Goodbye Year 1, Hello Year 2

Well, results were released early in the morning as usual, thanks to the messaging system that NUS had. And yes again, I had difficulties sleeping the night before, with different thoughts rummaging through my mind.. No matter how much i dreaded for the day to arrive, it still arrived and i had to face that particular sms. i wouldn't say i did well, cause i knew definitely, there was no way i was gonna reach my target CAP of 3.5 in one semester. But i was quite surprised though, not that i had gotten any A, not that i did well in my Singapore Studies cause that was expected too since it was a business module and business is not my cup of tea. Instead, my CAP improved quite a lot i would say.

I still remember even during my years in RP, even if i had straight As for consecutive semesters, it was difficult to drastically increase my GPA. The most i could do was increase it by 0.2 points. And that was from a GPA of 3.6 in year 1 to a GPA of 3.8 in year 3. I don't know if it's the NUS way of counting merits (which i doubt so cause they seemed the same) or what but my CAP jumped from 2.6 in semester 1 (which is so damn bad due to chemistry) to 3.0 in semester 2, which totaled up to an increase in 0.4 points in just 1 semester. Well, it is still far more from my target, but at least it is a console to me for at last i can see a digit 3 in the front. Maybe the general physiology module helped me? Or it was because i took less than the normal load this time? Well, there may be a few reasons but i'm glad. It gives me the drive and motivation to want to do better. Even if i still cannot make it, at least i had the chance to read a degree, like what the faci said.

On a side note:

dear faci, although i don't know who you are, thank you for writing the short yet strong msg. It really drives me to work harder to achieve my goals. And indeed, even if i can't make it into honours, I still have a degree from NUS. I will do my best and not fail to disappoint anyone, including myself (:

with <3,

STACY