Firstly, I made 3 wishes during my 21st birthday. One of them came true! =) I received the news days before i flew off to Europe. SMU offered me a scholarship for my undergrad studies. Frankly speaking, the original scholarship doesn't really cover much, but I told myself that I should be glad that at least I do not have to worry for my tuition fees. Looking back at how I've done at the scholarship interview, I thought I was really lucky to be awarded one. And so, before I flew off, I accepted their offer. Then, while in Europe, there was a even better deal to sweeten up the previous one. This time round, its really a very very good scholarship. =) And, I must say, based on my interview, I must indeed be very lucky to be given this scholarship. Really.
I went to check out on the PSEA usage and all. Was glad to know that the PSEA could be used in quite a wide range of university activities and fees. So now, I will say that I'm currently in a very good position even before I start school. At the very least, I know that I do not have to worry about my school fees and most importantly, I will not graduate with debts!
Well, all these depends on whether i could hold on to the scholarship for the 4 years, which I really hope and pray hard I could. With this scholarship, the "stakes" are kinda higher for me now. Reason being, should I fail to meet the requirement to retain the scholarship, I would have failed to meet the requirement to retain my second degree as well. So its really do well or lose both.
I still in quite a mess with all these university stuff. Having no idea what are the course requirements even till this point, not knowing if I am exempted from any modules or have to apply for any exemptions. I really need to go find some means to get all these info that I need.
Realized that most of these issues are not really "communicated" to freshmen. And it really sucks for us to have to know what info we need to know then find our own means to get the info that we need. It sucks to see all the others in other universities who are better informed about school issues while I'm still at a lost. I'm not emo-ing or being sad or complaining, but I just don understand why there wasn't much information given by SMU. Nevertheless, I will try to get whatever info i need. I'm still optimistic! =)
