Is it okay to graduate without an honour? - Salary.sg Forums
Salary.sg Forums  

Go Back   Salary.sg Forums > The Salary.sg Discussion Forums: > Income and Jobs

Income and Jobs Discuss jobs, career options and of course salaries




Is it okay to graduate without an honour?

Reply
 
Thread Tools
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 25-01-2015, 11:34 PM
zero_88's Avatar
Super Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 471
zero_88 is on a distinguished road
Question Is it okay to graduate without an honour?

Let say if my GPA 2.7 when I graduate, from NTU
what will happen?

is it okay to graduate with just a normal degree?

is my degree worthless if dun have honours?

anyone here grad without any honour?

pls advise



Primary School English Grammar and Vocabulary Drills
Primary School English Grammar and Vocabulary Drills


SG Bus Timing App
SG Bus Timing App - the best bus app - available on iOS and Android


Bursa Stocks Android App - check share prices
Bursa Stocks [Android] App - check latest share prices on the go


SGX Stocks Android App - check share prices
SGX Stocks [Android] App - check latest share prices on the go


SGX Stocks for iPad - check latest Singapore share prices
SGX Stocks [iPad] app
| SGX Stocks [iPhone] app
Reply With Quote
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 25-01-2015, 11:56 PM
Unregistered
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default

A degree in what major?

Reply With Quote
  #3 (permalink)  
Old 26-01-2015, 08:45 AM
Unregistered
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by zero_88 View Post
Let say if my GPA 2.7 when I graduate, from NTU
what will happen?

is it okay to graduate with just a normal degree?

is my degree worthless if dun have honours?

anyone here grad without any honour?

pls advise
a degree without honours is fine but a degree without honour is not.

Reply With Quote
  #4 (permalink)  
Old 26-01-2015, 09:11 AM
Unregistered
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by zero_88 View Post
Let say if my GPA 2.7 when I graduate, from NTU
what will happen?

is it okay to graduate with just a normal degree?

is my degree worthless if dun have honours?

anyone here grad without any honour?

pls advise
If you're looking for a job in the public sector then its not fine. Else, it will be ok. I assume you're those bordering on 2nd lower and 3rd should you decide to pursue honours? If that is the case, and you want to work in private, then there's no need to go for honours. Better to graduate w/o honours with a "better" degree than to graduate with a low honours.

Having said that, should your major be specialized like Sciences, it will still be important to have honours if you intend to work in related fields, even in private. The competition is stiff out there.
Reply With Quote
  #5 (permalink)  
Old 26-01-2015, 10:22 AM
Unregistered
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by zero_88 View Post
Let say if my GPA 2.7 when I graduate, from NTU
what will happen?

is it okay to graduate with just a normal degree?

is my degree worthless if dun have honours?

anyone here grad without any honour?

pls advise
It is fine to grad without honours for engineering if you work in private companies. It will be tough for you to get civil, public and banking jobs and normally these are paid better than private. Be prepared to earn lesser in the first 3 to 7yrs or so.

Coming from a engineering grad w/o honours and 5.5yrs working experience. Only recently, able to meet the average salary of my peers who are in public and civil.
Reply With Quote
  #6 (permalink)  
Old 26-01-2015, 11:00 AM
Unregistered
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default

May I know what is the avg salary of your peers after 5.5 years?
Reply With Quote

  #7 (permalink)  
Old 26-01-2015, 11:07 AM
Unregistered
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Unregistered View Post
May I know what is the avg salary of your peers after 5.5 years?
5.5yrs in public sector should be around 90k to 100k
Reply With Quote
  #8 (permalink)  
Old 26-01-2015, 11:12 AM
Unregistered
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Unregistered View Post
5.5yrs in public sector should be around 90k to 100k
Huh? Average person earns 90k min after 5.5 years? That's 5.6k per month with average of 4 months bonus. That's pretty high I feel For a average joe. Or maybe I'm out of touch hahahaa.
Reply With Quote
  #9 (permalink)  
Old 26-01-2015, 11:31 AM
Unregistered
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Unregistered View Post
5.5yrs in public sector should be around 90k to 100k
You talking about 90-100k Malaysian ringgit is it??

