Engineering is one of the hardest degree to get, but yet the least respected unless you manage to beat the rest of the creme of the crop and be the top 5-10% which will enable u to land a job in the O&G industry. Why not go for business, finance, acct which has a lower admission criteria and you can get first class easily. My JC classmates studied business and arts in NUS was in the dean's list for 4 straight years and both of them working for EM now.