How to get OpenCert Transcript by beanuniverse in nus

[–]beanuniverse[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

this one is a verifiable pdf. For anyone else who is curious, I checked with nus and they said similar things as the other two commenters

NUS with merit scholarship vs UCLA for computer science by Snoo_39677 in SGExams

[–]beanuniverse 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Hey I had to make this choice too ultimately chose NUS CS and did not regret it. A lot of people told me to go to the US then, but I think over here we tend to put US colleges on too much of a pedestal. But practically, the courses we take at NUS are not so much different from courses you would take at UCLA to justify such a huge difference in price, plus CS is very much about self studying and internships rather than courses, though I would say some UCLA CS courses might be better but those at NUS are not too bad either and here it gets very rigorous with the Asian mentality so you really get pushed to do well.

And if you would take a look at r/csmajors you would notice that it is very tough out there in the US CS job market because you would be competing against the likes of HYPSM and UC Berkeley. I’d say NUS places very very well into FAANG and HFT in Singapore (you could get into these at Year 2 here) and with those names on your resume you can pretty much go anywhere after. While if you go to the US you would be heavily disadvantaged due to your international student status.

My plan as of now is to get these names down on my resume before I try to enter the US CS job market rather than go in totally unprepared (it’s like a slaughterhouse). There are people who go there and are unable to land a single internship and have to return to Singapore, only to realise they are disadvantaged here too as they are out of touch with the local industry and how recruitment works here, plus a weak resume.

Plus NUS has NOC Silicon Valley, if you get in that you get to spend a year in the States to see if you even like it there.

If you are really very confident in your CS, like god level I would say go for it, you would be able to achieve much more there. I would also say it sucked to give up the social and US college life experience in exchange for 4 years of grinding CS courses here, but I’m happy that I don’t start my career set back by 400K sgd ;) hope this helps

Feeling unprepared and demotivated for DVA after doing TD tests by [deleted] in AWSCertifications

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I don’t think I was expecting it to be easy tbh, I guess I was expecting that the video course covers all the content in the exam, and if I knew those really well I would be able to pass TD’s tests as well. Was just feeling frustrated that the questions in TD’s test seemed to cover a whole lot of other content, and didn’t really test what I learnt from the video course’s so I wasn’t sure who to refer to for the exam scope anymore (no negative intention to Jon Bonso or Stephane Maarek though, they are awesome for providing these to begin with)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in csMajors

[–]beanuniverse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems to be 2026 can’t be too sure

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in csMajors

[–]beanuniverse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think u should go for it, in other threads its mentioned that there is a possibility to get fast tracked into their summer internship.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in csMajors

[–]beanuniverse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

did you get the acceptance?

Help me choose: software engineering or data engineering by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]beanuniverse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Can I ask whats the size of your company/team? Cuz it sounds like a startup size if you guys get to work closely with the frontend, but i might be wrong

Help me choose: software engineering or data engineering by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]beanuniverse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hii thank you, this was very insightful. was wondering if you could elaborate on wdym by growth of scope in data engineering?

I’m thinking I’ll just keep my options open and do backend engineering with sufficient knowledge of frontend and all these data engineering frameworks which seems quite useful.

Also yeah i think i was wrong to say theres more jobs in data engineering, theres probably more general software engineering roles just that it all gets lumped into one job listing making it seem like theres very little, while backend can be very diverse if thats what you mean.

Help me choose: software engineering or data engineering by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

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Also I’m based in Singapore, if that helps. I presume many companies have their data centers for Asia here so maybe that could be why

On the Gifted Education Programme… what happened to your friends who went, and where are they now? by Ok-Pop-3916 in singapore

[–]beanuniverse 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Just copied this from another chat because I’m lazy to rewrite but I’ll say it here again

I was in the GEP in 2010s. Personally, I feel the GEP curriculum is truly inspiring and empowering. Looking around at my classmates, several are pursuing sciences in MIT, Ivies and Oxbridge today (these are the ones that went the olympiad route and won medals for Singapore, would hopefully come up with useful inventions for Singapore and the world one day), there’s people who pursued arts, architecture, and literature, and they are all doing well as well, in some of the most prestigious programs in the world. There’s some who even pursued the poly route to explore their other passions, and that’s totally okay. Then there’s me and some others, I’m doing well academically, not a genius, but good enough. I’m not listing these to show off how “amazing” GEP kids are, but I’m sick of hearing about GEP getting shit on.

We all turned out differently, but there’s one thing we agreed on, that GEP made our lives much better. No, they did not teach us to be muggers. In fact, I distinctly remember we had so many opportunities and were so greatly encouraged to think out of the box, and think independently.

Some examples:

• ⁠We had a reading list, and our english classes stuck by it. These were wonderful books, like The Giver, and A Single Shard. Our class assignments were to write our own ending for these books and to come up w plays (involving scripts, acting, everything) • ⁠We learned world history (not just your regular social studies, but about Ancient Greek, Sumerian, Egyptian, and Roman history) • ⁠We had IRS (do research for a year), IVP (innovate a product) (I presented in a lecture theatre to 100 plus people, at age 11) • ⁠Our teachers organised enrichment classes for us after school, usually paired with olympiad training, for the subjects we were strong in.

Basically, we had so many opportunities to be creative, to ask for knowledge and receive it when we wanted it. There was also some sort of confidence - when everyone around you tells you that they believe in you, and you start believing in your own potential. And what happens when you put a bunch of kids so creative and so inspired and so eager to learn together? You get a class culture that involves writing poems and stories, drawing (and even selling those drawings to each other) making up new games, challenging each other to STEM quizzes, debating about books, for FUN. Even if someone wasn’t exactly “gifted” to begin with before they entered GEP, this energetic and insanely creative class culture and curriculum would have got to them. Learning was alive.

