Saturday, November 01, 2003

being dumb

This is kinda complicated to type.

To make things short, i wanted to do double major in Finance and Economics. The requirement is taking extra 2 modules on top of the usual 35, provided my business options (a category of the modules lah, which is 3 subjects) all take the econs modules. & I got to take some global regional thingy too.

But basically i misread the requirement and thought it was EITHER 2 biz options + Global regional thing or 3 biz options, so I used up one of my biz options in ntu call retail marketing. Which, FYI, I did a shitload of work. Like never worked so hard in my life. And it will be redundant. Not accounted for.

So my point? If I decide to continue the double major, I got to squeeze 5 modules for the next 3 semsters, which 5, is very heavyload considering the specialised disgusting stuff it involves. Stuff like Corporate Reporting, Corporate Finance and friends, Applied Econmetrics (wtf), Public Sector economics, and friends.

Alternatively, I can screw the 2nd major and focus on Finance, if that being so I will need to forgo my summer holidays and take 2 summer term modules next year but be able to graduate half a year earlier.

Alternatively, I can still grad in 4 years, but I will be taking 3.5,4,4 modules. Which sounds pretty lame too. 3.5? Get my point?

Also, I have to do internship of 10 weeks, so if I have to take 2 summer subjects, I don't know when to take my internship. After graduation? It might be possible to be 5 weeks this December, 5 weeks next December, but that means I have totally no break, no life. This sem work, study, then summer term, then study again, then intern, then graduate.

So there, I am not sure what my decision should be. It's hard to live for the moment at times, this one I have to live for the next 1.5 years, as any silly mistakes = screwing up more.

(In short, should I
1. Take my double major still? (Taking 1 module in vain)
2. Take just 1 major
a. in 3.5 years?
b. in 4 years?

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