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[MyPillow]

Thanks @MyPillow! So the Joint Acceptance Portal will reflect any offers across the 6 universities. Will all the offers be made around the same time, so there won't be a case that one University makes the offer long after another?

my side only apply nus and smu. So we see smu offer in the portal first followed by nus few days ago.
we rec SMU offer 7early 8early ; plus sent marketing 3 or 4 times collaterals to student & parents
nus just offered BUT we realised different nus faculty offered timing are days to weeks apart when we compared with other friends.
since 24 may is nearby , these 6 local uni should send out to all applicants very soon.

[Yuppidiyupp]

my side only apply nus and smu. So we see smu offer in the portal first followed by nus few days ago.
we rec SMU offer 7early 8early ; plus sent marketing 3 or 4 times collaterals to student & parents
nus just offered BUT we realised different nus faculty offered timing are days to weeks apart when we compared with other friends.
since 24 may is nearby , these 6 local uni should send out to all applicants very soon.

QS (Top universities) has ranked SMU within the top 500 universities from 2017 to 2020 in its world university ranking. QS has placed SMU between 501-550 for 2021 in the world university ranking.

Compared to NUS/NTU ranked 11-13th,
SMU is easiest to get in and sends out acceptance invite eagerly.

[mamamia359]

is uni B part of the joint application portal uni?
If so, uni B will need to offer before 24 May .

extract fr NUS online acceptance site:
As the Joint Acceptance Portal is the same across the six local universities, namely NUS, NTU, SMU, SUTD, SIT and SUSS, you may be offered a course of study in each of the six local universities if you have met the requirements of each university. The Joint Acceptance Portal will reflect the place(s) that have been offered to you. Example, if you are offered a place each in NUS and NTU, the Joint Acceptance Portal will reflect the two courses.

You are only allowed to accept one offer from one of the six universities if you have been offered by more than one university.

Yes, both unis are part of the joint application portal. And Uni B has not offered anything yet - still stated as processing. Are you sure all 6 unis have to offer before 24 May? How do Uni waitlists work then (it seems like unis have waitlists as seen from the medicine course thread)? Won’t they have to wait until those with offers make a decision to accept or reject first before they can release any vacated slots to those on the waitlists? Which means the vacated slots will be made available to those on the waitlist only after 24 May? And that’s why they have the second offer acceptance window?

[MyPillow]

For sharing only on smu grads:

[MyPillow]

QS (Top universities) has ranked SMU within the top 500 universities from 2017 to 2020 in its world university ranking. QS has placed SMU between 501-550 for 2021 in the world university ranking.

Compared to NUS/NTU ranked 11-13th,
SMU is easiest to get in and sends out acceptance invite eagerly.

Some parents had shared , smu is not a full uni as compared to nus , ntu which offer engineering, sci courses etc .Based on cut off point smu business is taking over ntu ahead already . It has cutting edge being position in a central campus back by internship in many corp private firms …

[iRabbit]

For sharing only on smu grads:

Thanks for the sharing.

An impt pt to note from the chart is that SMU’s data was collected from graduates with Cum Lauda and above (typically at least 75 percentile?) while there was no mention of any segmentation by NUS/NTU. So one may assume that for NUS/NTU case, it’s more representative of their general cohorts. One would assume that if the latter 2 uni only publish their survey based on 2nd upper and above, their numbers would be more impressive.

Thus, it’s not really an apple-to-apple comparison. Nothing against SMU, just sharing my own tots on that chart.

[mamamia359]

Thanks for the sharing.

An impt pt to note from the chart is that SMU’s data was collected from graduates with Cum Lauda and above (typically at least 75 percentile?) while there was no mention of any segmentation by NUS/NTU. So one may assume that for NUS/NTU case, it’s more representative of their general cohorts. One would assume that if the latter 2 uni only publish their survey based on 2nd upper and above, their numbers would be more impressive.

Thus, it’s not really an apple-to-apple comparison. Nothing against SMU, just sharing my own tots on that chart.

[doodbug]

Some parents had shared , smu is not a full uni as compared to nus , ntu which offer engineering, sci courses etc .Based on cut off point smu business is taking over ntu ahead already . It has cutting edge being position in a central campus back by internship in many corp private firms …

I guess SMU is the Singapore-equivalent of LSE (as in London Sch of Econs & Political Sci) - it's not a comprehensive, campus university. More a city centre university and doesn't have the Med, Engineering, Traditional Sci subjects.

[Parent]

Scholarship application results have been sent out this week.

My DD was rejected by NTU with a rank point of 87.75.

She has also stellar leadership records since secondary school and was a school counsellor in JC.

[Liew Nga Wing]

Scholarship application results have been sent out this week.

My DD was rejected by NTU with a rank point of 87.75.

She has also stellar leadership records since secondary school and was a school counsellor in JC.

Don't be disappointed as the competition for winning scholarships is keen and not everyone could success. If you are financially well, then your DD just enjoy the university life ahead. The joy of our life should not be affected by the result of scholarships application. I believe your DD was happy to be a leader and school counsellor during her JC not because of whether success or not in the NTU application of scholarships. All the best to her.