| bridgehead, feel free to bring up more points in support of the "stay in Singapore" side, because I need CC to play devil's advocate for me, and maybe others facing the same question.
But I hope that people understand that there is much in favour of the "do not stay in Singapore" side. I love my country tearingly, and you must realise that for a person to consider forever leaving the country of his birth there must be something significantly motivating the uneasiness. (NS is the 'last straw' -- my main hesitation is serving a country that may never reform itself.)
Anyway, there should be more general need-based financial aid for students. Mind you, the government really only accounts for a tiny fraction of student financial aid in the US; my accessUVA grants probably ultimately came from private alumni, my remaining merit and need-based local scholarships came from the estates of the graduates of the high school of the small city in Maine I live in.
What I hope to see built is some sort of private network of scholarship funds Singaporeans will build for other Singaporeans just like it is commonly done in the US. |