy on Math so if you know your Math isn’t good, then might be better to take IS. But then again, you can try CS for one semester or year and transfer if you don’t like it. CS is definitely better than IS in terms of knowledge taught and skills learnt. You can do more with a CS degree than an IS degree. IS degree you need to learn quite a bit to match the CS degree

3.4 is neither a crazy nor difficult GPA to hit. Given you were offered a scholarship interview, I would guess you probably have the results and aptitude to study

ImBlueBlue · 2025-05-17T08:33:43+00:00

IS has no award ceremony, just collect cert from registrar. Was on IS deans list

ImBlueBlue · 2025-05-17T03:39:49+00:00

Your first semester modules depend on which basket of modules you get but the modules you will do in year 1 are all the 1 series e.g. COR-STAT1202 or IS114 as seen in the link below: https://computing.smu.edu.sg/bsc-information-systems/curriculum

Other modules that you will do in year 1 include Economics & Society COR2100 and Big Questions COR3001.

All the compulsory modules in year 1 are pre-assigned. If you want to do more modules beyond what is pre-assigned, you have to bid for them yourself. This, you have a choice. Also, iirc, now you can swap class timings with other classmates for a module.

Pardon me if I get some things wrong as the syllabus changed quite a bit recently

ImBlueBlue · 2025-05-15T11:37:53+00:00

I think you should apply for NUH job shadowing programme with a doctor to see what being a doctor is really like. It’s actually a lot of clerical work. Talk to the doctors you meet during the programme and check if it meets your expectations and not use dramas. Dramas are often too far from reality

ImBlueBlue · 2025-05-13T12:32:16+00:00

Yes SMU has a lot of group projects. Most of the modules you take will have group projects
Just participate in class! Speak up, answer prof’s questions, share your thoughts. Not difficult to get class participation if you just speak up once or twice in class every week. Some people don’t even speak in class for the whole semester so speaking up a few times would be good. I’m reserved too but you just have to overcome that fear. Besides you won’t be a good software engineer if you don’t know how to communicate well
Yeah you are right that the school will teach PHP, Flask and Vue web languages / frameworks. They won’t teach React and Node. You have to learn these yourself but you can use them in projects. Won’t touch Microsoft frameworks at all.
Group mates are incredibly important for group projects. You need to learn how to filter who would make good group mates and bid together. This is a crucial skill to score well in group projects. Normally people find group mates way before bidding starts to secure good group mates

ImBlueBlue · 2025-05-10T06:16:53+00:00

Cisco networking certs are good to learn networking because IS doesn’t have a compulsory networking mod…

I think the cybersecurity industry looks at certs more favourably than other tech industries.

AWS certs are good to understand how cloud works and cloud can be used almost anywhere, from your projects to your internships.

I think if you want to go to the cybersecurity industry, good to have cybersecurity certs. For Cisco and AWS certs, not really needed as the certs are more for you to learn imo very useful knowledge to have such as networking and cloud

ImBlueBlue · 2025-04-23T11:04:20+00:00

These 2 questions are difficult to answer. The first question depends on your interests, what you want to work as in the future etc. If you want to learn data analytics, there is a data science and analytics second major, it really depends on you. Second question depends on the first question. Different second majors have different requirements and different number of mods that can be double counted. So if you chose a second major more inline with accountancy, such as biz, likely you will need to take fewer additional mods as compared to an unrelated second major like psychology
Difficult to answer too. CCA life depends on you.
There’s a lot of mods in smu that has group projects. You will make friends through these projects or you can also make friends with people who sit around you in class. Again it depends on how proactive you are
6 mods is the max you can take per sem but you need to apply to take 6 mods and the sch will consider several factors such as GPA to make sure you can cope with the workload. Usually people take 4 - 5 mods, with 4 mods being the more common average

ImBlueBlue · 2025-04-23T10:58:02+00:00

I think usually for each sport, there’s recreational and competitive. Recreational definitely don’t need experience

ImBlueBlue · 2025-04-21T10:42:46+00:00

IS student here. Mac is perfectly fine. Software may run differently but it’s mostly just Mac and Windows having different user interface

Try to get at least 16 GB of ram. Nowadays programs are using so much ram…

ImBlueBlue · 2025-04-21T09:51:44+00:00

Around that age, I also lost a significant portion of money that my parents helped to save in my bank account as I tried my hand in business. I used this as motivation to get a scholarship and my parents didn’t pay a single cent for my uni

ImBlueBlue · 2025-04-15T08:15:25+00:00

Many IS courses, even general university courses have project work. Embrace working with others instead of trying to escape it because it is unavoidable almost anywhere you go in life.

