i wasted one year?
Friday, April 10, 2009 (9:01 PM)
time and again, i've heard people telling me going to polytechnic is a waste of time if you are to enter a university.
that's pretty much my situation.
the most popular argument is that 1 additional year is wasted in poly when the jc students already enter university. is that always the case? i'd beg to differ.
the reason behind the idea is simple. jc is a 2-year course while poly is a 3-year course. and if one goes from a life science major in poly to a life science major in uni, it kinda renders the diploma useless when you achieve a bachelor. on a weaker note, we may argue that employers may be more impressed with a poly student who makes it to a varsity. but that is just plain speculation. it can never be proven until someone actually does a survey.
but the above is not really the case. because poly students get additional credits in university, they may end up being on par with jc students. at the most, poly students trail jc students by a semester. and that is half a year. then it may be argued that we might've paid a little too much fees in poly when we end up at the same place as our fellow jc batch of students who paid only a fraction of that.
we all also already know the old and boring argument that poly students can work with a diploma if they don't make it to uni but jc students can't do the same with an A-level certification. then, they'd be forced to go to a private school or overseas for further study.
my case is a tad different. when i went from an internet computing diploma in poly to an arts degree majoring in english language in uni, i was only behind my batch of students by a semester. yes, that is half a year. and guess what?
i only spent an additional 6 months to hold an additional diploma in computing. if my fellow jc friends were to take that, it would cost them another 3 years.
now who's the winner?