unhappiness...
After talking to Alici*a and reading Ji*nhan's blog, I have NO CHOICE but the vent my unhappiness. VENT VENT VENT.
Apparently, the university has finally realised it's own stupidity regarding the S/U option that we can exercise. And I do remember complaining about it every semester that I need to decide to use it. It's not enough that they limit the number of S/Us you can exercise, that I can still understand. The stupidity comes in the time frame that we have to declare it. We, referring to students admitted prior to AY07/08 (this year), have to declare our S/U option somewhere in week 6-7. That's about the mid-term recess week.
As a tool to help us to take modules that we might be unwilling to take due to the fact these modules might unfortunately pull down our grades. The current S/U time frame does not help at all. At this point of time, usually, most modules have not taken the mid-term test nor made us hand up any significant assignment. So basically, for us, declaring the S/U option for us is a gamble. A gamble because even if you do well, you cannot retract the S/U option. S/U-ed modules do not count into the final CAP grade. They subtly taunt you if you get a A+ by writing a S*.
So after countless appeals by students, the administration has finally changed their stand!!! You would think that a tertiary education institution would make better decisions. Now, the S/U option can be exercised at any point, even after the results have been released and even after appeals.
This is the websites with important dates:
http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/undergrad/tocheck/calendars/impt_events_n_sem1.html
But this only applies for students admitted in AY07/08. So they can S/U after the results have been released and verified. But not us. This is unfair. In every sense of the word.
This being the case. Older students continue to gamble their on their grades while the new students can make more informed decisions that will indefinitely help in the better usage of their S/U options. Unfair. Why the double standards? I feel that we are now in a worse off position than before. Honestly, does allowing us to be able to exercise our S/U option at the same time as the Year1s cause the administration to fall and crumble?
I believe that the worst part is that nobody really knows about the new system. Not even an email. The year 1s should bow at our feet everytime a senior walks past. We fought the war, they are reaping the benefits.
Apparently, the university has finally realised it's own stupidity regarding the S/U option that we can exercise. And I do remember complaining about it every semester that I need to decide to use it. It's not enough that they limit the number of S/Us you can exercise, that I can still understand. The stupidity comes in the time frame that we have to declare it. We, referring to students admitted prior to AY07/08 (this year), have to declare our S/U option somewhere in week 6-7. That's about the mid-term recess week.
As a tool to help us to take modules that we might be unwilling to take due to the fact these modules might unfortunately pull down our grades. The current S/U time frame does not help at all. At this point of time, usually, most modules have not taken the mid-term test nor made us hand up any significant assignment. So basically, for us, declaring the S/U option for us is a gamble. A gamble because even if you do well, you cannot retract the S/U option. S/U-ed modules do not count into the final CAP grade. They subtly taunt you if you get a A+ by writing a S*.
So after countless appeals by students, the administration has finally changed their stand!!! You would think that a tertiary education institution would make better decisions. Now, the S/U option can be exercised at any point, even after the results have been released and even after appeals.
This is the websites with important dates:
http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/undergrad/tocheck/calendars/impt_events_n_sem1.html
But this only applies for students admitted in AY07/08. So they can S/U after the results have been released and verified. But not us. This is unfair. In every sense of the word.
This being the case. Older students continue to gamble their on their grades while the new students can make more informed decisions that will indefinitely help in the better usage of their S/U options. Unfair. Why the double standards? I feel that we are now in a worse off position than before. Honestly, does allowing us to be able to exercise our S/U option at the same time as the Year1s cause the administration to fall and crumble?
I believe that the worst part is that nobody really knows about the new system. Not even an email. The year 1s should bow at our feet everytime a senior walks past. We fought the war, they are reaping the benefits.
posted by alvin_c at 11:04 pm
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