From tomorrow we’re deciding whether to go do a campus exchange in P3. Initially my plans were to go to Fonty only in P4 when the worst of the winter is over. However, another Singaporean classmate told me it is better to go in P3, then return to Singapore in P4 and P5 to look for a job here or in Asia (where I’m planning to work). So for a while I thought of going to Fonty in P3.
Then I looked at the electives I wanted to take in P3, and realised that a lot of them were taught on both campuses, so there was little pull factor for either side. Next, I looked at the evaluation scores given to these professors by our seniors. From what I saw, the higher-rated professors (a few scoring over 4 out of 5) will be in the Singapore campus in P3 while the others will be in Fonty (scoring over 3 out of 5).
I know evaluations can be subjective but some of these were done a few times over the course for the same professor. If this professor is given roughly the same score each time, I am sure that the rating would be a good indicator. Maybe the seniors in Fonty were feeling cold and grumpy and gave lower marks - but I really don’t think so.
The other aspect is the networking. If a lot of Fontysiders move to Singapore in P3 then return to Fonty in P4 and P5, and if I’m going to do the exact opposite, there is a chance I will not meet a lot of classmates, ever. Of course I think with the possible permutations I may not meet some classmates anyway, but the winter season is when a lot of classmates want to come to Singapore, so I might as well stick around.
The only thing I will miss in P4 in Singapore will be the famous INSEAD dash, where everyone living in Dover and Heritage will dress in costumes and run across the public roads of Singapore to school. But my priorities are academics and job search. I still think I can handle a job search in late P4 by applying then, and returning to Singapore in P5 to go for interviews. At worst I can do video interviews in Fonty.
So tomorrow I will probably not request to go to Fonty in P3.
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