Dear Poly student,
I am sure you are concerned about University acceptance and possible reason on why you were rejected. Your opinions would most likely be the same as the following quote that came from a Republic Polytechnic (RP) student who scored Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.4.
“I applied to the Business course in both Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and National University of Singapore (NUS). Both universities rejected my application! My G.P.A. was 3.4 and that is actually pretty good. My friends Jason, Mag, and Lincoln (from different diploma courses) also got about same G.P.A. as me, and their applications have been rejected by NTU and NUS as well. Even Mag who got G.P.A. 3.6! The chances of getting into these universities are poor. RP must be really lousy. I don’t think the universities here recognize RP’s diplomas. It is probably because RP is the newest (5th) polytechnic in Singapore. They do not take even the award winners.”
POSSIBLE REASON FOR FAILURE (people who want to enter university, please note the following mistakes too
This statement is not entirely true, but i agree to some of his claims. RP is indeed young and thus resulted in high cut off points. Considering that 20% of your entry requirement is from GCE ‘O’ level results, this could have affected his acceptance. Your ‘O’ level results are used, so please be aware of your ‘O’ level results as even if your poly G.P.A meets the requirements, your ‘O’ levels could affect it.
Another possible reason to his failure would be that Business in NTU and NUS are relatively high and is above G.P.A 3.4. This could have resulted in him being unable to enter as he was not in the top 90th percentile of his cohort. Being in RP is not a factor that lead to his failure as there were others in other poly who scored the same as him and failed too.*
Lastly, Local Universities also take note of your CCA and other non academic achievements and award. This is to help show that you are able to handle both studies and CCA properly.
*please note that local universities recognised all polytechnic diplomas.(refer to link)
SOME LINKS TO HELP YOU PLAN
This link shows a Table of actual GPA scores upper and lower percentile of poly students admitted to NUS for various courses
http://www.nus.edu.sg/oam/gradeprofile/sprogramme-igp.html#tabel2
NUS prepared an FAQ to explain the table and also some other interesting questions and answers
http://www.nus.edu.sg/oam/specialprogrammefaq/sprogramme-faq.html
This page where all poly are represented is probably another assurance that NUS does not discriminate against any poly
http://www.nus.edu.sg/oam/apply/local/poly/rp/republic.html
Yours Faithful,
RP Student Council Committee Head
This link can further help you
http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=0AdbMb2pLe1-UZGhieDU2OTRfMWN0Ymt2c2Zo&hl=en
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