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Originally Posted by Unregistered
The NUS move should be seen in context. The reason it's easier to attain honours overseas is because the grading policy for each module is less strict (e.g. some schools do not impose a bell curve). What NUS is doing is to relax the honours requirement while maintaining a strict grading policy. This won't help students that much since given the tight competition for TCs, many firms now look at an applicant's grades rather than his/her class of honours. |
Grading without a bell curve does not mean it is less strict. That depends on the marking standard doesn't it.
A bell curve makes exams more competitive but it does not relate to the individual peformance of a particular candidate.
The focus overseas in on maximising one's potential, while the focus in
NUS is to rise among your peers. The reason why many think
NUS will always be better (I feel) is because of the Asian "my child is smarter than your child" way of looking at life. It may be a simplistic view, but it does resonate with each country's culture.
Granted
NUS only takes in the smartest of each cohort and the bell curve makes examinations there very brutal.