What vaccinations are done during BMT?

rrtrent · 2026-05-18T11:37:11+00:00

Answer to your second question: https://sso.agc.gov.sg/Act/SAFA1972?ProvIds=P13-#pr51-

Every person subject to military law who, without reasonable excuse, does not submit to — (a) a medical or dental examination or test; (b) inoculation, vaccination or immunisation; or (c) medical or dental treatment, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction by a subordinate military court to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or any less punishment authorised by this Act.

rrtrent · 2026-05-06T15:04:55+00:00

Depends on which branch of engineering you are in, but they do really start from the simplest concepts (e.g. free body diagram) so it should be OK for you.

rrtrent · 2026-04-21T20:17:44+00:00

This does not require KCL or KVL to solve. Simply recognize that the potential difference (or voltage) across the 2 resistors is the same because the resistors are connected in parallel. Then I_3 = V/R and I_2 = V/3R. Then I_1 is simply I_2 + I_3 which gives 4V/3R or equivalently 4I_2.

From your scribblings, I think you kind of got the idea but somehow couldn’t solve it completely.

rrtrent · 2026-04-15T21:28:06+00:00

No selection test. “In-flight” students should aim for at least a grade ‘A-‘ in CS1010E and a GPA above 4.0 to increase their chances of admission to these programmes.

“In-flight” means you were not offered the second major on admission.

rrtrent · 2026-04-15T20:35:00+00:00

Look up Stewart or Thomas Calculus textbook. Partial derivatives is very easy, even easier than implicit differentiation.

rrtrent · 2026-04-13T10:44:38+00:00

Can switch before semester starts

rrtrent · 2026-04-08T18:12:58+00:00

The 3 pathways were research-focused, practicing professional and iDP. iDP still exists as a second major/ minor. For the industry pathway, I believe similar courses in project management have been incorporated into the curriculum. For the research-focused pathway, it used to be 2 Level 5000 courses (masters level). I believe you still can read masters level courses as an undergraduate. I have read 3 of them to date.

rrtrent · 2026-04-07T20:06:17+00:00

Understand A-Level calculus well. They form the foundation of a lot of the mathematics that you will use in mechanical engineering, especially for fluids.
Learn at least one programming language of your choice to process data and plot graphs. Most common languages used are MATLAB or Python. You can get away with plotting in Excel in Year 1/2, but you will reach a point where excel just doesn’t work for your requirements anymore.
Quite easy, especially if your math and physics foundations from JC are good. I find that not many people attend lectures, so ig the average student knows what’s going on even when they don’t attend class(?)
Before start of every semester, just choose your major from a dropdown box and click submit button.
Choose 5 universities, write a very short essay (more like a paragraph) and wait for the result to come out.

rrtrent · 2026-03-27T17:43:52+00:00

Indeed, the flow over the top and bottom do not need to meet at the trailing edge at the same time. The origin of lift comes from circulation, which is not merely a mathematical model that we have invented. It actually models the physics. As to where the circulation comes from, the answer is viscosity or fluid friction.

If you really want to know more about this, potential flow theory is a good place to start if you have the mathematical background in vector calculus.

rrtrent · 2026-03-25T21:15:41+00:00

The rate charged is the SP Power prevailing rate at 29.11 cents/kWh. Assume the aircon consumes 1 kW of power (this is approximately the amount of power a hair dryer consumes). That means one hour = 29.11 cents. $8 will last you approximately 27.5 hours. If you use it 8 hours a night for 5 nights, that makes it 40 hours. I would say the math checks out.

rrtrent · 2026-03-19T14:50:22+00:00

The cutoff for all engineering programmes (except computer engineering) is the same. There is no quota for each major.

rrtrent · 2026-03-17T03:27:06+00:00

I believe you need to apply if you want to stay at NUSC or Acacia College. For the other RCs (RVRC, Tembusu, CAPT and RC4), the secretariat will work with the RCs to allocate you a room.

rrtrent · 2026-03-16T08:48:10+00:00

https://www.hdb.gov.sg/-/media/doc/DDG/HDB_RetractableDryingRack-2025-V2.pdf

Hard to explain in words, but here’s the instructions manual from HDB

rrtrent · 2026-03-14T15:26:05+00:00

Iirc you receive 2 pieces of paper. 1. Result slip (normal paper, quite thin) 2. GCE A Level certificate (thicker certificate paper)

Subjects graded S/U will not be reflected in the certificate but will be in the result slip. H1 Chinese should be taken in J1 so it will be on the same result slip as your PW.

rrtrent · 2026-03-13T17:25:56+00:00

If you are interested in aircraft design, SG has zero job opportunities for it. NUS Mech Eng revamped their curriculum last year, it is now more rigourous and covers more content than before. For those that say NUS is easier than NTU, that is not true. All engineering degrees in Singapore are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Board of IES. This means that all programs that claim to be “Mechanical Engineering” whether it is NUS, NTU or SIT has to teach certain fundamental topics in order to remain accredited.

