Pathways

I am not good with my words though I got a 6.5 average for my IELTS (basic requirement for Australia University and 6 for Singapore University).

Our local government always wonder why people keep moving out of Singapore and not returning, actually we don't need rocket sciencist for this question, maybe just a simple survey will do. In 2006, I applied to the so-called prestigious University in Singapore aka NUS they replied me with a rejection letter without any concrete reason, the reason given was "Admission to NUS is very competitive as a large number of talented students, such as you, apply each year. However, the number of places for the course you have applied is limited an hence, we have arrived at this very difficult decision" by Assoc Prof Tan Thiam Soon. This looks like a good rejection letter from NUS, but let me show you how University of Melbourne handle my case then you will know why UniMel ranking for the world top University is higher then our NUS. University of Melbourne actually offered me a place for "Bachelor of Commerce" the course I wanted, but they give me a conditional entry, meaning that I need to go to Unilearn to enrole for a Mathematics course before granted entry and I need to complete a test before I am given a full entry, that's a way out for my case. I applied to 7 of the group 8 in Australia Universities and all has offered me a place and UWA even offered me a unconditional 6 months exemption, that means my length of course is only 2.5 years.

Million thanks to Australian Universities, they helped me so much, I am so grateful to them. It is a very clear picture in my mind Australian University offered me the course I wanted and accepted me and my own country, the country that I serve 2 years of national service for rejected me and I can't even get into the course I wanted, even in for my diploma in Information Technology selected me, I didn't choose the course. 2 years of my life wasted in the Army for the country and the country can't even spend more time on my application to the University. This is a very clear cut case to tell which country is better in terms of Education.

I remembered Mr Goh, lable people who left Singapore for other country as 'quitters', in my case Mr Goh, I didn't quit, this country despise me and refuse to give me a chance, the school didn't even a second thought to reject me. I was abandon by our beloved country after serving NS. That's how I looked at it.