Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Sweet Dreams are made of this
So the last time I was here I was talking about how to supposedly ace an interview. Well, I must say I wasn't expecting a particular reaction from my parents.
I got the call that i got accepted - i am not kidding you - 5 mins after i woke up. At that time i was just like "wow, sweet...that's really awesome. And thank you so much." But after i hung up the phone and told my parents their reaction could only be described in one word : MEH.
Like what? i was so excited that a university finally accepted me - on a course which i found pretty darn interesting no less. Let's say the reaction was less than spectacular. Like at all. So i admit i was a bit down to receive such a response. Well SUTD has already started and I'm not part of the cohort. Though i sometimes still wonder if i made the wrong choice, I believe everything should work out in the end. No point pushing for something my parents didn't think i had the knack for.
Anyway in other good news, I finally got accepted into the other universities! This may seem like quite an uneventful thing to most people but to me this was huge. In fact, it goes beyond huge. This is like bigger-than-my-ass-huge. Okay now that I've sufficiently put that disturbing image in your head, let me explain.
A couple of months ago, I finished off JC thinking i genuinely did not have the chops for making it into a university - local or otherwise. But then these overseas offers came in and i was ecstatic. I mean i had the chance to do Law at Sheffield, Political Science at Birmingham and even Journalism and Communication Studies at Buckingham. You get my point. But of course what goes up must come down and the tuition fees definitely flung me back down onto earth. Yes, i can afford it but it'll be something like student for 4 years, slave to student loans for the rest of my life.
No. That was about as far as my overseas dream would go. So when the local universities finally - the key word here being FINALLY - sent me my letter, i was like OH GOSH, PLEASE GIVE ME SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
Bam! I managed to get into NUS FASS and NTU's Public Policy and Global Affairs course. Both great and both something i could see myself doing. That forms another problem - what to choose? You know what i would choose in an ideal world? NUS atmosphere with the NTU course. Ya i know i should be thankful but i can't help but squirm every time i think i've decided on a course. It's like "yes okay, i'm going to do this" then "Hmm but i'll be missing out on this and that's nice too."
Awhh...fudge.
Mona ♥
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
link to post
0 comments