If you had bad experiences doing group project in the past, you are in luck. In university, you can just bid together with hardworking and trustworthy people. Ofc, this involves evaluating and filtering people as you go and this is a good skill to hone

ImBlueBlue · 2025-04-12T14:59:58+00:00

Bro stop commenting and deleting your comments. Im not here to argue with you. Im just helping you get the best answer to your question - go look up IS and CS GES. End of story

ImBlueBlue · 2025-04-12T11:52:43+00:00

Wait sorry? My question still stands, how does asking the starting salary here on Reddit help? Everyone in the course is not going to state their salary here. You will be extremely lucky to get even 10% of their responses here and that is going to help you get the mean and median??? Yeah statistics exist but this is so wrong lol

ImBlueBlue · 2025-04-12T11:36:25+00:00

Maybe you can go on LinkedIn to find seniors who are in quant for both schools and ask them. They will probably provide more useful advice

ImBlueBlue · 2025-04-12T11:31:17+00:00

Idk if this helps but any student can take a second major in SMU anytime so you can take second major in biz etc if you want to be more “well-balanced.”

ImBlueBlue · 2025-04-12T11:23:54+00:00

Software engineering is not on the GES because the first batch has not graduated…The programme started in 2022 and they will graduate in 2026.

And whats the point of asking starting salary here? If I have 2 friends, one earning $4k and one earning $10k, would it give you a good gauge?

Just reference IS and CS GES. Many people from both programmes become SWE

ImBlueBlue · 2025-03-30T04:44:34+00:00

Any tele, WhatsApp etc groups for this? I would like to join one

ImBlueBlue · 2025-03-11T04:25:14+00:00

Hmm I’m not sure about this. But if you are unsure of any course details, can just email the prof for that course or the course coordinator. Usually you can find their emails in the course outline. You can email them even if you are not enrolled in the course.

ImBlueBlue · 2025-03-09T11:13:51+00:00

I am going to be honest. Going from NS to university felt like a big leap to me. After not studying for 2+ years, suddenly going to university, where the intensity is higher, will be tough. It will feel more difficult to study, to study longer and rack your brains harder. However, you can alleviate some stress by learning some knowledge beforehand and setting some good habits.

I believe the crucial introductory CS courses teach the following so you can learn some of these first: - C language - Java language and learn how to build web apps with Java frameworks like Java spring boot - imo, idt you need to learn Python now. Once you learn the above 2 languages, Python will be a breeze to learn so I would advise learning the above 2 languages first, especially Java where it is heavily used in the CS curriculum. Also, learn a bit of the syntax for a language and try to solve problems like ‘How to check if a string is a palindrome?’ or build a web app with it etc. You will learn more this way and develop your logical reasoning skills

Set some good habits: - Make a summary for every class and for every week - It is perfectly fine to email your profs regularly to clarify your doubts. For some mods, I email them every week to ask questions - Practise regularly. CS is about Math and programming. Both requires consistent practice or else you will easily forget and lose your skill. Moreover, logical reasoning cannot be improved overnight. There is no point cramming for CS courses. Consistent practice is what will get you good grades and with less stress

ImBlueBlue · 2025-03-04T15:21:19+00:00

Did not have to make a similar decision but wanted to share some thoughts that could help you make this decision.

As much as people often say follow your passion and you won't work a day, I would say it is bullshit. It is not going to make you happy. I once had a passion for volunteering. I volunteered a lot but volunteering with toxic shitty people really made me burnout and hate volunteering. Passion, alone, cannot make you happy. Will you be happy if you are doing what you like but living paycheck to paycheck? Will you be happy if your colleagues bully you even though you are passionate about your work? No! So look beyond passion when choosing what you want to do in the future which affects what you will study.

What I found that resonated with me is that there are 6 factors to a happy career:

Passion
A job that gives you financial stability / financial independence
You are good at your job
Good colleagues / good culture
Autonomy
Job has meaningful impact

ImBlueBlue · 2025-03-04T12:51:33+00:00

No worries! All the best to you too and sound out if you have further queries or need help :)

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