Eligibility for University Education
MY DAUGHTER'S recent applications for entry to the three local universities - Nanyang Technological University, National University of Singapore (NUS) and Singapore Management University - were all rejected . The reasons given were an overwhelming response, limited places in the universities and stiff competition. My daughter is an above-average student who had excelled in sports. She has met all the criteria for entry to a local university. Is being eligible not enough? Must one now get extraordinary grades to be granted a place in university? ... Are my daughter's grades of an A, B, C (General Paper) and an E not good enough ? My son, who is 27 years old and had A-level grades of A, B and C, graduated with a Second Upper Class Honours degree in the Arts and Social Sciences at NUS. See Chee Wee The Straits Times, 29 May 2007 All sorts of letters are making it into The Straits Times forums these days without regard for whether the letters are truly of merit or not. This is jus