im currently a pfp student abour to study in a design course and these pass few months in poly were no joke. Staying up till 4am almost everyday doing projects made me really humbled, but i still enjoyed my little design life.
But as some you guys might know that in order to move on to yr 1, you would have to pass all your subjects. I thought it would be a breeze since i was able to cope with my studies in secondary school. But boy was i kinda wrong, math has been not very mindful, not very demure. Dont get me wrong, i was able to understand and apply the necessary concepts but i somehow failed my last exam really badly, and that got me into a whole spiral on how if i fail my next paper, i would not make it to sem 2. What’s more, the upcoming paper was 60% of my overall grade. Coming from a person who’s an overachiever, this news was rather um panicky. However, ive recently sat for my paper and well… that math paper was something. So im just hoping to just pass it and go on to sem 2.
However, the thing is i really have no confidence that i would score high enough to get into sem 2 and that’s what been on my mine. I really do not want to get kicked out of my dream school which ive worked sooo hard to get in just because i failed a test that’s not even related to the course i would be studying. I really do not want to go back to ITE no matter how much i miss my friends there, i really dont want to go back there.
To add on, the course that im going to be studying isn’t really my interest. Well i wouldn’t say not interest, just not good at it. So ive been thinking about thag too, since im not really that creative or innovative when it comes to designing, so i really had no idea what i was thinking putting this course as my top 3. And it haunts me knowing that i would probably be miserable for the next 3yrs if i were to carry on with this course. So thag i have no idea what to do, should i change to a coirse thay im interested in or continue to stay?
I pray that it’s not so serious and that ny teacher could close one eye on this situation but im starting to think thay he may have realised it cos ive been unable to log into my student portal and when i try to change my password, it says that my username was not found… Chat, im scared.
Firstly,Don’t worry to much if u can’t access the student portal, you can contact the IT Helpdesk and they will assist you In resetting your password.
I would suggest that you try your best to do well for the upcoming paper by accessing past year papers from the school’s library portal. I’m not sure if you can access Year 0 papers but you can still access Y1 papers of the recent years just to give you an idea wrt the difficulty level of the upcoming exam. At least, you can do something to prepare for the upcoming exam, you see…
I was in a similar kind of situation in that I joined the course in poly just because I had nowhere else to go. The worst part was that I had to sit for 1 extra year due to health issues. But I guess I reaped the best I could out of my journey when I gave my best in whatever I did in poly. Most unexpectedly, I scored well for year 3 even after underperforming in Year 2!
Since you really don wanna go back to ITE, I suggest that you push yourself to study well. I don’t think you’ll find it difficult since you said you have been a high achiever.
Na do u mean normal acad? Indeed it sounds hard, unfortunate little suppt from. I stil feel resentful that Nus rej me, i din do well for A levs as i got dengue
How long have you been into this course? I wonder if you can request to change to another course. 3 yrs studying a course you dont like its going to be very hard.
When i was sec 3, i hated art so much that i skip the art class, and was punished for skipping class. So i ended up quitting school altogether. As i dont see why i should be punish for skipping a stupid and useless subject. Yes…i regret when i grow older, but still, it dont justify being forced to do a subject i hate and yet being punish for skipping it.
And there is a huge difference in studying a subject that you have passion for and study a subject that you have no interest in.
You really need to speak to your school about it. No point dragging on, as the longer you drag the more time you are going to waste and harder to move out of it. And if it goes on, it will take a serious toll in your mental health. And the fact that you will end up wasting more time and money in future taking up another course that you really like.
Umm i applied to the rest Ntu, Smu but they also turned me down. this was like early 2000s Then i thought of trying to send applic to Aus unis, but there were some racial killings. I took a private institute course, while waiting for Sim to open intake
So its been almost a year since i started my design journey and surprisingly, i really enjoy the process. tho it’s stressful and requires a lot of creative juices (still struggling with this but pinterest is literally my best friend right now) , i find myself enjoying this course and couldn’t see myself in any other course for that matter. the job market/industry is really competitive to get in but that’s a problem for future me to handle. Thank you guys so much for your help and reassurance.