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How to Hack into NTU Bloodspot Part 2

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I'm replying according to the questions posed on the retro tagboard. Btw ah you guys, PUT YOUR NAME OTHERWISE I WON'T REPLY ANYMORE.

Even if it's fake, like Stacy or Eduardo hahaha. Those names came up at the top of my head.

Let's roll~


1) Am I a WKW Ambassador? 

Hell yeah I am. You guessed that right.

Hahah kidding how I wish I was knighted and bestowed the honour of being an ambassador with my bloody beautiful face slapped on the pages of your textbook ; )

But can I just haolian and tell you guys I'm on the pages of this year's ntu wkwsci prospects book? HAHAHAHA.


2) Employment 

Alright drama queen, this one, I think even seniors in my batch and beyond are still struggling to figure out where they want to work in the future. So for you to worry about it in Year 1... I would say... it's a bit early and premature.

But I understand it's a legitimate concern and quite forward thinking of you to consider that.

Like the previous person who asked me the same question, you need to know what you want to do.

For WKW, there are 5 concentration tracks to do and in order of popularity:

1) Public Relations (PR) 
2) Advertising 
3) Journalism 
4) Broadcast 
5) Communication Research 

If you still don't know which track you'd like to do, Year 1 is the best time to have a feel of the ground because you will be taking every basic module there is for each track. Maybe not so for PR and advert, but you sorta get a feel of what you'd like to do.

Once you sorta know what you like, over the years, I really mean over the course of your 4 years in wkwsci, you'll hear advice from friends, teachers on the different industries out there and eventually you'll get there.

You will have a compulsory Professional Internship (PI) to go for in Year 3 and by then you'll sorta figure out if the job you're doing during internship is up your alley. And some people realise it isn't during PI. And that's ok, at least you're still in school, you have time to consider what is it that you want to do in life.

If none of these tracks interest you, darling, you might in fact be in the wrong school. But I doubt lah, since all of y'all must have chosen the school based on interest and passion in communications somewhere somehow.

I can't give a broad overview of each track and its employment prospects because a) I don't belong to each and every track, b) I will die explaining every single track.

I'm in Broadcast + Journ so if you want a taste of what it's like, my blog has quite a few posts on my current internship life and stuff : )

My advice: Since you've quite a fair bit of time before school term begins in August, go read up on magazines, newspapers, whatever and find out what piques your interest. What is it you wanna do in the future? So that you have a clearer picture and idea of the track you want to pursue in wkwsci

You don't have to be super absolute and clear about the track because I entered wkwsci not having an absolute idea about which track I wanted to do. But for some reason, I didn't panic. I just went with the flow~

The general feeling I get from most of you is that you guys are thinking a taddd too far ahead. Have faith, trust yourself that you'll find your calling eventually. You have 4 years to think about it, and you need a taste of communications before you can settle for something. So, keep searching.


3) Seniors 

Are they friendly? Or are they shit? Heyyyy you're talking to one right now! Yes, we are very friendly, very approachable people.

In fact one of my biggest upsets during Year 1 was that I was too afraid of seniors? Coz they're SENIORS? It's like when I was Secondary 1, I looked up to the Secondary 4 students in my school with AWE and AMAZEMENT. But when you eventually reach Sec 4 yourself, you're like WHATEV. You don't actually feel that UP there.

Right??? It's the same concept lah.

I'm gonna be Year 4 next year, but I don't feel like "I AM SO HIGH & MIGHTY YOU SUCKAS LOSERS"> Ok lah, occasionally when we are Year 2/3s, we'll peep at the Year 1s and complain how noisy they are/ why they have so much energy lol. I think the complaints go as far as that and not beyond that.

So yes, seniors are very very very friendly. My seniors were extremely extremely friendly to me during Year 1 and they are very willing to impart knowledge about anything about the school. Especially during Orientation Camp, they will have nothing better to do so they will come and talk to you. So you must reciprocate and talk back AND LEECH OFF THEM ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW OK.