6 years in public sector earning $100k? Pub sector abt 3 months bonus on average last 5 years

So that means MOST people should be earning $100k/15 = $6600/month by they are 28-30??

HAHA WAKE UP!!!!!!

If you include CPF contribution, MAYBE can get $80k/year.
Reply With Quote
  #10 (permalink)  
Old 26-01-2015, 11:54 AM
Unregistered
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Unregistered View Post
You talking about 90-100k Malaysian ringgit is it??

6 years in public sector earning $100k? Pub sector abt 3 months bonus on average last 5 years

So that means MOST people should be earning $100k/15 = $6600/month by they are 28-30??

HAHA WAKE UP!!!!!!

If you include CPF contribution, MAYBE can get $80k/year.
From what I know, 6 years working in public and civil sector monthly salary ranges from 5k to 6k. yearly bonus around 4 months. That is roughly 90k to 100k.
The other thread on civil salary does justify that and there are a number of people earning more than 6k after 5 years.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Bnp paribas graduate Oaboab89 Income and Jobs 235 27-11-2023 11:06 PM
computer engineering third class honour tmrisbetter Income and Jobs 10 18-01-2015 11:18 PM
UOL LLB graduate eatingsheeps Income and Jobs 3 08-07-2014 11:02 PM
Graduate job market Money Income and Jobs 11 03-03-2014 12:34 AM
What can Economics graduate do? Syrius Income and Jobs 8 19-10-2011 12:54 AM

» 30 Recent Threads
How is life as a doctor in... ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
7,437 Replies, 3,518,346 Views
Lawyer Salary ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
21,234 Replies, 10,586,324 Views
DSTA (under Mindef) ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
1,575 Replies, 1,426,268 Views
ST Electronics ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
3,839 Replies, 1,604,556 Views
Career as Teacher ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
11,337 Replies, 6,946,289 Views
HTX (Home Team Science and... ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
860 Replies, 410,977 Views
Q: Big4 - Yearly salary increment ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
16,487 Replies, 5,206,545 Views
MINDEF DXO (All FAQ on it) ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
5,953 Replies, 4,786,721 Views
Jobs in AMD
7 Replies, 148 Views
Shopee fresh grad pay ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
1,058 Replies, 459,217 Views
Civil Svc/ Statboard - Typical... ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
6,196 Replies, 3,861,439 Views
GovTech ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
6,406 Replies, 2,438,648 Views
MAS for Mid Career Professionals ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
2,156 Replies, 1,113,508 Views
JP Morgan ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
201 Replies, 182,005 Views
Civil Service Performance Bonus ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
5,429 Replies, 4,884,149 Views
DBS tech seed programme ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
3,797 Replies, 1,536,158 Views
Factual Local Bank Salaries - DBS... ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
1,869 Replies, 1,481,768 Views
Roles in accenture singapore ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
7,775 Replies, 2,444,247 Views
OKX SuperNova Graduate Program ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
181 Replies, 105,483 Views
NCS (SingTel subsidiary) ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
1,370 Replies, 1,184,688 Views
ITE Polytechnic Scheme ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
339 Replies, 387,792 Views
Applying for jobs within govt...
6 Replies, 3,755 Views
Hospital (Private or Public)... ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
768 Replies, 442,412 Views
Compare civil service salary ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
16,471 Replies, 12,701,848 Views
LTA (Land Transport Authority) ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
819 Replies, 434,188 Views
Constituency Manager (People... ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
995 Replies, 831,924 Views
HDB (under MND) ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
535 Replies, 621,870 Views
Early Retirement ( 1 2)
14 Replies, 15,685 Views
Working Culture in IRAS ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
81 Replies, 173,209 Views
For those with 2-5 YOE, what is... ( 1 2 3... Last Page)
1,201 Replies, 465,469 Views
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v3.2.2



All times are GMT +8. The time now is 08:30 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.3.2