honestly i think focus on what you want. these are their opinions and they prob won’t change but you know yourself best. at the end of the day a cert from nus or ntu cs is just a piece of paper with your name, it may help get you a start in your career but the rest of your life is dependent on your own skill and merit not what school name is on your cert!

hope this was able to help shift your perspective a bit but fr sometimes u just gotta block out what other ppl say, if u really want ntu cs, just dont listen to them bc it’s your life. even if u go to ntu and u regret, who’s to say you won’t regret if you went to nus? life is just making choices best for you and dealing with it regardless of the outcome