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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Hi, IGP isnt everything. If you are an A level student deciding which course to pick, please please please research more instead of choose your course based on IGP (which is what i did, tho thankfully it turned out well for me in the end).
IGP is really dependent on students' demand/course allocation supply.
For example, the Environmental Studies course in NUS FASS requires straight As to get in because the class size is as small as 20 per year/batch. Prospects wise though, IMHO it is not that good.
So one explanation for the IGP difference between pharmacy and chem eng now is because there are ~300 openings for NUS Chem eng while there are only ~150 openings for NUS Pharmacy.
Another is the difference in perception of how well the oil and gas sector is doing right now vs the medicine/pharm sector. Oil prices have seen better days...it halved from 2014 to 2015 and stayed approx stagnant ever since. Huge O&G majors have adjusted their bonus packages for employees ever since. In contrast, the pharm/medicine manufacturing sector is one that is here to stay. |
U are right in ur advice but i dont think pharmacy has a better cut off just coz it has 150 or rather 200 (recently)openings..... Dont tink 150 students difference can make an AAAA course become bbcb... Tbh, i tink its also because pharmacy allowed physics student to enter thus more outstanding students can enter. Chem eng used to be the alternative instead. Chem engin also has a perception of occupational hazards
imho. Tbh people dont enter pharmacy for pay, its also because they are passionate to serve in healthcare (reason might be rejected from medicine, or doesnt like the sight of blood and likes)