I think this country has a very screwed up education system. Yes. If you have been reading my blog religiously, this wouldn't be the first time you're hearing this.
NUS will win hands down. No doubt it's NUS, but goddamnit. What's the first thing that comes to your mind when someone tells you she's got ABB for the exams?
"That's a very good set of results.. surely can get to do almost everything except Law and Medicine" Right?
Wrong.
Not sure about the Arts faculty there but obviously the Science faculty has super duper high standards that only allow exam smart-asses from Top 5 to enter. Generalising those who have done well as being smart is just wrong. Being smart doesn't equate to doing well in exams. Those just know how to spot questions and regurgitate the whole chunk they've memorised. Typical Singaporean kids. Spoon fed since young. Who the hell has even heard of Ten Year Series abroad?! At university level even. Tsk tsk.
Oh.. how can we forget that the stupid government rather offer scholarships to those damn PRCs (and hoping that they'll stay here to work and contribute to our economy. continue dreaming pls) than to allocate more spaces for local students who haven't done as well.
This isn't reality. This is just the damned education system here. No straight A's? Sorry, they'll shut the door in your face. Please be reminded that I'm refering to the ohsosoughtafter science related courses.
Not everyone can afford an overseas education and its not like their grades are pathetic to the core. So where do they end up? In everyone's second choice after NUS, the less prestigious NTU is it?
Fuck man. The country is already small to begin with, the basic thing to do is to ensure that those who qualify for uni, get to enter. If they continue giving those foreigners spaces in the uni, it's gonna piss many parents off.
What would pissed parents do? They'll send their kids overseas and tell them never to return. Afterall, this country favours foreign talents. It'll be the same old when they return. Jobs would be offered to them instead of locals. I think by then, the parliament would wanna consider changing the name Singapore to something else. Won't be surprised if PAP would eventually be governed by Mainland Chinese.