Honestly, I was really doubtful and felt undeserving of my place in NUS FASS at first. My 'A' Level results barely qualified me a place in NUS and knowing how competitive NUS is, all I felt was lots of uncertainty. But thank god for the people around me that made me enjoy my first semester! My Econs Camp OG Mates (whom I will be seeing more often in the 2nd semester), my secondary school friends and friends/seniors I met along the way - I'm extremely grateful for them. Thank you for listening to this weird girl's rants and giving lots of advice to this lost freshie.
On a more delightful note, I am glad to announce that I have been chosen to be part of the organising committee of Econs Camp 2020. I'm really excited about what's in store and I can't wait to meet new freshies :) In addition, I have been made a FASS Student Outreach Ambassador as well and I will be attending a 1-day training session in 2 weeks time. I really hope that I can help my juniors regarding University choices and I also hope that it will allow me to be a better speaker haha.
Okay, time for the more serious stuff a.k.a. my Y1S1 results. I'm honestly quite happy with it because I haven't seen these kinds of grades since Secondary School.
1. CFG1002 Career Catalyst - CS
To be honest, you don't have to spend so much time on this module. Just go for classes, do the polls and upload your resume onto VMock and you'll be fine. Don't worry too much.
2. EC1101E Introduction to Economic Analysis - B+
The B+ came as a pleasant surprise since I was expecting a B- or at best a B due to the rather horrible finals. The final exam was hard, because of all the macroeconomics topics being tested. EC1101E is quite different from JC Econs, except for the microeconomics section. Macroeconomics is super different. Also, the final exam was all MCQs (72 questions in 2hours) and there weren't any short answer questions like the ones in previous semesters. I cannot stand the lecture notes done by the macroeconomics lecturer because it is so disorganised. I appreciate my TA's notes though. What I did was to compile the lecture notes and the TA's notes and made my own notes. Also, I did all the revision questions and even did the textbook questions (they are good for the more Maths-y questions).
3. FAS1101 Writing Academically: Arts and Social Sciences - B (S/Ued)
I don't know how to feel about this module. I performed rather average throughout the whole course. I enjoyed my topic but since I'm not a very good writer myself, I found it hard to explain my arguments. Also, my counter-argument and rebuttal got shot down badly. When I saw my final essay score, I already knew I was going to exercise my S/U options for this module. I like my tutor though and I think she is a pretty good tutor. I'm just glad this is over.
4. HY1101E Asia and the Modern World - A-
I won't say I enjoyed this module. I appreciate the efforts of the Profs and my TA though. I screwed up my second assignment and attained a B. But I did well for my first and final assignments (both A-). The weekly quizzes worth 20% of the module was very easy to score well. And tutorial participation is not that hard to do well also. I expected to get an A- so I'm happy!
5. LAK1201 Korean 1 - A
I did not do very well for the finals and my final score was below median. The median for finals was freaking 89.5/100 and I only attained 88 (it's still high BUT I was damn scared about bell curve). Nonetheless, I think it was my other components that pulled me up like my midterms which I scored 100 (not trying to brag but I'm sure my midterms helped a lot). Anyways, consistent effort is key to doing well for this module.
6. GES1008 Ethnicity and Nation-building: Singapore and Malaysia - A
This is an easy module for me. Getting a good grade for the group presentation is not very hard. Just make sure you fulfill the requirements of the group presentation. Prof only marks for content so you can read your script from your phone. I didn't know what kind of answer he wanted for midterms but just answer the question based on lecture notes and readings and you'll be fine. As for finals, 3 out of 4 questions were easy and straightforward. The lecture notes and readings would suffice! And go for lectures so that you can easily understand the content. I love this module and this is my favourite module this semester.
Without S/Uing any module, my CAP stands at a 4.4. I am happy as it is well above my target of a 4 or above. I'm not planning to achieve first-class honours because of my decision to not do Honours' Thesis (I will explain that another day) and thus a second-upper honours CAP score is good enough for me. Anyways, I didn't want that B to drag my CAP down so I S/Ued it and my CAP is now 4.63 which is well, a first-class honours CAP score. I hope to maintain these kinds of grades in the following semesters or do even better.
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