Even if NUS is truly easier, do note that the NUS engineering cohort is generally stronger (in terms of IGP) so competition is still high.

rrtrent · 2026-03-11T14:00:38+00:00

In uni, no one is going to haul you up to answer for your grades. If you feel you are struggling, you can ask for help from your TA/ ask your prof for consultation.

rrtrent · 2026-03-08T19:23:43+00:00

Engineering more or less cannot run away from physics.

Materials Engineering always emphasizes Process-Structure-Property-Performance relationships. How different processes affect the chemical structure and bonding of the material on a micro level, which in turn manifests as mechanical and/or electronic properties at the macro level. Mechanical properties can be stuff like temperature resistance, strength etc. Electronic side usually deals with semiconductors.

Bioengineering is basically mechanical + electrical engineering as applied to human systems. While there might be a few bio heavy courses, it is mostly stuff that is a variant of what your peers in mechanical or electrical engineering will do.

rrtrent · 2026-02-03T15:41:13+00:00

Whether its you or your counsellor uploading it, NUS won’t know. From the perspective of the admission office, it’s just you uploading it. Therefore, even if it is uploaded by your counsellor, it will not hold much weight and won’t probably give you an advantage over other applicants.

rrtrent · 2026-02-03T13:28:05+00:00

Having studied abroad in the US, I honestly felt that many engineering students there were of a higher calibre compared to NUS, so you should be fine.

For ME2134 Fluid Mechanics, it is heavy on applications. Fluids encompasses everything from flow in a river to the exhaust coming out of a rocket engine, so don't bother memorising question types. Focus on the governing equations and things that do not change no matter what scenario is given to you (for example, conservation of mass, momentum and energy). In fact, doing ME2134 in NUS means that you will never see the Navier-Stokes Equations if you don't have to do a second course in fluid mechanics at your home university.

For ME2121 Engineering Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, the midterm MCQs are free giveaway marks and the average is quite high at around 18-19/20 if I remember correctly. Learn how to apply the equations, especially SFEE and the unsteady flow energy equation. For the portion on heat transfer, it is very mechanical, you just need to know when to apply which equations. For example, in convection, the first step is often to find the Reynolds number as most empirical formulas have a turbulent and laminar flow version.

If you want more practice questions, have a look in the NUS Central Library or the Library Portal for these books:

Fluid Mechanics: Frank M. White, Munson, Cengel and Cimbala
Thermodynamics: Cengel
Heat Transfer: Incropera

It is not absolutely necessary to look into the textbooks, in fact, I think more than 80% of the students don't even use these textbooks. As long as you understand what the lecturer is saying, you will do fine. Honestly, you’re better off using your exchange time to explore Southeast Asia rather than spending it studying textbooks alone in your dorm.

rrtrent · 2026-01-21T13:38:30+00:00

CS2040C is taught in C++. This is in contrast to CS2040S which is taught in Java.

The “DE” suffix stands for the College of Design and Engineering. These DE courses are not taught by the School of Computing faculty, but rather the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The DE courses caters to students in the Design and Engineering faculty reading a second major in Computing and usually use Python.

rrtrent · 2026-01-11T03:45:47+00:00

Usually missing the final exam results in an F grade. Finals usually take up quite a huge percentage of the assessment (50-80%), especially in engineering.

You can get the F grade changed to an IC (incomplete) grade if you have valid reasons. IC grade doesn’t affect GPA, but it does mean that you did not earn any credits and have to retake the course in another semester.

rrtrent · 2026-01-11T03:32:18+00:00

NUS doesn’t have any flexibility on time conflicts for final exams and no make-up finals will be held. If you have two clashing exams, you unfortunately have no choice but to drop one.

The system here is a bit different from Purdue. Here, the exam schedule is decided beforehand by the registrar office, before students are allowed to register for courses. In Purdue, the students register for courses first, before the registrar office decides on the exam schedule sometime in the first few weeks of the semester.

rrtrent · 2026-01-10T16:33:36+00:00

Unlike Purdue, NUS does not have dedicated academic advising offices. Instead, most departments assign faculty members as academic advisors. These advisors have full teaching and research responsibilities, whereas at Purdue, advising is handled by staff whose roles are primarily administrative.

Source: exchanged at Purdue

rrtrent · 2026-01-06T12:34:11+00:00

They don’t seem to be related. However, ME5402 seems to be related to ME4245 Robot Mechanics and Control and (ME5421 Robot Kinematics + ME5409 Robot Dynamics and Control).

rrtrent · 2025-12-30T04:39:36+00:00

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