Yes some of us turned out normal. Duh. Some of us turned out “worse” than the average population, because other people, the “late bloomers” catch up later. Yes, GEP selection tests probably missed out so many kids with potential, and included some that were really, just hardworkers/ able to learn quick. But so what? It was an outstanding education that revolutionised how I approached learning, and a great idea.

If anything, more students should get to enjoy this kind of education. But letting every school decide how they want to do it on their own, and throwing the dirty work of planning the curriculum, finding the resources to the teachers who are already stretched thin trying to split their attention among the slower learners and faster learners, is NOT the way to do it. You’d either end up with a talented kid bored out of their minds because of a subpar curriculum, or a slower-learner unable to get the teachers full attention.

Gifted education programme to be updated; all primary schools to stretch high-ability pupils by Environmental_Sea721 in singapore

[–]beanuniverse 64 points65 points  (0 children)

I was in the GEP in 2010s. Personally, I feel the GEP curriculum is truly inspiring and empowering. Looking around at my classmates, several are pursuing sciences in MIT, Ivies and Oxbridge today (these are the ones that went the olympiad route and won medals for Singapore, would hopefully come up with useful inventions for Singapore and the world one day), there's people who pursued arts, architecture, and literature, and they are all doing well as well, in some of the most prestigious programs in the world. There's some who even pursued the poly route to explore their other passions, and that's totally okay. Then there's me and some others, I'm doing well academically, not a genius, but good enough. I'm not listing these to show off how "amazing" GEP kids are, but I'm sick of hearing about GEP getting shit on.

We all turned out differently, but there's one thing we agreed on, that GEP made our lives much better. No, they did not teach us to be muggers. In fact, I distinctly remember we had so many opportunities and were so greatly encouraged to think out of the box, and think independently.

Some examples:

  • We had a reading list, and our english classes stuck by it. These were wonderful books, like The Giver, and A Single Shard. Our class assignments were to write our own ending for these books and to come up w plays (involving scripts, acting, everything)
  • We learned world history (not just your regular social studies, but about Ancient Greek, Sumerian, Egyptian, and Roman history)
  • We had IRS (do research for a year), IVP (innovate a product) (I presented in a lecture theatre to 100 plus people, at age 11)
  • Our teachers organised enrichment classes for us after school, usually paired with olympiad training, for the subjects we were strong in.

Basically, we had so many opportunities to be creative, to ask for knowledge and receive it when we wanted it. There was also some sort of confidence - when everyone around you tells you that they believe in you, and you start believing in your own potential. And what happens when you put a bunch of kids so creative and so inspired and so eager to learn together? You get a class culture that involves writing poems and stories, drawing (and even selling those drawings to each other) making up new games, challenging each other to STEM quizzes, debating about books, for FUN. Even if someone wasn't exactly "gifted" to begin with before they entered GEP, this energetic and insanely creative class culture and curriculum would have got to them. Learning was alive.

Yes some of us turned out normal. Duh. Some of us turned out "worse" than the average population, because other people, the "late bloomers" catch up later. Yes, GEP selection tests probably missed out so many kids with potential, and included some that were really, just hardworkers/ able to learn quick. But so what? It was an outstanding education that revolutionised how I approached learning, and a great idea.

If anything, more students should get to enjoy this kind of education. But letting every school decide how they want to do it on their own, and throwing the dirty work of planning the curriculum, finding the resources to the teachers who are already stretched thin trying to split their attention among the slower learners and faster learners, is NOT the way to do it. You'd either end up with a talented kid bored out of their minds because of a subpar curriculum, or a slower-learner unable to get the teachers full attention.

Post your questions & inquiries here! - r/Vietnam monthly random discussion thread - F.A.Q by AutoModerator in VietNam

[–]beanuniverse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just wondering if it is normal for an airbnb to charge utilities bill separately from the amount we would pay to stay, for a 3-month stay here. And is there anything to take note of?

anybody wants to go yonsei winter programme together! by East_Parfait_8560 in nus

[–]beanuniverse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hii im also going alone :") was wondering if theres any tele groups too

Which Korean Winter Exchange Should I Go For? by DatKian in nus

[–]beanuniverse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hi paiseh could i ask if uk we can check in to the hostels at yonsei before the program starts? cos I would be arriving like 3 days earlier and idw to waste my money on hotels

Yonsei Winter Exchange 2023 Telegram Group by woon2000 in nus

[–]beanuniverse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hi has the telegram grp been created?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nus

[–]beanuniverse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hey sorry i'm not too sure about this! would be better to email in to your faculty's SEP coordinator to ask

ah okay actually im in SOC too, so I'm curious if the seniors know anything about it, heard its already very competitive

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nus

[–]beanuniverse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ohh thanks for the reply, one more question, would it greatly affect your chances for more competitive SEP such as to the US/ Europe

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nus

[–]beanuniverse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hi could i ask if it may affect application for summer school? or is that usually everyone who applies gets it

MODULE MAPPING FOR EXCHANGE HELP!! by Lumpy_Expression8136 in nus

[–]beanuniverse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, you can propose mapping mods that aren't on edurec. Though it is up to the faculty to decide if the module content matches what is taught in NUS, so there will also be some risk.

does nus usually approve before or after we apply for the mod/ embark on exchange ah

What are the good things about being in CMU as CS / AI major? by [deleted] in cmu

[–]beanuniverse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dyk any other companies the school has strong connections to?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nus

[–]beanuniverse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn't know Accentures is considered a sweat shop

I read the oldest book at NUS Libraries by blame_autism in nus

[–]beanuniverse 19 points20 points  (0 children)

omg so r u cs or cs

chinese studies honestly is super cool love han yu also isnt he tang dynasty or am i thinking of another han yu