<p>Why is noone replying to those questions?</p>
<p>It is somewhere mentioned in their site that NUS adopts need blind financial aid policy. But the big question is: Is NUS need blind to the internationals as well?</p>
<p>Write down your views.</p>
<p>Yes NUS is need-blind towards internationals as well.</p>
<p>As for your first question, try this link: <a href=“https://team.nus.edu.sg/registrar/info/ug/UGTuition2008-9(Cohort).pdf[/url]”>https://team.nus.edu.sg/registrar/info/ug/UGTuition2008-9(Cohort).pdf</a>. You can see all the tuition fees for the 2008-09 intake there.</p>
<p>Hope that helps.</p>
<p>need-blind admissions and actually meeting that need are 2 different concepts…a uni that admits need-blind might not meet all your financial needs (i’m not too sure if NUS does)</p>
<p>if you can fish limnieng out of his pond he shud be able to provide more info about nus…after a phd in applied linguistics is not for nth</p>
<p>or is it? =)</p>
<p>can anyone comment on the rigor of nus’ engineering programs? are they very difficult/time consuming? how difficult is it to get good grades? will you have a decent amount of free time or a social life?</p>
<p>just wanna juxtapose engg at NUS wid an American college such as Georgia Tech or Carnegie Mellon … which one do u think wud be a better option … ???</p>
<p>Definitely GATech/CMU man, unless there are financial restrictions.</p>
<p>longbowmen- As far as meeting need is concerned, from my experience what NUS offers is a standardized financial aid package (consisting mostly of loans) which does not seem to depend on the extent of your need (this is different from what the US universities do). In previous years this was enough to cover tuition fees and a sizeable proportion of living costs; however this year there has been a large hike in tuition fees for international students so things might be rather different.</p>
<p>aktiv8d- I am not in NUS Engineering myself, but I have a lot of friends studying there and most of them do seem to find it difficult. It’s quite a step up from A’Levels and you’ll have to adjust quickly. However it’s not something to be scared of, and as for the free time aspect, many students juggle both studies and other activities effectively, so I see no reason to see why you should not be one of them :)</p>
<p>thanks for the insight NBZ</p>
<p>flyinghigh: NTU and SMU (unsure about NUS) has tie-ups with Gatech and CMU, why don’t you try for them and get the best of both worlds?</p>
<p>one very interesting point I’ve read somewhere is that NUS has managed to boost its reputation almost everywhere in the world EXCEPT singapore itself…certainly intriguing isnt it?</p>
<p>preciouspurple11 : yea i heard they had international tie ups … but in terms of overall experience i prefer NUS over NTU and SMU … and neways , i guessw i m too late to apply to NTU now … phew … but ive applied to NUS and Gatech and CMU … lets see … hehe … </p>
<p>wht are u plannin to major in … ??? peace</p>
<p>Hey I heard that if you cannot afford studying at NUS, there is a sort of plan. After your studies you can work for the government of Singapore. Did I hear well?I did consider NUS as I got 5A at A level exams but I heard that it was very competitive and some people went nuts. Nonetheless it is a very good university</p>
<p>lol dude NUS is even better than some ivies at social sciences.
<a href=“http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2007/subject_rankings/social_sciences/[/url]”>http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2007/subject_rankings/social_sciences/</a></p>
<p>Its better than UPenn! Even in engineering, its very good. 10th in the world. Better than princeton harvard, cornell anything.</p>
<p>Don’t go by rankings, please. Just don’t.</p>
<p>I mean, you think I’d choose NUS over JHU, UPenn, CMU, Northwestern, and Duke? Seriously?</p>
<p>an american univ such as CMU, cornell etc is simply much more versatile in its approach than NUS i guess … which is for the better</p>
<p>i think college experience is highly influenced by the quality of your peers…professors are there to guide, to highlight the key points and prod you in the right direction (rather than to spoonfeed as in HS)…the bulk of the learning is done by yourself thru studying, discussing with peers…its thru the quality discussions that you gain the impetus and insight necessary to further your learning </p>
<p>that is why NUS’s law and med faculties are good, because they’re very selective, you end up with peers who are equally brillant and motivated, helping to “push” each other down the road of academic advancement and knowledge acquisition</p>
<p>that is also why NUS might not be that good for the other faculties, because theres just “that many” talented students around given SG’s size…</p>
<p>I agree that quality of student body is important in your college experience, but I actually think students applying to colleges place too much emphasis on it. We look at where the top students we know are going and automatically place a much higher value on those colleges, perhaps without rationally considering other factors. In effect we start judging colleges based on the weakest students they admit. Now this is flawed for a number of reasons. Firstly, how selective the student body is in different colleges may simply reflect differences in admission policy rather than differences in the actual quality of the colleges- to judge that you have to look at other factors as well, such as the quality of the teaching staff, the facilities, reputation etc. Secondly, there is no reason why the presence of “less talented” students should dilute your college experience. You can still find many talented students with whom you can have all the quality discussion you want. Now I’m not saying that the quality of student body isn’t important, just that it shouldn’t be the only or even the main criterion in deciding where you want to study.</p>
<p>Coming back to NUS, it may not be as selective as the top US colleges, but it’s still quite selective in its own right, especially when it comes to international students. The real problem that I see in NUS is not quality of students-there are plenty of talented students here- but the academic culture here which focuses a bit too much on grades and too little on learning for its own sake. The “grades is all” mindset is one which a lot of people unfortunately have, and that’s what I think needs to change.</p>
<p>I apply for admission to SMU.But they told me they need SAT1 min1900…</p>