For the Engineering Students, By the Engineering Students

For the students By the students

Friday, September 12, 2008

Why Engineering?
Growing up is a process which shape us to what we are and, perhaps, what we dream to be. There was once, I dreamt of being a doctor. Once, I dreamt of being a cop, a prison service officer, a regular soldier, of selling roti prata and of being an entrepreneur. The dreams never stopped. Then came the highly awaited university life. I was fortunate enough to be presented a myriad of choices in terms of education. I chose engineering and business, so here I am in NUS, writing this blog, hoping to influence some minds out there, through my feeble attempts. Hoping to contribute to the making of a great institution out of a good one.

I am part of the 31st management committee, NUS Students' Engineering Club. My portfolio is a long, tongue twisting and ever-oh-so-extra name which I coined myself - Honorary Secretary for Student Affairs and External Relations. Right that's all I am going to say about my job for now because there is better use for this first blog entry.

First I need to establish the fact - I like engineering. Call me a geek, but everytime I walk past a car I think of how they model it in CAD. Every time I walk past our bus shelter I think of why the "I" beam is used. GEEK.
Second there is no doubt the NUS Faculty of Engineering is amongst the top 10 in the world ranked by THES.
Third there is no question about how our professors' papers get quoted increasingly frequently over the years.
Fourth the skewed bell curve is showing how smart you need to be to get a CAP 5.
Fifth there is great uncertainty in how many of us would return, in kind or in person, to the faculty when we graduate. What a spoiler 5th point. :P
Does being an Engineering student in NUS make you beam with pride?
Think about it.
Think hard.

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