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Originally Posted by Sayonara
I would love a quick answer on this one if anyone can.
I just got accepted for an exchange to NUS for 2 months.
A few months back when I applied I was very excited for the exchange.
However since I've red online and talked to a singaporian student I've realized that working 80 hours per week as a doctor isnt anything for me (I live in Sweden, working hours for doctors is about 40 hours per week).
Problem now is that I can't really decide wether to go or not.
Housing is very expensive and the exchange will cost me a lot of money.
My question is:
Is working as a doctor really as bad as people say in Singapore? 80h weeks, medium pay.
Worth going on exchange anyway? Will probably cost me about 3000-4000 euro. |
I dont think you get paid as an exchange student.
As an exchange student they wont really ask you to work 80h. In fact it is probably up to you how many hours you want to work.
If it is going to cost you too much money then forget it. There is nothing really to learn from Singapore except the fact that doctors are worked to the bone like slaves and treated badly by patients. Awful society totally materialistic.
You don't want to do an exchange program to know that. Go as a tourist and have a good time instead.