Hey y’all! Jaiden here again! This is part two of our posts on the IND graduates & their reflections!
The reflection showcased today is from IND graduate, Guan Hong.
Reflection from Guan Hong:
The most memorable experience that I had in IND was probably the first week of school in IND. I could feel that the dreadful stress of the ‘O’ Levels were over and I could finally study something that I enjoy.
Throughout the course in IND, I had several opportunities to hone both my technical and creative skills. It definitely has prepared me for my future career in many ways. The special thing about IND compared to the other IT courses is that it allows us to explore not just the technical aspect of computing, but also to realise the creativity in all of us. In this way, we could find out what we truly would enjoy to do and further on it.
If all a student wants is to get a degree, then the mission is simple - be a GPA aimer. As long as your GPA is high enough, you could easily get into university. However, if the student doesn't believe in spending 90% of his time on academic studies and prefers hands-on, I think probably getting into a liberal school that also offers a decent degree is more ideal.
The difference between university and polytechnic is huge. In polytechnic, the pace was a lot more digestible compared to the lessons being conducted in university, at NUS at least. A lot of independent learning is also required. The workload is definitely many times heavier than polytechnic. In short, university is surely not a playground, especially for those who wish to do more than just academic studies in their life.
Generally, life in university is hectic and tough. This is just my opinion though. Probably the minority elites would think otherwise.
While many IND students, including myself, prefer to go into a more creative aspect of computing, it seems many still ended up in very technical computing courses in university. Although IND and IMI are courses under the umbrella of IT school, it does not restrict us to only the IT related majors in university. A few of my friends and myself are victims of this ignorance and it is totally a great pain in our ass. I believe IMI and IND students could explore other majors in university too. As mentioned above, this is the unique thing about IND and IMI students - We are given a chance to explore on both the technical and creative aspects of computing.
Thank you Guan Hong for this wonderfully precinct summation of how TP & IMI is like! Does this inspire any one out there to join us here in TP?
One thing I noticed from this reflection of Guan Hong that corroborates with Marcus’s reflection is that university life is hectic. Therefore, my point still stands. One has to work hard to be able to achieve their goals. Without hard work, nothing will be achieved.
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