Lost..
I am lost.. like a blur sotong in a maze. All I see around me are walls and dead ends. I don't even know what my next move should be..
I have been forced to think hard about my future. Am I in the right course? What do I wanna do when I graduate? I have no idea at this point..
About 1/3 of my life has already passed me by.. (assuming that I'm fortunate/unfortunate enough to live till 60+) It is perhaps time to seriously consider my options..
I am currently majoring in Information Systems which is a 4 years honours program offered by the School Of Computing. After taking the majority of the core modules, I begin to question whether my interest actually lies in computing.
I have 2 choices. Stick with the current route I am taking or switch to a 3 years Biz focus course.
Both have serious implications of course.
If I stick with my current major.. I have to graduate with at least a 2nd upper honours degree because I have found out from a friend that anything less than a 2nd upper honours will not actually be recognized in the working world. Of course if I graduate with a 2nd lower, I may still gain in terms of the extra one year of knowledge but that is about all.
To remain in my current stream, I will have to sacrifice alot of things.. mainly time.. countless nights of going without sleep, put up with a lot of stress and anxiety of having to maintain an average B+ grade throughout my NUS life.. etc.. Also I will have another year of tuition fee to pay off when I graduate and I will graduate 1 year later than my peers who are doing a 3 year course, resulting in 1 year's worth of lost revenue (assuming I can be gainfully employed the moment I graduate). If I do not consider the 1 year loss of revenue, I will still have to worry about paying off my tuition fee loan of $4640*4 + $2000 (laptop loan) = $20560..
If I switch to a 3 year bachelor of computing (Business focus) degree, it will be hard to find a job related to computing when I graduate as employers are still looking for 2nd upper honours graduates. On the up side, I will only have to worry about paying off $4640*3 + $2000 = $15920 and I will graduate and join the work force one year earlier.
But the thing I am thinking about now is.. will I even be doing a job related to computing when I graduate? Afterall, writing is still my number 1 passion.
I guess I am going to have a hard time over this. I don't mind if any of you can leave some constructive comments..
I have been forced to think hard about my future. Am I in the right course? What do I wanna do when I graduate? I have no idea at this point..
About 1/3 of my life has already passed me by.. (assuming that I'm fortunate/unfortunate enough to live till 60+) It is perhaps time to seriously consider my options..
I am currently majoring in Information Systems which is a 4 years honours program offered by the School Of Computing. After taking the majority of the core modules, I begin to question whether my interest actually lies in computing.
I have 2 choices. Stick with the current route I am taking or switch to a 3 years Biz focus course.
Both have serious implications of course.
If I stick with my current major.. I have to graduate with at least a 2nd upper honours degree because I have found out from a friend that anything less than a 2nd upper honours will not actually be recognized in the working world. Of course if I graduate with a 2nd lower, I may still gain in terms of the extra one year of knowledge but that is about all.
To remain in my current stream, I will have to sacrifice alot of things.. mainly time.. countless nights of going without sleep, put up with a lot of stress and anxiety of having to maintain an average B+ grade throughout my NUS life.. etc.. Also I will have another year of tuition fee to pay off when I graduate and I will graduate 1 year later than my peers who are doing a 3 year course, resulting in 1 year's worth of lost revenue (assuming I can be gainfully employed the moment I graduate). If I do not consider the 1 year loss of revenue, I will still have to worry about paying off my tuition fee loan of $4640*4 + $2000 (laptop loan) = $20560..
If I switch to a 3 year bachelor of computing (Business focus) degree, it will be hard to find a job related to computing when I graduate as employers are still looking for 2nd upper honours graduates. On the up side, I will only have to worry about paying off $4640*3 + $2000 = $15920 and I will graduate and join the work force one year earlier.
But the thing I am thinking about now is.. will I even be doing a job related to computing when I graduate? Afterall, writing is still my number 1 passion.
I guess I am going to have a hard time over this. I don't mind if any of you can leave some constructive comments..