They won't judge you.

My advice: Talk to them like a normal person. I found it quite hard also initially, but they're really just this bunch of older people who know a tad more about the school than you do. Hahahha.


4) Modules 

Same as point number 2, I cannot give you tips about which modules you should/should not take because I don't know specifically which track you want to go for.

If you say "Broadcast" modules, maybe I can give you a better idea of which modules to take and stuff.

I'm not an expert in all the modules, so if you ask me "Advert" or "PR", I have no valuable input for those modules.

Furthermore, as wkw students, we have to take a lot of electives, not just wkw mods. Electives are modules from different schools like Science or Humanities and Arts. I don't know what excites you either so I can't say for sure what are the yes and no modules.

For example, I did well in Singapore's Foreign Policy. But are you interested in Political Science? Probably not. I did shit for Astronomy. But you might be interested in the galaxy and milky way, so what I want and what you want is vastly different~

My advice: Go with your interest. If something interests you, naturally you'll take it up.

My second advice: ASK, ASK, ASK. Ask friends and seniors who have taken certain modules before. If they think it's scorable, they will tell you.

But like I said, what they like and what you like is different. Sometimes they think it could be shit, but if you're willed to take it up, then GO FOR IT!


5) Bidding for modules 

I was so afraid about this part when I was a freshie. Coz I couldn't understand the complicated way of getting your modules. I was from JC like many others, just FEED ME haha. Yes, you've to plan your own timetables my friends. I got the shock of my life when I realised that in Year 1 hahahah.

We don't "bid" for modules like NUS where you're given a set of credits and the highest bidder gets the best fish in the house. But in NTU we do this system called "STARS" where fastest fingers get their modules. Which means you gotta click fastest and at the right time to get your mods.

When the start time is at say 1pm, you'll see people preparing to click a send button and it gets so tense at 12:59pm lol.

For tips, I have to admit I'm not the best "STARS" wars fighter. But I can tell you what to be careful of and simple to-do stuff:

- Make sure your internet is fast and connected so when you start clicking, it doesn't jam and shit
- PLAN YOUR TIMETABLES PROPERLY FIRST then press send.
- Apparently, overloading the modules is the way to go. Which means even if you don't really want to take that module, you just take it just in case, so that at least you're not left with nothing. Then drop them later. In my opinion, that is quite lame. I never do that.
- Refresh, refresh, refresh your page. You might get lucky when a slot suddenly appears.
- Camp at your computer and refresh more if you want to get a slot.

Honestly, I'm a very lazy "STARS" wars fighter, I really can't give a shit about fighting. I think it's too lame.

But of coz I panic lah when I don't get a module I want hahaha. But for some strange divine reason, I always think, somehow you'll get it eventually. It's just how SWEE SWEE you want your timetable to be coz on some days you can plan a whole day FREE of school so you don't need to go to school on those days. How. Awesome eh?

I've had a 3-day school week before. That I say, IS THE LIFE> Hahaha.

Don't worry too much if you get ABSOLUTELY NOTHING on your first try. That happened to me, and I survived lah. Not doomsday.

So guys, as you can tell, I was wayyyy more unprepared than the most and whole lot of you. Go with the flow! Really.


6) Jeraldine Phneah 

Like I said, I've nothing to say about her.

I don't even know her personally and she's a batch above mine. I really feel there's nothing much to talk about her lah. She's living her own life, we're living our own lives. I don't really know if she's ostracised, but I think she still has friends, not so jialat.

My only concern is.... Her surname is really a hard nut to crack. My friends and I just do not know how to pronounce her name. Is it silent p-h or is it FUR-NIA?

Lame stuff like that is the only thing I can talk about for her case.

So Case Closed.

[edit: Jeraldine is doing fine now. Quite well in fact. So it doesn't mean that you can't pick yourself up when you fall sometimes]


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